Measurement tape

Submitted by Alaa alnahlawi on Tue, 2015-09-08 21:17

Version:

1.0

Author Name:

MHD Alaa Al Nahlawi

This tool will help you visualize distance between two points, it's very handy for people working in architecture. It's not a pure script only Text and tape stretching reflects the distance through a float script controler.

How to use:

-Make sure your display units matches your system one because this tool gives the distance in system units so dont get confused and just check it in Customize menu>Units setup.

-Merge it in your scene.

And as in the picture below you only have to move the right and left handles (dummies), and the middle controler is for rotating and scaling the number and the arrows. And be careful if you applied extrude to the text it won't update the distance for some reason, so in this case after the tape is placed as a final touch you can apply extrude.

Regards

Alaa Al Nahlawi

Additional Info:

Update:

The tool can detect system units now, and the codes are as follow:

Inches: "In"

Feet: "f"

Miles: "m"

Millimeters: "m"

Centimeters: "cm"

Meters: "m"

Kilometers: "k"

Version Requirement:

2013 and above

Video URL:

Links

Homepage URL:

http://www.vfxarabia.co

Attachment	Size
measurement_tape_2013.zip	32.59 KB

Scripts

Comments

Submitted by SpannerAt34 on Wed, 2019-11-27 05:21.

Measure in local coordinates

Is it possible to measure the length of an object after it has been rotated?
I think it needs to use local coordinates rather than world. Is it possible to adjust for this?

My scenario is a conveyor that has been inclined and I need to know the length. The measurement tool works fine when the conveyor is parallel to the X axis/ However, once the conveyor is angled, the measurement reports a shorter length, indicating that it is measuring the horizontal distance of the objects boundary rather than the hypotenuse. The two measurements should be the same as the conveyor has not shrunk in length.

Looking forward to your help.

Submitted by SpannerAt34 on Wed, 2019-11-27 05:11.

Measure in local coordinates

Very good - thanks

Submitted by Vipera on Thu, 2018-03-15 10:36.

Measurement Tape Plus

Hi Alaa Al Nahlawi. Thank you for your tool. I had tried to use your tool and found that I need to display length units different from the file system units and change decimals precision for the displayed values. As the result I created Measurement Tape Plus based on your tool which allows to do this.