[Plugin] AreaTextTag

guanjin

The first problem to solve, but the button 2 to select or m
Demo map

TIG

You must change the '²' in several places in the file... looks like you missed some of them... 'find' every '²' and make it into a '2'... it clearly works for the lines that you have adjusted successfully... One last try

guanjin

@tig said:

You must change the '²' in several places in the file... looks like you missed some of them... 'find' every '²' and make it into a '2'... it clearly works for the lines that you have adjusted successfully... One last try

Problem solved, thank you again! Master

Jorgensen

Hi TIG

I think this plugin could become very usefull for me

But I have some problems, but it might just be me that use it wrong.

My workflow would be, create some rectangles and add the tag e.g.:
office (30)\n<> where 30 is the size the client would like.

But the problem is that the different rooms can't be grouped, so when they get close to one another the 'glue' together.

Could it be an idea that the tags glues to groups ?

Just an idea

some other future features could be:
import excel / csv files and automatic create the rooms
room_name room_size
office 20

Scheme
Generate a scheme that calculates the actual room size vs the size client wishes.

Thanks
I really admire the hard work you (and others) do to improve SU.

ps. SU7 seems to crash when using this plugin.

TIG

Bo

You can group faces and still apply Tags.
You simply need to edit that group and then apply an AreaTextTag onto a face within that group: the only 'rule' is that the face and its Tag must be in the the same 'context' - i.e. active_entities set.
I have already written a commercial toolset for a US Space-Planning/Architects company which imports/exports data from/to XLS/XLSX files and creates/writes rooms to match... however, it's not publicly available - but it is quite do-able...
It should work OK in v7... what error messages do you get ?

Jorgensen

Hi TIG

Thanks for your reply.

Su7 crashes when I select "add.... to selected faces" SU quits and a splashscreen pops up.

I was not awere of the "inside the group" feature.

You write that You have made a 'pro' version. Do you consider releasing a commerciel Pro version ?

Thanks

arqitect

Hi TIG,
When applying the plugin to a selection set, would it be possible to process softened meshes as single entities? Basically output the sum area of all sub faces in similar way to what sketchup contextual command does. It would be very useful as an option.
Many thanks

TIG

@arqitect said:

Hi TIG,
When applying the plugin to a selection set, would it be possible to process softened meshes as single entities? Basically output the sum area of all sub faces in similar way to what Sketchup contextual command does. It would be very useful as an option.
Many thanks
It'd not be that easy to code in... I'll think about it...

TIG

Here's v1.3 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=373717#p373717
When the new additional current-setting - "Report 'Surface' Areas:" - is set to "Yes" then any Tag for a Face forming part of a 'Surface' [a mesh with soft edges] will report that Face's linked 'Surface' area, and not the area of just that Face itself: in any CSV report the area/perimeter of a Face's linked Surface will also be used, rather than the area/perimeter of that Face itself.

Jorgensen

Hi TIG

Would it be possible to add the "generate faces via excel / csv" ? Maybe as an comercial plugin?

Thanks

TIG

@jorgensen said:

Hi TIG, Would it be possible to add the "generate faces via excel / csv" ? Maybe as an commercial plugin? Thanks
My current toolset's code XLS>geom/geom>XLS toolset is subject to an NDA etc... BUT if you want to continue this discussion through PMs then I might be able to come up with something to suit you/others...

Michaelv

Thanks TIG, great plugin again.

I don't use area but it could be useful for tagging surfaces with any text.
So would it be possible to include a first choice in the settings yes or no as to "Automatic area". Yes would leave it as is, No would only put the area if <> is not erased or added, but if <> is erased then only the text is used (not automatically including the area).

If you want me to code it in there I probably can. (it's not as obvious as I thought when I first looked, but it could be a good exercise for me)

Thanks

TIG

Michaelv

I don't think you need to reinvent the wheel...
There is my 'old' 2dText which already lets you stick a piece of text onto any surface AND has far more control over its 'format' [height, color, etc], and it is fully 'editable' later, with a right-click Edit option...

Michaelv

OK Thanks.

Indeed. I never realized 2D text was working like that as I usually only use the 2D tools in the top view.

Thanks for all.

arqitect

Great job TIG,
Just checked it, really useful now..
Many thanks

brookefox

Thank you for sharing, TIG.

Very, very useful for me...

brookefox

Is there a way to add multiple faces to get one total area? I see I can handily do multiple individuals to get multiple results...

TIG

@brookefox said:

Is there a way to add multiple faces to get one total area? I see I can handily do multiple individuals to get multiple results...
The areas of 'surfaces' made from faces with smoothed edges are reported as 'one' if the edges; visibility is 'off'.
You can of course report areas of selected/all tagged faces using a CSV file and the appropriate tool in the set...
Please read the notes...

brookefox

Well, thanks. I read your top notes, if that's what you mean (and the rest though less carefully). I see nothing about my question but don't doubt I may be missing it still.

Trying your instruction doesn't work for me. Please see this pic:

TIG

It's not so clear from your image what it is you are trying to tag...

If the boundary edges between two faces are 'smoothed' [and not visible] then the picked/selected area-tag reports the area of the 'surface' - i.e. the two combined faces - otherwise each face gets an individual area-tag.

If you want to show an area split into 'parcels' provided that the dividing lines don't split the face then the area-tag will refer to the underlying face. To stop the face splitting you could either leave a small gap in the line so there is no loop and therefore the face isn't split, or you could use a group to separate the 'dividing' lines from the face so that whilst the face might look like it was divided up it is not, OR draw two sets of faces - one set sub-divided and tagged individually and the other made as a copied group of faces on its own layer with dividing lines removed so there is one face to take the 'combined' tag... Also if you know the total area of a group of plots [found from a temporary outline say] you could add that to each tag's suffix - e.g. "Plot 1 <>\nof 12.3acres", "Plot 2 <>\nof 12.3acres" etc where each <> will contain the actual area, then if you adjust the dividing lines between plots an auto-recalc will adjust each plot's area but display the total consistently ?

You can export a CSV file listing areas-tags and any text you might associate with the area-tags to help identify them. The total is easily got for the area-tags in a column...