Draft: Added a button to Dimension UI to select existing edges - fixes #1636

src/Mod/Draft/DraftGui.py

@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ class DraftToolBar:
         self.finishButton = self._pushbutton("finishButton", self.layout, icon='Draft_Finish')
         self.closeButton = self._pushbutton("closeButton", self.layout, icon='Draft_Lock')
         self.wipeButton = self._pushbutton("wipeButton", self.layout, icon='Draft_Wipe')
+        self.selectButton = self._pushbutton("selectButton", self.layout, icon='view-select')
         self.xyButton = self._pushbutton("xyButton", self.layout)
         self.xzButton = self._pushbutton("xzButton", self.layout)
         self.yzButton = self._pushbutton("yzButton", self.layout)
@@ -469,6 +470,7 @@ class DraftToolBar:
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.closeButton,QtCore.SIGNAL("pressed()"),self.closeLine)
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.wipeButton,QtCore.SIGNAL("pressed()"),self.wipeLine)
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.undoButton,QtCore.SIGNAL("pressed()"),self.undoSegment)
+        QtCore.QObject.connect(self.selectButton,QtCore.SIGNAL("pressed()"),self.selectEdge)
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.xyButton,QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"),self.selectXY)
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.xzButton,QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"),self.selectXZ)
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.yzButton,QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"),self.selectYZ)
@@ -590,6 +592,8 @@ class DraftToolBar:
         self.closeButton.setToolTip(translate("draft", "Finishes and closes the current line (C)"))
         self.wipeButton.setText(translate("draft", "&Wipe"))
         self.wipeButton.setToolTip(translate("draft", "Wipes the existing segments of this line and starts again from the last point (W)"))
+        self.selectButton.setText(translate("draft", "&Select edge"))
+        self.selectButton.setToolTip(translate("draft", "Selects an existing edge to be measured by this dimension (E)"))
         self.numFacesLabel.setText(translate("draft", "Sides"))
         self.numFaces.setToolTip(translate("draft", "Number of sides"))
         self.offsetLabel.setText(translate("draft", "Offset"))
@@ -795,6 +799,7 @@ class DraftToolBar:
             self.undoButton.hide()
             self.closeButton.hide()
             self.wipeButton.hide()
+            self.selectButton.hide()
             self.xyButton.hide()
             self.xzButton.hide()
             self.yzButton.hide()
@@ -1237,6 +1242,11 @@ class DraftToolBar:
         "wipes existing segments of a line"
         self.sourceCmd.wipe()
         
+    def selectEdge(self):
+        "allows the dimension command to select an edge"
+        if hasattr(self.sourceCmd,"selectEdge"):
+            self.sourceCmd.selectEdge()
+
     def selectXY(self):
         self.sourceCmd.selectHandler("XY")
 
@@ -1278,6 +1288,8 @@ class DraftToolBar:
             self.toggleContinue()
         elif txt.endswith("w"):
             self.wipeLine()
+        elif txt.endswith("e"):
+            self.selectEdge()
         elif txt.endswith("s"):
             self.togglesnap()
         elif txt.endswith("["):

src/Mod/Draft/DraftTools.py

@@ -1661,6 +1661,7 @@ class Dimension(Creator):
             if self.ui:
                 self.ui.pointUi(name)
                 self.ui.continueCmd.show()
+                self.ui.selectButton.show()
                 self.altdown = False
                 self.call = self.view.addEventCallback("SoEvent",self.action)
                 self.dimtrack = dimTracker()
@@ -1675,6 +1676,7 @@ class Dimension(Creator):
                 self.point2 = None
                 self.force = None
                 self.info = None
+                self.selectmode = False
                 msg(translate("draft", "Pick first point:\n"))
                 FreeCADGui.draftToolBar.show()
 
@@ -1741,6 +1743,9 @@ class Dimension(Creator):
             self.node = [self.node[1]]
         self.link = None
         
+    def selectEdge(self):
+        self.selectmode = not(self.selectmode)
+
     def action(self,arg):
         "scene event handler"
         if arg["Type"] == "SoKeyboardEvent":
@@ -1752,7 +1757,7 @@ class Dimension(Creator):
             self.point,ctrlPoint,self.info = getPoint(self,arg,noTracker=(len(self.node)>0))
             if self.arcmode or self.point2:
                 setMod(arg,MODCONSTRAIN,False)
-            if hasMod(arg,MODALT) and (len(self.node)<3):
+            if (hasMod(arg,MODALT) or self.selectmode) and (len(self.node)<3):
                 self.dimtrack.off()
                 if not self.altdown:
                     self.altdown = True
@@ -1837,7 +1842,7 @@ class Dimension(Creator):
                     self.ui.redraw()
                     if (not self.node) and (not self.support):
                         getSupport(arg)
-                    if hasMod(arg,MODALT) and (len(self.node)<3):
+                    if (hasMod(arg,MODALT) or self.selectmode) and (len(self.node)<3):
                         #print "snapped: ",self.info
                         if self.info:
                             ob = self.doc.getObject(self.info['Object'])
@@ -1888,6 +1893,7 @@ class Dimension(Creator):
                                 self.dimtrack.on()
                     else:
                         self.node.append(self.point)
+                    self.selectmode = False
                     #print "node",self.node
                     self.dimtrack.update(self.node)
                     if (len(self.node) == 2):