[Plugin] Simple Glazing tool

[tomot]

@tig said:

Aren't you re-inventing Windowizer without a frame ? Currently you must enter something, but 0.1mm makes the frames effectively nothing...

Not at all! Windowizer asks for 4 sided face to be selected first. While I use the "pick 3 point rectangle" method.
This is not a criticism of how Windowizer works, it has more to do with my workflow.
I design structures in SU using walls and slabs that have thickness. Then I punch openings in them for windows, doors, stairs etc., later I fill in those openings with the required components.

I find the "pick 3 points rectangle' method the most natural way to fill in an opening. If I were to use Windowizer, I have to fill in the opening prior to running the script.

However, I would be more interested in getting the setback problem solved.
While Jim's comments make a lot of sense, I can't get the code to work.

aargh!

[tomot]

@dtrarch said:

tomot

Very clever tool and thanks.
As it creates a group it is very easy to move back and forth.
Good enough as it stands.

dtr

Thanks! But after I have moved about 30 windows back 3" from the face. I
feel like my Grey matter is leaving for greener pastures.

[Jim]

Hi tomot,

Here is a snippet of your plugin with the transformation.

    base.pushpull $ggthick
    self.reset
    normal = base.normal
    normal.length = 2 # how far?
    tr = Geom;;Transformation.translation(normal.reverse)
    group.transform! tr
    model.commit_operation
end

[tomot]

Jim, please accept my great appreciation, with a reply HUG!

so here is the the attached update:

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WindowGlass.rb

[nomeradona]

clever and useful indeed.. thanks

[Fletch]

I asked a long time ago for windowizer to have ability to have "0" as the frame, and have it be left out completely... but all I remember getting was a "good idea Fletch"... while never seeing it implemented... I'm still waiting.

until then... this could be useful - thanks for sharing!... and true about the workflow... sometime nice to just draw interactively.

[RickW]

@fletch: Yeah, unfortunately, that happens a lot more than I would like. More ideas than time to implement...

[JGA]

Tomat, thanks very much for the tool.
RickW, Windowizer is one of the most useful tools available. However, could it be adapted to provide an inner frame of a window? I currently push pull through the wall, repair the faces & then use windowizer on both sides of the wall.

[tomot]

@jga said:

However, could it be adapted to provide an inner frame of a window?

Yes I have a working copy, with glazing, frame and exterior trim however, I still have
a few bugs to resolve, before posting it.

[Fletch]

@Rick,
ah well... c'est la vie...

[tomot]

@fletch said:

@Rick,
ah well... c'est la vie...

In fairness to RickW, he has produced some amazing code.
I think he was the first one to create a dialog box in Ruby.
Without which all input Rubies could not exist.