by Humpmetwice » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:24 am
New computer and new sketchup8 with all maintenance updates installed but Get dimension, trim & keep no longer work for groups only components. Two of my favorites. Please help
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by Jim » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:41 am
I made a minor update to version 1.1 for SketchUp 2014, but didn't really see why it didn't work. See 1st post.
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by Dave R » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:46 am
Hi Kurt, as you know I don't use groups but I just made a couple and tested Get Dimension and it works just fine on them. According to the description for Trim and Keep, the thing that gets trimmed must be a component. The idea for that plugin was to have a tool similar to the Solid Tools Trim tool which didn't result in components being converted to groups. For me that conversion of components to groups is a big down side to using the Solid Tools. I'd love to see Jim create new versions of the other Solid tools that keep the components like Trim and Keep does.
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by Zacchia » Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:43 am
Hi Is there in the newest Version not a small Icon for that plugin? I have to go to Plugins/get dimensions?
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by Dave R » Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:48 am
No. There is no toolbar for this and it isn't needed. Just assign it a keyboard shortcut.
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by Zacchia » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:57 am
Thanks for Feedback. Previous Version had a Icon and i liked it but... Btw. many thanks for it!!
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by Dave R » Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:10 am
I tested the plugin before it was released. Don't remember it having a toolbar. Have always had a keyboard shortcut set up for it. Jim's original post from 2010 doesn't mention a toolbar button.
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by Zacchia » Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:18 pm
Dave R wrote: Have always had a keyboard shortcut set up for it. Jim's original post from 2010 doesn't mention a toolbar button.
It had before... How do I set a keyvboard shortcut? Sorry for not knowing 
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by Dave R » Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:25 pm
Go to Preferences>Shortcuts. Search for Plugins/Get Dimensions. Add the keyboard shortcut and click on the +.
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by Zacchia » Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:36 pm
Many thanks!!
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by Zacchia » Mon Aug 25, 2014 9:35 am
About the Icon: I found out that I muddle up the get dimensions plugin with the resizer plugin from Sahi... this one has Icon...
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by bleiente » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:00 pm
@ll: wow ... nice features, but in the old get_dimensions.rb by 'CptanPanic' its possible to get the area in m² and the volume m³.
area = dims[2].to_m * dims[1].to_m volume = dims[2].to_m * dims[1].to_m * dims[0].to_m
does anyone put that feature in rb-scripts here?
sorry for the bad english.
thx so far and best regards a.
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by Boiseux » Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:59 pm
Original plugin from first post works just fine for me !
Very, very usefull to rapidly check if everything's OK after resizing, fredoscale, or yust quickly see the dimensions of a particular piece of "wood".
Thanks so much !
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by TIG » Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:07 pm
Boiseux wrote:Original plugin from first post works just fine for me !
Very, very usefull to rapidly check if everything's OK after resizing, fredoscale, or yust quickly see the dimensions of a particular piece of "wood".
Thanks so much !
It has an entry in the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pl ... dimensionsSo you can get it as an RBZ archive for auto-installation. Manually installing RB files can be risky. Also note that this script is five years old and much has changed in SketchUp since then - however, simple well written older scripts like this can often work across many versions... Almost all scripts are now available in RBZ format making installation less fraught if you have >= v8M2...
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by moabie » Thu May 28, 2015 9:57 am
Is it possible to rewrite the plugin to make it installable from sketchup plugin center? Is it possible to make it look different - more modern, not as ugly popup window, for example: show in window dimensions (as we made height depth lenght measurement tool) and make the plugin 'active' or 'not active' so that every model i click shows its dimensions? Anyway, great tool, grats!
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by Dave R » Fri May 29, 2015 1:45 pm
It's already available in the Sketchucation Plugin Store. What more do you need?  Get the SCF Plugin Store extension and use it to install this plugin or just download the .rbz file and use Install Extension.
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by ritchey » Tue Jul 12, 2016 7:48 am
This is the best extension ever. Thumbs up thousand times.
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by yossku » Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:31 pm
Thank you very much! Extremely helpful plugin! 
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by pipinek » Thu Mar 16, 2017 3:25 pm
dedmin wrote:Here is a new version that displays the dimensions on the status bar Screen.png Made by a russian guy called 'newsposting' GetDimensions.rb
Greetings. Alas it does not work with SU 2017 as far as I experience. Should it be any equivalent or a version of that plugin for 2017 release? Thank t=you in advance
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by Dave R » Thu Mar 16, 2017 3:40 pm
pipinek wrote:Alas it does not work with SU 2017 as far as I experience. Should it be any equivalent or a version of that plugin for 2017 release?
Thank t=you in advance
What do you mean it doesn't work? I've been using Jim's Get Dimensions all along and it works just fine for me. In fact, here's an example I made just now with SketchUp 2017. Screenshot - 3_16_2017 , 9_44_41 AM.png
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by Laurenceau » Tue Dec 05, 2017 9:35 am
it doesn't work with 2018 version plugin .rb instead of .rbz
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by Dave R » Tue Dec 05, 2017 11:15 am
Laurenceau wrote:it doesn't work with 2018 version plugin .rb instead of .rbz
It works just fine in SketchUp 2018. Screenshot - 12_5_2017 , 4_11_42 AM.png You can either install the RB file manually or get the RBZ version here and use Install Extension or better, install the Sketchucation Extension Store tool and use it to automatically install the plugins and extensions host here on Sketchucation.
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by derei » Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:44 pm
Dave R wrote:Laurenceau wrote:it doesn't work with 2018 version plugin .rb instead of .rbz
It works just fine in SketchUp 2018. Screenshot - 12_5_2017 , 4_11_42 AM.png You can either install the RB file manually or get the RBZ version here and use Install Extension or better, install the Sketchucation Extension Store tool and use it to automatically install the plugins and extensions host here on Sketchucation.
Can't seem to find the plugin in Extension Store... is still available, or was removed?
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by Dave R » Sat Apr 14, 2018 2:09 pm
It seems that Jim has removed most if not all of his plugins.
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by bsfranza » Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:50 pm
hi there together,
is there a working version of the plugin? or any alternative? because it seems its still gone from the extension store and sketchucation store :/
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by Dave R » Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:58 pm
As I wrote back in April of last year, Jim has withdrawn his extensions and plugins and they aren't available anymore. Get Dimensions was a useful one for me but I've not seen a similar one by any other author.
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by dedmin » Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:56 pm
Here we go: Edited to remove the file. It is up to the original author to share their plugins and extensions.
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by iamblindtoo » Tue Nov 05, 2019 9:06 pm
Any upgrade on this?
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by Dave R » Wed Nov 06, 2019 1:49 pm
What sort of upgrade are you wanting for a plugin that has been withdrawn and is not available?
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