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Sketch Measure — A measure tool for Sketch.app (github.com)
almost 9 years ago from Ale Muñoz, Design Hacker @ Bohemian Coding
25 comments
Tom Wood, almost 9 years ago
What is doesn't explain is that it creates a layer group whose contents are a physical line, box, text, etc which it places above the rest of the canvas/layers.
Whereas you can just you can just hold Alt to measure things, this creates a permanent overlay which for exporting to developers is fantastic.
Ale Muñoz, almost 9 years ago (edited almost 9 years ago )
Visual explanation:
Yannis Steriotis, almost 9 years ago
Great plugin and thanks Ale for posting this! One question: In this draw seems as this plugin can also measure the margin between the circle and the font, how is this possible??
Jean-Marc Denis, almost 9 years ago
would love to know too!
I'm assuming that was simply the result of drawing a rectangle between the circle and the font, measuring it, and then removing the rectangle.
However, measuring distance between elements doesn't seem that hard to implement, and given the beauty of open source, probably someone will implement that soon : )
Update: there's already a request to add the feature : )
Richard Burton, almost 9 years ago
What a fantastic tool. Already putting it to good use.
Maciej Zadykowicz, almost 9 years ago
Awesome! Been doing that manually for far too long, fantastic plugin.
abdallah Nofal, 6 years ago Thanks for your effort.
christina beard, over 8 years ago
Nevermind - I got it to work!
Kristin Hodge, over 8 years ago
@cristina b. How did you get it to work? I installed the plugin and see it in my Sketch plugins. When I select an object and try to use it, nothing happens. What am i missing?
Ben Lee, over 8 years ago (edited over 8 years ago )
You have to export everything within the .zip, not just the initial 1-5 .sketch plugin files.
Having issues installing/using the plugin. It shows up in my plugins folder on sketch - but it doesnt work beyond that.
Matt Cole, almost 9 years ago
Wow, this is so nice! Plus it converts px to dp, along with supporting the Android screen sizes, which is perfect when you're handing over specs to Android developers. Bravo!
Alyssa Pelletier, over 8 years ago How do you convert to dp? I'm only seeing px.
In Sketch, If you go to Plugins > Settings > Design Resolution, you can change it from px to dp.
Alyssa Pelletier, over 8 years ago Hey-o, that's awesome! Thanks!
Kasper Andersen , almost 9 years ago
I would love if it also was able to measure margins.
But this is a really great plugin!
I guess if you create a rectangle the same dimensions as the margin, then use this plugin it will yield the result you want.
A little bit of extra leg work, but might be worth it.
Yeah. sounds like the best "work around".
Still easier than doing it all by hand.
Spencer Bomberman, almost 9 years ago
Yes, especially since it seemingly shows margin being measured in the demo screenshot.
Tom Gantzer, almost 9 years ago
For someone who is spending a lot of time specifying an app UI the "old fashioned way", this makes me sad :(
Because I'm restricted to a Windows environment, therefore using Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign.
Someday I will be as efficient as this; nice find though!
Oh! Don't despair : )
Try http://specctr.com!
Woah! this looks great; I'll look into it. Thanks for another great find :D
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