[Plugin] FredoTools::ReportLabelArea - v3.2a - 05 Feb 20
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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
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Thanks
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Thanks a lot for this one Fredo !! Really usefull for me.
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Thanks FREDO!
Would it be difficult to add "by layer"? -
Thank you.
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@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
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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.
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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
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Thank you, Fredo6:
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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
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Fredo is generous.
Thank you. -
Could you make them separate to install?
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This is nice tool!
Thanks FREDO!
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@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.
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@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.
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@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.
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@unknownuser said:
[size=150]NEW RELEASE: [color=#400000]**ReportLabelArea 2.0a - 19 Dec 11....
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[/bFredoHello [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.
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fredo excellent tool. thank you very much.
A query. You can add a tool to measure length of vectors, curves, polylines etc ...? -
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 3Regards.
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