Windowizer

RickW

Thanks, everyone, for the encouragement. The core is solid, and I'm making progress on some of the feature requests.

I have another community request - I want to have local language support (as much as possible) for Windowizer4, and could use volunteers to translate into the following languages:

[EDIT: text in gray indicates volunteer response]

Arabic
Bulgarian
Catalan
Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese

If you are willing & able to translate into one (or more) of these languages, post a reply with which language you can translate into. There is a web dialog, so knowledge of basic HTML (so you know what text prompts to edit) would be helpful. There will (eventually) be a brief help file as well.

Thanks, community!

bellwells

@rickw said:

...rename the "Apply" button to, "I say, old chap, would you mind Windowizing that for me, what what?"), but decided that might be a bit much.

LOL

RickW

If SketchUp supported "micro-localization", I could offer a deep-South version for the Dixie states ("Y'all Windowize that now, ya hear?"), or a New England cab driver version ("Windowize THIS, you *****!!"), or a close-to-the-49th-parallel version ("Windowize, eh?"). However, I will adamantly resist a "talk-like-a-pirate-day" version ("Aarrgh! Windowize it now, ye filthy sea dog, before I mop the deck with ye!"). Not sure about a Klingon-language version.

Does anyone here speak Bocce?

TIG

Esperanto ?

RickW

I was going to use Sketchup.get_locale to determine which webdialog file to open. SU is only localized for the versions in my list (according to Google). I suppose that someone could translate the relevant webdialog to their particular language...

cadmunkey

Never mind the non-english speakers Rick, just get it released

Fletch

@fletch said:

really looking forward to this one...

RickW

Message received.

Okay, here's the update:

added in the front-only option
added in the group/non-group option
added zero-width outside frame handling
(with those two items, setting to front-only and non-group will create things just like Windowizer3 did, just with more capability [generally speaking]).
My short-list for things remaining to do:
Add "Edit" capability, like in W3
Add "Inherit properties" capability, like in W3
Add "Delete" capability, like in W3 (this may be difficult, since W4 will cut openings in "walls" now)
Handle zero-width mullions for butt-glazing
Investigate using components
If there's anything on the list you don't care about, I could put it off 'til the first update. If there's capabilities you want to see, let me know - I'll see what I can do.

Tobobo

You are a legend!!!

thomthom

Awesome. SketchUp meets Revit.

Gaieus

Any chance for arched, Gothic windows with tracery and such?
(JK)

Fletch

@rickw said:

If there's anything on the list you don't care about, I could put it off 'til the first update.

ok, put them off... go ahead and lay it on us!

bellwells

Rick, I'm with Fletch.

RickW

@gaieus said:

Any chance for arched, Gothic windows with tracery and such?
(JK)

It's designed for storefront or curtainwall types of windows like Kawneer and so on. That said, it has been used for all kinds of things I did not expect (and which I have tried to maintain as best I could).

RickW

Would everyone who volunteered to translate please PM me your email address? It will be easier for me to handle things that way.

Thanks,

bagatelo

Forgive me for my horrible English.
I love this Script, I find it him very important.
Like you doesn't rest, you could consider those ideas:

1 Configuration interface with previuw in the side.
2 Glaze and aluminum could come in separate objects and groups.
3 Incorporate technology BIM for future modifications in the window?
4 Open hole automatically in the walls, maybe an integration with the Plugin multi-layers Wall?
5 Choose profiles for the metallic part?
6 Save configurations with names for other sessions of use of Sketchup, with hidden file?

Thanks anyway.

RickW

Several of those requested items are already included in version 4.

su30

I am keeping my eyes on this wonderful plugin,
and I don't know if this can be used in building windows freely on curve faces?

alpmeadow

Thanks Rick for your V4 upgrade on windowizer. I have used windowizer for independently and ocsssionally with the housebuilder ruby and it works well, if you size the rough openings correctly.
Just a suggestion to check if V4 will continue to work with housebuilder. Are there many out there still using housebuilder.rb? or has it fallen from grace? Do you need any help translating US English to Canadian eh?
Cheers
alpmeadow

RickW

While I haven't checked for compatibility, I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work with housebuilder.rb (but I could be surprised, I suppose).

Progress update: I learned of a serious bug that requires a fix before release. If I can get done with my day-job deadlines, I'll fix it this weekend.