[Plugin] TIG-DualDims

xyz · 27 Jul 2015, 02:13

Hello TIG
Another wonderful plugin
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Small request: When using the metric unit by default the second line gives imperial unity in decimal only.
Is it possible to have it in fractional?
In my area there is either fraction of pouce either mm.

I said that if we work in by imperial défaut..tout goes well for fractional numbers (see the example of "Cesar")
thank you
Michel (Quebec)

TIG · 27 Jul 2015, 12:12

It's all but impossible to format a 'fractional' second dim - that's why it's not an option.
It could be doable, with extremely convoluted parsing of the inch length into feet/inches/fractions - but I don't see it as worth the effort...
If you must have fractional dims, then use those as the model's units - so then the first dims reflect that, then use mm for the second dims.

jgt1942 · 11 Aug 2015, 06:54

TIG - MUCH thanks for this plugin. I find it SUPER useful!!!!!!!

MisterT · 5 May 2016, 03:42

Thanks TIG,

This is very usefull. You need to understand than I'm British but dont do Imperial, like the rest of us (officaly). But when I come across a source document that is Imperial its good to visulise the result in both formats.

Request
To go the extra mile(kilomiter) the Imperial output could be in feet and inches rather than decimal feet so I can close the loop on the original document - check to be sure,to be sure.

Thanks Again.

MisterT

TIG · 5 May 2016, 20:41

Don't say that I don't listen...
Here is v1.5
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_DualDims
New Lower Units choice of ' " & ' /" added [i.e. feet & inches as decimal-inches using chosen d.p. or feet and fractional " - always to nearest 1/64"]. Also made into an Extension and signed for v2016 compatibility.

TIG · 7 May 2016, 09:24

Here's v1.6
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_DualDims
The latest ' " & ' /" formats now suppress the 0' if dim is <= 12".

DADAZ · 8 Jul 2016, 19:00

nice tool.. hope it has an icon/toolbar icon.. and its possible have dual display or units measurement in the (measurements toolbar) thank... Bless you!

ittayd · 13 Apr 2017, 04:43

It would be nice if the tool supports showing just one unit, that is different than the current units and also if it could support custom units (e.g. cm/2) with custom annotations (so if something measures 10cm, I can make the dimensions show "5cm" using the tool). This is good to allow scaling while retaining dimensions of the pre-scaled geometry