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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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        ivreich
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        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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              hygicell
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              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 Offline
                  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
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                        @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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                        • brewskyB Offline
                          brewsky
                          last edited by

                          Thanks Dan!

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

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            @dan rathbun said:

                            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.

                            Why UNIX EOL?

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

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                            • Dan RathbunD Offline
                              Dan Rathbun
                              last edited by

                              @thomthom said:

                              @dan rathbun said:

                              YES. For maximum cross-platform compatibility ... with UNIX end of line chars.

                              Why UNIX EOL?
                              Well do you really want to have to distribute your plugins in two editions, one with Mac EOLs and one with DOS/Windows EOLs ?

                              Remember that Ruby was developed on Unix-like systems, and loves UNIX EOLs. MS Windows hates files with Mac EOLs. The Mac OSX descends from BSD Linux, so has no problem with UNIX EOLs, and I'm not sure about DOS/Windows EOLS.

                              It makes sense to set your code editor's default EOL to something that both platforms can read without problems.

                              I'm not here much anymore.

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                I have written all my plugins with Windows EOL (CR+LF) and I've never had any problems using them on OSX due to EOL.

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

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                                • brewskyB Offline
                                  brewsky
                                  last edited by

                                  EOL and BOM seem as different things, other than they are probably both part of the used UTF format(microsoft or Unix).
                                  Is that correct?

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

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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    @brewsky said:

                                    EOL and BOM seem as different things, other than they are probably both part of the used UTF format(microsoft or Unix).
                                    Is that correct?

                                    EOL is just End Of Line characters - used in any encoding. But there are different mutations.

                                    BOM is a Unicode feature indicating the endianness of the current Unicode encoding.

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

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                                      hygicell
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi Jan,

                                      somehow I must have forgotten to click on a "follow this post button",
                                      I thought this would go automatically
                                      so it is only now I see your prompt reactions, folks, sorry for that !!
                                      and thanks to all

                                      first I tried installing the new version using Thomthom's installer directly over the old one
                                      same error result

                                      next I first deleted the bim tools folder before reinstalling, again with Thomthom's installer
                                      errors eliminated as far as Bim tools is concerned

                                      thanks

                                      Frank

                                      @brewsky said:

                                      @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...
                                      [attachment=0:1h3u0vc0]<!-- ia0 -->bim-tools-0.12.1.zip<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1h3u0vc0]

                                      Cheers!
                                      Jan

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                                      • brewskyB Offline
                                        brewsky
                                        last edited by

                                        @hygicell said:

                                        errors eliminated as far as Bim tools is concerned

                                        Great! Thanks for testing it!

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

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                                        • I Offline
                                          ivreich
                                          last edited by

                                          @brewsky said:

                                          Or place self-cutting components! http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=114533

                                          I've tried many times to create self-cutting components, but it never ever works. Have followed every single step to the letter in the instructions, but components refuse to cut through single surfaces.

                                          Anyone else having this problem? I'm running Sketchup Pro v8.0.14346...

                                          Joel

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                                          • brewskyB Offline
                                            brewsky
                                            last edited by

                                            @ludnid said:

                                            Removing the recent installations found bim tools to be the culprit πŸ˜„. Does anyone have the same problem?

                                            I have changed a few things in an attempt to prevent the crashes you experienced.
                                            I have added a new button that enables/disables all observers(which I believe to be the problem).

                                            I hope you can try this new version(0.12.2) to see if it's fixed, especially when you put it in "manual-mode"(top-left button=red).

                                            And thanks for reporting the problem!

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

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