# Dimensioned drawings

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensioned-drawings/2645>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [July 21, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensioned-drawings/2645 "2018-07-21T12:58:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![WayneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/waynec/32/2060_2.png) [@WayneC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/WayneC)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensioned-drawings/2645/1 "2018-07-21T12:58:28Z")

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## UPDATE: drawings are finally here: [4.0 - 2D drawings + new pricing](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/4-0-2d-drawings-new-pricing/11730)

Is there a way, either natively of by using a 3rd party app, to convert Shapr3d drawings to dimensioned diagrams? Thinking much like old hand drawn blueprint style drawings here

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**Author:** ![tommyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tommyn/32/1714_2.png) [@tommyn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/tommyn)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensioned-drawings/2645/2 "2018-07-22T00:22:11Z")

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I have been looking for a solution for this also. Am building a fairly simple Accessory Dwelling Unit in California. The S3D sketches are OK but there is no way to annotate the types of call outs required by the building bureaucracy. I tried annotating screen shots but this is too tedious in that one has to effectively start over for any changes. Export as pdf might solve the problem but I am not sure?

I will probably use ArcSite [arcsiteapp.com](http://arcsiteapp.com) to prepare drawings for my ADU project using the Free Trial and a month or so of subscription. I wish that Shapr3D could do the whole job. It would make it more valuable to a wider audience.

Best,

Tommy

![7C72EA3F-CC07-4FD7-8575-D6E93DDC2669](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/28ec1529d91bca69b93e7f6747baecfbbea0e290.jpg) ![A7C802B7-5F6B-406F-A248-970F785DF47B](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/3/3556a07298e69f0353c8498be7c0e9d3690d20e3.jpg)

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**Author:** ![WayneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/waynec/32/2060_2.png) [@WayneC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/WayneC)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensioned-drawings/2645/3 "2018-07-22T14:08:49Z")

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Thanks for the note Thomas. I have to say I was a bit surprised that a prototyping company I am in contact with WOULDN’T accept 3D CAD files: the first one I have come across.

For a quote for one design I have done in S3D and from one company may be okay to annotate manually as you do, but I can imagine in the world of building design it would become tedious!

I’ll continue to search and if I come across something I will pass it along in the forum.

Thanks again  
Wayne Crolley

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**Author:** ![PhotoWorkPlace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@PhotoWorkPlace](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PhotoWorkPlace)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensioned-drawings/2645/4 "2018-07-22T22:42:33Z")

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Graphics by Indeeo both iOS and OSX will take a drawing and allow you to create dimensional drawings from an imported photo  
So what we do is take a screenshot through Shapr bring it in to Graphic then scale it to the correct dimension  
From there it’s a matter of drawing the lines I Graphic  
Graphic will show the deminsion of the line ad give you a lot of options as far as how you want the lines to show dimensions and labels/placement  
Hope that helps 😊

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**Author:** ![WayneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/waynec/32/2060_2.png) [@WayneC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/WayneC)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensioned-drawings/2645/5 "2018-07-24T00:42:54Z")

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That is a great suggestion. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![PhotoWorkPlace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@PhotoWorkPlace](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PhotoWorkPlace)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensioned-drawings/2645/6 "2018-07-24T04:15:42Z")

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Wayne!  
Happy to help  
It is a bit of extra work but you are able to get pretty actuate and reputable results with it 😊  
We use Graphic as one of our primary graphic apps so using it in conjunction with Shapr was a pretty seamless workflow

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Shapr3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/peter_shapr3d/32/1271_2.png) [@Peter\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Peter_Shapr3D)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensioned-drawings/2645/7 "2018-07-30T15:43:40Z")

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Thanks Wayne for asking!

We’ve opened a new topic to gather insights/requirements for an upcoming dimensioned drawing feature:

[https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensioned-drawings-tell-us-how-you-need-it/](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensioned-drawings-tell-us-how-you-need-it/)

Peter at Shapr3D

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**Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensioned-drawings/2645/8 "2021-03-18T16:56:59Z")

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UPDATE: drawings are finally here: [4.0 - 2D drawings + new pricing](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/4-0-2d-drawings-new-pricing/11730)