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# Default code, use or delete... SKETCHUP_CONSOLE.clear if defined? SKETCHUP_CONSOLE mod = Sketchup.active_model # Open model ent = mod.entities # All entities in model sel = mod.selection # Current selection opts = mod.options prov = opts["UnitsOptions"] #LengthFormat puts "Old setting ;" + prov["LengthFormat"].to_s prov["LengthFormat"] = 0 puts "New setting ;" + prov["LengthFormat"].to_s #LengthUnit puts "Old setting ;" + prov["LengthUnit"].to_s prov["LengthUnit"] = 3 puts "New setting ;" + prov["LengthUnit"].to_s #LengthPrecision puts "The original precision setting value ;" + prov["LengthPrecision"].to_s prov["LengthPrecision"] = 1 puts "The new precision setting value ;" + prov["LengthPrecision"].to_s #LengthSnapLength puts "The original SnapLength setting value ;" + prov["LengthSnapLength"].to_s prov["LengthSnapLength"] = 10.cm puts "The new SnapLength setting value ;" + prov["LengthSnapLength"].to_s

@gilles said:

Why not complain to Trimble if you want native function?

post is inside:
SketchUp Feature Requests
Is this the right section for such a request?

BTW - a lot of Fredo work has to be implemented as native functions in SketchUp.

Thank you !
Exactly as I wanted to be.

All I show in my first post is absolutely possible in SketchUp.
There is a script "Get Dimensions" by Jim Foltz
showing correct size for bounds of groups and components.
A script from Fredo6 "Best fitting bounding box for for a single face" (for 2d elements).
Scripts to show size of edges (or lines).
(Single drawing elements can be added to "single element groups" inside scripts to extract size with above mentioned tools too).
I wander why such a tool did not exist if so widely wished.
A tool that collects size info for every drawing element.
(I know it will duplicate some of the Entity info fields, but it is OK if the objective is to collect size information in one place.)
I'm trying to put all above in a single info label, but my knowledge in programing is too poor.
Is there anyone to help with code? ("Help" in my case = someone to write the script)
For now I imagine it as small label on screen updated on selection change - like this:

Label.jpg

Area, volume, names can be added too, but I try to make it as small as possible, so may be as optional rows in the above label.
Next step will be a dialog, and changing size (input) to act as resize/scale (relative to current axis location for components and groups).

Obviously you don't smoke as much as I do.😄

After all day hard work, few hundred restarts of the program and lot of browsing and investigating available scripts - i have done this:

MoveTool.rb

require 'sketchup.rb'

if( not file_loaded? "MoveTool.rb" )
Sketchup.active_model.selection
UI.add_context_menu_handler do |menu|
menu.add_separator
menu.add_item("Move tool"){Sketchup.send_action "selectMoveTool:"}
menu.add_item("Select tool"){Sketchup.send_action "selectSelectionTool:"}
end
file_loaded "MoveTool.rb"
end

This is my first script and is working for now.