Macro BoundingBox Tracing/en

Description
This macro creates a red outline of the BoundingBox (6 Faces with 6 rectangles) of an object.


 * Macro BoundingBox_Tracing_00.png

Usage

 * 1) Select an object
 * 2) Launch the macro
 * Result: 6 rectangles will be outlined in red.


 * Macro_BoundingBox_Tracing_01.png

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Script
Macro_BoundingBox_Tracing.FCMacro

Version
Version: 0.11 le Date: 2019/05/29: "nameLabel = str(unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', nameLabel).encode('ascii','ignore'))" instead "def"

ver 0.10 le 2019/05/23 upgrade > 0.19 and supp the "éçà.." with def not encode....

ver 0.9 le 2018-10-12: add test > 17

ver 0.8 le 05/10/2018: upgrade the ver 0.8 compatible with FC 0.17 (getGlobalPlacement)

ver 0.7 le 28/01/2018: correct error with label accent "nameLabel = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', nameLabel).encode('ascii','ignore')"

ver 0.6 le 08/08/2017: add text info dimension, contener for rectangles, info rectangles, info volume, add section configuration color , label object selected

ver 0.5 le 08/05/2017 : upgrade now accept the "mesh" and "Points" thanks wmayer Makro Bounding-Box für STL importierte Teile und für Punktewolken

ver 0.4 le 04/06/2016 : test if value = 0 then not create boundbox (ex: object Draft)