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    • B Offline
      Bokkie
      last edited by

      hi, was wondering if this plugin will / could, extract or copy an atrribute's value, when inserted into a block with attributes?

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        It reports the area of the face it's 'attached' to.
        The face/tag need to be in the same context.
        It doesn't 'report attributes'.
        There are other tools that do that, but you need to be somewhat clearer in your question...

        TIG

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        • F Offline
          ffox
          last edited by

          Thank you, I am finding all of this really helpful.

          I searched through the chain and don't think that this has been addressed yet. I am wondering if it is possible to input two text entries per tag. For example, "room #" and "department" both associated with the same square footage, so when exported, you have two text columns per sf which can be sorted accordingly.

          Thanks in advance!

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          • G Offline
            gclyde
            last edited by

            Hi,
            Would it be possible to select and group a number of faces and give a tag that relates to the total surface area of all selected faces?

            In addition, would it be possible to produce a similar ruby that totals up the lengths of selected lines/junctions? (not necessarily the perimeter of a face)...this would be icing on the cake for me 😍

            Thanks

            Graham

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            • atelierpaarA Offline
              atelierpaar
              last edited by

              Hello TIG
              Great script !!
              Since I am always short in space it would be of great help if it would we possible to have 2-line Text-Tags for instance :

              Entrance
              30 m²

              alignment options

              • Left
                Right
                Center
                Thanks for looking into it
                Uli
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              • B Offline
                billmorr
                last edited by

                Hi TIG

                Firstly, great plug in - thank you for that 😄

                It seems to crash my SU 2015 (Mac version)when installed alongside Twilight renderer.
                I have just uninstalled Twilight and everything is cool again.

                Just thought i'd report the clash in case anyone else has the same problem or if you can fix?

                Bill

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                  billmorr
                  last edited by

                  Hi TIG

                  Firstly - great plugin - thank you for this 😄

                  Just discovered on SU 2015 on my Mac, that it crashed SU if Twilight is installed at the same time

                  Don't know if you can fix?

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                  • M Offline
                    mcmcxlxl
                    last edited by

                    Hi tig,
                    Thank you for this Tag plugin.

                    I modified it quite deeply to make it easier.
                    Could you give me your mail so that i can send it to you.

                    I would appreciate some critics because i'm not a programmer (but architect) and the way i program is dirty.

                    Michael

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Please use the "Private Message" option here to exchange non-public info...

                      TIG

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                      • M Offline
                        mcmcxlxl
                        last edited by

                        Sorry
                        hmm. I have no access to private messages...

                        Michaël

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          New members get access to PM-ing after a few valid posts - so try again...

                          TIG

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                          • atelierpaarA Offline
                            atelierpaar
                            last edited by

                            Hello Tig,
                            these Area Tex Tags are great - thanks for offering this plugin.
                            After installing SU 2017 they won`t work anymore and I am in trouble.
                            Do you have a chance to look into this ?
                            Thanks already
                            Ulrich

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              The error in the Ruby Console tells the story.
                              Unfortunately v2017 looses earlier references set to the contents of a group, e.g. when it's exploded, so the code fails, I'm currently fixing this weirdness in my ExtrudeTools...
                              However, it might be some other Ruby2.2 foible...
                              I'll look into this tool asap...

                              TIG

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                              • atelierpaarA Offline
                                atelierpaar
                                last edited by

                                Hello Tig
                                thanks so much for your fast response
                                I which I could help but unfortunately this is not my Cup of tea.
                                Anyways, thanks a lot
                                Ulrich

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Here's v2.0.
                                  http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_AreaTextTag
                                  It is now compatible with v2017's newest Ruby.
                                  Users with unsupported versions like v8 are advised not to update as it might now cause issues...

                                  TIG

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                                  • atelierpaarA Offline
                                    atelierpaar
                                    last edited by

                                    everything is shiny again
                                    Thanks Tig,I appreciate
                                    Ulrich

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                                    • atelierpaarA Offline
                                      atelierpaar
                                      last edited by

                                      Hello TIG
                                      I am in need of some additional Information on my plans. So I come back to my question from 2015:
                                      Is it possible to have a multi line Text-Tag, possibly with alignment Options (left/right/center) ?
                                      For instance :

                                      Name 1 Entrance
                                      Name 2 Tiles
                                      Area 25 m²
                                      Circumference 20 m

                                      Thanks for looking into it
                                      Uli

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Text is always centered. it could have options but that needs considerable recoding...

                                        You need to include a new-line marker in the string to get multiple lines.
                                        So in the example you offered...

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        Entrance
                                        Tiles
                                        25 m²
                                        Perimeter 20 m

                                        needs to be entered thus:

                                        Entrance**\n**Tiles**\n**<>**\n**Perimeter 20 m

                                        The \n tells it where to add a new-line.
                                        The <> is the formatted current area part.
                                        Note that using <-> would add the area without a units suffix.

                                        It's not possible to report the perimeter [easily] without major recoding, but it's easy enough to manually select the face+edges by a double-click on it, then immediately Ctrl+Shift+click it again to leave only the edges selected, when Entity Info will report the length in current units.
                                        This 'perimeter' can then be added to the text by an edit...

                                        PS: I assume you mean 'perimeter' - as that's the edge length of any face, in English a 'circumference' only applies to circular [and perhaps oval] faces...

                                        TIG

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          Here's v3.0
                                          http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_AreaTextTag

                                          It includes the following enhancements.

                                          a. The settings dialog now allows you to specify the Text's Alignment:
                                          Center [default]
                                          Left
                                          Right
                                          These only affect multi-line entries which have used \n to signify a newline.

                                          b. The reserved character combinations to locate a formatted area for the face:
                                          <> with units & <-> without units
                                          are now complemented with character combos to locate a formatted perimeter length for the face:
                                          || with units & |-| without units

                                          The associated perimeter length is displayed using the same units as the area [using the same dp].
                                          For Acres it uses ft, and Hectares m.

                                          TIG

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                                          • atelierpaarA Offline
                                            atelierpaar
                                            last edited by

                                            Hello TIG, thanks so much for such good work.
                                            You're right - I mean 'perimeter', not 'circumference'
                                            I tried your advice using a new-line marker and I got what I was looking for.
                                            A small drawback seems to be, that the editing-textbox is very small and one can`t see the hole text string.
                                            Another issue is that the 'perimeter' doesn't get updated if the area changes (which happens quite frequently).

                                            How could I help to recode this? - let me know if there way.

                                            Anyways, thanks a lot for your work
                                            I really appreciate
                                            Ulrich

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