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new Measurement tool
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Re: new Measurement tool
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yeah, sorry, but he got on my nerves.
Re: new Measurement tool
Ok, the Add-on Manager is working again. So, I could install the Assembly4 WB and test the new measurement tool. Here are my comments:
I hope my comments are useful for further development.
BR Tom
- I like the Tasks View. It is much cleaner and understandable than the Caliper Tool of the Manipulator WB. Especially I like the Results group box.
- I like the readability of the labels, but the positioning of the labels could be improved. In many cases the labels cover the subject being measured.
- I don't understand yet the purpose of the generated Measures group in the model tree. It contains objects representing the measurement and objects representing the labels. When I double click on the measurement objects, the I the Transform Tool opens letting me move the measurement object in 3D space. But why should I do that? Double clicking an label object activates the Edit mode. But what can I edit here?
- If I turn off the option "Show Label in 3D view", then of course no label is created and the measurement result is only visible in the results group box. However, that result gets lost once I create a further measurement. I thought that I can recover an old measurement result by clicking on one of the created objects in the model tree, but that action does not update the results group box.
I hope my comments are useful for further development.
BR Tom
Re: new Measurement tool
Thank-you for testing and reporting
1) for personal use during design, where I only need the information, then I modify the model accordingly, and measure again
2) to document a measure: in this case I position the view and the measure carefully to best show what is measured, and then I take a screenshot
Yes, true. If someone wants to step-in to improve would be nice
The measures are static objects, there is nothing to edit about them. The labels are standard FreeCAD objects and behave like that. The Measures group is for convenience and was asked to avoid clutter in the model tree.
- I don't understand yet the purpose of the generated Measures group in the model tree. It contains objects representing the measurement and objects representing the labels. When I double click on the measurement objects, the I the Transform Tool opens letting me move the measurement object in 3D space. But why should I do that? Double clicking an label object activates the Edit mode. But what can I edit here?
I have 2 uses for measurements:
- If I turn off the option "Show Label in 3D view", then of course no label is created and the measurement result is only visible in the results group box. However, that result gets lost once I create a further measurement. I thought that I can recover an old measurement result by clicking on one of the created objects in the model tree, but that action does not update the results group box.
1) for personal use during design, where I only need the information, then I modify the model accordingly, and measure again
2) to document a measure: in this case I position the view and the measure carefully to best show what is measured, and then I take a screenshot
You are right, but these improvements are beyond my programming skillsIMHO it would be better to have only one object per measurement in the model tree. Double clicking on such an object should open the Measure Task and update the results group box. In the properties of such an object there should be an option to view/hide the label of that specific measurement.
Re: new Measurement tool
Thanks for this tool. It has a clean and intuitive interface. Finally a measurement tool that shows the length of an edge with one click!
I think I found a bug: Selecting snap and clicking on an edge always selects the edge's midpoint. (Tested with Part Cube.)
Enhancement: Undo (Ctrl+Z) does not honor the made measurements, it would be nice have these in the undo history.
Are there settings that allow to change the defaults (text, color, etc.)?
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Re: new Measurement tool
I already made sure this tool was in global workbench for me.
It is fantastic. Takes all that's good in Manipulator and then makes it sweeter.
This should be the default measurement tool in replacement of both the old Measure and the 0.18 Measurement tools, they used to be good when it was all we had. But they just don't cut it in comparison.
It is fantastic. Takes all that's good in Manipulator and then makes it sweeter.
This should be the default measurement tool in replacement of both the old Measure and the 0.18 Measurement tools, they used to be good when it was all we had. But they just don't cut it in comparison.
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Is it possible to store the last selected type of measurement.
I almost always use the distance measurement and always have to select it.
BR
I almost always use the distance measurement and always have to select it.
BR