[Plugin] AreaTextTag

[TIG]

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[mcmcxlxl]

Sorry
hmm. I have no access to private messages...

Michaël

[TIG]

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[atelierpaar]

Hello Tig,
these Area Tex Tags are great - thanks for offering this plugin.
After installing SU 2017 they won`t work anymore and I am in trouble.
Do you have a chance to look into this ?
Thanks already
Ulrich

[TIG]

The error in the Ruby Console tells the story.
Unfortunately v2017 looses earlier references set to the contents of a group, e.g. when it's exploded, so the code fails, I'm currently fixing this weirdness in my ExtrudeTools...
However, it might be some other Ruby2.2 foible...
I'll look into this tool asap...

[atelierpaar]

Hello Tig
thanks so much for your fast response
I which I could help but unfortunately this is not my Cup of tea.
Anyways, thanks a lot
Ulrich

[TIG]

Here's v2.0.
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_AreaTextTag
It is now compatible with v2017's newest Ruby.
Users with unsupported versions like v8 are advised not to update as it might now cause issues...

[atelierpaar]

everything is shiny again
Thanks Tig,I appreciate
Ulrich

[atelierpaar]

Hello TIG
I am in need of some additional Information on my plans. So I come back to my question from 2015:
Is it possible to have a multi line Text-Tag, possibly with alignment Options (left/right/center) ?
For instance :

Name 1 Entrance
Name 2 Tiles
Area 25 m²
Circumference 20 m

Thanks for looking into it
Uli

[TIG]

Text is always centered. it could have options but that needs considerable recoding...

You need to include a new-line marker in the string to get multiple lines.
So in the example you offered...

@unknownuser said:

Entrance
Tiles
25 m²
Perimeter 20 m

needs to be entered thus:

Entrance**\n**Tiles**\n**<>**\n**Perimeter 20 m

The \n tells it where to add a new-line.
The <> is the formatted current area part.
Note that using <-> would add the area without a units suffix.

It's not possible to report the perimeter [easily] without major recoding, but it's easy enough to manually select the face+edges by a double-click on it, then immediately Ctrl+Shift+click it again to leave only the edges selected, when Entity Info will report the length in current units.
This 'perimeter' can then be added to the text by an edit...

PS: I assume you mean 'perimeter' - as that's the edge length of any face, in English a 'circumference' only applies to circular [and perhaps oval] faces...

[TIG]

Here's v3.0
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_AreaTextTag

It includes the following enhancements.

a. The settings dialog now allows you to specify the Text's Alignment:
Center [default]
Left
Right
These only affect multi-line entries which have used \n to signify a newline.

b. The reserved character combinations to locate a formatted area for the face:
<> with units & <-> without units
are now complemented with character combos to locate a formatted perimeter length for the face:
|| with units & |-| without units

The associated perimeter length is displayed using the same units as the area [using the same dp].
For Acres it uses ft, and Hectares m.

[atelierpaar]

Hello TIG, thanks so much for such good work.
You're right - I mean 'perimeter', not 'circumference'
I tried your advice using a new-line marker and I got what I was looking for.
A small drawback seems to be, that the editing-textbox is very small and one can`t see the hole text string.
Another issue is that the 'perimeter' doesn't get updated if the area changes (which happens quite frequently).

How could I help to recode this? - let me know if there way.

Anyways, thanks a lot for your work
I really appreciate
Ulrich

[TIG]

At the moment the Area ONLY update does the area ?

The text-box is the width that SketchUp gives us...
You can pick in it and drag left/right or use the arrow keys <- -> to get to the start/end ?

I'll look at a tweak...

[TIG]

I rechecked everything.
If I update a tag and its face's area has changed, then it does update the <> area. AND the || perimeter ???

Can you provide an example where it fails ?

[atelierpaar]

Hello TIG, oh yes, the perimeter does work superb now
I just didn't get it right the first time - my fault- I`am awfully sorry
in Terms of changing the texblock it's not too much work either if one copy /paste the text string and then just change the names
[highlight=#ffff40:22w4wmcs]Entrance[/highlight:22w4wmcs]\n[highlight=#ffff00:22w4wmcs]Tile[/highlight:22w4wmcs]\n<>\n||

using arrow keys to move inside the editing-textbox works fine

thanks a lot for your great work and support
Ulrich

[Ben Ritter]

TIG,

Thank you so much for your work in writing this and sharing.

Is there a way to update the text to an new text height, or would I have to re-do each one with new text height settings?

Thanks.

[srx]

Thanks for the another useful plugin. My question would be - Is it possible not to hide lines? What to change? My problem is that Scalp section style "doesn't see" tags.

[Oxer]

When I try to make the Report it appears this message in Ruby Console:

Error; #<NameError; undefined local variable or method `area2ever' for TIG;;AreaTextTag;Module>
/Users/Oxer/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/TIG-AreaTextTag/TIG-AreaTextTag.rb;1537;in `report'
/Users/Oxer/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/TIG-AreaTextTag/TIG-AreaTextTag.rb;254;in `block in <module;AreaTextTag>'
SketchUp;1;in `call'

OSX 10.11.6 & Sketchup 2017

[TIG]

@Oxer
Thanks for the error report.
Seems that that variable 'area2ever' was declared inside a {} block and not accessible later on in several circumstances !
So it was an error waiting for a disaster for ~six years ! ...
Anyway here is a corrected version 4.0
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_AreaTextTag
PS: @srx
Also added an extra option in the Settings to hide the Tag's text's edges [Yes|No]: defaults Yes - choosing No will show the edges [remember that if there are any existing Tags you will to use Update...]. That new Setting is remembered with each model...

[srx]

Thank you very much TIG.