Hi Emmanuel,
I've released the version 3.0 which solves the problem you faced when placing the line close to edges.
First of all, I've fixed a bug which was randomly picking the bad face of the clicked wall.
Moreover with this version, after you place the first point, all the subsequent points are forced to lay on the same surface the first point belongs to. This way if you place the start point on a wall, even the end point must reside on the same wall, it will never snap to the inner faces of the window or other surfaces.
This behavior could sometimes be unwanted, so I've implemented a way to disable it holding the ALT key.
Now dimension lines can be drawn on any kind of surface, even on furnitures and - with some trick - even in the air!
The system is quite powerful, but explaining in the detail how to use it for each needs would require a small book, the better option is to experiment, or ask me for specific intents.
Here some examples of what can be done:
Moreover there is a new feature that allow to precisely set the line length by clicking on the line while holding the ALT key. If you click on an end point the line wil be strech on the selected side; if you click in the middle the line will be strech on both sides:
Here the summary of changes:
- Reduced the line surface offset to prevent parallax error
- Replaced the surface normal guessing algorithm with normal picking
- Removed the constraint on specific surfaces
- Added a function to manually set the line length
- Added drawing aids
- Corrected the surface normal sign (this affects the way data is stored in the home files, once the file is saved it cannot be opened with previous versions of the plugin)
This version requires to update Pan3dView to version 3.0 or later!
Download: DimensionLines3D-3.0.sh3p
