A ruler that is scaled to fit the screen

Kedarnath_Malapati

Kind of like the zoom lock thing another user was talking about (please make that a reality too, its a really good idea), but sometimes I don't have access to a ruler so If Onshape could ask and record my screen's dimensions and give me a ruler that would be great so I don't keep overestimating the sizes of my projects. 

Thank you

john_mcclary

http://iruler.net/#

Enjoy 


https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-6-ft-Keychain-Tape-Measure-48-22-5506/206368564

Kedarnath_Malapati

Nice I like the first 1 that's a handy link but it'd still be nice and it wouldn't be too hard to implement 

MBartlett21

john_mcclary said:

http://iruler.net/# 

Enjoy 


https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-6-ft-Keychain-Tape-Measure-48-22-5506/206368564

This shows 1cm's length about 1 inch on mobile. 
:-(

john_mcclary

It's up to you to enter a custom screen dimention and resolution.

Kedarnath_Malapati said:

Nice I like the first 1 that's a handy link but it'd still be nice and it wouldn't be too hard to implement 

Now @mbartlett21 brings up a good point. Onshape is available to us on any device, anywhere.
I use it on at least 3 devices. All with different screen size and resolutions. So one setting in your profile with your screen specs won't be enough.

You would need to have multiple configurations for each device you use. Then it would need to identify what device you are on currently. Now concider this: at home I have a computer with a 40" runing @4k resolution, also attached is a 27" @1080p resolution. Now they would need to know what monitor the window is in. At work a few people have 15" laptops @1080p with 120% zoom. Attached to two 27" monitors @1080p.

Just spend $2 on a keychain tape measure, you will always be close to your keys right? So too will be your ruler; a ruler that will measure lengths far greater than your tiny monitor could.

It will cost a lot of time and resorces from onshape to implement something so trivial. When they could be working on much more important updates.

Kedarnath_Malapati

ok now that you say that good point.