# Help with drawing dimensions please
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-drawing-dimensions-please/20531
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [July 25, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-drawing-dimensions-please/20531 "2022-07-25T14:15:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@TinkerBrained](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TinkerBrained)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-drawing-dimensions-please/20531/1 "2022-07-25T14:15:56Z")
Attached is a picture and in red is what I’m trying to achieve. By default it is giving me the dimensions from the edge of the circle to the edge of the hole. I want the dimensions to be from the edge to the center of the hole as shown in red. It’s only snapping to the edge though. I also want dimensions from the the top edge, but it’s only allowing me to add dimensions from either side, but not the top and bottom. Is there a way to do what I need in the program? If not I can export it as a PDF and edit the PDF instead, but I’m hoping to avoid that extra step. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-drawing-dimensions-please/20531/2 "2022-07-25T18:49:24Z")
Something like this…?
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### Author:  [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-drawing-dimensions-please/20531/4 "2022-07-25T20:40:12Z")
In the video you will see that I first create an offset plane on which to create cylinders which are small enough to be unnoticed in the drawing but are able to act as ‘snapping points’ for dimensioning…
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI-F8s3ESfE)
_At first it seems a rather tedious extra step but having become familiar with the limitations of the dimensioning options in 2D drawings I have become comfortable enough to create these ‘snapping point’ bodies without a second thought._
_The video is played in real time and you can see that it takes very little time or effort yet gets the required result._
_Hopefully, Shapr3D will include more dimensioning options in the future…_ (@Istvan) 😉
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### Author:  [@TinkerBrained](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TinkerBrained)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-drawing-dimensions-please/20531/5 "2022-07-27T17:04:29Z")
Thanks for the idea! It is a bit tedious though, so yes hopefully dimensions will continue to be improved. I have found a script for adobe illustrator that works wonderfully. I already have adobe illustrator and use it for many other things. I just export my drawings as PDFs then edit them in illustrator with this script: [Dimensions PowerScript for Adobe Illustrator](https://o2creative.co.nz/shop/Add_Dimensions_PowerScript_for_Adobe_Illustrator)
I’m trying to get rid of illustrator and replace it with a non-subscription alternative, but I just haven’t found a better alternative for the things I need it for yet.