[Plugin] Component Array (Updated 27-Mar-2014)
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Hello from Theo
Many thanks for your reply.
Please find attached a detail and sample of steel decking
i am trying to fill an area with the steel decking shape not sure
how to go about it.I am trying to figure out the best program to make doing these drawings
easier for install and detailing, autocad has been good till now
but as always every thing is wanted faster, and i am not sure that 3d
is the answer , but so far sketchup is looking the better option
to lay decking quickly in 3d, time will tell, vectorworks is a pain to use
revit is ok, but laying decking and trying to trim it is or will be
too time consuming.
sketchup may be the best option if the shape can fill an area quickly ?there are examples of 3 different shapes as we might find on a building
area where we have to lay different styles of metal decking.its not easy to do in revit or any cad 3d program with out a lot of hassle
trimming off excess deck manually.Easy in autocad, just use trim.
3D is another story and i think sketchup will be the easiest program to do this
These steel decking sheet come in any length some span over
2 beams others 3 beams max length for handling is about 10mi am just trying to find an easy way to fill an area with the sheets
and have it automatically trim off to a defined shape.the sheets lap at 600mm length ways.
see 3d detail of some sample sheet styles and bolts to hold slab in place.
Thanks Regards Theo
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Hello from Theo
screen image attached from autocad so you can see what this office
is doing with steel decking
we are flat out.
Regards Theo
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Theo
Doh!!!!! I forgot to mention I'm stuck on SU2014 so I am unable to open the model posted.
The screen shot at least gives me some idea of the problem.
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Hi from Theo opps sorry here is a version 8
thanks for that
Regards from NZ as attached
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From Theo PS that screen shot is one i am working on right now
One of the worst sites its all sorts of angles
more often they are rectangular in shape with stairs cut out
or offset corners, but this one is all over the place
Autocad is a good option to edit easily
but the office has thoughts on going 3D mmmmm good and bad idea.
it slows things down. So am thinging sketchup is a better option than vector works and revit, and seeing some architects do great detailing using sketchup
no harm in doing the same, so will keep at it.Thanks Theo
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I suggest that " profile builder 2 " would best suited to this layout and take off, the profiles can be trimmed or extended to the angles
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Hi from Theo
many thanks i will give it a go.
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First of all thanks a lot for this plugin! It just saved me a lot of time.
I know this post is old, but this is the best plugin of its kind and I just have a question:
Is there a way to update this plugin, so it's possible to pick several faces at the same time?
When you work with small surfaces it's really hard, and slow, to pick them all
And if it's not possible, is there any plugin that does exactly that?
Have a good day
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@klavere said:
First of all thanks a lot for this plugin! It just saved me a lot of time.
I know this post is old, but this is the best plugin of its kind and I just have a question:
Is there a way to update this plugin, so it's possible to pick several faces at the same time?
When you work with small surfaces it's really hard, and slow, to pick them all
And if it's not possible, is there any plugin that does exactly that?
Have a good day
One year later, and I still haven't found a component array plugin that allows you to pick several faces at once
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@klavere said:
One year later, and I still haven't found a component array plugin...
Could be a sign that you should write that plugin.
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