[Plugin] bim-tools 0.13.4(june 22, 2015)

brewsky

@jql said:

However if one wants to define a different opening inside and outside

What about(for now) putting the profiled wall "caps" into the cutting window component? I know it does not(yet) hide the lines where the profile meets the wall, but that's something I could easily fix.
Check out the attached image and demo file(I roughly borrowed the window shape from ThomThom, because it nicely illustrates a complex profile).
window.skp

@jql said:

When one applies different materials to the inner and outer faces, they disappear if you insert a window or redefine thickness;

I'm unable to reproduce this one, and also have not yet been able to crash SketchUp, but I will try some more(and bigger) models.

@jql said:

If you want I can submit you some models for examples of what I am trying to tell you about.

Yes, I do like to see these models! Might make reproducing the errors easier.

I did notice another bug.
Sometimes when I create a new model without closing SketchUp first, newly created walls are not seen by the plugin(and so cannot be modified from the plugin).
I will figure out where this comes from...

JQL

Sorry Brewsky, I haven't had time to test your plugin further, as I promised, but I'm going to do that ASAP.

leolouie

Hi,

Any plans on releasing a version for Sketchup 2014? I miss not be able to use this tool.

unclex

Push for 2014~~~~~~~~~~~~

unclex

a little bug
make COMP in the any face，then copy the COMP， sometimes crashed the SU2014

brewsky

@unclex said:

a little bug
make COMP in the any face，then copy the COMP， sometimes crashed the SU2014

Thanks for reporting this.
Do you mean that it crashes(sometimes) when you:

create a "thick face"(wall) with my plugin
then draw a square(for example) on the face.
select the square and it's edges
make component, select "glue to any" and "cut opening" and "replace selection"
copy the new component within the same face
I have not yet been able to reproduce the error, can you send me an example file that crashes?

unclex

a “thin” Face，not even Thicken it
Others just like you said

And not crash everytime，just sometime， so no example file.....

tt_su

@unclex said:

And not crash everytime，just sometime， so no example file.....

When you experience a crash, do you submit the BugSplat?
Please do so, and fill in some information and let us know so we can look it up.

brewsky

New version
Should be a bit faster!
still a bit experimental, needs some more testing but seems to work OK
I also took the time to update the source on google-code...
https://code.google.com/p/bim-tools/source/browse/

Please let me know if you find any issues(or ideas for improvement)!

Cheers!
Jan

Experimental version for SU2014

brewsky

@leolouie said:

Any plans on releasing a version for Sketchup 2014? I miss not be able to use this tool.

Great to hear that you like using it!

I fixed a few basic errors a few months ago but didn't get around to figure out why it's so much slower than on previous versions. All functionality seems to be working though.

I've been working on some side-projects "lately", but if people like using it, than it needs a higher place on my list of priorities
Maybe you can give it a try and let me know your experiences? any feature requests? bugs?

Check out the attachment!
[removed in favor of new version]

markitekt

Great plugin. Lots of potential. How about imperial units?
Thanks!

brewsky

@markitekt said:

Great plugin. Lots of potential. How about imperial units?
Thanks!

Thank you!
I have been thinking about adding imperial units, but until now has not been very high on my list of priorities. I will look into it.

Any more votes for this?

jemagnussen

Hi,

Any chance this will work in 2015 Pro...?

Best regards
Jesper

unclex

We Need U， Jesper

brewsky

Sorry for the late reply
The latest version for 2014 seems to work fine on SU2015, but I didn't get around to make it an "official" version yet so it got a bit lost within the thread(posted on 4 aug. 2014).

I will try to update the main-post with the latest version tomorrow.

gudio83

@didier bur said:

Hi,
Just a side note: to install, create a folder "bimtools" in the Plugins folder, and put the html file in it.

where is the html file?
the plugin create bim-tools, so i have to add bimtools, right?

brewsky

@gudio83 said:

where is the html file?
the plugin create bim-tools, so i have to add bimtools, right?

Do you have trouble installing? I think this tip is rather outdated by now.
The easiest way to install is through the Sketchucation Plugin Store (Search on author: "Jan Brouwer"):
http://sketchucation.com/plugin-store-free-download

You can also rename the download from bim-tools-0.12.4.zip to bim-tools-0.12.4.rbz.
Then it can be installed thtough: Window --> Preferences --> Extensions
I will use that filetype as the default for the next version...

brewsky

New version online! Finally support for imperial units

unclex

0.12.4 work fine
but 13.0 cannot work like 12.4 @su2015x64pro

such as several box could be converted to wall&floor by just one click using 12.4
but 13.0， some faces cannot be converted

brewsky

@unclex said:

0.12.4 work fine
but 13.0 cannot work like 12.4 @su2015x64pro

such as several box could be converted to wall&floor by just one click using 12.4
but 13.0， some faces cannot be converted

Can you send me an example model (PM?), then I'll check it out.
In my own tests the new 0.13.0 worked on more faces than 0.12.4, so I'm curious...
Thanks for posting the issue!