[Plugin] Dimension management tools

slbaumgartner

Please give the attached a try and see if (a) it does what you need, and (b) there are bugs.

Thanks
Steve

chrisik

Thank you very much for this plugin, I use it very often.
Is it possible to set the current scene name automatically as the default layer name when you create a new layser? Which modifications to the rb file have to be made?

chrisik

Sorry but i can't install the plugin. After i select "install extension..." in the system preferences menu and select the plugin, a window pops up: "Unable to install this Extension. Sketchup was unable to install the Extension you have chosen for some unknown reason. Consult your Extension's documentation for additional help." ?

TIG

@chrisik said:

Sorry but i can't install the plugin. After i select "install extension..." in the system preferences menu and select the plugin, a window pops up: "Unable to install this Extension. Sketchup was unable to install the Extension you have chosen for some unknown reason. Consult your Extension's documentation for additional help." ?
Which version of the RBZ are you trying to install ?
The one one post ago ??
Or another ???

For me that RBZ downloads fine, and installs, and it works...

slbaumgartner

I may have botched the zip! Will look into it and get back shortly. Sorry about that...

slbaumgartner

Not sure what I did wrong before, but this new one works on my system:

dimension_utilities.rbz

slbaumgartner

Give the following a try and let me know if there are problems. This version combines the nested logic requested previously with this change to the default new layer naming. To avoid confusion, it appends " dims" to the name of the current scene. If there are no scenes or the current scene is not named, it will revert to the previous default of "DIM_TEXT".

One issue I know about is that the UI.inputbox may truncate the strings it displays - they are correct but the dialog doesn't expand to show them. This is a known bug in inputbox that I can't fix except with a rewrite to use a different input technique.

[edit] The rbz I uploaded earlier was somehow damaged. Please use the one in my later post.

chrisik

ok. it works. While installing the windows "Unable to install this Extension..." still pops up but the plugin works anyway. Many thanks for your changes.

tinttable

I have downloaded your plugin for handling dimensions and it works beautifully. Its Exactly what I needed. Thank you very, very much!

tdoolittle

How do I remove this extension from Sketchup2016?

TIG

@tdoolittle said:

How do I remove this extension from Sketchup2016?
Since it's a simple Plugin [rather than an Extension which would also have its own subfolder], you can simply find its RB file ' dimension_utilities.rb' and delete it.
Look in your Plugins folder...
This one-liner copy+pasted into the Ruby Console +<enter> will open your Plugins folder for you [it is in a folder-path that is hidden by default]:
UI.openURL("file:///#{Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins')}")
Alternatively if you have the SketchUcation Toolset installed you can use its Plugins-Manager dialog to Disable any listed plugin-file that is being Loaded/Enabled - when SketchUp restarts it won't load, but you could always reinstate it if you so desired, OR in the same toolset - use its submenu item to 'Uninstall' that plugin in which case, thereafter it won't load or even appear in any of its Manager dialogs, but it could still be Reinstalled later, if desired - by using the same dialog...