Dimension and meansure tools

[geewatukas (Karolis)]

I miss this tool in the program

[Squid]

I as well missing measurement tools. might be my main wish to clearly see in one place all measurements and to have the ability to alter those as i practice with Fusion. I have full confidence in Oz to know this and to include that in lightburn next generation 1.x release…

Meanwhile, Check this out:

LightBurn

[AntonioDeHuelva2020 (Antonio Rodriguez)]

Yo tb la echo en falta , es algo necesario para diseñar o correjir medidas , espero la incluyan en la proxima actualizacion.

[Stroonzo (Jeff)]

There are some useful built in measuring tools:

How do I measure distances in LightBurn? Is there a ruler?

LightBurn has a built-in ruler, you just know it as the ‘Draw Lines’ tool. Here’s how to use it to measure things. I have a rectangle, slightly at an angle, so I can’t use the normal width and height tools on the main toolbar. [image] Select the ‘Draw Lines’ tool: [image] Hover over the first point of the line to measure until you see the snap cursor, like this: [image] Click to start a line, then drag it to the other end of the line: [image] You’ll notice the snap cursor again, meanin…

Select edge for rotation

OMG, @PCO you just showed me something I never paid any attention to. Forget the math example! Wouldn’t you know the computer (LightBurn) already does it. You were just measuring the wrong side of the angle. Solution = Draw box snapped on upper and lower segments then use those nodes to find angle! WOW. It was right down there this whole time. Look at the bottom of the screen when I draw the two line segments, you will find the same 11 degree angle: [Select edge for rotation - …

[Allen (Allen Massey)]

There are several measuring tool request in on the Fider request page. Here is a link to one of them, I have added a comment asking for something close to what you want. (not as full featured as Full CAD programs but something that should be a good and useful start)

dimensioning tool · LightBurn

[LightBurn (Oz)]

We’ve discussed doing dimension markers, but they’ll basically behave like lines - they won’t be driven or attached to shapes, but the ends will snap, so you’ll be able to add measurement notations to existing designs. They will never be able to drive the design process like they do in CAD systems.