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"Measure" PlugIT

The "Measure" PlugIT allows to do series of angle and distances measures by selecting several points in space. Left clic to select a point, right click to end the current measure line.

 

Parameters

1

Font size to display measures.

2

Font color.

3

Background color of measures.

4

Measure line color

5

Measure maximum visibility distance. If set to 0, measures will be visible regardless of the distance.

6

If checked, measure will keep a constant size on screen, independently from the distance.

7

Distance up to which measures will keep a constant size on screen. If set to 0, measures will keep a constant size on screen regardless of the distance.

8

Displays an additional label containing the total length of the measure.

9

If checked, the application will automatically save the measures made.

10

If checked, the saved measures will be visible on application startup.

11

If checked, measures will always appear over other objects.

12

Enables the measure tool when the application starts.

 

Action

Add measure

Add a measure from the values in the link parameters. Every points of the measure must be provided at once following this format :
X1 Y1 Z1
X2 Y2 Z2
X3 Y3 Z3
...

Disable

Disables the measure tool.

Enable

Enables the measure tool. When the measure tool is enabled you can also delete your previous measures by clicking the cross corresponding to these measures.

Show

Display the previously drawn measure lines.

Hide

Hide the previously drawn measure lines.

Clear last line

Delete the last measure line drawn.

Clear all

Delete all the measure lines.

Save

Manually save the measures. Useless if the automatic save is enabled.

 

Event

Current distance

Sends the distance currently measured between the last point and the mouse.

Current angle

Sends the angle currentluy measured at the last point.

Enabled

Triggered when the plugIT is enabled

Disabled

Triggered when the plugIT is disabled

Measure ended

Triggered when a measure is ended