[Plugin] Volume Calculator2...

EarthMover · 3 Sept 2011, 15:21

Would it be possible to create a Volume by Surface option for this plugin? I often have to figure out volume calculations of things that below grade and hence not shown in the model. Say something like a concrete footer or slab. In the model I only usually show the surface. I thought it would be great if the plugin recognized if the selection was a single plane with no depth and would prompt the user to set a virtual depth before proceeding to the volume dialog. If it's not too much trouble.

TIG · 3 Sept 2011, 15:48

Adam

Can't you just select all of the faces [using a filter] and then get the total area from Entity Info and then x that depth in " to get the volume in cu" [then x 0.000578703703703704 to make it cu' or x 0.000021433470507545 to make it in cuyds]...

This one-liner will return the volume of 1" depth of the selected flat faces in cuyds [other selected entities or non-flat faces are ignored].
You can change 'd=' to another depth as desired; change 'f=' [and the final 'puts()'] if you want say cu' etc...

d=1;f=0.000021433470507545;v=0;Sketchup.active_model.selection.each{|e|v=v+(d*e.area)*f))if e.class==Sketchup;;Face and e.normal.z.abs>=0.999};puts(v+" cuyds")

Just copy paste it into the Ruby Console, adjusting d= [and perhaps f= etc] as desired, then <enter>...

EarthMover · 3 Sept 2011, 16:57

Thanks TIG. Would it involve changing the coding for each desired depth? For instance on a brick patio I often have to figure out three volume calculations. One for excavation depth and soil removed (10"), one for crushed gravel base (6") and one for bedding sand @ 1". Right now I do it by copying the surface shape into a different SU session and then making three copies of that and then extruding each to their desired depth. I then run the volume plugin on each group. I thought it would be easier with a prompt to set depth from the initial surface.

TIG · 3 Sept 2011, 17:35

The result is cuyds [or cu' if you were to change the f= value] and it's based on a 1" depth - so you can simply multiply that volume by the actual depth in inches to get the actual volume ?
Otherwise paste the code and change the initial d=10; say if it's 10" and so on... see how the 10" version is simply 10x more volume than the 1" version etc...
To make it have dialogs etc is much more complex than a 'one-liner' like this...

TIG · 4 Sept 2011, 13:56

Having slept on it you would probably want to find the volume of faces that slope too. This version does that - a fully 'vertical' face has 0x volume and a fully 'flat' face has 1x; while at 45 degrees it'll be 0.707x [1/sqrt(2)] of its flat cousin with the same surface area

v=0;b=Geom;;BoundingBox.new;m=Sketchup.active_model;s=m.selection;s.each{|e|(b.add(e.bounds);v=v+(e.area*e.normal.z.abs))if e.class==Sketchup;;Face};if v>0;t="Faces>Volume";r=inputbox(["Depth;","Units;"],['1"'.to_l,"cuyds"],["","cuyds|cu'|cu\"|m3|cm3|mm3"],t);if r;v=v*r[0];case r[1];when "cuyds";f=0.000021433470507545;when "cu'";f=0.000578703703703704;when "m3";f=0.000016387064;when "cm3";f=16.387064;when "mm3";f=16387.064;else;f=1.0;end;v=sprintf("%.6f ",(v*f));p=b.max;m.start_operation(t);m.active_entities.add_text((v+r[1]),p,[10,10,10]);m.commit_operation;else;p 'Canceled.';UI.beep;end;else;p 'No Faces!';UI.beep;end

This 'one-liner' version now asks for the depth and units, and then puts a piece of Text at the selected faces' max bounds.

