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    [Plugin] bim-tools 0.13.4(june 22, 2015)

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    • brewskyB Offline
      brewsky
      last edited by

      New version uploaded! 0.10.6

      Please let me know if this latest addition adds value.
      The results of changing multiple lengths/heights at the same time can be weird.
      Length and Height could also be shown as a "read-only"-property, so they can only be changed indirectly through the source-faces.

      Sketchup BIM-Tools - http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299107

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      • brewskyB Offline
        brewsky
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        Hi everyone,

        It has been a while since my last post.
        Just dropping in to share a few screenshots of my latest endeavour:
        re-build the IFC exporter

        It does not yet contain a lot of BIM-information, but finally I can generate some "working" IFC files again! πŸ˜„

        Cheers!
        Jan


        IFC test original in SketchUp


        IFC test in IFC-viewer

        Sketchup BIM-Tools - http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299107

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        • brewskyB Offline
          brewsky
          last edited by

          I have just uploaded a new version of the plugin, now with a working IFC exporter!

          The export is still very basic(not much building properties yet), but expanding it should be easier and faster now!

          Anyone willing to test it? Please comment! πŸ˜„

          Sketchup BIM-Tools - http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299107

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            watbywbarif
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            Hi, I have tried 0.11 on Sketchup 8 on Windows7 and Walls from faces is not working. Nothing happens when used. And I downloaded tool exactly for this, it looks very usefull to me πŸ˜‰

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            • brewskyB Offline
              brewsky
              last edited by

              @watbywbarif said:

              Hi, I have tried 0.11 on Sketchup 8 on Windows7 and Walls from faces is not working. Nothing happens when used.

              Hi Andrija,

              Thanks for trying the plugin!
              Can you show me the output of the "Ruby Console"?

              • Open the ruby console (Window --> Ruby Console)
              • Select some faces
              • Press the "Create From Faces" button
                https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hl6v6ZQJMTs/UE-Kr0KlqOI/AAAAAAAABwE/F_Fe7_TPcaQ/s24/PlanarsFromFaces_large.png

              I hope something shows up in the "Ruby Console", with that i might be able to help you!

              Cheers!
              Jan

              Sketchup BIM-Tools - http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299107

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                watbywbarif
                last edited by

                @brewsky said:

                @watbywbarif said:

                Hi, I have tried 0.11 on Sketchup 8 on Windows7 and Walls from faces is not working. Nothing happens when used.

                Hi Andrija,

                Thanks for trying the plugin!
                Can you show me the output of the "Ruby Console"?

                • Open the ruby console (Window --> Ruby Console)
                • Select some faces
                • Press the "Create From Faces" button
                  https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hl6v6ZQJMTs/UE-Kr0KlqOI/AAAAAAAABwE/F_Fe7_TPcaQ/s24/PlanarsFromFaces_large.png

                I hope something shows up in the "Ruby Console", with that i might be able to help you!

                Cheers!
                Jan

                Heh, now it works, and I am puzzled. Last time i tried some complex object and nothing, than i tried only box, nothing, than only rectangle, nothing, and there was no output in Ruby console. Than I installed old version which worked. Now I downloaded new version again and it works. I don't know what I made wrong because I used tool on same way like now. I guess this was false alarm.

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                • brewskyB Offline
                  brewsky
                  last edited by

                  @watbywbarif said:

                  I guess this was false alarm.

                  Good to hear it works now!

                  It might be interesting to try the new version I just added, it's WAY more stable πŸ˜„ .

                  Sketchup BIM-Tools - http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299107

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                  • brewskyB Offline
                    brewsky
                    last edited by

                    For this version I made a lot of improvements to the IFC-exporter, but I still get mixed results opening the files in different BIM-software packages.

                    If anyone has any tips/opinions on what would be the best way to generate the IFC-files, I'm interested!
                    The most important thing to think on is to get a good model-structure/scheme in the IFC.
                    Not export too much (duplicate or unneccesary) data, but enough so all BIM-software can find the data they need to import useful objects...

                    Sketchup BIM-Tools - http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299107

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                    • S Offline
                      small08
                      last edited by

                      Thanks Brew, will give it a try. 😎

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                      • ludnidL Offline
                        ludnid
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                        Splendid Plugin. Works like a charm but for a minor bug so i'll need someone to confirm please. After installing a couple of plugins the day before, sketchup crashed while working within a group and specifically while trying to use the paint bucket tool. Removing the recent installations found bim tools to be the culprit πŸ˜„. Does anyone have the same problem?

                        NB: I also noticed the crash happens on my second trial just after ive closed the scripts dialogue.

                        If you don't ask, the answer will always be no.

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                        • brewskyB Offline
                          brewsky
                          last edited by

                          I have finally taken the time to set up a website for the project. πŸ˜„
                          Check it out on:
                          http://www.bim4sketchup.org/

                          It's very basic, but it already contains some documentation.
                          I will add more along he way...

