[Plugin] Roof.rb v2.0

Bill Wilson

It's GREAT Tig!
I couldn't get it to do a Pyramid roof before, (because I was doing things wrong,) but now it's 'no sweat'. Roofs are very important to me because thats where all my household water is collected from. The stuff that comes crashing in on the beach here isn't very nice to drink, too much sand and salt in it.
I had a peep at the script but I'm afraid it had me bamboozled, I thought it might be like setting up a macro in MS Office and therefore maybe I could make a contribution one day. Up 'til now I've used several different methodes of constructing roofs, but this sure take the guesswork out of it. Keep up the good work!
Cheers and Beers,
Bill

TIG

@daarboven said:

This tool is simply great, a real timesaver.
Minor error in v2: the faces of the pyramid roof are "inside out" so you have to select all and tick "reverse faces".

Can you elaborate on the pyramid roof 'inside-out' problem... I can't get it to do that, no matter want rotation of the picked points or if c/clockwise picking etc... Inside is 'blue' ?

TIG

Here's v2.1 of Roof.rb.

The two fixes are:

A glitch with some fascia materials being set incorrectly on some combinations of gable roof verge types (only I noticed it so far !).
The pyramid roof making has been made more 'efficient'. This might also fix a reported 'inside-out' faces glitch (although that hasn't been reproducible yet).

As before, download Roof.rb and replace the current one in the Plugins folder. IF you haven't had it before the zip file contains the script (Roof.rb) and the v2 help .mht file: if you already have this help file it's not changed in this update...

Feed back please...[mod=:1fpxar2q]Install this much newer version http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=17156#p17156[/mod:1fpxar2q]

Roof-v2-1.zip

Roof.rb

dtrarch

Hi TIG

Roof works perfect for me and what a truly
wounderful gift to all.

Very generous and brilliant work.
A real set piece for the Architect.

Thank you.

dtr Architect

digby dart

I was wrapped with v1.3. To enjoy v2.1 this quickly is a total bonus.

I really like the the way this roof tool presents. It's thorough, clear and easy to use. Very SketchUp. A lot of thought has gone into producing and refining this tool.

Thank you again TIG. :thup:

[digby dart]

mike d

tig
thanks for all the hard work you do

mike d

TIG

Thanks for all of your thanks...

So far so good... no bugs reported with v2.1 yet...

Please continue to feed back: any suggestions for practicable enhancements etc are welcome...

utiler

Hi TIG and all......i have a request.

it appears that the ruby creates the roof form from overhang and height of fascia....

in my part of the world, roofs generally have raking soffits; where the "pitching point is the outside of wall / underside of truss junction.... in the case of flat soffits, the soffit line is obviously lower than the pitching point.

I assume your roof.rb would have to be pulled apart considerably to cater for this but is this possible? i have attached an image of two roof profiles to explain the difference.

I hope you understand what i mean.

Thanks in advance.

Andrew

digby dart

Hello "utiler",

I too am from the land of the vegimite coated kangaroo. Diagonally across the continent from you in the south west.

All I do is a quick section of the rafter/wall like edges of your sketch. That tells me what height to drop the plane that will be used to generate the roof and the overhang for the pitch. 2 minutes work. Any exposed rafter detail can be push pulled and then copied around the perimeter.

TIGS script takes the load out of generating the complex roof complete with overhang while vanilla sketchup is more than capable of generating the detail.

Hope this helps.

[digby dart]

utiler

Cheers Digby, I guess you could do that. Sure, a little extra work in re-creating soffits but it is certainly quicker that modelling from start.

I wouldn't think it is out of the question though, I think it would add quite a scope of tasks to the script....

Maybe also a gutter!!!

As for the vegemite-coated Roos; more of the beer-battered kind over here.....

Andrew

TIG

@utiler said:

Cheers Digby, I guess you could do that. Sure, a little extra work in re-creating soffits but it is certainly quicker that modelling from start.
I wouldn't think it is out of the question though, I think it would add quite a scope of tasks to the script....
Maybe also a gutter!!!
As for the vegemite-coated Roos; more of the beer-battered kind over here.....
Andrew

The proto-Roof.rb HAD a sloping soffit type... BUT I removed it because the maths hurt my head... There were also add-gutter, add-verge etc... but again I didn't have time to implement them...

As was said, it's pretty easy for you to make the roof higher up that you want with a flat soffit then move it down to suit, THEN edit the roof group and select the inner rim of the soffit and move that up, with auto-fold the soffit will crease and become raking as you want.

