Structural Grid Component

[ArtPen]

Hey Guys,

I am making a structural grid component.
My grid lines are repeated by a COPY command inside component attributes .
Just wondering is there a way to insert letters and numbers into grid markers.

• 1, 2, 3, 4, …. for horizontal lines
• A, B, C, D …. for vertical

So every COPY of a grid will have next number or letter.

Cheers

[ArtPen]

Thought image will help....

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[utiler]

Not that I know if, mate. I've done up a simple SU file containing grids that I can insert and use for each job.

What is the centrerline you've drawn there?

[sdmitch]

@artpen said:

Hey Guys,

I am making a structural grid component.
My grid lines are repeated by a COPY command inside component attributes .
Just wondering is there a way to insert letters and numbers into grid markers.

• 1, 2, 3, 4, …. for horizontal lines
• A, B, C, D …. for vertical

So every COPY of a grid will have next number or letter.

Cheers

Doubtfully the answer to your question but may give you an idea.

mod = Sketchup.active_model
ent = mod.active_entities
sel = mod.selection
ci=sel.first; ci.make_unique
ents=ci.definition.entities
p0=ci.bounds.corner(2).transform ci.transformation.inverse
width=ci.bounds.width
height=ci.bounds.height
number='1'; dist=0; inc=24
0.upto(width/inc) do
 p1=p0.offset(X_AXIS,dist)
 p2=p1.offset(Y_AXIS,-height)
 ents.add_cline(p1,p2)
 ents.add_text(number,p1.offset(Y_AXIS,6))
 number = number.next
 dist += inc
end
letter='A';dist=0;inc=24
0.upto(height/inc) do
 p1=p0.offset(Y_AXIS,-dist)
 p2=p1.offset(X_AXIS,width)
 ents.add_cline(p1,p2)
 ents.add_text(letter,p1.offset(X_AXIS,-6))
 letter = letter.next
 dist += inc
end

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[Pixero]

Thats great. Can you make it work with millimeter?

[sdmitch]

@pixero said:

Thats great. Can you make it work with millimeter?

I would assume so.