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Measure Tool in Illustrator

Measure Tool in Illustrator

What is the Measure Tool?

Measure tool, as the name suggests, is used to measure the distance between two points. In this topic, we are going to learn about the Measure Tool in Illustrator.

 

 

Location of the Tool

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Firstly let us look at the location of the measure tool in the illustrator toolbar. The measure tool looks like this.

Measure Tool in Illustrator 1

With the Basic Toolbar

If you are using the Basic toolbar, the measure tool is not among the visible tools.

Measure Tool in Illustrator 2

If you click on the three dots at the bottom, you can edit the toolbar. You can see that the grayed out ones are already part of the toolbar, and the ones in white are not available currently and can be added to the existing toolbar. If you scroll down the list of tools, you will find the measure tool.

Measure Tool in Illustrator 3

This can now be dragged and dropped onto the existing toolbar. It could be placed at the bottom of the panel where the blue line appears, as shown in the screenshot.

Measure Tool in Illustrator 4

Alternately if it is dragged onto an existing tool (highlighted in blue), it will be grouped along with it, as illustrated in the screenshot.

Measure Tool in Illustrator 5

Advanced Toolbar

The advanced toolbar can be selected by clicking on the Window menu -> Toolbars -> Advanced.

Measure Tool in Illustrator 6

This has the Measure tool by default. It has been grouped with the eyedropper tool.

eyedropper tool

Various Measurements

Now that we know how to access the Measure Tool let us understand all the information we can understand. The information is available in the info panel.

various measurements

Measure tool draws a line along the path that needs to be measured. If you were to click and draw a line using the measure tool, you would get the:

  1. Horizontal Distance of the starting point of the line from the X-axis (X)
  2. Vertical Distance of the starting point of the line from the Y-axis (Y)
  3. The diagonal measure of line (D)
  4. Width of the line – it is the distance along the horizontal or X-axis (W)
  5. Height of the line – it is the distance along the vertical or Y-axis and (H)
  6. The angle of the line – the angle formed with respect to the horizontal or the X-axis. ( )

Signs of Measurements

If the measurement is taken in the upward right direction,

  • the width is positive.
  • the height is negative.
  • the angle is positive.

upward right direction

In the upward left direction,

  • the width is negative.
  • the height is negative.
  • the angle is positive

upward left direction

In the downward left direction,

  • the width is negative.
  • the height is positive.
  • the angle is negative.

downward left direction

In the downward right direction,

  • the width is positive.
  • the height is positive.
  • the angle is negative.

upward right direction

As shown in the green arrows in the accompanying figures.

Uses of Measure Tool

It can be used to measure the distance between any two points. This could be:

  • Between two objects.

Between two objects

  • Between any object and the edge of the artboard.

edge of the artboard

Practical Applications

The information can be extremely useful for an architect or an interior designer to know the width of rooms, doors, and windows and know what furniture pieces would fit in a particular space. Tailors and fashion designers can use it to measure their designs accurately. It can be used by graphic and web designers to create layouts.

It can be summarized that the Measure Tool is an aid that Adobe offers to Illustrator users for accurate measurements.

Recommended Articles

This is a guide to the Measure Tool in Illustrator. Here we discuss How to Use Measure Tool in Illustrator and the signs of measurements along with uses of the measurement tool. You may also have a look at the following articles to learn more –

  1. 3D Effects in Illustrator
  2. Pen Tool In Illustrator
  3. Illustrator Free Transform Tool
  4. Smooth Tool in Illustrator

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