Make Assembly4 Measure the default measurement tool?

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Haavard
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Make Assembly4 Measure the default measurement tool?

Post by Haavard »

Hi everyone,

IMHO the default measure tool is not very intuitive to use, and takes up a lot of toolbar space (7 icons).

Zolko built a measure tool based on the work of these:

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#* Caliper tool, icons by easyw-fc                                          *
#* evolution of Macro_CenterFace                                            *
#* some part of Macro WorkFeature                                           *
#* and Macro Rotate To Point, Macro_Delta_xyz                               *
#* and assembly2                                                            *
There has been discussions why this is not the default measure tool in FreeCAD globally, and Zolko mentioned that it is nearly standalone, and should not be a problem to include in FreeCAD by default.
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 14#p565409
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 10#p409901
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 36#p590776
https://github.com/Zolko-123/FreeCAD_As ... Measure.py


This is how the icons look:
Assembly 4 measure
Asm4 Measure Icon.png
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Default measure
Default Measure Icon.png
Default Measure Icon.png (9.16 KiB) Viewed 1058 times


And this is how they look in the combo view:
Assembly 4 measure
Asm4 Measure.png
Asm4 Measure.png (32.58 KiB) Viewed 1058 times

Default measure
Default Measure.png
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What is your opinion? Should the default tool stay as is, or be replaced by Assembly 4 measure?
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Re: Make Assembly4 Measure the default measurement tool?

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I have expressed interest in exploring assembly4 measurement tool if it was available as a free-standing tool.
(I am not interested in installing assembly4 just to use this tool).

I do not agree that it should replace current default measure tool,
nor do I think that current default measure tool "...takes up a lot of toolbar space..." (that's what customise toolbar is for)
and/or that it "...is not very intuitive to use..."

It has it's limitations, but that is why I also use other tools.
I would be interested to add assembly4 measurement tool as one more option available to all.
I am using Link branch and Assembly3
you can also download ... and try it here
excellent Assembly3 tutorials here
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Re: Make Assembly4 Measure the default measurement tool?

Post by mario52 »

Hi

tray Manipulator_Workbench

mario
Maybe you need a special feature, go into Macros_recipes and Code_snippets, Topological_data_scripting.
My macros on Gist.github here complete macros Wiki and forum.
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bambuko
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Re: Make Assembly4 Measure the default measurement tool?

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mario52 wrote: Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:45 am Manipulator_Workbench
Yes, indeed - this is one of the tools I use, and very good it is as well ;)
I am using Link branch and Assembly3
you can also download ... and try it here
excellent Assembly3 tutorials here
garlic
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Re: Make Assembly4 Measure the default measurement tool?

Post by garlic »

I also believe that the measurement tool in Assembly4 is a very good tool. It is easier to understand how it works and I can measure quickly most of the things that I want. It can measure distances between points, edges and faces, and show the projections of these distances. It would be nice if it could be a global measurement tool for the workbenches in FreeCad, in the next release.
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