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ID Dimension – An InDesign extension & script to automatically draw technical dimensions, bounds, and leader lines (Free & Open Source)
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ID Dimension – An InDesign extension & script to automatically draw technical dimensions, bounds, and leader lines (Free & Open Source)

Hey everyone! 👋

If you often prepare technical drawings, packaging layouts, dielines, architecture/floorplans, or spec sheets in InDesign, you know how tedious it is to manually draw dimension lines, arrows, and measurement text labels.

I built ID Dimension — a free and open-source tool for Adobe InDesign that automates this entire process.

✨ What it does:

  • One-click Dimensioning: Width (top/bottom), Height (left/right).
  • Gap Measurements: Measure the distance between two selected objects/frames (hold Ctrl / Cmd).
  • Radius & Diameter: Automatically dimension circular frames and shapes.
  • Center Mark: Mark the exact center of objects.
  • Flexible Units: Supports mm, cm, in, pt, and px with automatic precision control (0 to 3 decimal places).
  • Custom Styling: Full control over stroke weight, leader line indent, gap distance, arrow size, font size, and CMYK color presets (with 6 quick swatch slots).
  • Organized Workflow: Automatically sends all dimensions to a dedicated layer (e.g. layout) and can draw outside page/spread boundaries.
  • Presets & Memory: Saves your settings between sessions and includes 3 quick preset slots (min, med, max).

📦 Available in two formats:

  1. Modern CEP Extension — A native dockable panel with a sleek interface (CC 2014 – 2026+).
  2. Standalone ScriptUI (.jsx) — A classic script that runs directly from InDesign's Scripts panel as a floating palette (great if you don't want to deal with CEP debug mode).

🔗 Download & GitHub:

The project is completely free and open-source: 👉 GitHub Repository & Download

(If you also use Adobe Illustrator, check out the sibling project: AI Dimension)

Hope this saves you some time in your workflow! Feedback, feature requests, and bug reports are very welcome!

u/NoAbbreviations4188 — 1 day ago
▲ 10 r/indesign

Free Open-Source InDesign & PDF Imposition Script with Live Canvas Preview — QuickImpose v1.2

Hi everyone! 👋


I wanted to share 
**QuickImpose v1.2**
 — a free, open-source ExtendScript for Adobe InDesign (and standalone PDFs) designed to handle sheet imposition directly inside InDesign without needing expensive third-party imposition software.


### 🌟 What's New in v1.2:
* 
**Interactive Live Scheme Canvas:**
 Real-time visual preview showing sheets, imposition bounds, margins, gaps, page numbering, and vector orientation marks.
* 
**Dual UI Options:**
 Choose between the full live preview interface (`QuickImpose.jsx`) or a compact mode (`QuickImpose_min.jsx`) for smaller screens/laptops.
* 
**Direct PDF Imposition:**
 Dedicated PDF import scripts (`PDF_QuickImpose.jsx`) to impose multi-page PDF files straight into InDesign layouts.
* 
**Preset Management:**
 Save custom setups and easily delete old presets.


### 🛠 Key Imposition Modes:
1. 
**Saddle Stitch (Booklets):**
 Auto-gathers reader spreads, handles multi-signature setups, creep compensation, and spine bleed clipping.
2. 
**Perfect Bound (КБС):**
 Splits documents into signatures of custom sheet counts (e.g., 16/32 pages) without creep shift.
3. 
**N-Up Consecutive:**
 Grid layout (columns × rows) sequentially ordered.
4. 
**Cut Stack:**
 Designed for stack-and-cut production runs.
5. 
**Step & Repeat:**
 Repeats artwork/cards with automatic double-bleed padding for clean cutting.


### 📐 Prepress Features:
* Automatic Bleed & Trim math (bleeds touch without overlapping in grid/repeat modes).
* 
**Creep & Thickness Compensation:**
 Built-in paper weight database with dynamic cover shift calculations.
* 
**"Reset Trim + Bleed" Option:**
 Automatically resizes imposition sheets to trim size and transfers original bleeds.
* Automatic crop marks, fold lines, and pasteboard job info slugs.
* **10 Languages supported** (Russian, English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, Português, Polski, 中文, 日本語).


### 💰 100% Free & Open Source (MIT License)
You can download the script, view the source code, or contribute on GitHub:
👉 https://github.com/SaidAuita/QuickImpose-InDesign

full live preview interface

Compact mode

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