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    • D Offline
      Dennis_n
      last edited by

      Hi,
      I was looking for ways to dynamically reflect face area. I know if you point the leader tool to a face, the text in the box is going to show the area of the face. However, that number does not update if the area changes.
      I was wandering if anyone came across a plug-in that allows to see a live value for face area?

      Dennis

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      • C Offline
        chrisjk
        last edited by

        Doesn't the entity info window do what you need?

        Chris

        Chris

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        • D Offline
          Dennis_n
          last edited by

          it does, but only one at a time.
          If there was a possibility to have a life reading in multiple locations, that would make a big difference.

          on top of that, if it was possible to collect them all into a table and make calculations - it would be a rudimentary BIM.

          Anyway, maybe someone already made a ruby like that.

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            I have a proto-script

            #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
            Copyright 2010 TIG
            Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
            any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided something the
            above copyright notice appear in all copies.
            THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
            IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
            WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
            #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
            Name:
            AreaText.rb

            Description:
            Adds a submenu to the Plugins menu containing:

            'Add Area Text'
            This lets you add a piece of Text to a Face by Picking it, the text
            has a short leader and is placed at the picked point.
            The Text is associated with the Face and moves with it, relative to
            the Face's bounding-box minimum.
            If the Area Text is relocated manually it will 'remember' its new
            location relative to its Face's bounding-box minimum.
            The area in the Text is formatted in 'sqm' for metric Models and in
            'sqft' otherwise. The 'sqm' value is to rounded to 2 dp [1.23], and
            the 'sqft' value is rounded to 1 dp [13.2].
            By default the Area is named "Area 1:" - with the numerical part
            incrementing, so for example it might be "Area 5: 12.34 sqm"
            The tool lets you place pieces of Area Text until you press <Esc> or
            choose another Tool.
            If a Face already has a piece of Area Text associated with it you are
            warned and nothing is done.
            Later on, if desired you can edit a piece of Area Text as if it were
            plain-text - e.g. to give it an associated room name, but if the
            associated Face tis changed then the Area Text will automatically
            change its text to suit its new area: if you edit the area be sure to
            leave a semi-colon [:] in the text as this separates the numerical
            area from the Face's 'tag'; do not change the numerical part or its
            units suffix: so the correctly formatted 'Office: 12.34 sqm' updates
            to 'Office: 12.98 sqm', and even the 'Office 12.34 sqm' will update to
            'Office: 12.98 sqm' [because in the absence of a ':' the last space
            between the numerical part and the 'tag' will be used as an
            alternative delimiter], BUT 'Office-12.34 sqm' will update to
            ': 12.98 sqm' with NO tag name. You can use ':' inside the face tag
            because only the last one is used for the delimiter, BUT this is best
            avoided.
            The displayed numerical area is always up to date - changing if the
            associated Face [or it's parent] is altered in any way.
            Chaging the Models units from Metric will update all areas in 'sqft'.
            If a Face is erased and it had a piece if Area Text associated with
            it then that Area Text is also erased.
            Area Text referring to a Face within a Group etc that has been Scaled
            will report the area as displayed - i.e. not the original unscaled
            face's area.

            'Add Area Text to Selected'
            This is similar to 'Add Area Text' but you first Select some Faces
            [other types of Entities in the Selection are ignored], then run this
            Tool and pieces if Area Text will be added to any eligible Faces
            [i.e. those that do not already have Area Text associated with them].
            The Area Text is added to the center of each Face's bounding-box and
            moves with the Face.
            The Area Text is otherwise exactly as that made with 'Add Area Text'

            'Area Text to CSV'
            All Area Texts in the Model are audited to ensure they
            are currently up to date.
            It then makes a report of them in CSV format, listing them as:
            Layer,AreaTag,Area,Perimeter.
            Reporting the 'Layer' helps divide the text up so putting your
            Area Text onto Layers named 'Level 0', 'Level 1', Roof etc helps you
            use the report more easily.
            The reported units are sqm/m for metric Models or
            sqft/ft otherwise.
            Commas [,] in reported Area Text 'tags' are changed into
            colons [;] to avoid formatting errors.
            If the Model name is XXXX the report is written into
            XXXX-AreaTextReport.csv.
            The CSV report is made in the Model's folder.
            If that report is already open [=error] you are told.
            A CSV file is readable by Excel and similar programs.
            It can be linked into a XLS file that has 'formatting'
            so then if the CSV updates the pre-formatted XLS file
            will change to suit.

            Version:
            1.0 201001xx First Issue.
            #-----------------------------------------------------------------------

            it is still under development but should be available shortly - look out for its first release... 🤓

            TIG

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            • D Offline
              Dennis_n
              last edited by

              MAN!!! so much goes into such a simple function. I have never considered that so many different things have to be taken care of. WOW. It all makes sense, but it is like an iceberg - so big under water.

              Dennis

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                @dennis_n said:

                MAN!!! so much goes into such a simple function. I have never considered that so many different things have to be taken care of. WOW. It all makes sense, but it is like an iceberg - so big under water.
                Dennis

                I write a set of instructions BEFORE I make much of the script - that way I know where I'm going and can structure it to suit - I sometimes rewrite the instructions to cover what I find I can't do or even some extras I find I can do BUT at least I have a route-map...

                TIG

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  Could Modelur be a solution for you? http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=20700

                  Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                  • D Offline
                    Dennis_n
                    last edited by

                    seems like Modular is a big chunk to chew on. Have you tried it?

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      Yea - I've been beta testing it earlier.

                      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      • G Offline
                        garyvn55
                        last edited by

                        Hi All,

                        Well its taken me about 8 hours to track down this post with a tool that the amazing Mr TIG is working on.

                        I'm doing urban design, land use areas, colour coded my material and all I want to do is give each face a unique ID and export its area, id and material to a CSV file.for additional processing.. TIG's prototype to be right on track to what I want t achieve also and can't wait to see the results.. Thanks Again TIG for your exceptional work.

                        PS, I used to do this very simply in Archicad, in fact we coud next the areas so we were able to create sub-sets of area's also.

                        Regards

                        Gary

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                        • B Offline
                          bacabcn
                          last edited by

                          Did you find a solution to this? I am also looking for a way of getting dynamic areas.

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