Specees Features

Specees is an extension for specifying dimensions, fonts and color information of multiple objects in Adobe Illustrator. It supports defining multiple objects at once. Here are the full features:

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What's new on version 1.6

New dimension label type: Aligned dimensions (1.6.8)

Now, we have the third type of label orientation: aligned dimensions. This type follows the rules of common technical drawings. The dimensions will be placed “inside” for those labels on the right and at the bottom.

Update on specifying swatch colors (1.6.8)

When you specify a swatch color now, the percentage will not be shown if it is set to 100%. Only values below 100% will be shown alongside the swatch name.

You can now set label line width and distance relative to font size. (1.6.6)

Now, you can set label line width and distance relative to font size. You can now choose from 5 line thickness and up to 5 times the font size as the distance from the label to the object. By doing this, you can just change the font size and easily maintain the readability of the labels in any size of the artboard.

You can now enter the scale in a different way. (1.6.4)

Apart from entering 1:x to scale field, you can now input scale as "x mm" becomes "y cm", or "x cm" becomes "y inches". Custom unit can also be set in this way, e.g. "x mm" becomes "1 P". Fraction value is also supported.

You can now add to show extra information (total, average, max, min, count) to the dimensions you measure.

Display extra information (total, average, max, min, count) for the selection and the type of dimension you have chosen.

Display extra information for the selection and the type of dimension you have chosen.

You can now switch from decimal point (period) to decimal comma.

You can now set period or comma as the decimal separator.

You can now measure the length of a curved segment (1.6.2)

You can now specify the length of a curved segment with the segment tool (± 0.014% see details).

You can now measure the length of a curved segment.

You can now measure the area of a closed path object.

You can now specify the area of any closed path object (Compound path is not supported).You can also set it in different units and scales.

You can now measure the area of a closed path object.

You can adjust the size of arrowheads.

For those dimension styles with arrowheads, you can now adjust the size of the arrowheads.

You can adjust the size of arrowheads.

You can set the dimension lines stay outside of the selection.

This new option lets your dimension lines stop at the most out object of your selection and provides you with a cleaner look.

You can set dimension lines stop at the most out object.

You can set font size and distance between label and the objects with percentage of artboard height / width.

Suppose you have many different artboard sizes and want to maintain the font size and distance between dimension labels and the object visually consistent on-screen or on fixed-size printouts.You can now select the percentage of artboard height / width as the units.

What's new on version 1.5

You can set the dimension lines not to extend to the objects (1.5.6)

To provide a cleaner look, you can set the dimension lines not to extend to the objects. There is also a new style with just arrows on both ends.

Dimension lines can now be set to standalone to the objects.

Toggle whether labels are displayed on generated layer (1.5.6)

Select whether to display dimension/style labels to be displayed on a custom named layer.

Measure the distance between objects' midpoints (1.5.3)

Specees now can measure the distance between objects midpoints (horizontal or vertical).

Measure the distance between objects midpoints (horizontal or vertical)

Display 2nd metric on the next line and in a different color (1.5.3)

For easier reading, You can now choose to display the 2nd metric on the next line and set it in a different color.

Display 2nd metric (1.5.2)

You can now display the 2nd metric alongside the original one in dimensions at whatever scale, unit, decimal/fractions, just like the 1st metric.

Support for large canvas

Specees supports large canvas now. Meters and yards are also added for selection as dimension units.

Import / export presets

You can now export saved presets to a file. Share it to your team and another user can import the presets.

What's new on version 1.4

Specify angles

You can now specify angles with Specees. Select two or more adjacent straight lines or shape to specify angles.

Selectc clockwise and counter clockwise for angles on different side

Drag and Drop Color Swatch to apply label / line color

Drag and drop color swatch from swatch panel to Specees to apply swatch color to label and line. With this feature you can now have CMYK or spot color for dimension labels and lines.

What's new on version 1.3.2

Toggle dimension alignments on and off for objects' width/height

You can now turn off the dimension alignments for objects width/height, so that width/height will display aside to the objects and will not pull to the same position.

