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    • EarthMoverE Offline
      EarthMover
      last edited by

      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.

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        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...
        πŸ˜•

        TIG

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          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... πŸ€“

          TIG

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

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

            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! β˜€


            %(#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.)]

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            • D Offline
              duchuy2001
              last edited by

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

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                @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... πŸ˜’
                Please learn to use the basic SCF forum and browser-page search/find tools it will be to your advantage...

                TIG

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                • taouririT Offline
                  taouriri
                  last edited by

                  thnxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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                  • G Offline
                    guntis.rat
                    last edited by

                    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?

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      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

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

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

                        TIG

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                        • J Offline
                          Joeyrovker
                          last edited by

                          thanks TIG finally it's work fine

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                          • robertWanR Offline
                            robertWan
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

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

                            How generate CSV report? SU8.
                            πŸ˜„

                            Robert

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              @robertwan said:

                              @unknownuser said:

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

                              How generate CSV report? SU8.
                              πŸ˜„

                              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...

                              TIG

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                              • A Offline
                                ayoze
                                last edited by

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

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