| Request for more functionality on the Tape Measure Tool | red5hark | 3/9/12 1:55 PM | SketchUp:8 I would like to see the use of the Tape Measure Tool extended to include a concurrent running total of length, ie. being able to measure not just from A-B but A-B-C-D and sum the totals of measurement. red5 |
| Re: Request for more functionality on the Tape Measure Tool | Gaieus | 3/10/12 5:53 AM | Until such a feature is added (which, honestly, I doubt tht will happen), you can select all those edges (hold down the Shift key to add to the selection) and the Entity info box will tell you the summed up, total length of the selected edges. Well, |
| Re: Request for more functionality on the Tape Measure Tool | Aerilius* | 3/10/12 6:07 AM | Selecting the edges is currently not possible if they are in different groups/components. For such special purposes, a plugin would be appropriate. In your case there is also the difficulty that the components are not really aligned to each other (t |
| Re: Request for more functionality on the Tape Measure Tool | red5hark | 3/13/12 4:36 AM | @Gaieus - yes a duplicate topic since I asked if it was possible before moving it to a feature suggestion. @Aerilius - drawing another line just to measure a line seems like a road to madness and tedium, I've drawn the line once why should I have to |
| Re: Request for more functionality on the Tape Measure Tool | Aerilius* | 3/13/12 5:01 AM | That's more or less what you already do when you use the tape measure. Instead of creating a line entity, the tape measure displays an OpenGL line, with the same mouse clicks and mouse movements. I see that it doesn't look like a nice solution, but i |
| Re: Request for more functionality on the Tape Measure Tool | red5hark | 3/13/12 9:04 AM | So if we follow that logic then we can do away with the Tape Measurement tool altogether because all we have to do is draw a line for anything we would like to measure and look at the entity details. red. |
| Re: Request for more functionality on the Tape Measure Tool | wo3dan | 3/15/12 2:51 AM | From reading your request + the suggestions/answers and from reading the other thread I strongly get the impression that you would rather have the total blocks (groups) lengths, at least in the case presented here. Is this correct? Although there ( |
| Re: Request for more functionality on the Tape Measure Tool | red5hark | 3/16/12 3:31 AM | Hello, I would like a measurement tool that sums up the total length of anything that 'I' wish to measure and put said total and/or running total thereof in the little box at the bottom of the screen, this would be in addition to the Measurement tool |
| Re: Request for more functionality on the Tape Measure Tool | wkearney99 | 4/1/12 12:38 PM | But what would be more tedious, adding that to the tape measure tool for the rare times it'd be needed, or just drawing a temporary line? What's the use-case for needing that kind of measurement? Perhaps there's a better way to approach the problem. |
| Re: Request for more functionality on the Tape Measure Tool | red5hark | 4/8/12 6:11 AM | @wkearney99 Did you actually read the other posts on this before you posted? As this would explain what I needed (with pictures!) and why I would like it as a feature REQUEST. Yes it would be more tedious to keep drawing lines, than someone to code t |
| Re: Request for more functionality on the Tape Measure Tool | DCEMaine | 5/7/12 6:24 PM | I would like to see this functionality as well. Ironically, this is available within the Google suite of tools. Google Earth gives you this option (I use it all the time to see how far I walked or ran, etc). Seems like a port would do it, although |