[Plugin] Generate Ceiling Grid (Updated 27-Mar-2014)

sdmitch · 6 Mar 2012, 01:27

Apparently all my test shapes have been at Z=0. Elevation does matter. Sorry about that.

Well at least I thought elevation mattered. I did a move/copy on a shape and elevated it. When I ran the plugin, I got the pulled down faces without texture, but when I created a elevated shape, it didn't have the problem. I then tried to duplicate the create at Z=0 and move/copy to an elevation and results were normal! What a lovely thing an intermittent problem is!!!

ZFRPS · 6 Mar 2012, 08:34

first,I need to speak sorry,and i get carried away for this plugin,because i believe this plugin is one of "BIM" plugins,BIM need details ,if this can done , I hope !

However,i must thanks sdmitch and everyone again,this plugin is great.

gullfo · 6 Mar 2012, 11:51

yea, being its occurring over several runs, it may be a variable scope issue where something is persisting which causes the subsequent run to make incorrect assumptions...

Ben Ritter · 6 Mar 2012, 13:45

Sam, thank you. Good stuff!

SUFractal · 6 Mar 2012, 17:15

@sdmitch said:

Apparently all my test shapes have been at Z=0. Elevation does matter. Sorry about that.

Well at least I thought elevation mattered. I did a move/copy on a shape and elevated it. When I ran the plugin, I got the pulled down faces without texture, but when I created a elevated shape, it didn't have the problem. I then tried to duplicate the create at Z=0 and move/copy to an elevation and results were normal! What a lovely thing an intermittent problem is!!!

Sam, I had tried both methods you described, but still had the same issues.

sdmitch · 7 Mar 2012, 01:43

Ok, I have done about all I can do with this plugin. I have tested numerous shapes including gullfo's and the plugin produced the expected results, with minor exceptions, without fail using all size,origin,rotation options while creating tiles.

zfrps, I fixed that "gap" thing for you.

SUFractal · 7 Mar 2012, 01:55

@sdmitch said:

Ok, I have done about all I can do with this plugin. I have tested numerous shapes including gullfo's and the plugin produced the expected results, with minor exceptions, without fail using all size,origin,rotation options while creating tiles.

zfrps, I fixed that "gap" thing for you.

Working OK from what I can see. Thanks so much sdmitch!

guanjin · 7 Mar 2012, 08:53

@sdmitch said:

Ok, I have done about all I can do with this plugin. I have tested numerous shapes including gullfo's and the plugin produced the expected results, with minor exceptions, without fail using all size,origin,rotation options while creating tiles.

zfrps, I fixed that "gap" thing for you.

Create a surface option is not valid, how the choices that are surface
Choose, or have surface

tomot · 7 Mar 2012, 14:40

@guanjin said:

Create a surface option is not valid, how the choices that are surface
Choose, or have surface

You do have a surface now, you can place a texture on the entire surface, unfortunately I would have preferred to see the use of individual tiles as we had previously. I inadvertently over wrote and did not save the last script. Perhaps if sdsmith is not getting tired of this yet he could introduce 3 choices: none, tiles, surface.

sdmitch · 7 Mar 2012, 18:04

You get the "surface" if you say "No" to Make Tiles. If you don't want the surface, simply delete it.

guanjin · 7 Mar 2012, 18:37

@sdmitch said:

You get the "surface" if you say "No" to Make Tiles. If you don't want the surface, simply delete it.

We asking for too much, thank you for the great plug

RonS · 8 Mar 2012, 15:29

Works like a charm for me. Thank You Sam for all of your hard work.

guanjin · 8 Mar 2012, 16:42

@sdmitch said:

You get the "surface" if you say "No" to Make Tiles. If you don't want the surface, simply delete it.

No matter how select all the options are in the middle, invalid!!!

tomot · 8 Mar 2012, 16:59

I was mistakenly concerned that I would not be able to remove individual panels in order to create light panels. But that is not the case, the Surface can be intersected with the model (namely the Grid), by right-clicking the context menu. Now that the Surface and the Grid have been intersected, individual panels can be be removed as required, for lights. thanks again sdmith

sdmitch · 8 Mar 2012, 19:25

@guanjin said:

No matter how select all the options are in the middle, invalid!!!

The "Origin Pt:" selection controls the position. If "Corner" gives you the same
results as "Center" then you appear to be the only one.

guanjin · 8 Mar 2012, 19:48

@sdmitch said:

@guanjin said:

No matter how select all the options are in the middle, invalid!!!

The "Origin Pt:" selection controls the position. If "Corner" gives you the same
results as "Center" then you appear to be the only one.

The same surface option, is invalid, only the first option is effective!

sdmitch · 8 Mar 2012, 20:52

@guanjin said:

@sdmitch said:

@guanjin said:

No matter how select all the options are in the middle, invalid!!!

The "Origin Pt:" selection controls the position. If "Corner" gives you the same
results as "Center" then you appear to be the only one.

The same surface option, is invalid, only the first option is effective!

If Make Tiles = Yes, you get a group of tiles, one for each "cell", which are painted with the current material. If Make Tiles = No, the original selected shape is painted with the current material . If you don't want a ceiling, simply delete the "Ceiling" group.

If you seperate the Ceiling from the Grid, you will see this difference more clearly.

SUFractal · 9 Mar 2012, 00:58

Thanks for all the hard work and updates sdmitch!

guanjin · 9 Mar 2012, 04:13

Thank you for your help, I understand, hard![/quote]

guanjin · 9 Mar 2012, 04:14

Thank you for your help, I understand, hard!