Add X and Y Postion text
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Plugin Request
I have a plugin that is called “Add Elevation Text” in the plugin menu. I was wondering, could a plugin be written that supplies, “Add Y Position Text”, “Add X Position Text”?
Thanks in advance
Ken
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Is it something needs a text label, or do you just want to be able to see the info quickly. For example, there is already a tool that comes with SU called the query tool. Its in Tools > Utilities > Query Tool. Activate it and move the cursor around. Hover over an object and it will show in the tooltip x,y,z info, plus more. It also shows it down in the bottom left corner of the SU window.
But it does not add labels, so it is hard to keep track of that info later.
So is something like that good enough? Or would you really prefer the labels actually be added?
Chris
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Oh yeah, and also if you use the text tool, and just click on an endpoint, it automatically enters the x,y,z values of that endpoint. That might help,
Chris
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Chris
Thanks for the very quick reply. Sometimes one just forgets all the tools available.
However, what I was trying to do. I work with plate steel panels. I align copies of each panel to the front view, arranging all the panels in order. I like to make sure they are all aligned correctly before I make a ACAD export. Also I need to be in the parallel projection view before exporting.
I have noticed that if I use the section view, and starting on no particular panel, most of the time not all the panels will show up in the section view, or sometimes just part of the panel. So my reasoning was that they were not all at the same position. So I wanted the plugin so I could go around to each corner and have a text message showing the position.
I like using the “Export Section Slice” as a DWG. This way I don’t have to hide the rest of the model and I can be selective about what I want exported.
The elevation plugin works on groups, however, the TEXT menu option only gives the info when the plate section is exploded.
Thanks for your reply
Ken
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