OpenSCAD version 2024.02.19 (git 5cfd4dbe0)  windows 11 Just realised, from another post that measuring was now incorporated. Any description of its use? It seems that I can only measure once, then 'Esc' then select from menu again and measure. 'D' seems to be not a hot key. It does not work on f5 rendering, but the greying out is not very much different from normal text in general.

On Mon, 2024-08-05 at 15:57 +0100, Raymond West via Discuss wrote: > OpenSCAD version 2024.02.19 (git 5cfd4dbe0)  windows 11 > > Just realised, from another post that measuring was now incorporated. > Any description of its use? It seems that I can only measure once, > then 'Esc' then select from menu again and measure. Or you can use the 'buttons' at the bottom of the graphic window. Distance is: | 10 | |<-->| Angle is: \ 45 / \ / \/ Click onc, select two place, get measurement, click 'button' again. Play with it. Neat feature. > 'D' seems to be not ahot key. It does not work on f5 rendering, but > the greying out is not very much different from normal text in > general. > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >

Thanks. Never saw any of this until mentioned in the other thread. On 05/08/2024 20:20, larry via Discuss wrote: > On Mon, 2024-08-05 at 15:57 +0100, Raymond West via Discuss wrote: >> OpenSCAD version 2024.02.19 (git 5cfd4dbe0)  windows 11 >> >> Just realised, from another post that measuring was now incorporated. >> Any description of its use? It seems that I can only measure once, >> then 'Esc' then select from menu again and measure. > Or you can use the 'buttons' at the bottom of the graphic window. > Distance is: > > | 10 | > |<-->| > > Angle is: > \ 45 / > \ / > \/ > > Click onc, select two place, get measurement, click 'button' again. > Play with it. Neat feature. > >> 'D' seems to be not ahot key. It does not work on f5 rendering, but >> the greying out is not very much different from normal text in >> general. >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >> > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org

Thanks Larry- I hadn't noticed those buttons before, they will be very useful! On 2024-08-06 05:20, larry via Discuss wrote: > On Mon, 2024-08-05 at 15:57 +0100, Raymond West via Discuss wrote: >> OpenSCAD version 2024.02.19 (git 5cfd4dbe0)  windows 11 >> >> Just realised, from another post that measuring was now incorporated. >> Any description of its use? It seems that I can only measure once, >> then 'Esc' then select from menu again and measure. > Or you can use the 'buttons' at the bottom of the graphic window. > Distance is: > > | 10 | > |<-->| > > Angle is: > \ 45 / > \ / > \/ > > Click onc, select two place, get measurement, click 'button' again. > Play with it. Neat feature. > >> 'D' seems to be not ahot key. It does not work on f5 rendering, but >> the greying out is not very much different from normal text in >> general. >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> To unsubscribe send an email todiscuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >> > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email todiscuss-leave@lists.openscad.org -- Cheers, Ken bats059@gmail.com https://vk7krj.com https://vk7krj.com/running.html ---------------------------------------- A baby can be defined as an ego with a noise at one end and a smell at the other. Your job as parents is to teach them to control all three. My job as a grandad is to tell you how you are doing it all wrong!

Agreed: I had no idea the feature was present. On 8/5/2024 7:14 PM, Raymond West via Discuss wrote: > Thanks. Never saw any of this until mentioned in the other thread. > > -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

On Mon, 2024-08-05 at 21:57 -0400, Jon Bondy via Discuss wrote: > Agreed: I had no idea the feature was present. > > On 8/5/2024 7:14 PM, Raymond West via Discuss wrote: > > Thanks. Never saw any of this until mentioned in the other thread. Neither did I. Saw it in this thread, did a search, found a video, and played with it. I especially like them because it beats using #cube and #cylinder to look for a value where an F5 shows a preview shimmer at both ends. This will save me an enormous amount of time! Thanks so much, you guys that write this stuff.

I would think the right click on the hole to show the stack trace of the code would be better for that. [image: IMG_20240806_081822679.jpg] On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 at 05:35, larry via Discuss <discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > On Mon, 2024-08-05 at 21:57 -0400, Jon Bondy via Discuss wrote: > > Agreed: I had no idea the feature was present. > > > > On 8/5/2024 7:14 PM, Raymond West via Discuss wrote: > > > Thanks. Never saw any of this until mentioned in the other thread. > > Neither did I. Saw it in this thread, did a search, found a video, and > played with it. > > I especially like them because it beats using #cube and #cylinder to > look for a value where an F5 shows a preview shimmer at both ends. This > will save me an enormous amount of time! > > Thanks so much, you guys that write this stuff. > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >

