Crazy idea for a "Schedule creator" plugin
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I just had this idea pop into my head for a crazy workaround for creating schedules in LayOut. (I'm sure the SketchUp team will come up with something better in a future version, but this was fun to think about)
In 2015, the Label tool now has the ability read data from objects in your model, right? http://www.mastersketchup.com/pullingdata/
But what if you wanted to create a schedule for all the windows on your project?
What if there was a plugin that created a dummy component in SketchUp, and attached a DC attribute to it that listed quantities and model numbers for all the windows in your project? It would update every time you insert a new window, so the quantity would always be correct. The plugin would put this dummy object on its own layer and create a scene.
From in LayOut, you'd set a viewport that showed the dummy object (it could be a white box with hidden edges) and you'd attach a label to it and pick the DC attribute you want to read. To display your window schedule, the attribute would display something like this:
Windows
Model:WC-2304 QTY:4 Size:30x40
Model:WC-2346 QTY:2 Size:60x50I could create something similar for other objects in your model. Maybe you'd have to "tag" certain components in your model to be included and categorized in the schedule.
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Sounds rather feasible mate! There certainly is still a LONG way to go between the SU and LO operations. I'd still love to see the reverse interaction of layout > Sketchup. Where the objects in Layout dragged from the scrapbook represent SU components. If a drawing from Layout could be exported to SU as a built model. Layout for design is so much faster for a great deal of work.
Sorry to get off topic!
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Here's my method.
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40%26amp;t=56847
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