How to Copy Dimension Value via Driver

Support Animation and Rigging
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Is it possible to copy the value of the Y Dimension to the X Dimension of an Object via Driver so that the whenever the Y Dimension changes, the X Dimension changes as well?

I am asking because i have a setup with one bone stretching to an empty while parented to another empty. Basically it is Sebastian Koenigs 2 Point Tracking setup to copy the Rotation
Then i have a plane parented to the Bone. When the bone stretches, so does the plane. But unfortunately only in one direction, which distorts the aspect ratio of the planes image texture.
I checked out the plane object porperties and saw that the dimension y value is the value that changes during streching. I was wondering if and how it would be possible to constantly copy the value of one dimension field to the other. I belive drivers would be the way to go, but unfortunately have never used them.

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Stretch sounds like IK. Drivers for this purpose seem quite unnecessary. It should scale uniformly automatically, unless perhaps you have some scale on the bone to begin with, I don’t know the tut you are referring to, but here’s a file that might help you even though it’s not the same structure as you describe!

In the video the ball just shows the location of the controlling empty.

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