[plugin] Structural analysis - SketchStruct: 30 Oct 12: v201
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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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it seems to be a very nice and useful pluging, but I can not set supports and load. don't know why.
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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
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@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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This plugin should be awesome. And may become another very good reason to tell my brother to learn SketchUp and not just CAD
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Hi all
Just thought I should give you an update on the current progress. At the moment I am working on a Mesh analysis plugin (2d currently). The analysis itself is working fine, however when using very refined meshes (i.e. 100 elements), Sketchup pretty much crashes on my computer. To resolve this, I am also working on a Sparse Matrix library for Ruby. The idea of this is to reduce the time of calculations by only storing non-zero entities. On this, I have got matrix multiplication and addition working, however the more complex task of solving sets of simultaneous equations is not yet complete. I will not be releasing this plugin until I can get this working effectively.
My next semester at uni is now starting, so progress may be slow on this.
Cheers
Tom
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Great Plugin. Any chance for English units in the future?
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@markitekt said:
Great Plugin. Any chance for English units in the future?
I do plan to implement American Imperial units in the future, however it is not a high priority so may be a while before you see this. For now, you should be able to enter everything any units as long as they are consistent (ignoring the suggested units).
For example, if you enter a beam 140" long, you could enter Youngs modulus, E as 29 (10^6) psi, as long as you enter your loads in pound force.
Just remember to use consistent units everywhere.
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