Arch. Modelling from 2D: Optimizing Tools

[iam_doss]

Hope that helps some people. See this video (Flash - 7'30")

http://www.dossoftware.com/userdata/documentos/formacion/sketchup/0-Demo%20Arch%20para%20forums/TutVideo.html

Basic steps in this sample:

Walls

• Select layer
• Grouping
  - "repair_broken_lines.rb" THANKS Carlo Roosen
  - "makefaces.rb" THANKS Todd Burch
• PushPulling
• Rectangles. Cut & Paste in place into the group
  - "pushpull_tool.rb" THANKS Didier Bur
  - "deletecoplanaredges.rb" (2 or 3 times) THANKS Jack Dolabany & Carlos António dos Santos Falé
• Orient faces

Floor

• Copy from group & Paste in place
• Close floor
• Grouping & erase
• Pushpulling
• Move blue

Roof

• Rectangle
• Pushpulling
• Rectangle & move blue (ridge)
• Grouping
• Copy from group & Paste in place into the group
• Pushpulling
• Intersecting
• Erasing upper walls
• Cleaning (some oops...)
  -...and so on (next is for you)...

[mike mead]

Terrific!
Millón de gracias

[kwistenbiebel]

And now if someone would make a user interface for this with all the needed rubies, we have the 'architectural plugin' we talked about. (maybe with some extra stuff included?)

It would take one of the ruby heroes to make a GUI for it....

[kwick7]

Wow. Will definitely have to try this tonight - this could save me a lot of time!

[swedishnitro]

I noticed that the cursor has the axes following it, how do I switch this on?

[Gaieus]

On Windows OS it is window (menu) > Preferences > Drawing > Miscalleanous > Display crosshair. (funny, under "miscalleanous" one would expect more than one item...)

Mac should have something similar in this case I guess...

[dazza]

@kwistenbiebel said:

And now if someone would make a user interface for this with all the needed rubies, we have the 'architectural plugin' we talked about. (maybe with some extra stuff included?)

It would take one of the ruby heroes to make a GUI for it....

Yes Please, that would be awesome!!!