[Plugin] FredoTools::ReportLabelArea - v3.2a - 05 Feb 20

fredo6 · 11 Sept 2011, 11:40

ReportLabelArea is a standalone script which provides several services about Areas:

Reporting: Compute and display the area of the selection or the whole model, by materials, by components and groups, and by layers. Display is done in a Web dialog box, with possibility to print and Export in CSV format.
Browsing: Indicate the Area of faces, components and groups by mouse-over in the model
Labelling: Create and Edit text labels with Areas
For all functions, there is a choice of Area formatting (unit and decimal), regardless of the default unit of the model.

This follows a request by vanderlm.

ReportLabelArea is now installed as part of FredoTools.

See the main post for FredoTools for Installation

No user manual (see section Quick Start and Videos below)

Language: English, French
Menus: by default, it is installed in Tools > FredoTools with 2 submenus: Report on Areas and Label with Areas. It also appears in the Contextual menu when there is at least one face in the current selection
Icon toolbar: Fredo6 Tools. By default, the 2 icons are not shown
The plugin is free, for private and commercial usage.

Reporting on Areas
[flash=640,480:19xwnihf]https://www.youtube.com/v/bjbJO717Cyo&hl[/flash:19xwnihf]

Browsing for Areas and Labelling
[flash=640,480:19xwnihf]https://www.youtube.com/v/Bu31TpMq3pY&hl[/flash:19xwnihf]

Reporting on Areas

Call the Plugin on the selection (main menu or contextual menu “Report on Areas”). If there is no selection, ReportArea will operate on the whole model
A web dialog box appears showing the report
You can change the formatting of areas, unit and number of decimals
Report is available by Material, by Layer and by Container
You can print the report and export it as a CSV file

Browsing the model for Areas
The best is to follow the video

Call the menu “Label with Areas”).
Mouse over the model to display the area of faces, groups and components. You have several options, like "select single face, as opposed to surface", "select compoents / groups recursively or not"
You can change the formatting of areas, unit and number of decimals at any time
If you click on elements, they are stored in a temporary selection and the total area of the elements selected is displayed in the top dialog box

Creating and Editing Labels with Areas

Call the menu “Label with Areas”).
On a face or Container, Click and Drag to create and position a new label
You can drag the text of the label around
You can also move the anchor (mouse over it, a small yellow circle appears, click and drag)
to change the formatting of the label, change the unit / decimal in the dialog box and click on the label to update it
to Edit the text, double-click on the label

ReportArea 3.2a - 05 Feb 20: includes material coming from object painting, when the material on faces is the default material.

ReportArea 3.1e - 02 Nov 19: Refresh buttons, more options for Export, cosmetic adjustments and bug fixing

ReportArea 3.0a - 16 Oct 19: This release introduces a new view / report called Outliner

ReportArea 2.1b - 11 Nov 17: This release fixes a bug in ReportLabelArea when exporting CSV in non-English language

ReportArea 2.1a - 09 Jul 15: This release fixes a major bug. Now the calculated area takes into account the glued component in Cut opening mode.

ReportArea 2.0a - 19 Dec 11: This release includes a Reporting with a Web dialog, by Material, by Layer and by Container. It also includes the Browsing and Labelling features.

ReportArea 1.1a - 11 Sep 11: initial public release

srx · 11 Sept 2011, 12:44

Thanks

Panga · 12 Sept 2011, 09:27

Thanks a lot for this one Fredo !! Really usefull for me.

baldaman · 23 Sept 2011, 11:41

Thanks FREDO!
Would it be difficult to add "by layer"?

Ben Ritter · 23 Sept 2011, 16:52

Thank you.

fredo6 · 24 Sept 2011, 19:27

@baldaman said:

Thanks FREDO!
Would it be difficult to add "by layer"?

Do you mean

compute total area by layer?
For each layer, gives the details by Material and by container?