To add a gutter etc you just need to draw the vertical cross-section of the desired gutter against a corner of the fascia, and then select the edges of the roof you want to have the gutter, then pick follow-me and then the cross-section's face and you'll have the gutter you want...

If you use particular gutter sections you could save a suitably shaped vertical face as a component, then when needed you simply insert it where you want, explode it and use its face for the follow-me as above...

utiler

Thanks TIG, i am not supprised your head hurt from the maths!!! I am no Ruby guru but i assume it could be confusing.....

How you explained it is pretty much as simple as it gets!!

Cheers,

Andrew

TIG

Having said, "Do it manually...", I'm now thinking that perhaps a sloping soffit (or even a sloping fascia) option isn't so difficult for some roof types and I might look at incorporating it in a future update... watch this space...

bellwells

HOLY COW what a tool! You are a generous genius, TIG. Thank you.

matt77

Excellent Script. Many thanks -- works a treat for me!!!

I must commend you also on another of your scripts that i find invaluable at work. It’s your slicer ruby. It comes in very handy for working out floor space across very large master plan massing models very quickly. It has saved me so much time. Thank you. im not sure it was ever intended for this, but if you set the floor to ceiling height say 3 metres, but don’t give the slices any thickness, then run the script across a large grouped area of buildings then explode the floor slabs within the main group, by using the area tool with all faces within that group selected you get a total floor space for that whole area. You may have to delete the top slices so that you don’t include the roofs. But very, very handy indeed.

Whilst using your most recent roof script i was impressed in the way that you could assign a material and a layer to the new roof.
I have a request.
(Not that your not bizzy enough as it is)
Is it possible to implement this within in the slicer ruby? So that the when you create the new slices you have an option of also assigning a material to the new slices. In this way you could have separate materials for residential, commercial and retail space. This information regarding the areas assigned to the materials could be then exported to an excel sheet. Giving you a detailed breakdown very quickly regarding your model.

Once again many thanks

Both the mentioned scripts are excellent.

All the best

Matt

[matt77]

j_forrester

This is specifically about this script itself. Just wondering if this script can be used in a commercial environment, if so are all scripts allowed to be used for commercial use in the Ruby Script Depository? I understand you may not know about other sripts.

Many thanks in advance.

pibuz

Sorry TIG if I bother you: I just tried installing the plugin but it seems not to load correctly. It simply doesn't show up in the plugins menu. I double checked the correct position of the rb file. ..Maybe a plugin conflict?

TIG

Please complete your User-Profile so that we know your OS, version etc - Help us to help you...

This particular thread is way out of date !
You need http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=17156#p17156 v3.7 version.
I have added warning/link-to-latest to this one

In any case, it is very unlikely to be a conflict.

Have you done all of the usual checks, that have been covered in dozens of threads hundreds of times...

Assuming you 'manually installed' and didn't use the 'SketchUcation Plugin Store' AutoInstall feature...
The current version of this tool just has the one Roof.rb file that goes into the Plugins folder.
There is optional separate ZIP containing the Help file in several formats, you can extract those into the Plugins folder, as desired.

You also need to restart SketchUp after manually installing any files...

Next do you have FULL security permissions to your Plugins folder.
On a PC, with Admin-rights, select its icon, right-click > context-menu > Properties > Security > Edit... and set to FULL for everyone on the list... Apply/OK to complete.
If you do not then Windows can put files/subfolders that you think you have installed into a VitrualStore folder and not tell you!
On a MAC you need to ensure FULL Read/Write permissions to the folder...

A submenu item should appear under the Plugins menu, named 'Roof...'

To check if it is loading, type this into the Ruby Console:
load 'Roof.rb' +<enter>
Returns 'true' if it is loaded, otherwise error messages...
To test for a command manually, type this into the Ruby Console:
Roof::hip
It should run the 'Hip' tool with an error-message dialog, unless you have a flat face preselected.

Let us know the outcome...

pibuz

Thank you TIG for pointing me to the latest version: I totally missed that......sorry!
..now, I have some experience using and working with sketchup, so the plugin not showing up at all was a little dazzling for me Thanks a lot for your help by the way!
The "roof.." entry now appears but anything I try to do, even with a simple rectangle selected, triggers a bugsplat.. Can you help me further?

TIG

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More details - I am not clairvoyant.
Post a simple failing example...