[Plugin] ComponentReporter++ v1.2

TIG

Here's v1.1 of ComponentReporter++.rb.

It does report names, count of instances, nested instances/groups and areas of materials etc...
Now made MAC compatible...

Try it - it is readily adaptable to your needs...

ComponentReporter++.rb

romuloigor

TIG, how could that do to ComponentReporter + + v1.1, export LenX, LenY and LenZ of a component, and the information if the Layer is visible or invisible?

I await your help!

TIG

@romuloigor said:

TIG, how could that do to ComponentReporter + + v1.1, export LenX, LenY and LenZ of a component, and the information if the Layer is visible or invisible?

I await your help!

This is relatively simple, compared to the full reporter, which is really only a demonstration of what you might do to suit yourself.
Do you want it to report all components [instances] or just selected ones [I presume 'all' because if the layer is invisible you couldn't select them!]?
The LenX, LenY and LenZ values are specific to dynamic-components... is this what you mean of the X/Y/Z dimensions of the instances bounding box ?
It's easy enough get an instance.layer and report it's name and it's 'state' on/off...
Once you confirm these items I can continue helping you...

romuloigor

TIG,
The "full report" is generated by the menu File > Generate Report > CSV file ? ( Only SU 8 PRO ).
[ How could I generate this report by ruby ?, And saving automatically in my custon directory, silently.]
if you can not do the "full reporter", I use your ComponentReporter++v1.1, but the need for this option to export values LenX, LenY and LenZ of dynamic component.
[ Create a Dynamic Component and Call ComponentReporter++v1.1 and view output is not LenX, LenY and LenZ ... ]

   [ Layer ] - My dynamic component has 10 layers and a select in listbox in component options the Dynamic Component user will select a layer and all objects when exporting the model will be in csv file

( I do not use the option to export only selected ) always full export.


inlist.each{|c|
dname="'"+c.definition.name ... 
LenX=c.lenx.to_s ???
LenY=c.leny.to_s ???
LenZ=c.lenz.to_s ???
if c.layer
   layer="'"+c.layer
end

OK?

[I can not speak english and do not know ruby, I speak portuguese and I know python.]

TIG

So to recap...
You want to export a CSV file of ALL Dynamic Component instances [by name ?], listing their LenX, LenY and LenZ [in what units ?], plus up to 10 Layers [by name ?] showing if they are 'on'/'off'. If it's to be saved 'silently' how will the file be 'located/named' ? Perhaps in the Model's folder with its name e.g. MyModel.skp >>> MyModelDCs.csv ???

For example:

MyDC#1,5.678.9.012,3.456,>>Layer1<<,Layer2,Layer3,Layer4,Layer5,Layer6,Layer7,Layer8,Layer9,Layer10
MyDC#2,1.234,5.678.9.000,Layer1,>>Layer2<<,Layer3,Layer4,Layer5,Layer6,Layer7,Layer8,Layer9,Layer10

Where Layer1 and Layer2 are 'on' while the rest are 'off' in their respective MyDC's...

TIG

Here's a version that might do what you want or be adapted easily...TIG-exportDCs2csv.rb(c) TIG 2011
Script:
TIG-exportDCs2csv.rb
Type:
TIG.exportDCs2csv
in the Ruby Console to run it.
Exports all DCs is the model with a Name,LenX,LenY,LenZ,Layer[s]...
'CSV' file - in the model's folder and named after the model thus:
ModelName.skp >>> ModelNameDCs.csv
If a new model is unsaved the current directory receives the new file.
All Layers used in the DC are listed by name and visible ones marked
thus >>LayerName<<
Edit sep="," if something other than separating comma is desired e.g. ';'
Make sep="\t" if a TSV file is desired and change ext="csv" to ext="tsv".
It uses the current Model Units.
Version:
1.0 20111104 First issue.

notekm

my dcHi, in my dynamic component is a custom attribute "DSP",how and where it is necessary to register the plugin, so it will write out me to required attributes?Sorry for the quality of language

TIG

Notekm

Here's a modified version of the draft .rb file, which now adds 'dsp' and 'kromka' as additional reported attributes in the CSV. [which I guess are 'Chipboard' and 'Edging'/'Lipping' thicknesses ?]
To get ANY DC attribute you can use its key's name, as you have typed it in the 'Custom' attribute section of the dialog, BUT all in lowercase letters - i.e. 'dsp' NOT 'DSP'...TIG-exportDCs2csv.rbTo find a specific DC's attribute keys/values you can select it in the SKP, then paste this line of code into the Ruby Console +<enter>:
Sketchup.active_model.selection[0].attribute_dictionaries["dynamic_attributes"].each_pair{|k,v|puts k+"="+v.to_s}
This will give an output list something like this:
_has_movetool_behaviors=0.0 _hasbehaviors=1.0 dsp=0.216 kromka=1.32 lenx=0.6299212598425197 leny=11.811023622047244 lenz=28.34645669291339
Note that the attributes starting with '_' are added by the system and you can't/shouldn't normally need or edit these.
The others attributes represent what you have added as keys/values in the dialog - e.g. 'dsp' and 0.216... etc...

