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@sipieface said:

I'm an architect so my workflow and requirement for parametric modelling features within my software of choice relates to that. I need windows/doors to embed into walls and be adjustable on the fly and readjust to suit. Flex Tools appears to do this. I'd like to be able to create parametrically adjustable multi-layered walls (and floors) and Profile Builder appears to do the walls part at least. I need hatching for construction docs and Skalp does that but I need them all to work together.

I'd also like to able to parametrically tag windows, doors etc and generate linked schedules from these tags but have no idea if this is even possible in SU or LO......If SU had just 10% of the useful elements of Revit but retained it's user friendliness and organic nature it'd be all things to all architectural types......But we're still waiting Trimble.

Hi there. Well, it's been a long time since this was posted but i think now we can actually find some answers or at least, updates.

Im also an architect trying desperately to compose a "perfect" worflow for Architectural Drawings and documentations and theres a bunch of pluggins able to solve this issues whether is a full bim environment or not, the question is always more about the "scale" of the contracts or what you are looking to represent in the project.

So Im absolutely sure that SU can today work in a Bim envirorment as far as you would need to. And yes, thats not an easy path, but far distant difficult and "heavy" as Revit etc. I agree many of these features could come native in SU, but maybe this complexity would turn it into an expensive choice like the others. So this balance of SU view over modeling and than project and document is the way that makes it so valuable not in terms of cost (because this is what makes it still more interesting) but in simplicity, possibilities and an absolute friendly dashboard for its price, like said.

1001 bit tools and many others. PlusSpec for example is amazing and solves many things all alone but I definitely don't agree with a pluggin platform costing way more than the software itself. Personally, there's totally non sense. Here in Brasil, there's a pluggin called Gabster and others doing the same. Amazing features for incredible cost.

So I think the way out is to elaborate this "dream" dashboard. Although it will take some time and effort at firt, when the learning curve process and acclimatization get overcomed than the whole thing will gonna work perfectly

You can open the WallCutter options window (Blue C icon on the toolbar) and set the cut depth for the specific component to 1.

If you are doing Mass Modeling (single face walls) you may also want to turn on the window or door's 'Mass Modeling - Reveals' setting. This will add the "fake" inner reveals of the wall to make it look thicker. You can also play around with the 'Inset' setting to move the window in and out in relation to the face it was placed on.

Generally, I'd recommend to have the walls enclosed in a component or in a group. And place the wall cutting components outside of the wall component/group.

mass modeling.png

You can use groups for walls too. It used to be a problem with groups but not anymore (I personally prefer components).

It is preferable to have the walls windows and doors all in the same nesting level like here:

flextools structure in outliner 01.png

You can change the name of the door (definition name) and everything should be fine.

The numbering sequences in component definition names are how Sketchup and dynamic components work. When you make a copy of a dynamic component it keeps the same name, but once you make a change to one of the copies it becomes automatically unique and Sketchup appends a #n to the end.

I am not sure what happened in your example but the wall cutting can break when changing the context of a wall cutter in outliner. See here examples how to avoid breaking the wall cutting: https://flextools.cc/learn/wall-cutter/#Advanced-Operations

Mike Brightman just came out with a new system in ConDoc 5 for applying multiple SketchUp tags to one object. I haven't tried it yet, but I believe it will free you up from worrying about component and group nesting levels giving tools for easier filtering and sorting.

Hi,

Can you send some pictures/skps of example walls you've created?

Can you sent the components you've created so we can get an idea of how you imagine all of this?

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Thanks for the link to Modumate - very interesting.

Hi,

Please send to https://flextools.cc/contact/ all the log files you find that are located here: C:\Users%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\F3d_FlexTools\logs

Try disabling all other extensions and see if the crashes still happen.

Are the skp files located in a network drive or in a cloud folder?

Does this happen with specific files only? If yes, please send us the files.

Hi JC,

The units will always appear in decimal, but you can enter them in fractional.

See this post: https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-use-inch-fractions-in-dynamic-components/15949

Hmmm, it's the first we hear of this. The only way folders can get deleted from within ComponentFinder is if you specifically right click on a folder in one of the open tabs and then select to delete it. There will then be a warning, asking if you're sure.

Can you send me your log files located at: C:\Users%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\F3d_FlexTools\logs

Please send as a zip through the contact form at: https://flextools.cc/contact

Our fix seems to have solved the issue. We will be releasing the fix in the next update. If it's urgent, send us a message at: https://flextools.cc/contact/ and we'll send you the fix.

@unknownuser said:

You need the left side to display the tree classification directory, which can only be returned level by level, which is very inconvenient. The tree folder operation is unified on the left side, and it is convenient to display only the model on the right side.

I am not totally sure I understand what you mean. What I can say is that when viewing 'In Model' components, it will display them the same way how Sketchup's In Model components are viewed in the Components Tray. You can either view the first level (root) component definitions OR all the sub-components in the model.

@pibuz said:

Hi Hal! Any news about this small issue?

Fixed!

Update your FlexTools / ComponentFinder to the latest version 😉

Thanks a lot for you quick answer!
I'll try and let you guys know! Thanks!

*** EDIT ***
That fixed the issue! Thanks again!

Thanks Pibuz! 😄

Actually I could have used this myself the other day too... but we haven't gotten to adding this feature yet.

It is though way on the top of our list of features to add to ComponentFinder...