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[Plugin] 1001bit Tools - Architectural tools for SketchUp

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  • G Offline
    gohch
    last edited by 16 Jan 2010, 09:27

    Thanks bagatelo,
    Thanks, there's still quite some ideas that i wish to complete with 1001bit tools before going into something for interiors and furnitures. But i'll keep this in mind. I do not have a 'crystal clear' thinking process on how to approach interior and furniture design yet.... need to πŸ€“ 'meditate' πŸ€“ on that for a while...

    πŸ˜„
    btw, thanks to Teox, there's now an Italian language pack for 1001bit tools!
    http://www.1001bit.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=129

    also, the English version of 1001shadows is now available too! πŸ˜„
    http://www.1001shadows.com/en/index.html

    cheers!
    Goh

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      haynesc
      last edited by 17 Jan 2010, 23:24

      @unknownuser said:

      Thanks bagatelo,
      Thanks, there's still quite some ideas that i wish to complete with 1001bit tools before going into something for interiors and furnitures. But i'll keep this in mind. I do not have a 'crystal clear' thinking process on how to approach interior and furniture design yet.... need to πŸ€“ 'meditate' πŸ€“ on that for a while...

      πŸ˜„
      btw, thanks to Teox, there's now an Italian language pack for 1001bit tools!
      http://www.1001bit.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=129

      also, the English version of 1001shadows is now available too! πŸ˜„
      http://www.1001shadows.com/en/index.html

      cheers!
      Goh

      will 1001 shadows be free for students like 1001tools are ?

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        gohch
        last edited by 20 Jan 2010, 16:07

        @unknownuser said:

        will 1001 shadows be free for students like 1001tools are ?

        hi haynesc,
        noop, we're not giving out free student license for this one πŸ˜‰
        we're can consider giving free license to schools/institutions for teaching purposes though πŸ˜„

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          bagatelo
          last edited by 23 Jan 2010, 14:50

          Is it possible to access and to use the tools of great GOHCH for other scripts, enlarging Google Sketchup's API or something like this?

          While the cat's away, the mice will play

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            thomthom
            last edited by 23 Jan 2010, 15:01

            @bagatelo said:

            Is it possible to access and to use the tools of great GOHCH for other scripts, enlarging Google Sketchup's API or something like this?

            For most scripts I'd think it'd be possible to call it from an external script. Would depend how it's built. Fredo do offer a documented API for this LibFredo library.

            But I'd not expect commercial plugins such as 1001bit and Whaat's commercial plugins to get any open API.

            Is there something in particular you got in mind with this?

            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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              bagatelo
              last edited by 23 Jan 2010, 16:29

              The use of their tools could be increased if they opened a type of API of their tools, not opening the code of their scripts. They could make more money if they documented the use of their tools by another scripts.

              What do I have in mind? I have a lot of things. Use your imagination.

              While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                gohch
                last edited by 24 Jan 2010, 11:12

                hi bagatelo,
                That's an interesting thought. Haven't thought about the tools from this direction.
                Current tools were written with very specific and rigid work flow. To create modules which are useful(and will have to be flexible) will definitely require a lot more thoughts than what i'm doing now. πŸ˜‰
                Can't say much about whether i'll move along this direction in future at this stage.
                (I'm working on some improvements to the tools, as well as some new ideas, which i hope to finish within the next few months.)
                cheers!
                πŸ˜„

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                  bagatelo
                  last edited by 25 Jan 2010, 02:01

                  I don't know the way of the professional users' of Sketchup around the world works, but in my case, I work with precise units, with certain patterns that never change, in although the forms can change. I know that technology BIM could be implemented inside of Sketchup. I see windows opening a hole automatically in the wall when inserting the component window. I see kitchen closets that turn off drawers when inserting in the place equipments as ovens or dishewasher.

                  Is possible to insert components of the library through script or plugin?

