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FASHION SKETCHDrawing to Scale and Exporting

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Drawing to Scale with Line Properties

In the last sketch, your measurements might not be exact because you were drawing your sketch freehand. You can use the type tool to change the automated dimensions if you need to.

Another option is to draw your sketch to scale by setting your dimensions first and then drawing your sketch to scale with the Line Properties section of the Design Tab.

Start by selecting the Line Segment Tool in Illustrator’s Main Tool Bar. Click on the top left corner of your art board to bring up the Line Segment Tool Options and create a line that is 3 in length at a 0° angle.


Select the line and switch to the Technical Tab in the Fashion Sketch window. In the Dimensions field, type in “25” and use inches for your Unit type. Click the SETbutton to apply the


Draw your Symmetry Line down the center of the page and use either pen tool to add a new point near the top of the Symmetry Line.

Now, instead of drawing out our sketch with the pen tools, we’ll use the Line Properties section of the Design Tab to type out the distance and angle of each point.

The Line Properties section may be grayed out at first. To activate this section press Cmd+E (Mac) or Ctrl+E (PC). The Length field allows you set the distance the next point will be from the previous point. The Angle field determines the angle from the previous point. After filling both fields and pressing the Enter/Return Key, a new line will be created.


Since you have previously defined the scale of this document, type in the actual length of your first line in the Length field and the angle you would like to place it at.

It may take some practice to get used to the angles. The following graphic offers a bit of a cheat sheet to get an understanding of the angles created from the center point:


The Create and Modify radio dial buttons will determine whether the info in the Length and Angle fields create a new line from the last point added or modify the last line created.

By default, new lines are straight, if you would like to curve the line use Cmd+< (Mac) or Ctrl+< (PC) to curve the line to the left and Cmd+> (Mac) or Ctrl+> (PC) to curve the line to the right.

Type in a new Length and Angle and press the Return/Enter key to make your second line. Continue this process to draw out the shape of your sketch. You can use either pen tool to fill in details afterwards.


The Export Tab will allow you to add a pre-designed template to either your current document or a new document and export front and back views of your sketches. To get started, check either This Doc to add the template to the current document you have open or New Doc to create a new document with the template. Then press the TEMPL button.

Using the Export Tab


The template divides the art board in three different sections. There’s an area for your header and style information and two main sections for the front and back views of your sketch. When you export this file through the Export Tab, it will create separate files for your front and back views.

If you chose to create a new document with the template, Illustrator will create a new letter size document in landscape view.

Copy and paste your sketches into the two main areas.


Add your necessary content to the header and sketch areas.

At the bottom of the Export Tab, use the Resolution drop down menu to select the resolution you would like to export your raster artwork at.

At the top of the Export Tab,you can check the Save Raster Copy check box. When you save the file, it will automatically create a .jpeg of the entire artwork as well.


To export separate rasterized artwork of the front and back views of the sketch you have opened, first select the Resolution of your rasterized artwork in the drop down menu at the bottom of the Export Tab. Select the This Doc option and click the EXPORT button.

You will be asked to choose a folder to save your rasterized artwork. Click the OK button and navigate to the location you would like to export your artwork and click the Choose button.

A prompt message will appear letting you know that the new raster files were created. Click the OK button to dismiss.


Navigate to the destination you chose for your rasterized artwork. You will see two PNG files with the same file name as the AI file they were generated from with a “_BACK.png” and “_FRONT.png” extensions.


If you have many different sketch files that you need to export as rasterized artwork, you can use the Export Tab to create rasterized artwork for multiple files all at once. To do this, click on the Select Files option and click the EXPORT button.

Navigate to the files you would like to create raster artwork from. These files should have previously been created with the Template option from the Export Tab. Select as many files as you would like to export and then click the Choose button.

You will be prompted to choose a destination for the new raster artwork. Click the OK button on the pop up window and navigate to the location you would like to save the new files. Click the Choose button. Then click OK to dismiss the confirmation pop up window.


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