Good day.
Is it possible in the future to have automatic dimension.
so instead of selecting horizontal or vertical or angle it automatically set the dimensions so you don't have to choose.
I think the new version of Freecad has this.

So this might speed up things quite a bit.

Thanks!

Hi Matadem,

re:
> Is it possible in the future to have automatic dimension.
> so instead of selecting horizontal or vertical or angle it automatically
> set the dimensions so you don't have to choose.

It's actually possible right now by installing this attached DimAuto plugin I just made.

Instructions for installing a plugin here.

That will make a new command DimAuto available. The way it works is after you pick the 2nd point for the dimension there are 3 lines that will be radiating out from that point, one horizontal, one vertical and one aligned. Whichever one you are closest to for the 3rd pick will determine the type.

Looks like this:



Hope that helps!

- Michael

Works fine with my little trick of 3D dimension!
Draw a plane by 3 points
AutoDIm (you must find the diagonal)
Hide or kill the plane

Hi Michael,
just tried Auto dimension script and got this error.
TypeError: undefined is not a constructor (evaluating 'moi.geometryDatabase.addConstructionLine( begin, end )')

DimAuto.js line 95

91: }
92:
93: function CreateCLine( begin, end )
94: {
95: >> var cline = moi.geometryDatabase.addConstructionLine( begin, end );
96: cline.setHitTest( false );
97:
98: return cline;
99: }

Also cant this function be achieved with the standard Aligned dimension tool anyway ?
Cheers
Barry

Same here