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Please give feedback about measurement tools

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Cory Cross
Thu, Oct 16, 2025 2:44 PM

On October 16, 2025 6:59:40 AM PDT, Dan Perry via Discuss discuss@lists.openscad.org wrote:

Thanks, Cory.  That's a nice improvement.

For me, the biggest issue with the measuring tool (and still a problem) is
that as soon as I click my mouse anywhere, the measurement disappears and I
have to re-measure.  Your copy option is helpful, but echo'ing the data to
the Console is a better solution, IMO.  Then I can make consecutive
measurements and later refer to the Console without the need for several
copy-paste operations.

I was thinking about that but didn't have a solution. That's a great solution and I'll add it in addition to the context menu. Thanks Dan!

  • Cory

Dan

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM Cory Cross via Discuss <
discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote:

I have fixed up the user experience for the measurement tools. There are
tooltips for the various states, several measurements also give per-axis
deltas, and you can copy the outputs to the clipboard.

Builds available from

https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/openscad/openscad/7449/workflows/90e0ec3d-7855-436c-8a1d-49bad714da43

Discussion at https://github.com/openscad/openscad/issues/5672

PR with all my existing changes at
https://github.com/openscad/openscad/pull/6278

Please reply here or at #5672 with feedback.

Thanks,
Cory


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On October 16, 2025 6:59:40 AM PDT, Dan Perry via Discuss <discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: >Thanks, Cory. That's a nice improvement. > >For me, the biggest issue with the measuring tool (and still a problem) is >that as soon as I click my mouse anywhere, the measurement disappears and I >have to re-measure. Your copy option is helpful, but echo'ing the data to >the Console is a better solution, IMO. Then I can make consecutive >measurements and later refer to the Console without the need for several >copy-paste operations. I was thinking about that but didn't have a solution. That's a great solution and I'll add it in addition to the context menu. Thanks Dan! - Cory > > Dan > > >On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM Cory Cross via Discuss < >discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > >> I have fixed up the user experience for the measurement tools. There are >> tooltips for the various states, several measurements also give per-axis >> deltas, and you can copy the outputs to the clipboard. >> >> Builds available from >> >> https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/openscad/openscad/7449/workflows/90e0ec3d-7855-436c-8a1d-49bad714da43 >> >> Discussion at https://github.com/openscad/openscad/issues/5672 >> >> PR with all my existing changes at >> https://github.com/openscad/openscad/pull/6278 >> >> Please reply here or at #5672 with feedback. >> >> Thanks, >> Cory >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >>