Is there a way to maybe create a layer with a copy of the vector defining the are to be filled and then determining the area of that vector directly in the gadget? Short of that maybe just providing a means of inputting the area of the vector to fill (as can be determined using the Measure/Inspect tool) and then using the cut depth and resin to hardener ratio entered values too determine the quantities of resin and hardener needed for the fill.Īgain, I really like what this gadget is doing for me and will use it for completing my fills. The problem with this is either that I don't fully understand how to use the gadget or the need to determine an accurate estimate of the percentage of coverage value is a bit cumbersome. Once this value is determined and entered into the Percentage of Coverage input field the gadget works great for calculating the resin/hardener quantities needed. To get a usable estimate I used the measure/inspect tool to determine the area in square inches of my vector to fill, used the height and width of the bounding box as reported by the gadget to determine the area of the bounding box and then divided the area of my vector by the area of the bounding box in order to come up with a usable estimate of the percentage of coverage value for the gadget calculation. In essence, to make this work for me I had to come up with a way to accurately estimate the area of my vector to fill and then determine what percentage of the bounding box rectangle that represents. This seems to work great for a rectangular (or mostly rectangular) fill areas but I am doing some resin-poured lakes which are anything but rectangular. The user then needs to enter the percentage of this bounding box that the selected vector outlining the fill area is occupying in order to get an accurate estimate of resin/hardener quantities. It seems to me that what this gadget is doing is determining the bounding box of whatever vectors are on the selected layer. ![]() I have installed it and played around just bit. ![]() I can see a gadget like this has the potential to very useful. So, this is a very timely gadget for me as I am getting ready to do a resin pour and was just beginning to figure out how to estimate the ratios and quantities of resin and hardener that I needed.
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