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    • E Offline
      eselick
      last edited by

      Hi

      If I leave the lenX and lenZ of my DC unconstrained, the user can scale on those axes. However, I would also like to have input fields so that the user has the choice of keying in these values. Once these are added scaling is no longer possible.

      Is there anyways to let Sketchup know it should ignore the input fields when the user tries to scale my component or by using another logical field in the options dialog?

      Thanks

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        eselick
        last edited by

        Hi
        I found this post which gave me the answer:
        http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=47048&p=420570&hilit=current&sid=b0e2d1b9d1664ad9915628072fb5a35d#p420570

        Thanks for the forum.

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          Jim
          last edited by

          There is no way to do it that I know of. You must chose either scaling or dialog input, but not both.

          Hi

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            eselick
            last edited by

            Hi Jim
            I have been able to get it to work by giving the user a choice in the DC options dialog:

            The image shows the scale or dimension pulldown.

            I use the following formula for lenZ and the same kind of thing for lenX:

            =if(ScaleOrDimensions="SCALE",current("lenZ"),OpeningHeight+SillHeight+Width)

            I did get happily carried away with the project the goal of which was to create a customizable window trim component that could be used be used to decorate the many existing dynamic window components.

            I'll upload this to the warehouse in a bit, but I'm attaching it here. If you'd like to have a look and hopefully make any comments that might help improve it I'd appreciate it.

            Thanks
            Elliot


            Trim V4 Working.skp

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              Jim
              last edited by

              Not bad! πŸ‘

              Hi

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                driven
                last edited by

                hi
                very nice,
                question: why have scale along green if it does nothing?
                john

                learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                  eselick
                  last edited by

                  Thanks jim and driven - I've removed the ability to scale on the green axis πŸ˜„

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                    Trogluddite
                    last edited by

                    Ah, allowing the user a choice per component - that's very neat, thankyou.

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