                  Something that I think it would be fantastic in the sketchup it would be the possibility to record macros or actions, like Photoshop ou Microsoft Excell.
                  Please watch those videos to understand how I think:

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_rEiL69k40
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puo1oAQpDtk
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPuFPN02AKU

                  While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                    gohch
                    last edited by 27 Jan 2010, 11:59

                    I haven't tried Chief Architect and Revit; however looking from the videos, they are standalone applications. I've heard that Revit is really good by the way...
                    Working as standalone application has its advantages because you are in total control of how users use the model, and you do not have to make room to capture things that are not created by your application. This allows you to integrate a lot of functions because you can be sure that all entities created/imported by your application has been properly 'prepared' and their associated parameters properly indexed and stored.
                    The downside is, you had better have a good team developing this because you will need to have almost everything an architect needs to use ready all by yourself.

                    Opposite of that are plugins, which handles only specific functions. Because of that nature, and that you cannot possibly be the single source to solve all users' need, a good plugin should (IMHO) be very clear on how it is intended to fit into a working environment where the users may very well have other plugins by other ppl installed. In my mind you should keep everything as open and neutral so that it is easy for others to pick up the model and continue working on it with some other plugins. This is the main reason i have been hesitant to assign material, or layers or adding attributes to the groups created using 1001bit tools. I do have plan to allow users the options to define layers in future; but that will only be on preference basis, not a rigid requirement.

                    I hope i haven't bored anyone to death yet.... πŸ˜‰

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                      bagatelo
                      last edited by 29 Jan 2010, 01:40

                      Ok, I understand. Each side has their advantages and disadvantages.
                      I will post here in this topic some ideas that I have growing i my mind about your plugins.

                      1. Possibility to create and to save presets of tools. Possibility to export and import these presets.
                      2. Possibility to see in real time the alterations in the controls of the tool. It would be as the controls of tools of the photoshop, that allow to see in real time which will be the result of the taken action.
                      3. Possibility to edit the created objects.
                      4. I can translate your plugin to portuguese.
                      5. Possibilities to create grooves in angles, not just in the horizontal. Sometimes that I need to create Grooves in the vertical. Sometimes I need to create grooves in X.

                      For now is enough. Cheers

                      While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                      • ElibjrE Offline
                        Elibjr
                        last edited by 19 Feb 2010, 21:02

                        WOW Goh, this is really useful now. Thank you for such a great plugin!

                        @unknownuser said:

                        πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ Merry Christmas Everyone!!! πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„

                        1001bit version 1.1.7 update is now ready for download!
                        http://www.1001bit.com/v1.1/download_registration_v1.1.shtml

                        3 new tools are added into this update:

                        Rectangular grille tools: convert edges into rectangular sections.

                        http://www.1001bit.com/forum_imgs/rgrille1.jpg

                        http://www.1001bit.com/forum_imgs/rgrille2.jpg

                        Circular grille tools: convert edges into circular sections.

                        http://www.1001bit.com/forum_imgs/cgrille1.jpg

                        http://www.1001bit.com/forum_imgs/cgrille2.jpg

                        both the grille tools only create grilles on a common plane defined by the first 3 points it finds from the selection.
                        any edges that are not on the plane will be projected onto the plane.

                        Extrude while maintaining tapering effect.

                        http://www.1001bit.com/forum_imgs/extrude2.jpg

                        πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas, and all the best in the coming year! πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„

                        [flash=][/flash]Now I can go from this ...


                        ..to this...


                        ...and combine it with Fredoscale and get this! Thank you!

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                        • G Offline
                          gohch
                          last edited by 20 Feb 2010, 02:06

                          hi Elibjr,
                          wow, that's some nice work there! πŸ‘

                          Someone asked me about creating standing seams for the roof of irregular shape.
                          I used the roof tool, set the rafter width to 5mm, height to 20mm and distance to 200mm and uncheck the batten/purlin
                          and here's the result with a single click:
                          standing seam created using roof (very tiny rafters)
                          standing_seam_roof-02.jpg
                          πŸŽ‰

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                          • ElibjrE Offline
                            Elibjr
                            last edited by 25 Feb 2010, 21:16

                            That's great thinking Goh. Now I have a quick wat to create a standing seam metal roof! I have really appreciated the "modify selected vertex on entity" tool. It's great when you want to edit an irregular object one node at a time to get the exact shape. The "create screen" is truly my favorite for creating a simple continuous ceiling grid with ceiling panels. Thanks again.
                            EBell. πŸ‘

