Dimensions and lines addon for Blender (v.1.0.2)

[@wheelielife7754]

So awesome. Finally. Thank you.

[@benveasey7474]

I'm guessing that to produce drawings we need to use Scene manipulation (to separate the dimensions and annotations from the model). Can you also show us your procedure for using different camera views combined onto a drawing sheet for export (PDF, SVG?). Would it be possible to have leaders with text? It would be amazing of the text could be linked to the value of an obejct's Custom Properties (this could, for example, be an object's description).

[@janholinka7750]

I do not understand what do you mean by separating dimensions and annotations from the model? All created is just common mesh - vertices, edges and faces (only text is Blender standard text object which is Curve object). Just render it. I also do not undestand how do you mean exporting to PDF or SVG... you mean with some addon? As far as I know Blender in its vanila state does not support exporting mesh geometry to SVG or PDF. Just grease pencil and that only apply to the latest version. So there is currently no support in my addon for svg or pdf export (Im planning pdf in future). There is also no support for composing different camera Views together. You can combine them as you wish if you want or need (in compositor, or after render outside Blender), but my addon does not have any tools for that. I can add some form of leaders in future, but they are not really planned at this point. I will check if linking is possible. I just really like to do it in a way, that everything created is completely independent and functional with vanila Blender, and Im not really sure, that linking values will be possible - maybe with drivers. I will add it to my "pontential functionality" list. :)

[@benveasey7474]

@@janholinka7750 Linking a leader's text to an objects Custom Propery value would be awesome!

[@killorfill6953]

This is so good! 2D Autocad type dwgs in Blender with dims, automated hatching and replication of plot styles and drawings scaling to "paper space." Such a great idea! Thanks 😍😍😍

[@janholinka7750]

Thank you very much for the positive feedback.

[@pinyang8782]

can i actually extract the lines from the floor plan with no curves? Only sharp edges. If you do, i am sold. Because i need to extract the lines from the floor plan to create walls. so i dont need to always create walls agn.

[@janholinka7750]

I'm not entirely sure I understand what you mean. The addon doesn't have any tools for extracting edges from anything. However, you can of course use Blender's native tools in edit mode to extract edges from anything. It's mentioned and demonstrated in the video that if you have an object made up of only edges, the addon will then create lines where the edges are. These lines are aligned to the X-Y plane relative to the object's orientation.

[@sampPotter]

are planning to add angles dimensions?

[@janholinka7750]

Yes.