[TD]Dimension Py Routine fixes

src/Mod/TechDraw/App/AppTechDrawPy.cpp

@@ -794,6 +794,8 @@ private:
 
     Py::Object makeDistanceDim(const Py::Tuple& args)
     {
+    //points come in unscaled,but makeDistDim unscales them so we need to prescale here. 
+    //makeDistDim was built for extent dims which work from scaled geometry 
         PyObject* pDvp;
         PyObject* pDimType;
         PyObject* pFrom;
@@ -827,12 +829,14 @@ private:
         if (PyObject_TypeCheck(pTo, &(Base::VectorPy::Type))) {
             to = static_cast<Base::VectorPy*>(pTo)->value();
         }
+        DrawViewDimension* dvd = 
         DrawDimHelper::makeDistDim(dvp,
                                    dimType,
-                                   from,
-                                   to);
-
-        return Py::None();
+                                   DrawUtil::invertY(from),
+                                   DrawUtil::invertY(to));
+        PyObject* dvdPy = dvd->getPyObject();
+        return Py::asObject(dvdPy);
+//        return Py::None();
     }
 
     Py::Object makeDistanceDim3d(const Py::Tuple& args)
@@ -869,8 +873,10 @@ private:
         if (PyObject_TypeCheck(pTo, &(Base::VectorPy::Type))) {
             to = static_cast<Base::VectorPy*>(pTo)->value();
         }
+        //3d points are not scaled
         from = DrawUtil::invertY(dvp->projectPoint(from));
         to   = DrawUtil::invertY(dvp->projectPoint(to));
+        //DrawViewDimension* = 
         DrawDimHelper::makeDistDim(dvp,
                                    dimType,
                                    from,

src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawDimHelper.cpp

@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ void DrawDimHelper::makeExtentDim(DrawViewPart* dvp,
     std::pair<Base::Vector3d, Base::Vector3d> endPoints = minMax(dvp,
                                                                  edgeNames,
                                                                  direction);
-    Base::Vector3d refMin = endPoints.first;
-    Base::Vector3d refMax = endPoints.second;
+    Base::Vector3d refMin = endPoints.first / dvp->getScale();     //unscale from geometry
+    Base::Vector3d refMax = endPoints.second / dvp->getScale();
 
     //pause recomputes
     dvp->getDocument()->setStatus(App::Document::Status::SkipRecompute, true);
@@ -326,11 +326,10 @@ gp_Pnt2d DrawDimHelper::findClosestPoint(std::vector<hTrimCurve> hTCurve2dList,
     return result;
 }
 
-//TODO: this needs to be exposed to Python
 DrawViewDimension* DrawDimHelper::makeDistDim(DrawViewPart* dvp,
                                               std::string dimType,
-                                              Base::Vector3d inMin,
-                                              Base::Vector3d inMax,
+                                              Base::Vector3d inMin,      //is this scaled or unscaled??
+                                              Base::Vector3d inMax,      //expects scaled from makeExtentDim
                                               bool extent)
 {
 //    Base::Console().Message("DDH::makeDistDim() - inMin: %s inMax: %s\n",
@@ -346,13 +345,11 @@ DrawViewDimension* DrawDimHelper::makeDistDim(DrawViewPart* dvp,
         dimName = doc->getUniqueObjectName("DimExtent");
     }
 
-    double scale = dvp->getScale();
-
-    //regular dims will have trouble with geom indexes!
-    Base::Vector3d cleanMin = DrawUtil::invertY(inMin) / scale;
+    Base::Vector3d cleanMin = DrawUtil::invertY(inMin);
     std::string tag1 = dvp->addCosmeticVertex(cleanMin);
     int iGV1 = dvp->add1CVToGV(tag1);
-    Base::Vector3d cleanMax = DrawUtil::invertY(inMax) / scale;
+    
+    Base::Vector3d cleanMax = DrawUtil::invertY(inMax);
     std::string tag2 = dvp->addCosmeticVertex(cleanMax);
     int iGV2 = dvp->add1CVToGV(tag2);
 
@@ -366,6 +363,7 @@ DrawViewDimension* DrawDimHelper::makeDistDim(DrawViewPart* dvp,
     objs.push_back(dvp);
 
     ss.clear();
+    ss.str(std::string());
     ss << "Vertex" << iGV2;
     vertexName = ss.str();
     subs.push_back(vertexName);

src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewDimensionPy.xml

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
       <Author Licence="LGPL" Name="WandererFan" EMail="wandererfan@gmail.com" />
       <UserDocu>Feature for creating and manipulating Technical Drawing Dimensions</UserDocu>
     </Documentation>
+    <Methode Name="getRawValue">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>getRawValue() - returns Dimension value in mm.</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
     <Methode Name="getText">
       <Documentation>
         <UserDocu>getText() - returns Dimension text.</UserDocu>

src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewDimensionPyImp.cpp

@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ std::string DrawViewDimensionPy::representation(void) const
 {
     return std::string("<DrawViewDimension object>");
 }
+
+PyObject* DrawViewDimensionPy::getRawValue(PyObject* args)
+{
+    (void) args;
+    DrawViewDimension* dvd = getDrawViewDimensionPtr();
+    double val = dvd->getDimValue();
+    PyObject* pyVal = PyFloat_FromDouble(val);
+    return pyVal;
+}
+
 PyObject* DrawViewDimensionPy::getText(PyObject* args)
 {
     (void) args;