Medeek Floor

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So yes, staggered joist present a few issues. For example if the blocking doesn't land in the lapped region of the joist layout you end up with this:

Right at the moment I'm not sure how to address this or actually determine when the blocking lands in the non-lapped sections of the layout. The easy way out would be to do a boolean subtraction using the joists themselves, but then I would need to separate the resulting (multi-body) group into a bunch of groups/solids, this one is a bit of headache.

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With staggered joists I am tracking how many rows of joists I need, the joist length and lapped length, so given that information (three variables) I can then run a quick check on each blocking row to see how it pencils out. This little block of code does the trick:

if @Spanno < 2
			stoffset = 'NEG'
		else
			lapcount = 1
			for lapi in @Stjarray
				if (distx > lapi[0]) && (distx < lapi[1])
					stoffset = 'LAP'
					break
				elsif distx < lapi[0]
					if lapcount.odd?
						stoffset = 'NEG'
					else
						stoffset = 'POS'
					end
					break
				elsif (distx > lapi[1]) && (lapcount == (@Spanno - 1))
					if lapcount.odd?
						stoffset = 'POS'
					else
						stoffset = 'NEG'
					end
					break
				end

				lapcount = lapcount + 1
			end
				
		end

As one can see there are really only three possibilities for the blocking: Lapped, Positive or Negative.

The end result is this:

Problem solved. Now I just need to apply this same logic to the metal bracing and implement it. Insulation is somewhat different so I still don’t have a good solution for that one just yet.

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After another three hours of some productive thought and hacking away at some rather large blocks of code (and a few choice words) I managed to pull together a fairly efficient and robust algorithm for the cavity insulation between those irregular joists.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you “Batt Insulation with Staggered Joists”:

I’m exhausted, tomorrow I might take a small break.

[gullfo]

what if i want them staggered the other way? LOL J.K. nicely done!

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First look at skewed hangers with staggered joists:

A little bit more complicated than regular joists due to the offsets but overall its pretty much the same routine. Pretty excited that I actually can get this to work, at first I wasn't really sure if it was even feasible.

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Version 0.9.9 - 10.01.2024

• Further updated the insulation, blocking, metal bridging and hanger modules to accommodate staggered joists.
• Added skewed hanger options into the Floor tab of the Global Settings.
• Added skewed hangers to the Draw and Edit menus.
• Added the following skewed (45 degree) Simpson hangers into the built-in library: SUL24, SUL26, SUL210, SUL214, SUL1819, SUL18111, SUL18114, SUL2069, SUL20611, SUL20614, SUR24, SUR26, SUR210, SUR214, SUR1819, SUR18111, SUR18114, SUR2069, SUR20611, SUR20614
• Updated and added a new subtraction mode to the SUBTRACT feature: SUBTRACT_JOIST
• Added Subtractive Geometry (Joist) in the General tab of the Global Settings.

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Version 0.9.9b - 10.01.2024

• Updated the Floor tab of the Global Settings with additional parameters for joist construction.
• Fixed a minor bug with the hanger module for double ply staggered studs.
• Fixed a bug in the Draw and Edit menus so that all hangers in the library are properly displayed.
• Added the following skewed (45 degree) Simpson hangers into the built-in library (skew_hangers): SUL410, SUL414, SUL214_2, SUL210_2, SUL26_2, SUR410, SUR414, SUR214_2, SUR210_2, SUR26_2

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Version 0.9.9c - 10.03.2024

• Enabled diagonal deck boards with the addition of a Board rotation parameter.
• Enabled 2-Ply rim joists with our without an air gap.

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Version 0.9.9d - 10.03.2024

• Fixed critical bugs with saving of floor presets.
• Improved robustness of floor attribute library and data lookup methods.

Some incremental improvements but necessary.

IMPORTANT
Note that the last few updates prior to this update introduced a number of new features that effectively disabled the saving of floor presets. Please download this latest update to restore the ability to save floor presets.

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Double rim joists with air gap, lapped and extended:

A quick test of the non-orthogonal floor types shows that the algorithm holds up as it should:

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Version 0.9.9e - 10.04.2024

• Updated 2-Ply rim joists with air gap to extend joists that are in a lapped configuration.
• Updated the Floor tab of the Global Settings with even more parameters for joist construction.
• Added the following face mount Simpson hangers into the built-in library: MIU1819, MIU18111, MIU18114, MIU18116, MIU18118.

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Tutorial #4: Deck Boards (6:42 min.)

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Tutorial 5 - Rim Joists and Sill Plates (5:47 min.)

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Tutorial 6 - Skewed Joist Hangers (5:03 min.)

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Tutorial 7 - Subtractive Geometry (10:57 min.)

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Tutorial 8 - Staggered Joists (5:06 min.)

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One additional parameter for removing specific rim boards:

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I am currently working on the floor covering tool which will then become the code template for the floor opening tool. Once I have those two big items completed I think we will finally have a mostly usable plugin.

I am sure there will be requests for additional features and/or changes to the functionality but the core of the plugin will be mostly in place. At that point I will test the plugin in as many states as possible and attempt to discover any final bugs or issues, then within a couple days I will probably release Version 1.0.0.

Further integration with the estimating module will also be something on the todo list in the weeks ahead.

As always please feel free to chime in with any specific requests or items you feel need to be addressed. I take all feedback and suggestions very seriously and I take everything under consideration. Ultimately I will weigh every idea in the balance and based on its relevancy and time considerations your ideas may quickly become a reality within this plugin or any other plugin in the Medeek family.

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Is 8,000 sqft too large? I'm going to say yes, at least for most people.

Besides the regular mdkBIM plugins I also used the grid tool (Medeek Project), but the regular SketchUp grid tool works just as well. A grid tool is a requirement in my opinion, you really need something like this for laying things out correctly.

I also used TIG's mirror tool for certain manual modeling tasks.

The trim and extend tools in the Medeek Project were also very handy for creating my diagonal braces.

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My wife said my design was boring so I saved a new version and let her try to come up with something a little more interesting…