Hide dimensions text
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You could write some short code [one-liner pasted into the Ruby Console + <enter>] to replace all text using ' ' [space], that way all text in the model [use a copy please!] becomes ' ', you'll keep the leader, but the text is then 'invisible'.
Sketchup.entities.each{|e|e.text=" " if e.class==Sketchup::Text}
to process Text inside nested groups/components try
Sketchup.definitions.each{|d|next if d.image?;d.entities.each{|e|e.text=" " if e.class==Sketchup::Text}}
Unfortunately there's no equivalent code to do the same with a 'dimension'.
If you want to have the dimension line/arrows without any text, then you must edit each one manually in turn ,and replace [paste] the text with ' '...
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Thanks for the quick response! Unfortunetely my code and ruby console experience falls into a catagory between zero and ziltch.
However, the images that I am producing aren't that text and dimension extensive and manually editing each one shouldn't be a problem. What is the 'input' that I replace the text with in order to have it 'invisible'?
@keeneanderson said:,and replace [paste] the text with ' '...
' '... = apostrophy, space, apostrophy, period, period, period ?
Cheers
KA
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If you are just editing the dimension text manually, just use a space. No apostrophes. That would be a catastrophe.
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That works perfect! Saved me from a catastrophe.
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If I had put a space alone without the
''you wouldn't have seen it, and if I typed it as'space'you'd have typed it
BTW IF you want to revert to the actual dimension add<>
If you want to add text AND the actual dimension useTEXT <>and the<>part is auto-replaced with the dimension in current units.
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Simpler yet, just put all your text/dimension objects on a separate Documentation layer. That way you can turn them on or off at will.
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@jgb said:
Simpler yet, just put all your text/dimension objects on a separate Documentation layer. That way you can turn them on or off at will.
How do you separate the dimension text from the arrows?
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You can't layer a dim's geometry and text separately.
However, layering dims/text IS a very useful tool...
To 'hide' a dim's text, but leave its line/arrows you have to replace the dim's text with a space ' '...
OR make/find/install a custom ttf font where all the characters are 'blank' and then use that font for your [selected] dims [temporarily], so they are not visible [but retain their text, with not further editing needed].
Later on you can swap back to a standard font - say 'Arial' - which makes the dim's text visible again... -
I started to play with this, however limited that is.
One partial solution (sort of!) is to make the text 1 point or .001 in high. That effectively makes the text almost invisible (looks like a small line)
but, and a big but... the arrowheads also disappear. 
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Get a 'blank ttf' Font... This 'Invisble.ttf' is OK. The 'infinity' symbol is its visible character [tiny dot]...Invisible.zip
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This would be ideal to hide copyright notices within the model.
See topic.....
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=42399&p=379799#p379799
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@jgb said:
This would be ideal to hide copyright notices within the model.
See topic.....
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=42399&p=379799#p379799
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