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    • B Offline
      Buckyman
      last edited by

      This project is an aluminum patio cover product.
      The user selects their local snow load from a drop-down: 25psf, 30psf, 35psf, 40psf etc
      There is a table of values...
      snow loads in the columns,
      roof mat'l gauge, post spacing, etc in the rows
      The table values are used to make sure the user selects the right components for their area. The components could be controlled based on the table values, or another way, if the user selects the components and spacing themselves, the table values could be used to generate a pass/fail message
      Can the table values be stored in the model, like a vlookup in a spreadsheet? Do I need to learn some Ruby?
      Thanks

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        The values for the table could be saves as attributes in each model.
        But if the table is common across every model it's best it comes from a script [Ruby or DC code].
        The script 'offers' the list, the user picks one value from it, your script then uses that to do its stuff...

        There are many examples of scripts offering lists to choose from... trawl the plugins and come back...

        TIG

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        • B Offline
          Buckyman
          last edited by

          Thanks for the reply.
          I checked the list of functions and found CHOOSE, which will work.
          The tables may change from time to time, it would be convenient to supply them as a separate file or better yet as a url (which may be taking things way out of my league 😄 )
          I appreciate you pointing me in the right direction.

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            Al Hart
            last edited by

            If you are looking for calculations and reports from SketchUp components, you might take a look at SpaceDesign

            Al Hart

            http:wiki.renderplus.comimageseefRender_plus_colored30x30%29.PNG
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