notekm

it works, and how to make a that would show the sum of attribute values on the right key

TIG

You can simply open it is Excel and sum the Column ?
However currently the units have 'mm' etc so you'd need to change those...
I've recast it to miss those off.
To =SUM a column you can add a final line of formulae...
See what I've done to the code... I actually summed ALL 'number columns' BUT you will probably want to sum just some...TIG-exportDCs2csv.rb

notekm

TIG.exportDCs2csv
Error: #<ArgumentError: C:/PROGRA~1/Google/GOOGLE~1/Plugins/TIG-exportDCs2csv.rb:50:in to_l': Cannot convert "0.6299212598425197" to Length> C:/PROGRA~1/Google/GOOGLE~1/Plugins/TIG-exportDCs2csv.rb:50 C:/PROGRA~1/Google/GOOGLE~1/Plugins/TIG-exportDCs2csv.rb:50:in exportDCs2csv'
C:/PROGRA~1/Google/GOOGLE~1/Plugins/TIG-exportDCs2csv.rb:47:in each' C:/PROGRA~1/Google/GOOGLE~1/Plugins/TIG-exportDCs2csv.rb:47:in exportDCs2csv'
(eval):50

TIG

I have NOT changed the way the ...lenx.to_l etc works in line#50 - I added some code after that to remove 'mm' and '~' but nothing else; it's failing on the .to_l ?
Are you muddling ',' and '.' as decimal separators perhaps ?
If you copy/paste this into the Ruby Console it works too:
"0.6299212598425197".to_l
Works for me on your sample SKP.
Have you changed the DCs in your test SKP ?

notekm

hi, I did not change, I just copied a component in the scene.
this task.
1.Select all the components in the scene
2. select the components of a key (such as "DSP")
2a. (can take the key values from a separate file?)
3. display or save the file in the list of components (screen of what I would like to see)

screen of what I would like to see

Scene

irwanwr

so many versions in one page? is this free and not to difficult to learn for beginners?
if i may ask. which one is good for beginners to download, please?

TIG

@irwanwr said:

so many versions in one page? is this free and not to difficult to learn for beginners?
if i may ask. which one is good for beginners to download, please?

Get the first one [at start] - the others are to show how to make a simple DC attribute reader/reporter...

TIG

@notekm said:

hi, I did not change, I just copied a component in the scene.
this task.
1.Select all the components in the scene
2. select the components of a key (such as "DSP")
2a. (can take the key values from a separate file?)
3. display or save the file in the list of components (screen of what I would like to see)

The XY [in mm] need to come from the two largest values of the 'panel' - because sometimes the Z is NOT the minimum [=thickness]. OR you could report all three XYZ and you then simply ignore the smallest one [thickness] ??
Counting the number of a a specific DC and reporting it is possible:
number = instance.definition.instances.length.
I now see that the 'DSP' is the area [in m2] of 'chipboard' used in that panel.
I'm not sure what the 'Kromka' is - probably linear 'm' of edging ?
You need to adjust the way the values of these 2 are handled - so NO .to_l step since that turns the value [assumed to be in inches] into a length in current units [mm] - perhaps leave them as the float that they are, made into a string [.to_s] ?
Totaling up specific columns is demonstrated in the example code I've given you - adjust it to sum just those you want.
The CSV format can be linked [or save_as] into a XLS file where you format it as you like...

irwanwr

thank you very much TIG.
for Extrusion Tool Set, i've learnt and succeed using the EEbyRail
it works great as if a wizard made it
thank you

unearthed

Hi TIG, thanks for the great plugin, now I can count my plants easily and sum plant areas easily.

But would it be possible to add the ability to get length of curves (arcs and splines) and lines from components?

Often I have many hedges in my designs, and if I could get their length, I could send this out with the report to Excel and then divide hedge length by plants per metre. I accept I will probably have to have a curve length for the hedge in a separate component but that's fine, although maybe it could just be as a nested instance.

TIG

This tool was really written as a demonstration of how you can extract information from the model into CSV files etc.
As you probably already know selected lines/curves report their total length in the Entity Info dialog.
It's easy enough to sum the lengths of edges and report it out.
If you give a 'little more flesh to your bones' I can perhaps guide you on how to do this...

unearthed

Well here's a very typical hedge arrangement, although 100's of metres in many pieces is also quite common.

I've also put the hedge centrelines as a nested component within each component, although if there's a way of avoiding that I'm all ears.
Would it be easier to export the values of dimensions to the .csv?

hedge.lengths.skp