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    [plugin] Structural analysis - SketchStruct: 30 Oct 12: v201

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      tak2hata
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      Very Interesting. 😲


      by TAK2HATA

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        pilou
        last edited by

        Physical indeed! 😎

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
        My Little site :)

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          Severe_dude
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          awesome it's the future 😒

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            errror404
            last edited by

            Sing me up!! If you guys can take it to the next level it could freaking awesome. BRB gotta try this thing!

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              dejanfortuna
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              Looks great keep up the good work.

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                dejanfortuna
                last edited by

                Great tool, i hope you can finish what you have started.

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                  mddc
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                  it is so hard to make... congratulations!

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                    sherwood11
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                    Coool .. I'll check it out !

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                      glro
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                      @target2427 said:

                      Changelog
                      v2.0.1 - Added confirmation when choosing materials, now using .rbz install method

                      Cheers

                      don't know why: version 2.0.0 is downloaded following the link

                      and when y try, the ruby box says

                      Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass> C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/stiffness.rb:815:in member_load'
                      C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/stiffness.rb:813:in each' C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/stiffness.rb:813:in member_load'
                      C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/stiffness.rb:858:in main' C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/main.rb:98 C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/stiffness.rb:815:in call'
                      C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/stiffness.rb:815

                      no outputs are shown, only inputs

                      apart from that, it is a nice idea, wish it comes through

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                        Krisidious
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                        oh yeah... I'll be watching this one. 😍

                        By: Kristoff Rand
                        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                          target2427
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                          Sorry about this, I did upload the file but for some reason sourceforge did not pick it up as the latest version. I have manually overridden this now and the newest version should be available for download.

                          https://sourceforge.net/projects/sketchstruct/files/latest/download

                          @glro said:

                          @target2427 said:

                          Changelog
                          v2.0.1 - Added confirmation when choosing materials, now using .rbz install method

                          Cheers

                          don't know why: version 2.0.0 is downloaded following the link

                          and when y try, the ruby box says

                          Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass> C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/stiffness.rb:815:in member_load'
                          C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/stiffness.rb:813:in each' C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/stiffness.rb:813:in member_load'
                          C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/stiffness.rb:858:in main' C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/main.rb:98 C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/stiffness.rb:815:in call'
                          C:/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~3/Plugins/SketchStruct2.0.0/stiffness.rb:815

                          no outputs are shown, only inputs

                          apart from that, it is a nice idea, wish it comes through

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                            glro
                            last edited by

                            I tried again the link and yes, now it is the last version

                            I tried a few times and it worked as expected; sometimes it didn't though

                            once i got this error message:

                            "Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass> C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchStruct2/read.rb:231:in get_nodal_loads'
                            C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchStruct2/read.rb:230:in each' C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchStruct2/read.rb:230:in get_nodal_loads'
                            C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchStruct2/read.rb:11:in initialize' C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchStruct2/main.rb:66:in new'
                            C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchStruct2/main.rb:66
                            C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchStruct2/read.rb:231:in `call'
                            C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchStruct2/read.rb:231"

                            With another example, the program gave a result, but in the ruby box, it wrote
                            "no. joints: 4
                            no. bars: 3
                            no. restraints: 4
                            DOF: 8
                            Maxwell's number: 1
                            Errror, mechanism forming
                            no. degrees of freedom: 8"

                            Obviously, there is still a lot of work to do to make it a usable tool, but i like very much having it in the sketchup environment


                            sketchup trial


                            second trial

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                              target2427
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                              Hi

                              Just a couple of questions about how you created the structure.

                              When I run your file I get the same error, however, when I redraw the structure, the program runs fine.

                              Did you first draw your structure with SketchStruct installed?

                              and

                              Did you draw the structure manually, line by line?

                              Thanks

                              Tom

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                                glro
                                last edited by

                                @target2427 said:

                                Did you first draw your structure with SketchStruct installed?

                                and

                                Did you draw the structure manually, line by line?

                                Yes to the first question

                                No to the second

                                I had it drawn automatically by another plugin i am working on, that makes a model of a scaffolding

                                From this model, i kept only the axis line and applied to it loads, supports, material and geometric values.

                                I didn't guess it would make a difference with a structure drawn from scratch


                                file 1

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                                  target2427
                                  last edited by

                                  Ok, it looks like the two plugins are incompatible at the moment. SketchStruct uses a couple of minor functions for numbering the edges, this is done as the lines are drawn by the user.

                                  This is a simple function which probably be included in your plugin to allow the two plugins to work together.

                                  If you want more info on how the numbering works, I will be happy to help.

                                  Tom

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                                    glro
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                                    @target2427 said:

                                    Ok, it looks like the two plugins are incompatible at the moment. SketchStruct uses a couple of minor functions for numbering the edges, this is done as the lines are drawn by the user.

                                    This is a simple function which probably be included in your plugin to allow the two plugins to work together.

                                    If you want more info on how the numbering works, I will be happy to help.

                                    Tom

                                    The plugin i am working on doesn't use any numbering for edges; it is probably done automatically by sketchup

                                    It seems to me that it would be an enhancement for your plugin to be able to number edges of an existing drawing; this way the user could store models and re-use them

                                    Anyway, this is how usual structural analysis softwares work

                                    Thank you for your answer

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                                      target2427
                                      last edited by

                                      I did attempt to achieve this with the automatic Sketchup numbering, however, I had problems as Sketchup does not save these consistently. i.e. the IDs would change between sessions after saving and loading.

                                      Hopefully I can find a way to achieve this with the sketchup numbering. I will try to look for a way to include this in the next version.

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                                        jarynzlesa
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                                        it seems to be a very nice and useful pluging, but I can not set supports and load. don't know why. 😢

                                        http://www.vizualizaceschodiste.mypage.cz/

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                                          Jim
                                          last edited by

                                          Tom, this plugin is interfering with normal behavior of SketchUp[1].

                                          I had a quick look at some of the code and there's a lot to go over. In the meantime, I recommend users of this plugin disable it in the Extensions dialog when not in use.

                                          [1] http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=49507

                                          Hi

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                                            target2427
                                            last edited by

                                            @jim said:

                                            Tom, this plugin is interfering with normal behavior of SketchUp[1].

                                            I had a quick look at some of the code and there's a lot to go over. In the meantime, I recommend users of this plugin disable it in the Extensions dialog when not in use.

                                            [1] http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=49507

                                            I am aware of this and will try to fix this for the next version. Sometimes errors pop up in the Ruby console when drawing lines indirectly (squares, arcs...).

                                            I apologise for the errors, but it is something being worked on

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