On Tue, 2024-08-06 at 08:21 +0100, nop head via Discuss wrote: > I would think the right click on the hole to show the stack trace of > the code would be better for that. Not at all. I agree that it's handy if I have forgotten where in the code I generated that particular hole, but that's not the use case I speak of. All I get when I right click on something I want to modify is "import (:1), which I have already guessed which line of source it is on. :) I modify a LOT of STLs for which I do not have source, so as I say, the measurement features will save me a LOT of time. > IMG_20240806_081822679.jpg > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 at 05:35, larry via Discuss > <discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > > On Mon, 2024-08-05 at 21:57 -0400, Jon Bondy via Discuss wrote: > > > Agreed: I had no idea the feature was present. > > > > > > On 8/5/2024 7:14 PM, Raymond West via Discuss wrote: > > > > Thanks. Never saw any of this until mentioned in the other > > > > thread. > > > > Neither did I. Saw it in this thread, did a search, found a video, > > and > > played with it. > > > > I especially like them because it beats using #cube and #cylinder > > to > > look for a value where an F5 shows a preview shimmer at both ends. > > This > > will save me an enormous amount of time! > > > > Thanks so much, you guys that write this stuff. > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenSCAD mailing list > > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org

Sorry I thought you were searching for the source of the shimmering with coincident faces On Tue, 6 Aug 2024, 15:28 larry via Discuss, <discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > On Tue, 2024-08-06 at 08:21 +0100, nop head via Discuss wrote: > > I would think the right click on the hole to show the stack trace of > > the code would be better for that. > > Not at all. I agree that it's handy if I have forgotten where in the > code I generated that particular hole, but that's not the use case I > speak of. > > All I get when I right click on something I want to modify is > "import (:1), which I have already guessed which line of source it is > on. :) > > I modify a LOT of STLs for which I do not have source, so as I say, the > measurement features will save me a LOT of time. > > > IMG_20240806_081822679.jpg > > > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 at 05:35, larry via Discuss > > <discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2024-08-05 at 21:57 -0400, Jon Bondy via Discuss wrote: > > > > Agreed: I had no idea the feature was present. > > > > > > > > On 8/5/2024 7:14 PM, Raymond West via Discuss wrote: > > > > > Thanks. Never saw any of this until mentioned in the other > > > > > thread. > > > > > > Neither did I. Saw it in this thread, did a search, found a video, > > > and > > > played with it. > > > > > > I especially like them because it beats using #cube and #cylinder > > > to > > > look for a value where an F5 shows a preview shimmer at both ends. > > > This > > > will save me an enormous amount of time! > > > > > > Thanks so much, you guys that write this stuff. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > OpenSCAD mailing list > > > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenSCAD mailing list > > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >

On Tue, 2024-08-06 at 15:48 +0100, nop head wrote: > Sorry I thought you were searching for the source of the shimmering > with coincident faces My fault. I realize now that my comment was a bit ambiguous. > On Tue, 6 Aug 2024, 15:28 larry via Discuss, > <discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > > On Tue, 2024-08-06 at 08:21 +0100, nop head via Discuss wrote: > > > I would think the right click on the hole to show the stack trace > > > of > > > the code would be better for that. > > > > Not at all. I agree that it's handy if I have forgotten where in > > the > > code I generated that particular hole, but that's not the use case > > I > > speak of. > > > > All I get when I right click on something I want to modify is > > "import (:1), which I have already guessed which line of source it > > is > > on. :) > > > > I modify a LOT of STLs for which I do not have source, so as I say, > > the > > measurement features will save me a LOT of time. > > > > > IMG_20240806_081822679.jpg > > > > > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 at 05:35, larry via Discuss > > > <discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2024-08-05 at 21:57 -0400, Jon Bondy via Discuss wrote: > > > > > Agreed: I had no idea the feature was present. > > > > > > > > > > On 8/5/2024 7:14 PM, Raymond West via Discuss wrote: > > > > > > Thanks. Never saw any of this until mentioned in the other > > > > > > thread. > > > > > > > > Neither did I. Saw it in this thread, did a search, found a > > > > video, > > > > and > > > > played with it. > > > > > > > > I especially like them because it beats using #cube and > > > > #cylinder > > > > to > > > > look for a value where an F5 shows a preview shimmer at both > > > > ends. > > > > This > > > > will save me an enormous amount of time! > > > > > > > > Thanks so much, you guys that write this stuff. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > OpenSCAD mailing list > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to > > > > discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > > OpenSCAD mailing list > > > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenSCAD mailing list > > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org