Important: Be careful with upper and lower case letters. There is a button on the right of the field that will open a file explorer window in that specific folder.Ĭreate a subfolder in the extension directory with the name dimensions. Your inkscape extension directory can be accessed by opening Inkscape and selecting Edit > Preferences > System. Go to Inkscape's extension directory with a file browser.

Note: LaTeX text is used in dimensions if the support is activated (nicer results), otherwise regular text elements will be used. Follow the instructions in the manual page. Install inkscapeMadeEasy, version 1.0 (latest). It should work in different OSs too as long as all requirements are met.

Check the compatibility table above to know the version you need.ĭimensions was developed using Inkscape 1.0 in Linux (Kubuntu 18.04). You will need inkscapeMadeEasy plugin installed.Installation procedures for latest and older versions are described below. Some features might not be present or have different behavior. In older versions, the disposition of the elements in the plugin's screen might be different. Important: Only the latest version will receive updates, new features, and bug fixes! The usage section in this documentation describes the latest version. Older versions: If you have an older version of Inkscape, please use the files under the folder 0.9x on Github. It is incompatible with older Inkscape versions! This version is compatible with Inkscape 1.0 and up only.

Latest version: The latest version of dimensions is 1.0. you can select colors and annotation line sizes.you can choose custom text or actual dimension.you can create linear and angular dimension annotation.Inkscape extension to assist creating dimension annotations in Inkscape.

Inkscape drawing lines