Toggle dimenaiond alignments on and off fro objects' width/height

What's new on version 1.3.1

Switch between decimal and fraction

You can now switch between decimal and fraction for all dimensioning units. For any fraction, you can round it up to 1/n by defining the denominator (or divider, n of 1/n).

Switch between decimal and fraction dimensioning

Dimension label's orientation now can follow the slope

Now you can choose between placing the dimension label horizontally of follow the slope.

Set the label horizontally or follow the slope

Show feet and inches together

Switch to fraction while using feet as the unit, it will now display feet and inches.

Set the fonts for all label (requires Adobe Illustrator cc2018 or higher)

Choose your favorite fonts for all labels in Specees. Increase the variety between labels to enhance visibility!

Set the fonts for all label (requires Adobe Illustrator cc2018 or higher)

Save presets to manage customized settings (requires Adobe Illustrator cc2018 or higher)

Now you can save presets to manage the settings for specific purposes! You can also rename, replace or delete the presets to add flexibility to your workflow!

Save presets to manage customized settings (requires Adobe Illustrator cc2018 or higher)

Specify artboard dimension only

Now you can specify current artboard dimension only by turn on "Specify objects height/width" and "Includes artboard in selection" + , then make the dimension without select any other objects.

Features for specifying Dimension

Specifying height/width, length of straight lines, radius of round corner of right angles of an object.

Specify width and height

Specify length of segments

Specify radius of round corner
of a right angle

Automatically arrange dimension to multi levels
+

Specifying distance and differences in position between multiple objects.

Distance between multiple objects at once

Differences in position will be displayed contextually (selecting Top & Left)

Differences in position will be
displayed contextually (selecting Bottom & Right)

Distance within another object

Automatically detect distance vs. difference

Use together with specifying
height and width
+

Distance between midpoints

Dimensions of the same value at the same horizontal or vertical position will only be presented once.

Duplicate dimensions will not be presented
+

Specify the length of all or selected line segments.

Select an object

Or select line(s) or anchor points

Can specify together with height and width at once
+

Specify angles.

Specify counter clockwise angle / internal angle

Specify clockwise angle / external angle

Specify radius of round corner of any right angle.

Select an object to display all round corner radius

Or just select any round corner

Can specify together with height/width and segments length at once
+

Specify area.

Select an object to specify area value

You can also apply 2nd metric to it

Can specify together with height/width and segments length at once
+ +

Select between 6 styles to display dimension.

Plain

Arrows

Strokes

Arrows w/ dashed lines

basic w/ dashed lines

Arrows only

Units supported: px, mm, cm, inches, feet, pointts, meters and yards.

Modify the dimension's appearance.

Dimension and line color can be copied to each another

Set dimension and line color separately

Add a solid background behind the dimension

Define font size

Define line stroke weight

Define the distance between dimension and the object.

Select where the dimension lines stop in relation to an object.

At the nearest side

At mid-point

At the opposite side

Stop at the most out of objects

Standalone from object

Set the number of decimal places .

Set the scale to display dimension .

You can use a variable in the scale field .

Example 1: you can specify the dimension of a logo in a unit 'L'.

Example 2: you can specify objects in percentage.

Visual bound mode : stroke weight will be counted in dimension.

Features for specifying Styles

Specify fill and stroke color of objects .

HEX color
(Document color mode: RGB)

RGB color
(Document color mode: RGB)

CMYK color
(Document color mode: CMYK)

Specify opacity .

Specify different types of color .

Specify an image's filename .

Specify fonts properties (font family, font size, and leading) .

Specify along with color properties
+

Specify fonts properties only

Specify color properties only

Note: Only the first character's fonts and color properties will be specified. You can highlight any character in a text to specify different properties.

Highlight text to specify different properties

When specifying multiple objects, specifications will the same properties will be grouped together.

Only objects will the exact same properties will be grouped