[Plugin] C of G Reporter 1.3

TIG · 9 Oct 2010, 13:34

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cofgreporter.rb >>> ../Plugins/ folder

Usage:
Use this after adding some CofG's [i.e. 'Center of Gravity' tags]
Type 'cofgreporter' in the Ruby Console.
If the Model SKP is new and has not yet been saved you will get an error.
If there are no CofG's to Report you will get an error.
If the destination CofG Report cannot be written -
e.g. it's already open in Excel - you will get an error.
Otherwise a CofG Report is written into the Model's folder.
It is named to match the Model -
e.g. 'MyModel.skp' and 'MyModel_CofG_Report.csv'
A '.csv' file can be opened in Excel etc.
Link the .csv into a pre-formated .xls file with additional 'sums' etc, so
that it auto-updates.
It is sorted alphanumerically and reports
'ID' 'Weight' 'Volume' - the final two are in the units used in the CofG's.
The 'ID' is the CofG name-tag based on the original Instance's name, but
remember that you might have adjusted this in the dialogs during the making
of the CofG's - i.e. it is as displayed in the CofG's text-tag, not
necessarily the Instance's name.

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Version:
1.0 20101009 First release.
1.1 20101010 csv defined outside of begin/rescue.
1.2 20101010 Extra rescue error messages added.
1.3 20101010 Glitch with some users' "group.definition" fixed.

cofgreporter.rb

watkins · 9 Oct 2010, 15:14

Dear TIG,

Sorry for being dense, but does this plugin calculate the C_of_G of a shape? I do not understand the reference to adding CofGs.

Kind regards,
Bob

pilou · 9 Oct 2010, 15:16

So speedy as usual

pilou · 9 Oct 2010, 15:25

@Tig : Can you write result with a little Offset?
Result are always in front of something even we rotate or scale the object

TIG · 9 Oct 2010, 15:28

You need to use another tool 'Center of Gravity' to make the CofG tags first.
It's here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=229401#p229401
I wrote this 'Reporter' for Bertier who wants to be able to report weights of objects etc after tagging them with CofG data...

TIG · 9 Oct 2010, 15:34

@unknownuser said:

@Tig : Can you write result with a little Offset?
Result are always in front of something even we rotate or scale the object

Use Xray mode...
The tool is a utility not a presentation aid.
You can always move the text-tag by editing the CofG group...

pilou · 9 Oct 2010, 15:59

@unknownuser said:

You can always move the text-tag by editing the CofG group...

watkins · 9 Oct 2010, 18:53

Dear TIG,

Thanks for the explanation.

Regards,
Bob

TIG · 9 Oct 2010, 19:57

@unknownuser said:

@unknownuser said:

You can always move the text-tag by editing the CofG group...

Thanks, Pilou
...Comme toujours, je peut te faire confiance...
Aucun problème !

Krisidious · 9 Oct 2010, 20:50

does this do Imperial Weights too?

pilou · 9 Oct 2010, 21:46

@Tig
Je peut no, Je peux yes
a very useful thing for French verbs and conjugation
(on left top page: enter the verb, press ok ..and scroll )

TIG · 9 Oct 2010, 21:58

@krisidious said:

does this do Imperial Weights too?

If you use the 'imperial' measurements for the CogG volumes and density...
Possible units are "kg/m3", "tonnes/m3", "g/cm3", "tons/yd3", "lbs/ft3"
If others were preferred they could be added...

TIG · 9 Oct 2010, 22:10

@unknownuser said:

@Tig
Je peut no, Je peux yes

Pilou
I know!
I can..., thou canst..., he/she/it can..., we can..., you can... they can...? [can!]
My French is rubbish [but, so is your English! ]
Je le sais!
Je peux..., tu peux...,il/elle peut..., nous pouvons..., vous pouvez... ils/elles peuvent? [pu!]
Mon Français est des déchets [mais c'est que t'anglais! ]
In good humour...
Dans la bonne humeur ...

???
l'eau is water
la peau is skin
Both of these nouns are considered male, there is no reason behind this it is just the way the language works!
Similarly there are rules for female nouns such as:
un périphérique is a peripheral
un graphique is a graph........................

Krisidious · 9 Oct 2010, 22:38

excellente' sorry wrong language...

now another question... I know this is kinda off subject. what is the implication of this plugin, does this allude to a future where these weights could be transfered through shear force or straight line force?

the reason I ask is that I look forward to a time when I can build roofs, beams or arches and have their loads followed and measured.

SketchyPhysics got me excited about the possibility... that a model could have gravity and therefore transfer weight and force towards a central point.

thanks for another great plugin...

TIG · 9 Oct 2010, 23:14

Kristoff

No reason why not... BUT we just haven't written it yet...

pilou · 9 Oct 2010, 23:35

@ Tig
The big mystery is why so much languages?

Bertier · 10 Oct 2010, 06:25

MERCI / THANK YOU / Danke !

that is awsome !

Bertier · 10 Oct 2010, 07:37

Hello TIG

tryed it, got this :

cofgreporter
Error: #<TypeError: C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/cofgreporter.rb:81:in +': can't convert nil into String> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/cofgreporter.rb:81 C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/cofgreporter.rb:81:in cofgreporter'
(eval):0

TIG · 10 Oct 2010, 10:29

Bertier

Here's v1.1 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=278046#p278046
The error in the error message is fixed!
Please retry...
To be on the safe site please ensure your file_path/skp_name contains no accented characters - SUp's Ruby is not happy with unicoded characters

Bertier · 10 Oct 2010, 11:47

will do now;

thank you