Hello peweuk,

Thank you for this example!

@peweuk said:

BUT - when I fix the dimensions the panel is resized again to the inside position of the original Driving Dimensions (ie 100mm on either end) resulting in it being 200mm shorter overall, and 100mm along the X axis from its origin.

Any thoughts anyone??

What do you mean saying "I fix the dimensions"? If you selected the "Recalculate Model With Driving Dimension" tool
then the behavior is expected: after the stretch your driving dimensions are violated (the real distances are both equal to 200mm), so the model has to be updated to satisfy the value you set (100mm). If you don't want the overall dimension (1000mm) to be changed, just set it as a driving dimension. But please note that the arc itself won't be changed automatically, so the solution probably won't satisfy you. We plan to improve the arc/circle treatment in the forthcoming versions of our plugin.

Hello again!

We have noticed that some SketchUp users do not completely understand the added value of the Driving Dimensions plugin, since they use the built-in tools for dimension modification (Scale, Tape Measure, Dynamic Components). But the Driving Dimensions plugin really opens up new possibilities of parametric design in SketchUp. To overcome this misunderstanding, we have answered typical questions about Driving Dimensions and put the corresponding FAQ at our web site.

You are welcome to comment these questions or to ask additional ones!

Hello everybody!

We have just released the version 0.3 of our Driving Dimensions plugin for Google SketchUp 6 and 7. Don't hesitate to test the new functionality during forthcoming season holidays: driving angles between arbitrary 3D edges, zero-valued distances and fixation constraints. We have also prepared several funny models with Driving Dimensions to let you enjoy the plugin. Please visit http://www.DrivingDimensions.com to download the new version.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hello everybody!

We have recently released the second preliminary version (Driving Dimensions 0.2) of our free plugin.

New:

• Support of SketchUp 7 (backward compatibility with SketchUp 6)
• Driving distances (between two vertices, two parallel edges, between a vertex and an edge)
• Driving planar angles (between adjacent edges sharing a common face)

Improved:

• Setting and changing only one circle/arc radius for a cylindrical surface now does not make a conic
• Robustness on large models

You are welcome to use it!
For detailed description, new video and the plugin itself please visit http://www.DrivingDimensions.com

@ilay7k said:

Дмитрий спасибо!
Увидел про вас на блоге Джима Фолтца.

И Вам спасибо за интерес!
А Джим действительно нас первый заметил. И сделал это несколько раньше, чем нам того хотелось

Thank you!

@dtrarch said:

I would have expected that the upper segment that was edited would affect the related face and the object would stay in place not rotate and distort/displace.
Also the distortion did not occur on an adjacent face that was edited in a similar way.

dtr,

Thank you for these explanations - we'll definitely take them into account to improve the behavior.

@dtrarch said:

As this is segment driven how would groups and components be parametric without opening same ?

We have some ideas to deal with grouped entities and plan to implement them in the next releases. E.g. point-to-point distance and other driving dimension could be used to position the group w.r.t. other entities. We can also scale the group to satisfy the dimensions. If you have in mind a particular parametric scenario with a group, please share it with us.

@dtrarch said:

A convert to SU mode dimensions & back to DD would be very useful too.
It was our first thought when we started the development of this plugin. Unfortunately the built-in SU dimensions are not accessible at Ruby API level.

@dtrarch said:

2d for layout seems best use for the beta iteration.
I don't see what you mean. Could you please describe this in more details?

Thank you very much for these ideas of functional enhancement!

Thanx for this model, dtr!

Currently we collect cases with unexpected solutions to work on them and improve the natural behavior of our solver.
So I'd like to know what solution did you expect here?

@ktkoh said:

I must be a little slow. I downloaded driving dim and it shows up in tools but I can't figure out how to create driving dim. I need some help to get started.

Keith

You can use Help/Driving Dimensions Help from the top menu to access the online help on this plugin.
Here is the direct link to the help page: http://drivingdimensions.com/SketchUp/help.php

@fefillo said:

Here's a little mini tutorial I just made. Hopefully it will explain the basics of the tool.

It's great!

Hello everybody!

Now you can download Driving Dimensions plugin at download.com (Tested spyware free)

Please don't hesitate to share your feedback with the developers!