To make it into a proper tool do this...
Make a file called 'VolumeFaces.rb' in the Plugins folder and add this code

require 'sketchup.rb'
module TIG
def self.volumefaces()
v=0;b=Geom;;BoundingBox.new;m=Sketchup.active_model;s=m.selection;s.each{|e|(b.add(e.bounds);v=v+(e.area*e.normal.z.abs))if e.class==Sketchup;;Face};if v>0;t="Faces>Volume";r=inputbox(["Depth;","Units;"],['1"'.to_l,"cuyds"],["","cuyds|cu'|cu\"|m3|cm3|mm3"],t);if r;v=v*r[0];case r[1];when "cuyds";f=0.000021433470507545;when "cu'";f=0.000578703703703704;when "m3";f=0.000016387064;when "cm3";f=16.387064;when "mm3";f=16387.064;else;f=1.0;end;v=sprintf("%.6f ",(v*f));p=b.max;m.start_operation(t);m.active_entities.add_text((v+r[1]),p,[10,10,10]);m.commit_operation;else;p 'Canceled.';UI.beep;end;else;p 'No Faces!';UI.beep;end
end
unless file_loaded?(File.basename(__FILE__))
  UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("Volume from Faces..."){TIG.volumefaces()}
end#menu
file_loaded(File.basename(__FILE__))
end

It then appears in Plugins Menu under 'Volume from Faces...', select faces and run it, set the dialog options as desired etc...

pilou · 28 Feb 2012, 09:51

Ah damned there is no right button on Mac?
But as writed in the header there is also a Menu on the top line

Because Menu volume is on contextuel menu on right clic button !

you must have also sketchup.rb in the folders Plugins!
Maybe it's for that you don't see that!

works fine wtih the free one!

%(#FF4000)[Moderator note from thomthom:
I removed the sketchup.rb file as it not be needed to distribute this. Each SketchUp version needs a specific version, otherwise odd bugs can appear. The file should also not be in the Plugins folder. (Might have been true many many versions ago, but for the last few it should be in the Tools folder.)]

duchuy2001 · 31 Jan 2013, 15:19

plz upload v1.8 bro TIG !!!
Thank u very much !

TIG · 31 Jan 2013, 15:38

@duchuy2001 said:

plz upload v1.8 bro TIG !!!
Thank u very much !
If you go the the SCF Plugins Index page - menu linked above - and use your browser's find function [ctrl+F?] for 'volume' you'll find all of the volume tools listed in their own threads - v1.8 has its own thread...
Please learn to use the basic SCF forum and browser-page search/find tools it will be to your advantage...

taouriri · 14 Mar 2013, 11:13

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guntis.rat · 22 Mar 2013, 15:15

Tig, would it be possible to make plugin that calculates volume between two terrain surfaces.
Say you have existing ground surface in one group and planed ground surface in other, and you want to know how much you are excavating.
Or maybe there already are such plugin?

TIG · 22 Mar 2013, 15:54

The version 1 of the tool has a cut-and-fill example.
You need to do several steps...
You need to find whats removed AND what's added...

Or make the two terrains into solids by adding a 'skirt' - I think sdmitch wrote a tool to do that...
Then intersect the two using solid-tools and the remainder is the volume...

TIG · 12 Dec 2013, 21:32

There's a new future-proofed update.
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16067#p16067

Joeyrovker · 9 Jan 2014, 02:53

thanks TIG finally it's work fine

robertWan · 3 May 2017, 13:55

@unknownuser said:

TIG: VolumeCalculator2
Report an object's volume in chosen units and export data to CSV

How generate CSV report? SU8.

Robert

TIG · 8 May 2017, 15:34

@robertwan said:

@unknownuser said:

TIG: VolumeCalculator2
Report an object's volume in chosen units and export data to CSV

How generate CSV report? SU8.

Robert
Open the RB file in a plain text editor [like Notepad++] and read the usage notes at the start...

@unknownuser said:

...The new 'Volume' groups are given an attribute to identify them.
If you select one you'll get an extra context-menu option:
"Volume >>> CSV", this makes a list of [active] tagged volumes...

ayoze · 7 Apr 2022, 10:16

thank you very much, it still works and i tried to donate