Hello everyon,
I am using Rhino in my architecture office since 2014 and I have a problem.
In my model view or layout I usually create dimensions in cm but area in square m2.
I draw everything in cm in the model.
The problem is that when I use _DimArea it always show the result in cm2.
Is it possible to change that and display it in square m2 or other units?
Thank you very much for your replies
Hello - here is a script you can try - at the moment it is one by one but it could just do them all as well - it will add a second number to DimArea objects in the units of your choice, BUT, it is not ‘live’. If the area changes the second number will not until you tell it to - which is a good reason to make it global - but for now, just to see if it does anything useful - it may not - try this out.
To use the Python script use RunPythonScript, or a macro:
_-RunPythonScript "Full path to py file inside double-quotes"
AreaDimUnit.py (2.0 KB)
-Pascal
Okay Thanks Pascal,
It works pretty great, but is it possible to hide or erase the first number and the quotes () in yellow on the picture?
Thanks a lot for your help
Will it be soon on Rhino 6.xxx?
and is it possible to choose how many numbers behind the , ?
like instead of 26.257 m2 to choose 26.3 m2 ?
Hi Lawrence - as far as I can see I cannot hide/get-rid-of the main number - my attempts to do so result in the formula being lost, so far anyway. I can format the new number however.
@Lawrence_Breitling - this one lets you set the precision -
-Pascal
mmmmm,
seems great !
The problem now is that I can’t run the script when I create a button.
I tried also with NoEcho.
Doesn’t work.
Any idea ?
Thanks!
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Paste this in your button:
_-RunPythonScript (
import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
import scriptcontext as sc
import Rhino
import System.Enum as enum
def AreaUnits():
crntUnits = sc.doc.ModelUnitSystem
unitsList = enum.GetValues(Rhino.UnitSystem)
units = [item.ToString() for item in unitsList][1:10]
def filter_dim_area(rhino_object, geometry, component_index ):
if geometry.TextFormula.startswith("%<Area"):
return True
return False
while True:
unitIdx = 1
if sc.sticky.has_key('UNIT_IDX'):
unitIdx = sc.sticky['UNIT_IDX']
go = Rhino.Input.Custom.GetObject()
intPrecision = 2
if sc.sticky.has_key('AREA_PRECISION'):
intPrecision = sc.sticky['AREA_PRECISION']
go.GeometryFilter = Rhino.DocObjects.ObjectType.Annotation
go.SetCommandPrompt("Select a DimArea")
go.SetCustomGeometryFilter(filter_dim_area)
opUnits = go.AddOptionList("Units", units, unitIdx)
opPrecision = Rhino.Input.Custom.OptionInteger(intPrecision)
go.AddOptionInteger("Precision", opPrecision)
rc = go.Get()
if go.CommandResult()!=Rhino.Commands.Result.Success:
return go.CommandResult()
if rc==Rhino.Input.GetResult.Object:
id = go.Object(0).ObjectId
break
elif rc==Rhino.Input.GetResult.Option:
idx = go.OptionIndex()
if idx == 1:
unitIdx = go.Option().CurrentListOptionIndex
sc.sticky['UNIT_IDX'] = unitIdx
continue
else:
intPrecision = opPrecision.CurrentValue
sc.sticky['AREA_PRECISION']= intPrecision
continue
geo = rs.coercegeometry(id)
t = geo.PlainText.split()
value = float(t[0])
f = geo.TextFormula
targUnits = unitsList[unitIdx+1]
factor = Rhino.RhinoMath.UnitScale(crntUnits, targUnits)**2
outputUnits = Rhino.UI.Localization.UnitSystemName(targUnits, False, True, True)
indices = [i for i, a in enumerate(f) if a == '%']
strFormat = "{:." + str(intPrecision) + "f}"
f = f[indices[0]:indices[1]+1]
newF = f + " (" + strFormat.format(value*factor) + ' ' +outputUnits + '2' ')'
geo.TextFormula = newF
sc.doc.Objects.Replace(id, geo)
pass
AreaUnits()
)
That should work…
Thanks a lot,
works really great and smooth.
By the way M/Ms Wim you don’t know also how to hide the text before and the () ?
Thanks a lot 
hahaha okay I understand !
thanks a lot by the way !
I get an error on line 2.
Any ideas?
Area_in_M2.py", line 2
import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
^
SyntaxError: unexpected token ‘import’
