I understand your point about refinement. My point is one of automation for a task that is frequently being applied when I have to work on layouts so I would rather there be a button made that can be added to the palette of sketchup tools. I don’t think the application is completely groundless considering the different ways in which one can arrange things (think of it more like text for objects (kerning, justified left, justified right, radial symmetry, etc.)
Thank you mihai.s. This is what I was looking for. However I noticed Curic space download is not available for the current iteration of sketchup. Do you have a link to for the Curic Space extension that works for Sketchup 2022?
You’re welcome!
I created the clip in SketchUp 2022 with Curic Space 1.1.0 (gumroad).
That’s the spirit! Let SketchUp do your work.
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Correct, but in the video they entered the distance between the components and that’s not exactly what the TS wanted…
Thank you for sharing. Great method!
Ok. I will take a look. Thank you!
draw a line between the two and set divide to 2 that will give you the center between the two. Then place a guide at the division point then delete line so it does interfere with other geometry! No math required!
If you click in sequence on the scenes tabs of my file you can see that there is no maths used.
In thinking about this, I’ve concluded that this is the perfect application for the incorporation of the golden section. SketchUps Rectangle tool does a beautiful job of notifying when the ratio is achieved while pulling out the shape.
Watch for the notation box and dashed diagonal while slowly pulling out a rectangular shape.
Can you explain how this could be solved with the golden section?
The golden section is a proportion, 1 : 1.618 otherwise known as Pi. This is a proportion that is supposedly pleasing to the eye.
I use it when laying out windows and bldg massing whenever possible.
I’m suggesting the layout of the objects on the wall should be arranged using this proportion rather than all spaces being equal, they should be relatively proportioned to the sizes of the objects.
SU rectangle tool draws a dashed diagonal line within the shape and flags it as the rectangle is pulled out when the proportion is in place. If you’re careful you can continue to pull out and maintain the diagonal in tact.
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It’s Phi to be correct. Pi is 3,1415 
I know what the golden ratio is, I just couldn’t see how it could be of help to solve the OP’s problem.
Interesting option…
I know, I use it to draw an icosahedron as a base for a geodesic dome.
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