Face View
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Do you have a screenshot of your problem?
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Yes an image of your problem would certainly help as it's not quite clear.
But at a guess it sounds like you are trying to place dimensions on faces but the tool needs an edge to work from. The tape tool is placing a guide for you to measure from, in other words it is creating an edge that the dimension tool can use. -
And my guess is that you need to work with established Scenes, or the standard Views. The dimension tool as well as the plain text tool will float all over the place when you orbit.
Do you work in Parallel Projection or in Perspective?
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You need to use the Inferencing system of Sketchup to get it to work properly.
The tool will click to certain points, edges or guides. By hovering on the semicircle you should get the center inference point. Click the center point then the corner of the rectangle. This lets you place the dimension in either direction.
Here is a quick video, I was describing what I was doing but didn't record sound so it seems to jump around a bit for no reason.
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Thanks will try that but i think i did when i used the tape,but cant remember right now
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Ok
so now i got the upload thing to work
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OK found how to view the faces "Standard Views"
what i find strange is with dimensions it happy with one or the other but soon as i use the tape then it will work with both.and give me the size. -
Hi
Thanks for reply
i work in Perspective
established Scenes, or the standard Views ?? need some info on this
hope this works did prt scr then copied to public folder in dropbox
where you see the 37 is where it wont work you can do the half circle (goes blue) but edge no joy but works with tape as i said.
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I don't understand what your issue is.
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With dimensions i cant "just" use the tool in some places i need to use the tape first to give it something to connect to and others it is fine
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As Box wrote make sure you use one of the many inferences...
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I wonder if you've got an exploded arc at one end so inferencing doesn't have a center point to snap to. If you posted the SKP file it would be easier to sort out the problem you're having.
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will find the file
i now have another problem unless i am not seen the right thing but i cant see
(Menu) Window → Settings → (Option)
as asked for this is one that i have a problem with try lower slot
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@mikehd70 said:
... but i cant see
(Menu) Window → Settings → (Option)Are you searching for "Preferences"?
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I don't understand what you are trying to do
But anyway...
On a PC it's under SketchUp's menu: Window > Preferences...
On a MAC it's under the menu item SketchUp > Preferences...
Then go to whatever sub-panel you want in the Preferences dialog - like 'Extensions'... -
I found two issues that would make dimensioning the slot difficult. First, the guide point you placed isn't at the center of the arc at the bottom of the slot. The vertical dimension ends more closely to it but it's still not on center.
There are two options. The easiest and most straightforward would be to use SketchUp's inferencing to locate the center of the arc. To do that, hover over a vertex on the edge of the arc for two seconds before dragging the cursor toward the center. When you get close the cursor will snap to the center and you should get a pop up message indicating that. Click there to set the point. You can do that for either the first end of the dimension or the second.
One thing that will help is to make sure you're using Zoom and pan as needed to be able to get at what you're dimensioning. For the length of the slot, zoom in to one end to start the dimension and then the other to finish it. Use the CMB and mouse wheel for navigating so you don't wind up dropping the dimension tool inadvertently.
An alternative would be to use Point at Center from the Ruby Script Examples plugin (see the Extension Warehouse) to place a guide point at the center of the arc.
The other problem I found is that the curve at the top end of the slot is not recognized as an arc. I replaced it with a proper arc and used inferencing on both arcs to get their centers and correctly dimension the length of the slot.
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Thanks for the info i installed the plugin works ok with circles,arc so now what do i use to get the edge to be found wit the dia. tool zoom in that i can see the arrow going round the edge and it still wont lock on. replaced the arc,s measure from center to center no problem but to edge no joy
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Did you watch the video I made.
The dimension tool wont lock on to the edge, but it will to the corner.
Click one end on the centre point then the other end on the corner of the rectangle then slide the dimension up or across to where you want it. -
Thanks again for the help went and watched again now it makes more sense,still strange why it wont use an edge like all cad programs do need to just change how my brain works in SU.
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Mike, it's no major hardship to just add guidelines to create temporary intersections along the edge so that the Dimension tool has a snap to point. You can delete the guides when finished with them.
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