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    • EdsonE Offline
      Edson
      last edited by

      @matt666 said:

      +1 for certified mac testers!
      Sorry Edson for that and thank you so much to loose some time for script testing ! 😄

      no problem, matt. it is a pleasure to be of help. could you be more specific as to which is the build to be tested? i looked at the first post of this thread and saw nothing different there.

      edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
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      • M Offline
        Matt666
        last edited by

        Yep! On Fedo6 advices, I changed the way that script called preferences units...
        So we have to try some things...
        Open your ruby console, copy and paste code below and can you show me the result please ?

        toggle_units(1)
        

        And

        Sketchup.active_model.options["UnitsOptions"]["LengthUnit"]
        

        And

        var = Sketchup.active_model.options["UnitsOptions"];var["LengthUnit"]= 4
        

        And this one (can you replace "VAR" by result of the last code entered, please ?

        toggle_units_validation_proc(<VAR>)
        

        Another thing : When does error message appears? While start of SU? After clicking on an icon?

        Sorry for all these tests, but it's necessary if I want to find the problem!
        Thank you Edson!

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        • EdsonE Offline
          Edson
          last edited by

          matt,

          do no be sorry. just keep the tests coming.

          see the results in the attached picture. i do not get any error messages. it just does not change units.

          cheers.


          Picture 18.png

          edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
          http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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          • M Offline
            Matt666
            last edited by

            😲 toggle_units(1) works!! Try toggle_units(1), toggle_units(2), toggle_units(3) etc... And take a look in the units window (Windows->Model info->Units), normally drawing unit changes...
            So I will post an update soon with toolbar code changed! Thank you Edson !

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            • M Offline
              Matt666
              last edited by

              @edson said:

              no change, matt. still not working on mac. i click on the icons and nothing changes; it keeps the unit set through model info-->units.

              Hi !
              I go back on this plugin, with another attempt for Mac users. Edson, Can you try please? 😉

              EDIT1 : One other (And I hope the last !) update!


              toggle_units.zip

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              • M Offline
                Matt666
                last edited by

                Ok, I've finished this update! Can you try it, Edson, please? Thank you!

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                • EdsonE Offline
                  Edson
                  last edited by

                  matt,

                  good news from the mac side of life. it works. however, in order to see the change in the info panel i must close it and open it again (not a big problem).

                  what could be improved is the fact that the icon bar does not reflect the present units chosen. see the picture: i have decimal and centimeters on it but the icon bar is not reflecting it. sometimes it is all gray, others white. the buttons seem to "stick".

                  but we made some progress.


                  Picture 19.png

                  edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                  http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                  • M Offline
                    Matt666
                    last edited by

                    Wow... Strange!
                    Thank you Edson! We will slowly succeed! 😄

                    Another request, please... A daunting request...

                    Can you open your ruby console and your units window (in model info), please?
                    Copy and paste code below in the ruby console

                    Sketchup.active_model.options["UnitsOptions"]["LengthFormat"]
                    

                    Change unit format, paste the code in the ruby console and give me the result like that :

                    @unknownuser said:

                    Unit format (decimal, Architectural) -> result of the code

                    Can You do that for all SU unit Format please? 😛

                    The same thing for units length... With this code :

                    Sketchup.active_model.options["UnitsOptions"]["LengthUnit"]
                    

                    Here is units options in SU/Windows :
                    Unit Format

                    • Architectural -> 1
                    • Decimal -> 0
                    • Engineering -> 2
                    • Fractionnal -> 3

                    Unit Length

                    • Inches -> 0
                    • Feet -> 1
                    • Millimeters -> 2
                    • Centimeters -> 3
                    • Meters -> 4

                    Thank you Edson!

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                    • EdsonE Offline
                      Edson
                      last edited by

                      sorry, max. it may seem clear to you but i am not getting what i am supposed to do. lead me through it, ok?

                      after i paste Sketchup.active_model.options["UnitsOptions"]["LengthFormat"] what do i do? where do decimal and meters go? with or without quotation marks, etc? and where do i insert the unit options?

                      write down one of the options and i will figure out the others.

                      cheers.

                      edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                      http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                      • M Offline
                        Matt666
                        last edited by

                        Sorry 😳 !
                        Procedure :
                        For all units format (decimal, architectural, engineering, Fractional) -> N°1 on the picture

                        1. Change the format in the unit SU window (N°1)
                        2. Copy, paste and excecute the code in the ruby console (N°3)
                        Sketchup.active_model.options["UnitsOptions"]["LengthFormat"]
                        
                        1. Show me the result of the code in the ruby console Like my last post.

                        For all units length (Inch, feet, millimeters, centimeters, meters) -> N°2 on the picture

                        1. Change the length in the unit SU window (N°2)
                        2. Copy, paste and excecute the code in the ruby console (N°3)
                        Sketchup.active_model.options["UnitsOptions"]["LengthUnit"]
                        
                        1. Show me the result of the code in the ruby console Like my last post.

                        If it's too constraining for you, don't hesitate to tell, I understand 😄
                        Sorry again, Edson!


                        Sans titre 1.jpg

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                        • EdsonE Offline
                          Edson
                          last edited by

                          gotcha! is this it?


                          Picture 21.png

                          edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                          http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                          • M Offline
                            Matt666
                            last edited by

                            Great ! The only problem is that it's the same thing as Window.... I d'ont understand your (Big) Mac Bug.... 😡 😡 😡
                            Thank you Edson!

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                              Matt666
                              last edited by

                              @edson said:

                              matt,
                              good news from the mac side of life. it works. however, in order to see the change in the info panel i must close it and open it again (not a big problem).
                              what could be improved is the fact that the icon bar does not reflect the present units chosen. see the picture: i have decimal and centimeters on it but the icon bar is not reflecting it. sometimes it is all gray, others white. the buttons seem to "stick".
                              but we made some progress.

                              Just one thing... With this update, can you try this : [floatr:22oduved]Sans titre 1.jpg[/floatr:22oduved]

                              1. Draw a line
                              2. Create a dimension entity of this line
                              3. Try to change units in the toolbar...
                                Is the dimension change ?
                                On windows, dimension changes each time you change units...

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                              • EdsonE Offline
                                Edson
                                last edited by

                                matt,

                                yes, the dimensions change. the functionality is now perfect.Picture 14.png

                                however, the buttons stay in "pressed" mode even when you change units. check below: after testing the meter button, i clicked on cm and then mm. all of them stayed as if they were active. would there be a way for making only the active unit's button to show as such? Picture 15.png

                                edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                                http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                                • M Offline
                                  Matt666
                                  last edited by

                                  Ok cool! Thank you!
                                  Do you have any error in the ruby console?

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                                  • EdsonE Offline
                                    Edson
                                    last edited by

                                    no errors.

                                    edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                                    http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                                    • kenK Offline
                                      ken
                                      last edited by

                                      Sir

                                      Matt666 your Plugin Toggle Units is very useful and I use it all the time when I get marine vessels in metric and diving equipment in Imperial.

                                      Just one question, would it be possible to add up and down precision buttons, so with a mouse selection, one could change the precision of the display either up or down as required?

                                      Thanks in advance and again thanks for the very useful plugin.

                                      Ken

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                                      • M Offline
                                        Matt666
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi Ken.
                                        in the first post, a new tool has been added. The last with 11 icons.
                                        Enjoy !

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                                        • CadFatherC Offline
                                          CadFather
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Matt, will do some new icons soon for all eleven (didn't like the other ones) 😄

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                                          • M Offline
                                            Matt666
                                            last edited by

                                            Cool!

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