[Plugin] Toggle Units

davidlouis

Not wanting to discourage the development of great tools such as this, I can't help wonder why, so far down the line in sketchup development, you can't have one preference for modelling units and a different one for the value readout of say... areas, dimensions etc etc... CAD software has been doing this since day one...

At the moment I model in millimeters and require dimensions and areas in meters... I've used this tool since it pretty much came but why don't the skp developers integrate this into the preferences / model info units interface...???

Either way thanks for a great tool!

Dave

vidy

@watkins said:

Dear All,

Okay, Toggle Units is now working in V8, but only after installing the version posted by 'blajnov' (page 6 of this thread, and near the top).

Kind regards,
Bob

dear bob,
do you have the icon showed up on v.8?

watkins

Dear Vidy,

Yes I do, and I have checked all the functions and they work. It would be very useful if someone could update the first posting with the V8 compatible plugin.

Regards,
Bob

TIG

I have updated the first post in the thread http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=81391#p81391
Please use the new 'bold' version which is v6/7/8... friendly - I left the old one BUT I don't recommend that version at all...

vidy

thanks bob and tig, now it works perfectly

Dave R

TIG,

I just installed the latest version but I am getting the blank toolbar. In looking through the script I see what looks like the path to the PNGs shown as below. The icon folder is called "toggle_units_icons" but I wonder if it or the script should be modified. Or maybe I'm looking in the wrong place and have a different problem.

cmd = UI;;Command.new(Strings["Decimal"]) { toggle_units(5) }
cmd.small_icon = "CD_ICONS/TWEAK/tudec16.png"
cmd.large_icon = "CD_ICONS/TWEAK/tudec24.png"

TIG

@dave r said:

TIG,

I just installed the latest version but I am getting the blank toolbar. In looking through the script I see what looks like the path to the PNGs shown as below. The icon folder is called "toggle_units_icons" but I wonder if it or the script should be modified. Or maybe I'm looking in the wrong place and have a different problem.

cmd = UI;;Command.new(Strings["Decimal"]) { toggle_units(5) }
> cmd.small_icon = "CD_ICONS/TWEAK/tudec16.png"
> cmd.large_icon = "CD_ICONS/TWEAK/tudec24.png"
> 	    
>

You are right - I copied the files over without looking at then [I didn't use this tool at all]
I've now updated the zip http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=81391#p81391 so that it has the correct folder specified for the icons !

Dave R

Thank you, TIG. I'm amazed that I sorted out the problem correctly. I must be learning from watching you.

Matt666

Hi all.
Sorry for my absence, for now I don't often use SU. Thank you TIG to be here...

mag1800

[floatr:2nr8pix2][/floatr:2nr8pix2]Great Plugin Matt. Works great for me. Thank You.

Matt666

Hi all.
Plugin updated with a new tool (Toolbar manager): You can now choose icons you want to display in the toolbar.
Thanks to Thomthom and TIG!

LINK: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=81391#p81391

Matt666

Do not hesitate to tell me if something goes wrong... I'm new with HTML and JAVASCRIPT...

driven

Hi Mat,

on my mac if I instal this correctly and open SU

Unless, I use the manager, make a change and then quit

SU actually crashes when I close a window and I get a report dialog.

When I remove this ruby, everything works as it should, if put it back again problem returns.

it make no difference if I use or don't use the plugin, only if it's installed.

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john

Matt666

Hum Thomthom told me I had to use 'show' with windows and 'show_modal' with mac... I think this is the problem (because i completely forgot this!). I'll take a look soon thank you!