Need feedback on my measure addon for blender

I have created a measure addon (mainly needed for my 3d printing purposes) that allows for snapping and locking the positions of the measurements. I have tried to implement it to work with vert/vert, edge/edge, face/face, and combinations between this. So it updates dynamically if I modify the meshes vert/face/edge positions.

It also works between objects.

It can also use axis restriction to snap to guide points.

I would need someone to test it and give some feedback on what to improve or if they can find any obvious bugs.

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Am I blind or I don’t see any link or images or video for any kind of evaluation?

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Sorry, I uploaded a video now :slight_smile:

Thank you.

It seems nice.
Just watching the video, I’m thinking that a way to add an offset for the measure text to move the text from the measure line could be good to have.
And it should be per measure and not one offset for all.

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Thanks, Ill try to implement that!

I’m looking forward to trying this. I just got a Bambu p1s.

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Nice…actually I was thinking just at an offset for the text but you add something that problably it’s more useful.
In any case, now, my offset request for the text still valid as, as you can see at the yellow measure, the text “20.00 mm” is overlapping the yellow line, confusing a bit.
It’s the same issue I’ve with the edge lenght Blender feature that make the text difficult to read as it lean over the edge

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I added that now as well. Also current transform orientation for axis restriction

Seems really good.
One more general question:
what’s your feature target for this addon?
I mean: do you want to give all the dimensions options that designers use when they produce technical drawings?

the features Ive added now are the ones missing from any other addon Ive found. I mainly created this for myself actually, since I often need to measure distances quickly when doing 3d printing, and dynamically being able to change.

Are there any features you think I should involve?:slight_smile:

eheheh… well…it depends by you and your goal.
I’m not an engineer or architect but I remember something from the school and there are many elements to create dimensions.
Just for example, the first link I’ve found can give you an overview of the elements. https://www.mcgill.ca/engineeringdesign/step-step-design-process/basics-graphics-communication/principles-dimensioning

But, repeating my self, if you don’t want to offer an addon that could be useful to make dimensions for technical drawings, probably it’s enough what you’ve already developed.

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Would you wanna try it and see if you find any bugs?

Sure. I’m actually working a few print designs right now so I’m hoping it will come in handy. I’m on the latest 4.2 and also 3.6LTS.

Regards,
George

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During install in Blender 4.2:

Seems fairly accurate and straight-forward. But with a measuring line defined, I switched from metric to imperial, the measurement value didn’t change. Attached screenshot -also includes Bambu Labs measurement in Imperial.

Thanks for the feedback, Ill have a look at it and try to fix it:)

I tried fixing it, does it work now?