dimensional input parameters displayed in viewport

adamohern

When you double-click a sketch, its dimensions are displayed in 3D as editable numbers. Double-clicking one of the dimensions allows you to edit it, and hitting enter commits that change.

Is there an equivalent input for FS? It would be incredibly valuable.

adamohern

So I'm taking that as a 'no', then.

kevin_o_toole_1

It wouldn't be impossible for us to add this as a special type of manipulator. It's not on our immediate to-do list, but you're not the first to ask for this.

See discussion here and here.

adamohern

So I'm taking that as a 'no', then.

kevin_o_toole_1

It wouldn't be impossible for us to add this as a special type of manipulator. It's not on our immediate to-do list, but you're not the first to ask for this.

See discussion here and here.

adamohern

Thanks, Kevin. I'm not asking for a constraint solver, I'm just asking for a more descriptive and visual way of presenting input parameters than the "here's a big list of dimensions" method. What I want is really just a few special manipulator types that could display editable numeric dimensions in 3D space, exactly like when you're editing a sketch (but without the solver). I'd only need point-to-point, angle, radius, and diameter manipulators, and the ability to position them programatically so that the user can see what each dimension refers to on the geometry.