                          Cheers!
                          Jan

                          Sketchup BIM-Tools - http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299107

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                          • I Offline
                            ivreich
                            last edited by

                            Revit Import Error

                            Hi Jan

                            Thanks for this incredible effort.

                            I'm having some problems importing the IFC file into Revit 2013. I've attached the Revit error message and my skp file for you to look at.

                            Also, will it be possible to create bim elements with more complex surfaces, e.g. quad-based surfaces generated from curviloft, EEby, soap skin bubble etc?

                            Cheers

                            Joel


                            Revit error message


                            SU file

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                            • brewskyB Offline
                              brewsky
                              last edited by

                              @ludnid said:

                              sketchup crashed while working within a group and specifically while trying to use the paint bucket tool.

                              I will look into it, it should never interfere with your day-to-day SketchUp-ing!
                              It probably has something to do with the observers the plugin uses.

                              The first thing I want to do is make a on/off button that disables the observers(or even the entire plugin if possible). That should make sure there occur any problems when not using the plugin itself.

                              Does anyone have tips on implementing this? I think it would be nice if I could minimize the toolbar to a single button to show that the plugin is not active...

                              Sketchup BIM-Tools - http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299107

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                              • brewskyB Offline
                                brewsky
                                last edited by

                                @ivreich said:

                                I'm having some problems importing the IFC file into Revit 2013. I've attached the Revit error message and my skp file for you to look at.

                                Hi Joel!

                                Thanks for sharing this model!
                                It points me to some "internationalization" bugs I wasn't yet aware of(mixing up commas and dots in numbers and the like).
                                Is it possible to get a more detailed report from the revit ifc-importer?
                                I can't make out the id's it reports in the screenshot.

                                @ivreich said:

                                Also, will it be possible to create bim elements with more complex surfaces, e.g. quad-based surfaces generated from curviloft, EEby, soap skin bubble etc?

                                I still have a lot of ideas to improve the plugin. πŸ˜„
                                The greatest challenge will be to translate things like complex surfaces to a usable/editable object in revit through IFC.

                                Cheers!
                                Jan

                                Sketchup BIM-Tools - http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299107

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                                • H Offline
                                  hygicell
                                  last edited by

                                  when starting sketchup after installing BIM tools I get an error:
                                  Error Loading File C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/bim-tools/clsBtEntity.rb
                                  undefined local variable or method `ο»Ώ' for main:Object

                                  please help
                                  Frank

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                                  • brewskyB Offline
                                    brewsky
                                    last edited by

                                    @hygicell said:

                                    when starting sketchup after installing BIM tools I get an error:
                                    Error Loading File C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/bim-tools/clsBtEntity.rb undefined local variable or method `ο»Ώ' for main:Object

                                    Too bad that I can't reproduce the error, and I don't really understand it either.
                                    It seems that it tries to load an unnamed method for the main ruby object. πŸ˜•
                                    Is there anyone who can give me any tips on troubleshooting this?

                                    I learned a thing or two about better usage of "modules".
                                    I'm currently implementing this, I hope it will fix this error too.

                                    Sketchup BIM-Tools - http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299107

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                                    • TIGT Online
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Do a find in your .rb files' code for a loose `
                                      Perhaps someone open the .rb in a wordprocessor and added formating to the text πŸ˜•

                                      TIG

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                                      • brewskyB Offline
                                        brewsky
                                        last edited by

                                        @tig said:

                                        Do a find in your .rb files' code for a loose `
                                        Perhaps someone open the .rb in a wordprocessor and added formating to the text πŸ˜•

                                        While searching for a loose ` with grep, grep showed some strange characters before the first character of the script in the file mentioned in the error. I checked the formatting, and this file seems to be the only one encoded in UTF-8 with BOM(some microsoft addition to UTF-8: "Byte Order Mark"), while the others are without BOM. Could this explain the error?

                                        I have not yet found a loose `, but I will also check the rest of the files.

                                        I found that the "normal" ruby error is something like "NameError: undefined local variable or method `a' for #", where it uses two different markers surrounding the method/variable name. Only in the case of my plugin there is nothing between the markers...

                                        Sketchup BIM-Tools - http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299107

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                                        • brewskyB Offline
                                          brewsky
                                          last edited by

                                          @hygicell said:

                                          when starting sketchup after installing BIM tools I get an error

                                          Hi Frank!

                                          Can you give this version a try?
                                          I removed the offending file πŸ˜„, see if it helps...
                                          bim-tools-0.12.1.zip

                                          Cheers!
                                          Jan

                                          Sketchup BIM-Tools - http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299107

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                                          • Dan RathbunD Offline
                                            Dan Rathbun
                                            last edited by

                                            @brewsky said:

                                            @tig said:

                                            I checked the formatting, and this file seems to be the only one encoded in UTF-8 with BOM(some microsoft addition to UTF-8: "Byte Order Mark"), while the others are without BOM. Could this explain the error?

                                            YES. For maximum cross-platform compatibility set Notepad++ defaults for .rb files to "UTF8 without BOM (ANSI as UTF8)" with UNIX end of line chars.

                                            I'm not here much anymore.

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