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                            • G Offline
                              gohch
                              last edited by 8 Aug 2010, 15:33

                              We've just launched 1001bit pro, and inside there's a metal deck tool which can be used to generate corrugated sheets, metal decks as well as standing seams πŸ˜„
                              mdecks.jpg

                              Take a look at the userguides on the tools in the Pro version at
                              http://www.1001bit.com/pro/userguide.html

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                                onetoughkooky
                                last edited by 6 Feb 2011, 05:31

                                Hi Goh! I'm a SketchUcation n00b and I just discovered your toolset. AMAZING!!! πŸ˜„

                                I have one question though, I'm trying create louvers for a curved surface (since my building is curved and I'm putting the louvers on its south-facing wall). Right now I'm playing around with "View Hidden Geometry" and then generating the louvers on a per-surface basis, but it's taking me quite some time and doesn't look very clean. Is there any way to generate the louvers (both horizontal and vertical) from a curved surface?

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                                  gohch
                                  last edited by 6 Feb 2011, 13:53

                                  hi,
                                  I'm afraid there is currently no single function to generate louvres on a curved surface. What i would do, would be to use combination of 'extrude along sloping path' and 'linear array'
                                  Step 1: select the path (can be different edges, but has to be connected)
                                  Step 2: create a face on x y plane to define the profile of the louvre.
                                  Step 3: use the 'extrude along sloping path tool'
                                  extrude-louvre01.jpg
                                  Step 4: select the created louvre then use the 'linear array' tool to create multiple louvres
                                  extrude-louvre02.jpg
                                  extrude-louvre03.jpg
                                  cheers! πŸ˜‰

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                                  • G Offline
                                    gohch
                                    last edited by 16 Apr 2011, 08:13

                                    hi everyone,
                                    Haven't been doing much programming for the past few months... my day job has been getting quite crazy lately.
                                    Anyway, I managed to work on the Panel Divide tool.
                                    Previous version has issues of either conflict or simply unstable.
                                    I have re-written the tool, and was hoping that this version works better πŸ˜„
                                    (this is a patch for the Pro version by the way. Once i'm sure that this is ok, i will write another for the standard version.)
                                    Just replace the paneldivide.rbs file in your 1001bit_pro folder with this one.
                                    Thanks and cheers!
                                    Goh


                                    paneldivide(16-Apr-11)_patch.zip

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                                    • kenK Offline
                                      ken
                                      last edited by 29 Apr 2011, 15:42

                                      Sir

                                      How do I tell what version of your software I am using. The latest version is 1.1.7 however as you can see, that is not what the info screen shows.

                                      Ken


                                      ScreenHunter_01 Apr. 29 11.40.jpg

                                      Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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                                      • G Offline
                                        gohch
                                        last edited by 29 Apr 2011, 15:55

                                        Ooops 😳
                                        I have not been updating that version information!!!
                                        (just uploaded the corrected zip file);
                                        the info should show version 1.2 if your installed with the latest zip file (from the above link)

                                        Sorry for the confusion 😳
                                        GohCH

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                                          ken
                                          last edited by 29 Apr 2011, 18:12

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          Ooops 😳
                                          I have not been updating that version information!!!
                                          (just uploaded the corrected zip file);
                                          the info should show version 1.2 if your installed with the latest zip file (from the above link)

                                          Sorry for the confusion 😳
                                          GohCH

                                          OK, I have tried to download Version 1.2. And again, I have now 30 day trial version has expired. And when I send in for another authorization number, I get that two authorization numbers have already been issued for this computer. Dam right, apparently I need a new number every time you upgrade the software. YOU HAVE THE LEAST UNDERSTANDABLE UPGRADE PROCEDURE THAT I HAVE EVER DEALT WITH.

                                          So, one can not determine which version he has on his computer, because you don't keep track of the upgrades in the license info box, and when I do upgrade I have to go thought hoops to just get the software running again.

                                          Dam, you have good software, just figure out how to do better with your license number. I went thought this not to long ago when I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7.

                                          Pissed I am, Ken

                                          It shouldn't be this hard to do an upgrade.

                                          Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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