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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      Thanks to Oxer who has translated my Volume_v2.1 tool into Spanish - so if you would like it to run in Spanish then remove the old version and put this new one*** into the Plugins folder [if you prefer it to be in ENglish then don't do anything !].
      Unfortunately this tool is not [yet] 'debBelizered' so if there are any updates to the EN version then the ES translation might get out of step - however, the next update will probably be to get it 'deBabelizered' anyway, so not to worry... πŸ€“
      ***VolumeCalculator21-ES.rb

      TIG

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      • W Offline
        watkins
        last edited by

        Dear TIG,

        I am having problems with the attached model. The volume calculator works fine on the blank casting (2 %), but falls over with the casting with the holes. I am using version 1.8 of VolumeCalculator.rb because (in the past), I found it worked best with internal voids.

        Would it be possible to include a drop-down and editable list of densities, with the option to calculate total mass as well as volume. By editable I mean the possibility to add to the list of materials and densities.

        Would it be possible to include an escape function (ESC key?) so that the calculation could be terminated if found to be taking too long?

        Kind regards,
        Bob


        Model for TIG.skp

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          To do stuff with density/volume/weight use my very recent 'Center of Gravity Tool'...

          I have got you 'holey form' to make a Volume... BUT I rotated it in 3D so it didn't take forever to work at 0.5%!
          Having all of those holes in every 'slice' r_e_a_l_l_y slows things...Capture.PNG

          TIG

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          • W Offline
            watkins
            last edited by

            Dear TIG,

            Many thanks for answering my query. I hadn't thought to change the Z direction before running the script. A very, very useful plugin. Thanks

            Regards,
            Bob

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            • P Offline
              Pout
              last edited by

              Hey TIG,

              Thx for this script.

              I have a little question:

              Let's say a group only contains one or multiple faces not forming a volume (so volume can not be calculated)
              How do I build in a test that determines if the script should continue with the volume calculation (or just give the combined area of the faces)?
              Maybe the test is already in the code, but i can't seem to figure it out completely.

              regards

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                There are two versions of Volume - [v1] is slow but 'reliable' and the other [v2] is fast but 'sensitive' !
                v1 will find the volume of a shape even it it has no 'lid' or holes in it - just as if it were filled up with a fluid till it spilled out - but it takes it's time on very high accuracy settings...
                v2 needs a 'manifold' shape - make sure that the form is fully faced - there's my recent manifold.rb to check this. Used on a suitable form v2 will quickly return the volume with as much accuracy as it can muster... if it has 'holes' or complex faces [internal etc] it can't return a volume.
                To find the area of faces there's a new thread started recently that explains how best to do this...
                πŸ€“

                TIG

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                • S Offline
                  SUCCESS01
                  last edited by

                  hello......... it seems to be intressting, please how to get it?

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                  • S Offline
                    SUCCESS01
                    last edited by

                    thanks man... you're so great πŸ‘

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                    • B Offline
                      BillB1
                      last edited by

                      Hi, just wanted to let the community know, I tried running Volume2.1, having had it run successfully in the past, and found that whilst the dialog loaded and the "clone volume" object was created, no volume text label was added to the drawing. Guessing that the problem might be a plug-in conflict, i disabled some of my more recent plugin additions (change filename from .rb to .rbXX) and re-ran Sketchup and Volume. The problem was Sketchy Physics plugin (V3 I think). Disable it and Volume 2.1 works as expected.

                      Don't know if anyone can shed any light on this or can suggest a solution for them both to co-exist?

                      Best wishes to all.

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Thanks Bill

                        There is a know issue with some clashes with scripts and SketchyPhysics - see this http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=300105#p300105 BUT it's never been reported with Volume before ?
                        Perhaps it's a clash with the

                        class Geom;;Point3d
                           def dot(v)
                              self.x * v.x + self.y * v.y + self.z * v.z
                           end
                        end
                        

                        code ?
                        πŸ˜•
                        I'll look into it...........

                        TIG

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                        • B Offline
                          BillB1
                          last edited by

                          No idea TIG, I'm not best-placed to comment on coding πŸ˜•

                          It would be interesting to know whether anybody else has the same issue or whether it is a peculiarity of my system...

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                            Mvmcneil
                            last edited by

                            I am cleaning up all my plugins and testing as I install each one to make sure there are no conflicts and I keep getting an error when I do a validity check on simple cubes and spheres. Is this normal?

                            Using Sketchup 7.1 on OSX 10.6.5.

                            Thanks.


                            Validiy_Check_Grab.jpg

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              How do you know this is related to Volume?
                              Change your active layer to Layer0 beforehand and see what happens ??

                              TIG

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                              • EarthMoverE Offline
                                EarthMover
                                last edited by

                                Would it be possible to create a Volume by Surface option for this plugin? I often have to figure out volume calculations of things that below grade and hence not shown in the model. Say something like a concrete footer or slab. In the model I only usually show the surface. I thought it would be great if the plugin recognized if the selection was a single plane with no depth and would prompt the user to set a virtual depth before proceeding to the volume dialog. If it's not too much trouble.

                                3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                                Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                                Content Creator at Skapeup

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Adam

                                  Can't you just select all of the faces [using a filter] and then get the total area from Entity Info and then x that depth in " to get the volume in cu" [then x 0.000578703703703704 to make it cu' or x 0.000021433470507545 to make it in cuyds]...

