HouseBuilder - Need to modify the imperial version, uses inc

aiden · 6 Feb 2012, 20:17

Hi there,

HouseBuilder is a wonderful plugin which needs a minor modification.
Currently, a HouseBuilder 2x8 is actually

1.5 x 7.5".

A real S4S 2x8 is only 7.25" long.

I'm looking at the code for this software and cannot figure out how to modify this.
I was hoping there was a simple table in there somewhere with values that I could adjust.
(I do not have programming experience.)

Can someone who knows Ruby fix this for the rest of us,
or perhaps post the line of code which controls the lumber dimension?

Thanks so much,

Aiden

aiden · 6 Feb 2012, 20:18

It would also be really helpful if we could add more lumber cross section values, like the metric version permits.

gullfo · 6 Feb 2012, 21:21

i added some code to mine so values larger than 2x6 in the lumber class so it subtracts 0.75 instead of 0.5. i think it would be best to modify the metric version to support both plus some other tweaks..

aiden · 6 Feb 2012, 21:40

@gullfo said:

i added some code to mine so values larger than 2x6 in the lumber class so it subtracts 0.75 instead of 0.5. i think it would be best to modify the metric version to support both plus some other tweaks..

I agree, there are other aspects of the metric version that are valuable - the reporting functionality and the ability to adjust lumber sizes with a simple table.

TIG · 6 Feb 2012, 22:24

So why not make a copy of the 'lumber-size' txt file and add in some 'inch' lumber sizes you'd like to use?
You could always press Didier Bur to make an 'inch' version

aiden · 7 Feb 2012, 17:39

@tig said:

So why not make a copy of the 'lumber-size' txt file and add in some 'inch' lumber sizes you'd like to use?
You could always press Didier Bur to make an 'inch' version

I did try that - but any value with a decimal breaks the extension. Every imperial sized dimensional lumber dimension needs a decimal to be properly represented in metric units.

TIG · 7 Feb 2012, 19:58

Gottcha!
Then you need to PM/nag Didier...

gullfo · 7 Feb 2012, 21:33

if you use values like 2x4, 2x8, 5/4x4 etc then have the calculation to subtract to form the dimensional lumber, it should work... but i do like the nag suggestion as well

raineysky · 1 Mar 2012, 06:07

I have asked Mr. Didier for an imperial version of Housebuilder. He said he would do it when time permits.

mics_54 · 9 Apr 2013, 17:06

This rb is really nice if it created components that could be enumerated....or am I missing something?