I tried to post a small word document showing the dialog boxes
etc. I guess I don't understand how to do that.
Drill tool needs a point already on the component face.
Perhaps set by Tape Measure tool.
The Dado tool "from/to" edges are not the ends. They define
how you want to place the dado. The from edge and to edge define
the plane and how your dimensions to the dado are placed. Hence a dimension
of 1 inch is from the from edge in the direction of the to edge. What
you are dimensioning to is one of three possibilities To (the nearest edge)
Center (the center) or Over (to the furthest edge). That is kind of
an old convention in carpentry.

Thanks Joel

I have written a few simple woodworking tools that I use in designing furniture. Most can easily be done using standard sketchup methods but since I use them so much, they save me time.
Create Board - creates a named component, with all three dimensions and oriented in space.
Resize Board - One dialog box editing of all three dimensions.
Drill Board - a repeating tool for drilling holes in components.
Dado Board - a repeating tool for Dadoing boards.
Set to front - Sets a component to the xz plane with one click. (Handy for
creating cutting list scenes).
Set Relative - moves a component relative to another in all three dimensions. (Handy for setting boards in space).
I am working on a tool allowing one to resize a group of components, one direction at a time allowing one to resize say a drawer without resizing the widths, thicknesses etc.
I am new to Ruby, but have written tons of things inside AutoCad.
Joel

woodwrk.rb

setcomponents.rb

Attached are some simple woodworking tools that I use all the time.
They are simple, Create a board - (actually a named component with all three dimensions and oriented in space.
Resize a board.
Drill tool - drills any component
Dado tool - creates a dado easily in any component.
Bring component to front. Handy to create cutting list of components.
Set component Relative. This moves a component relative to another.
Handy for arranging boards in space.

I have started on a component or group stretcher that allows one to resize
say, a drawer, one direction at a time without screwing up the parts that
shouldn't change.

Thanks,