Figma is a powerful and lightweight design tool used for creating user interfaces, web designs, and mobile apps. It can be used for both prototype and production design work.
One of the most important features of Figma is its ability to do rulers. Rulers allow designers to measure distances, create grids, and align objects with precision.
Rulers are an essential part of any design process, and Figma makes it easy to add them to your project. To start using rulers in Figma, you first need to select the ‘Ruler’ tool from the toolbar on the left-hand side of the screen. This will open up a tab in the Properties Panel with all the available ruler options.
From here you can set up your rulers in various ways, depending on what type of measurements you need. You can set up a horizontal or vertical ruler, or both at once.
You can also choose between absolute (measuring from the origin point) or relative (measuring from another point on the canvas) measurements. Additionally, you can also customize your units – pixel, millimetres (mm), centimetres (cm), inches (in), points (pt) – as well as choose different line widths for each ruler.
Once your rulers are set up, you can then start using them in your project by dragging out guide lines along them at different intervals or lengths using the ‘Guide Line’ tool from the toolbar on the left-hand side of the screen. Guide lines are handy for aligning elements quickly and accurately on your canvas without having to manually measure distances every time.
Rulers are extremely useful when designing complex user interfaces or web designs that require precise alignment and measurement between elements. With Figma’s Ruler tool it’s easy to quickly set up rulers that are customised according to your needs and start making use of them right away in your project!
Conclusion: Rulers in Figma provide designers with an easy way to accurately measure distances and align elements with precision while creating user interfaces, web designs, and mobile apps. By selecting ‘Ruler’ from the toolbar on the left-hand side of the screen it is possible to customize units as well as line widths before they are used in conjunction with guide lines created with ‘Guide Line’ tool from the toolbar on left-hand side of screen for quick alignment without manual measuring each time.