[Quick Measure is now an Addon] Is anyone willing to try another measuring program?
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[Quick Measure is now an Addon] Is anyone willing to try another measuring program?
Quick Measure. Is anyone willing to try another measuring program in A2 or A3?
Selecting one feature will show some info about the feature. In the top picture selecting the plane gives the name, area and the perimeter. The middle picture, a circle, gives the Radius and location.
Selecting two features gives more info, the distance between them and the x, y, z if applicable. The bottom shows two vertexes. The x, y, z is also the size of the cube. This seems to work in part design and A2plus. Is anyone willing to try it in A3 or A4?
Unzipping the file and dropping it in the mod folder adds the program.
Thanks.
Dan Miel
Selecting one feature will show some info about the feature. In the top picture selecting the plane gives the name, area and the perimeter. The middle picture, a circle, gives the Radius and location.
Selecting two features gives more info, the distance between them and the x, y, z if applicable. The bottom shows two vertexes. The x, y, z is also the size of the cube. This seems to work in part design and A2plus. Is anyone willing to try it in A3 or A4?
Unzipping the file and dropping it in the mod folder adds the program.
Thanks.
Dan Miel
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Re: Is anyone willing to try another measuring program?
Nice work! This has great potential. Is A2plus a dependency? it gave an error without it installed.
Single selection works nicely with an a4 assy, and some measurements with two selections as well. However some measurements are missing, such as center-center distance of two circles, angle between lines, distance from vertex to face etc.
Single selection works nicely with an a4 assy, and some measurements with two selections as well. However some measurements are missing, such as center-center distance of two circles, angle between lines, distance from vertex to face etc.
Re: Is anyone willing to try another measuring program?
Hi Haavard, thanks for responding.
I’m learning as I go. I don’t know how to get the angle of two lines or plane to vertex. If someone wants to share the knowledge, I’m sure I could add it.
Dan Miel
A2Plus should not be a dependency that is why I'm asking for people to try it in A3 and A4 assy.
If you are selecting the surface of the circles, you will not get a distance. if you select the edge of the circles, you should get a distance. When the surface is selected it just says it is a surface, but maybe if I check the number of edges and there is only one then it should be a circle. I'll experiment.
I’m learning as I go. I don’t know how to get the angle of two lines or plane to vertex. If someone wants to share the knowledge, I’m sure I could add it.
Dan Miel
Re: Is anyone willing to try another measuring program?
Nice work dan-miel!
Re: Is anyone willing to try another measuring program?
Haavard, these selections have been added and many more. I hope users will find this a handy tool. If you selected a feature by mistake, simply click it again to deselect it.
If someone would like to try Quick Measure but doesn’t want to go to the website at https://github.com/DanMiel/QuickMeasure and download the zip file, you can open FreeCAD, go to Edit>Preferences then open the Addon Manager on the left side. Add the above web address to the large ‘Repository URL’ box. You can then install Quick Measure like any WorkBench by using the Tools>Addon Manager. You may need to fresh the Manager page.
Dan
Edit: Quick Measure is on github at https://github.com/DanMiel/QuickMeasure. You can go there and click on the code button, download the zip file, unzip it and put the folder in the FreeCAD/Mod directory or do as above.
Re: [Finished] Is anyone willing to try another measuring program?
The Quick Measure program has been added to the FreeCAD Addon manager. You may need to refresh the Local cache in the lower left of the manager to see it. Download and install the same as any other addon.
Dan Miel
Dan Miel
Re: [Quick Measure is now an Addon] Is anyone willing to try another measuring program?
It now has a permanent place on my custom toolbars for PartDesign and Assembly4.
Excellent added feature.
Thanks dan-meil.
EDIT: Now, if the panel could be transparent that would be great.
"It is a poor workman who blames his tools..."
Re: [Quick Measure is now an Addon] Is anyone willing to try another measuring program?
Ppemawm, I modified the program with various transparencies but, on my machine, I couldn't find an advantage to the dialog being opaque so I left it alone. Is it covering to much of your screen?
Thanks for the input and I'm glad you found the add-on useful.
Dan
Re: [Quick Measure is now an Addon] Is anyone willing to try another measuring program?
Nice!
Greetings
user1234
Greetings
user1234
Re: [Quick Measure is now an Addon] Is anyone willing to try another measuring program?
It could be smaller but for aging eyes it is fine as is.
Thanks again.
"It is a poor workman who blames his tools..."