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    • J Offline
      Jim
      last edited by

      This simple plugin displays the dimensions (width, length, depth) of a selected Group or Instance.

      Unlike the BoundingBox dimensions, the dimensions are correct even when the object is rotated and scaled. Units are displayed in the model units.

      (Width, Height, Depth) correspond to the object's (X, Y, Z) dimensions.

      Menu: Plugins / jf Get Dimensions

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      reference: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=28842


      version 1.1 2014-04-02

      Hi

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      • J Offline
        Jim
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        I like what this does, but menus are so clunky. Can anyone envision an interface that is fast yet non-intrusive?

        What about a small, button-size webdialog that activates on an onMouseOver event? No clicking, just activates as you pass your mouse over it.

        Or maybe on the other end of the spectrum, a complete alternative to the Entity Info window, but with much more information?

        Hi

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
          last edited by

          Entity Into window with collapsible sections of data.

          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            Jim, I didn't know I needed this plugin but it is very useful. Although I assigned a keyboard shortcut to it, I like your idea of mouseover so you don't have to reactivate the tool for each component.

            Etaoin Shrdlu

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              Yesterday I hacked the Query tools that comes with SU to display the .bounds dimension for the entity you hover over by request from someone at my office.

              Both a query tool that display info on screen and an enhanced Entity Info window has its uses.

              What if you have this Entity Info++ window, where at each section you also have a checkbox. That checkbox controls what info you get on screen with Query Tool++.
              ❓ πŸ’­


              TT Hack

              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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              • D Offline
                dedmin
                last edited by

                This is the most used plugin in my toolbox - assigned shortcut "N" to it! Thanks again Jim for improving it!! πŸŽ‰ πŸŽ‰

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                • D Offline
                  dedmin
                  last edited by

                  @thomthom said:

                  Yesterday I hacked the Query tools that comes with SU to display the .bounds dimension for the entity you hover over by request from someone at my office.

                  Both a query tool that display info on screen and an enhanced Entity Info window has its uses.

                  What if you have this Entity Info++ window, where at each section you also have a checkbox. That checkbox controls what info you get on screen with Query Tool++.
                  ❓ πŸ’­

                  The same problem with components not aligned to the world axes as the old Get Dimensions plugin:

                  2010-06-08_164546.jpg

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    ah! oops!

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                    • B Offline
                      Ben Ritter
                      last edited by

                      Jim, thank you for sharing.

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                      • D Offline
                        dedmin
                        last edited by

                        2010-06-24_092943.jpg

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          In SketchUp when it rounds of a value it prefix it with a tilde ~.
                          If the lenght is 10.522221 and your model units are set to display only two decimals, SU will display that as "~ 10.52"

                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                            dedmin
                            last edited by

                            The problem is that the plugin can't recognize SketchUP's circles - it shows different sizes for x and y. Here is the old plugin:

                            2010-06-24_095545.jpg

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                              Ben Ritter
                              last edited by

                              Jim, thank you.

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                              • J Offline
                                Jim
                                last edited by

                                @ben ritter said:

                                Jim, thank you.

                                You're welcome.
                                @dedmin said:

                                The problem is that the plugin can't recognize SketchUP's circles - it shows different sizes for x and y. Here is the old plugin:

                                This knows nothing of circles, or any other actual geometry. It only reports the BoundingBox dimensions adjusted for rotation.

                                Dave, that is the only way I can reproduce the results. And it makes sense (to me, anyway) that an odd-sided circle has differing dimensions due to the segments being non-symmetrical.

                                Hi

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                                • Dave RD Offline
                                  Dave R
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                                  I get the same results as dedmin if I drag out the radius of the circle off axis or if I use an odd number (25) of sides for the circle instead of an even number. On the other hand, with the radius dragged out on axis and an even number of sides, I get the same value for x and y even with Precision set to 0.000001mm it is the same value. Those results are all understandable since the plugin is reporting the size of the bounding box.

                                  Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                  • D Offline
                                    dedmin
                                    last edited by

                                    I see. Thanks for the explanation. This SketchUp "geometry" is becoming a big problem for me. To bad, but I have to move to other more precise software.

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      Sounds like you might need a NURBS modeller - one that understand circles.
                                      Bonzai or Rhino comes to mind.

                                      Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                        dedmin
                                        last edited by

                                        Rhino is my choice - the new version 5 is very promising. Gonna miss SketchUp's components, FredoScale and the community!

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                                          dedmin
                                          last edited by

                                          Here is a new version that displays the dimensions on the status bar
                                          Screen.png

                                          Made by a russian guy called 'newsposting'
                                          GetDimensions.rb

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                                          • mitcorbM Offline
                                            mitcorb
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi, dedmin:
                                            Can you point to the source of the Russian guy's plugin?

                                            I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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