Golden Mean Gauge
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I was watching a video of a Wood Magazine Designer who was using what he called a fibonacci Gauge. And I had an idea. Wouldnt it be great if there was a tool in sketchup, similar to a dimension line that you could then use to setup proportions. Yes I know there is the golden mean for when you are setting up a rectangle, but this would be way more useful for woodworkers and furniture designers. It would simply be a dimension line with 3 perpendicular lines to the main line. 2 on each end then a third at the GM ratio from the start point. If you want to get a feel for what I mean you can find the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xgw84Kwrh8
I dot mean to have the gauge image, just the concept of the tips...DaveR suggested that one of you guys may already have this or could throw it together before I could learn enough Ruby to do it myself.
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This is good.I use golden section a lot and kind of find it annoying that I always have to draw new rectangles then group them then scale them... Also, rectangles cannot be snapped but the only tool that "knows" GS.
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I'm on it.
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me too!
I also use a lot the golden proportions.
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Thanks guys...I am glad you all think its worthwile.
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Eric, what'd I tell you?
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Greetings:
There is a piece of software that interface with your screen and based on the Golden Section proportions: Atrise Golden Section.
http://www.atrise.com/golden-section/Sometimes I use it on Cad base programs.
Vid
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GoldenGauge is now available for free at Smustard.com
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