Some UK/Ireland electrical symbols for you all
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Kristoff,
Whilst I knew the actual switches/symbols etc were of limited use even to UK/Ireland SU users I thought the technique was of interest to the whole community.
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That's a really interesting way to associate the symbols and their referents, especially for a scrapbook/catalogue view of things.
I'm not going to claim to be sure, but I think that there is a way to add extra data to Ruby objects, so I'm wondering if it would be possible to do some trickery to
a) design components like these
b) design the symbols for them
c) add symbols as meta-dat to the objects
d) drag the symbols out of the objects with an appropriate gesture
e) profit!!! -
I like the way you brought them in a plan. We changed our thinking in design processes because of 3D possibilities.
But nowadays a lot in 2D is old school ( preferred by old maiden Autocad users!).
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You really have been a busy man Paul! Again another great wee collection for us on the best side of the pond!!
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They're actually from 2009 but I forgot about them
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wow, really helpful collection. saved me a lot of time setting up my own, cheers.
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you - awesome!
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Thanks for sharing these, such a good idea.
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These are great, thanks
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I think I'm going to start using this forum more. Tremendously useful and generous of you to provide these, thanks!
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Paul: These are beautifully done!
I was teaching a lab section in which I needed electrical floorplan symbols, and could not find any for SketchUp, so I made some up. They are in a <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?uq=0653493766545200612055374&styp=c">collection at the 3D warehouse</a>. I also made ones for planning plumbing, 2D doors and windows, etc.
One thing you might consider doing, since you are creating groups that include 3D and 2D elements, is to place the different classes of objects into different layers. Put the actual electrical 3D fixtures in a '3D_electric' layer, the horizontal 2D symbols in a '2D_horizontal' layer and the 2D vertical symbols in a '2D_vertical' layer. Then, you can change their visibility globally in your model.
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Well done Paul. Thanks for those. Just stumbled across them. : )
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Great share Paul, and from Krisidious on another thread.
This does pose the question though, Electrical / Plumbing information as 2D overlays in Layout, or part of the 3D model in Sketchup? Makes sense in 3D I guess because any internal elevations will have the information included, although going to take a careful approach to layer status.
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