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    • bazB Offline
      baz
      last edited by

      @slb_jwm said:

      No feedback yet, despite numerous downloads of this extension. How is it working for you? Are there problems or shortcomings we need to address?

      Thanks,

      Steve and John

      Haven't had to use it except for testing but seems to work very well. Thanks.

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        db11
        last edited by

        Used it for the first time today. Works as expected on MacOS (El Capitan) / SU Pro 15.

        My only feature request would be for it to pick up the Dimension font and colour settings.

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        • cottyC Offline
          cotty
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          Great idea to update this often searched plugin!

          If I click on "Load Defaults", I've get this:

          ad2.JPG

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            slb_jwm
            last edited by

            @cotty, that's interesting. A couple of followup questions to help us track it down:

            • did you type anything before getting this error, or did it happen the moment you opened the settings dialog?
            • is your computer set to a locale that uses comma as the decimal point (we may have overlooked that)?
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              driven
              last edited by

              cotty, do you use a coma as your decimal separator?

              john

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

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              • cottyC Offline
                cotty
                last edited by

                Yes, I do.

                my SketchUp gallery

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                  slb_jwm
                  last edited by

                  Thanks, @Cotty! We can see that we overlooked correct handling of comma-style decimals in some places. We'll get right on it.

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                  • cottyC Offline
                    cotty
                    last edited by

                    Thank you!
                    👍

                    my SketchUp gallery

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                      slb_jwm
                      last edited by

                      @db11 said:

                      Used it for the first time today. Works as expected on MacOS (El Capitan) / SU Pro 15.

                      My only feature request would be for it to pick up the Dimension font and colour settings.

                      Alas, at this time the SketchUp Ruby API does not expose any way to get these properties from the Dimension objects or the model.

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                        slb_jwm
                        last edited by

                        A brief status report: we are working on automatic handling of '.' vs ',' decimal points throughout the extension. Given how we had implemented the extension, this turned out to be more complicated than we hoped, but we are nearing completion. Stay tuned...

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                        • cottyC Offline
                          cotty
                          last edited by

                          👍

                          my SketchUp gallery

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                            slb_jwm
                            last edited by

                            We have just posted version 5.3 beta, which should handle regions in which comma is used as the decimal point. Please test and let us know if you find problems.

                            Note: this release has partial support for French in some of the prompts, but is incomplete in that language and does not yet translate to other languages. John hopes to take that on as a future project!

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                              blajnov
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                              Do not put down the value, if the angle is 90 degrees


                              2016-12-11_21-51-58.jpg

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                                slb_jwm
                                last edited by

                                That is an intentional "feature": the extension follows the convention of marking a right angle with a square. We debated whether that was a good idea or not and decided to try it this way and see what users think. It wouldn't be hard to change...opinions?

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                                • jujuJ Offline
                                  juju
                                  last edited by

                                  @slb_jwm said:

                                  That is an intentional "feature": the extension follows the convention of marking a right angle with a square. We debated whether that was a good idea or not and decided to try it this way and see what users think. It wouldn't be hard to change...opinions?

                                  in 2D on paper or diagrammatically it makes sense, but may be confusing when used in a 3D modeling environment

                                  Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                                    slb_jwm
                                    last edited by

                                    How would you like it if we made a setting with checkbox (default 'on') for 'Use square for 90deg'?

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                                      slb_jwm
                                      last edited by

                                      In response to the above feedback, we have added an option to choose whether right angles are annotated with a small square or with the same format as other angles. The revised version 5.5 beta is available in the plugin store.

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                                        slb_jwm
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                                        To make it easier for us to maintain, we have just completed transfer of this plugin to our joint authorship login in the Plugin Store. To download the latest, please look under "Steve Baumgartner and John McClenahan" authors. This is the same as the 5.5 beta previously published with slbaumgartner as sole author.

                                        PMs and such should now go to slb_jwm.

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                                        • cottyC Offline
                                          cotty
                                          last edited by

                                          I've tested the news version and everything is working as expected, thank you for this great updated plugin!

                                          my SketchUp gallery

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                                            johnwmcc
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                                            Steve and I have now updated a draft version of the program, with translations into all of the languages in which Sketchup ships for countries using a Latin alphabet.

                                            Before publishing the multi-language version we would like help in reviewing the translations, made (with minor amendments) using Google Translate.

                                            So far, we've done translations for these languages:
                                            French
                                            German
                                            Spanish
                                            Italian
                                            Portuguese
                                            Swedish

                                            There are probably a few mistakes, big and small, in these translations. Neither I nor Steve is a good enough linguist to correct them. Please could a native-speaker of any of these languages review the appropriate page in the attached LibreOffice spreadsheet? It can be opened in LibreOffice or OpenOffice, or Excel.

                                            Please don't change the existing translation, but insert any improved translation suggestions in the last column of one or more of the individual language sheets, identified by the two-letter code in the sheet name.

                                            Please email the suggestions to Steve John <slb.jwm@gmail,com>

                                            Many thanks in advance for anyone who can help.

                                            If you would prefer a different format to ease your process of review, please email your request to us, using the email address above, or by PM to slb_jwm.


                                            Draft translations for Angular Dimension 2

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