Fredo

baldaman · 25 Sept 2011, 08:01

I mean compute total area by layer.
I explain: I am doing a big project. I put each floor's top face on adifferent layer corresponding to the affectation of the floor (for exemple: exhibition, administration, library etc...). Each time I want to check the total area of library's floor for exemple, I select one face, right click, and go into context menu and choose "by layer" to have the sum of all areas of library's floors top faces. I do that 40 times a day.
I think that if we can make a report of all areas of these faces we can produce an automated area table for elements of program.
Of course it could be done with materials, but we often want to give the same material to all the floors. The differenciation comes with layers.
Switching to "color by layer" mode gives a more analytical vision.
"color by layer mode" = analytical, programmatic
"textured mode" = realistic, rendering.

Sorry for my frenglish.

Chris Fullmer · 5 Oct 2011, 00:53

Hmm, I just wrote a very simple version of this for myself today. I should have looked here first. oops! Thanks for the script Fredo,

Chris

mitcorb · 20 Dec 2011, 18:33

Thank you, Fredo6:
An excellent concept.

fredo6 · 20 Dec 2011, 20:36

NEW RELEASE: ReportLabelArea 2.0a - 19 Dec 11

ReportLabelArea is a rework of the previous ReportArea standalone plugin. It provides:

More visual features for Reporting and Browsing for Areas
Creation, update and Edition of labels with Areas
Area formatting (choice of unit and decimals) for all functions

There are two videos to give an idea of the main features of the plugin

ReportLabelArea is now published as part of the FredoTools suite of Plugins

See main post of this thread for more information.

Fredo

boilingsnow · 21 Dec 2011, 07:24

Fredo is generous.
Thank you.

boilingsnow · 21 Dec 2011, 09:21

Could you make them separate to install?

fredo6 · 21 Dec 2011, 09:38

@boilingsnow said:

Could you make them separate to install?

What do you mean?

Fredo

tak2hata · 21 Dec 2011, 10:33

This is nice tool!
Thanks FREDO!

boilingsnow · 21 Dec 2011, 11:50

@unknownuser said:

@boilingsnow said:

Could you make them separate to install?

What do you mean?

Fredo

I mean you are providing a set of tools and I have to install them all at one time. But I have already installed some of them and made my own icons for them.

Actually I am using sutool of Wikii as a manager of all my plugins. And this set of combined tools doesn't support that.

I konw I can also control display of the icons through your LibFredo6, but it would still be wonderful if you could continue providing these tools als seperate plugins at the same time.

fredo6 · 21 Dec 2011, 17:17

@boilingsnow said:

Actually I am using sutool of Wikii as a manager of all my plugins. And this set of combined tools doesn't support that.

I understand.
I am not a user of Wikii's SUTool. Can you tell me how you bind the icon / command to the Plugin.

I can try to offer an interface which is compliant so that you keep seeing the plugins as standalone.

Fredo

PS: I regrouped the plugins to minimize the footprint in SU, (i.e. have a single menu item). I also provides a Quick Launcher.

boilingsnow · 24 Dec 2011, 05:56

@unknownuser said:

@boilingsnow said:

Actually I am using sutool of Wikii as a manager of all my plugins. And this set of combined tools doesn't support that.

I understand.
I am not a user of Wikii's SUTool. Can you tell me how you bind the icon / command to the Plugin.

I can try to offer an interface which is compliant so that you keep seeing the plugins as standalone.

Fredo

PS: I regrouped the plugins to minimize the footprint in SU, (i.e. have a single menu item). I also provides a Quick Launcher.

Thank you very much for your answer.

I.Aleks.S · 24 Dec 2011, 11:36

@unknownuser said:

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Hello [b]Fredo6**.

Forgive for my bad English.

I use many yours Plugins. I give an appreciation on these workings out.
I address to you with the request, to make calculation function on length;
Millimetres running
Centimetres running
Metres running.

Probably to execute it?

I thank you.

jorge2011 · 2 Jan 2012, 02:04

fredo excellent tool. thank you very much.
A query. You can add a tool to measure length of vectors, curves, polylines etc ...?

cyb · 6 Jan 2012, 15:00

Fredo. Great Tool.
One question. The sorting is by either Material or by Layer.
Any chance to add By Layer then by Material?
Something like this?

Layer1
Material 1
Material 2
Material 3
Layer2
Material 1
Material 2
Material 3

Regards.