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    [Plugin] SketchUpBIM: Building Modeling made easy!

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      small08
      last edited by

      Now we're talkin', thank-you d-e-x! Love any Architectural applications for SketchUP. Now if the industry will just pick-up to justify them.

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        d_e_x
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        i have uploaded a sample video on YouTube. It demonstrates the usage of SketchUpBIM tools for the design of a 3 bedroom residential building.

        Check it out: http://youtu.be/0cnSoXKUX6Q

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          d_e_x
          last edited by

          let's see if this works ๐Ÿ˜„

          [flash=640,480:3l5ebjvk]http://www.youtube.com/v/0cnSoXKUX6Q[/flash:3l5ebjvk]

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            Seem to work - if you mean embedding. Though the video doesn't seem to do anything new after 3:45.

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

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              d_e_x
              last edited by

              Yep, thanks. I can see it as well ๐Ÿ˜„

              The video completes at 3:45. However, I recorded the text for the remaining time as I planned to keep it along-side a normal sketchup window and demonstrate the difference in efficiency. It took me approx 9 minutes to construct the same building in SketchUp without the plug-in.

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              • bigstickB Offline
                bigstick
                last edited by

                If you could add IFC export to this, you've got a solid gold winner!

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                  ZFRPS
                  last edited by

                  sketchupBIM,good idea !
                  Go on ๐ŸŽ‰

                  sketchup is bim

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                  • K Offline
                    klawhammer
                    last edited by

                    This is the best free plugin i have used.

                    unfortunately it is scrambled so I cannot switch the units to metric. ๐Ÿ˜ž

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                    • PixeroP Offline
                      Pixero
                      last edited by

                      Yes, we want a metric version. ๐Ÿ‘

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        @d_e_x: If you use the Length class then SU will do the unit conversion from SU's internal inches to the user's current unit setup for you.

                        Then you use Length.to_s it converts it to a user friendly string.

                        To convert user input from user format to SU's internal unit, use String.to_l.

                        See the extension of the core methods that's included in SU:

                        http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/length.html
                        http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/string.html
                        http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/numeric.html

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

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                          thomthom
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                          @pixero said:

                          Yes, we want a metric version. ๐Ÿ‘

                          Come on, you mean "We would like". ๐Ÿ˜‰ It's a free plugin after all. I know you mean good, but I feel it's done too much around here, just want to make it clearer to everybody.

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

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                            mitcorb
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                            Hi d_e_x:
                            This tool looks very promising! I am amazed at your skills.

                            I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                              d_e_x
                              last edited by

                              WoW! Thank you for the response and suggestions. I have a pretty long and well thought-off roadmap for this plug-in. In this initial version, it was important to get the basic process-flows right - so that on-going development is possible.

                              1. Units: Yep, Metric is important. and T, thanks for the tips/suggestions on the Length class ๐Ÿ˜„ I have a few ideas on this myself: after all, my 8 years in the CAD industry should come to good use ๐Ÿ˜‰

                              2. IFC Import/Export: Another important feature. Allowing seemless import and export is probably the main vision of this plugin. There are some other ideas in our team - like using the apis provided by BIM software (like REVIT, and ARCHICAD) to import parametric geometry. I have seen this method to be more reliable in terms of preserving the element types and element properties. But we'll see; IFC seems to be equally important.

                              Please feel free to add to the list.

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                                d_e_x
                                last edited by

                                b/w I am doing the final reviews of the "Basic Tutorial" video. It should be uploaded by EOD today.

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                                • mitcorbM Offline
                                  mitcorb
                                  last edited by

                                  I just have a couple of questions as a potential user:
                                  Could one start with an initial floor plate on the ground plane and do the same workflow as shown in the video?
                                  Is it best to work in orthographic view?

                                  I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                  • bigstickB Offline
                                    bigstick
                                    last edited by

                                    I don't want to risk sounding pushy, because I'm really excited to see someone add this functionality to SketchUp, but as I see it, IFC is the de facto standard for BIM interoperability.

                                    ArchiCAD and Revit are great products, but there are Microstation and Vectorworks as well in the BIM market. IFC ought to be completely independent of any of this, and I think all the apps support it.

                                    My greatest fear with BIM is fragmentation and lack of interoperability, which will mean that the industry could take 2 steps forward, but 3 steps back.

                                    Having said that, it's fantastic that you're doing what you're doing, so please keep it up

                                    [Edit: there is already an app called ifc2skp, and I can put you in contact with them if you want]

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                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      @d_e_x said:

                                      1. Units: Yep, Metric is important. and T, thanks for the tips/suggestions on the Length class ๐Ÿ˜„ I have a few ideas on this myself: after all, my 8 years in the CAD industry should come to good use ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                      I've seen quite a few people new to SketchUp Ruby scripting trying to do the unit conversion manually, which just complicates things. The methods are there to let SU do the work. One just need to beware if one handle Float or Length objects. As some SU's methods returns units as regular floats - in which case it's a float representing inches. Just convert that to a Length - Float.to_l.

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

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                                        d_e_x
                                        last edited by

                                        @mitcorb said:

                                        Could one start with an initial floor plate on the ground plane and do the same workflow as shown in the video?

                                        All SketchUpBIM elements (walls, beams, slabs etc) belong to a particular floor. Also, they are drawn downwards from that particular floor. So in the appended example, 2 walls are drawn on "Elevation 10 ft" (first floor). These wall automatically extend downwards till they hit the level below. In this case, the below level is the ground itself. Hence, there is no need to explicitly draw an additional floor plate.

                                        @mitcorb said:

                                        Is it best to work in orthographic view?

                                        It is recommended: to avoid confusion with the below levels and provide a clean drawing board for each level/floor. However, this is not mandatory, you can rotate the view and keep using the tools. Important thing to keep in mind: the SketchUpBIM tools will always draw on the selected level on the layers dialog. In this case, as "Elevation 10.0 ft" is selected, the tools will snap automatically to draw at this particular level only. I call this a feature, hopefully it will be accepted as one ๐Ÿ˜„

                                        Support01.png

                                        I will upload a tutorial video by EOD today. This should clear up the process-flows and methodology.

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                                        • Bob JamesB Offline
                                          Bob James
                                          last edited by

                                          I'm definitely interested.
                                          I never heard of Building Information Modeling "BIM" before this thread (and Googling it to find out what BIM meant ๐Ÿ˜‰ ).
                                          Certainly for it to be of use it would have to have the capabilities described by pbacot, but as far as I can tell, this is a great start ๐Ÿ‘
                                          Directly cutting windows and doors into thick walls ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

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                                          • pbacotP Offline
                                            pbacot
                                            last edited by

                                            Looks exciting. The wall layout looks good. The way you cut the windows in the walls is fantastic.

                                            I imagine this is the basis for many more things.

                                            However I have to ask: Does this video really represent the way Revit would do things? That you "eyeball" cutting holes into your envelope to create windows? I would think that with BIM I could insert windows by giving the size (or selecting a window from list) and it would be placed at the correct (default/designated) height and might even have some horizontal placement parameters that I can define and use. I would expect the door and window types, complete with casing etc., would become automatically a part of the file (from default designation)--not just holes. Is this actually "next steps" in your development or is BIM different than I imagine?

                                            Thanks for the posting and the hard work!

                                            Signed, Not a BIM user--so far.

                                            Are we ready for a BIM subforum? I See d-e-x has bumped other posts to generate interest

                                            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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