                                  This one-liner will return the volume of 1" depth of the selected flat faces in cuyds [other selected entities or non-flat faces are ignored].
                                  You can change 'd=' to another depth as desired; change 'f=' [and the final 'puts()'] if you want say cu' etc...

                                  d=1;f=0.000021433470507545;v=0;Sketchup.active_model.selection.each{|e|v=v+(d*e.area)*f))if e.class==Sketchup;;Face and e.normal.z.abs>=0.999};puts(v+" cuyds")
                                  

                                  Just copy paste it into the Ruby Console, adjusting d= [and perhaps f= etc] as desired, then <enter>...
                                  πŸ€“

                                  TIG

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                                  • EarthMoverE Offline
                                    EarthMover
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks TIG. Would it involve changing the coding for each desired depth? For instance on a brick patio I often have to figure out three volume calculations. One for excavation depth and soil removed (10"), one for crushed gravel base (6") and one for bedding sand @ 1". Right now I do it by copying the surface shape into a different SU session and then making three copies of that and then extruding each to their desired depth. I then run the volume plugin on each group. I thought it would be easier with a prompt to set depth from the initial surface.

                                    3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                                    Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                                    Content Creator at Skapeup

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      The result is cuyds [or cu' if you were to change the f= value] and it's based on a 1" depth - so you can simply multiply that volume by the actual depth in inches to get the actual volume ?
                                      Otherwise paste the code and change the initial d=10; say if it's 10" and so on... see how the 10" version is simply 10x more volume than the 1" version etc...
                                      To make it have dialogs etc is much more complex than a 'one-liner' like this...
                                      πŸ˜•

                                      TIG

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Having slept on it you would probably want to find the volume of faces that slope too. This version does that - a fully 'vertical' face has 0x volume and a fully 'flat' face has 1x; while at 45 degrees it'll be 0.707x [1/sqrt(2)] of its flat cousin with the same surface area

                                        v=0;b=Geom;;BoundingBox.new;m=Sketchup.active_model;s=m.selection;s.each{|e|(b.add(e.bounds);v=v+(e.area*e.normal.z.abs))if e.class==Sketchup;;Face};if v>0;t="Faces>Volume";r=inputbox(["Depth;","Units;"],['1"'.to_l,"cuyds"],["","cuyds|cu'|cu\"|m3|cm3|mm3"],t);if r;v=v*r[0];case r[1];when "cuyds";f=0.000021433470507545;when "cu'";f=0.000578703703703704;when "m3";f=0.000016387064;when "cm3";f=16.387064;when "mm3";f=16387.064;else;f=1.0;end;v=sprintf("%.6f ",(v*f));p=b.max;m.start_operation(t);m.active_entities.add_text((v+r[1]),p,[10,10,10]);m.commit_operation;else;p 'Canceled.';UI.beep;end;else;p 'No Faces!';UI.beep;end
                                        

                                        This 'one-liner' version now asks for the depth and units, and then puts a piece of Text at the selected faces' max bounds.

                                        To make it into a proper tool do this...
                                        Make a file called 'VolumeFaces.rb' in the Plugins folder and add this code

                                        require 'sketchup.rb'
                                        module TIG
                                        def self.volumefaces()
                                        v=0;b=Geom;;BoundingBox.new;m=Sketchup.active_model;s=m.selection;s.each{|e|(b.add(e.bounds);v=v+(e.area*e.normal.z.abs))if e.class==Sketchup;;Face};if v>0;t="Faces>Volume";r=inputbox(["Depth;","Units;"],['1"'.to_l,"cuyds"],["","cuyds|cu'|cu\"|m3|cm3|mm3"],t);if r;v=v*r[0];case r[1];when "cuyds";f=0.000021433470507545;when "cu'";f=0.000578703703703704;when "m3";f=0.000016387064;when "cm3";f=16.387064;when "mm3";f=16387.064;else;f=1.0;end;v=sprintf("%.6f ",(v*f));p=b.max;m.start_operation(t);m.active_entities.add_text((v+r[1]),p,[10,10,10]);m.commit_operation;else;p 'Canceled.';UI.beep;end;else;p 'No Faces!';UI.beep;end
                                        end
                                        unless file_loaded?(File.basename(__FILE__))
                                          UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("Volume from Faces..."){TIG.volumefaces()}
                                        end#menu
                                        file_loaded(File.basename(__FILE__))
                                        end
                                        

                                        It then appears in Plugins Menu under 'Volume from Faces...', select faces and run it, set the dialog options as desired etc... πŸ€“

                                        TIG

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                                        • pilouP Offline
                                          pilou
                                          last edited by

                                          Ah damned there is no right button on Mac? 😞
                                          But as writed in the header there is also a Menu on the top line πŸ˜„

                                          Because Menu volume is on contextuel menu on right clic button !

                                          you must have also sketchup.rb in the folders Plugins!
                                          Maybe it's for that you don't see that!

                                          works fine wtih the free one! β˜€


                                          %(#FF4000)[Moderator note from thomthom:
                                          I removed the sketchup.rb file as it not be needed to distribute this. Each SketchUp version needs a specific version, otherwise odd bugs can appear. The file should also not be in the Plugins folder. (Might have been true many many versions ago, but for the last few it should be in the Tools folder.)]

                                          Frenchy Pilou
                                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                          My Little site :)

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                                          • D Offline
                                            duchuy2001
                                            last edited by

                                            plz upload v1.8 bro TIG !!!
                                            Thank u very much !

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