Tig 2d tools how to set rectangle dimension
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How do you set the rectangle dimension in 2d tools? The first click sets the startng point and the second click sets the first corner and the third click sets the second corner thus finishing the rectangle, but how do you set the size of the rectangle. I must be missing some basic concept, but I cannot figure it out and the Help File is no Help. I welcome any hints someone can give.
thanks,
vern
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You usually get a better response when you post in any tool's main thread...
That said...
It's a 3-point rectangle.
[Read the status-bar prompts]- Click the 2d-rectangle's start-corner.
- Next click the second-point to set the rectangle's first side [you can also type a dimension + enter].
- Finally click a third-point to set the rectangle's second side [you can also type a dimension + enter].
Note in some locales you might use a . instead of a , as the decimal-separator.
e.g. 1.234 >>> 1,234
And also the locale's list-separator changes from a , to a ;
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@tig said:
You usually get a better response when you post in any tool's main thread...
That said...
It's a 3-point rectangle.
[Read the status-bar prompts]- Click the 2d-rectangle's start-corner.
- Next click the second-point to set the rectangle's first side [you can also type a dimension + enter].
- Finally click a third-point to set the rectangle's second side [you can also type a dimension + enter].
Note in some locales you might use a . instead of a , as the decimal-separator.
e.g. 1.234 >>> 1,234
And also the locale's list-separator changes from a , to a ;
That's not how it works on my SketchupMake2016 (free). I click the first point, then click on the second point and type a number into the measurements box. When I click on the third point I can type another number into the measurements box, but the numbers don't seem to have any effect upon the length of the sides of the rectangle.
When I select the regular sketchup dimension tool, the various boxes I have drawn have no relationship to one another. For instance if I draw a rectangle that is supposed to be 36 units high and 4 units wide and then select the dimension tool, it might show anything from 45 high to 7 29/32 wide. Another box drawn with the same 36x4 dimension might show up as 8-5/32 x 45-1/2. There is just no consistency at all.
I am sure the tool is behaving as it is supposed to, but I just don't understand how to make it draw a box of the dimensions that I want.
vern
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