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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
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        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
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          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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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          At the moment the Area ONLY update does the area ?

                          The text-box is the width that SketchUp gives us...
                          You can pick in it and drag left/right or use the arrow keys <- -> to get to the start/end ?

                          I'll look at a tweak...

                          TIG

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            I rechecked everything.
                            If I update a tag and its face's area has changed, then it does update the <> area. AND the || perimeter ???

                            Can you provide an example where it fails ?

                            TIG

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                            • atelierpaarA Offline
                              atelierpaar
                              last edited by

                              Hello TIG, oh yes, the perimeter does work superb now
                              I just didn't get it right the first time - my fault- I`am awfully sorry
                              in Terms of changing the texblock it's not too much work either if one copy /paste the text string and then just change the names
                              [highlight=#ffff40:22w4wmcs]Entrance[/highlight:22w4wmcs]\n[highlight=#ffff00:22w4wmcs]Tile[/highlight:22w4wmcs]\n<>\n||

                              using arrow keys to move inside the editing-textbox works fine

                              thanks a lot for your great work and support
                              Ulrich

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                              • B Offline
                                Ben Ritter
                                last edited by

                                TIG,

                                Thank you so much for your work in writing this and sharing.

                                Is there a way to update the text to an new text height, or would I have to re-do each one with new text height settings?

                                Thanks.

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                                • srxS Offline
                                  srx
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks for the another useful plugin. My question would be - Is it possible not to hide lines? What to change? My problem is that Scalp section style "doesn't see" tags.

                                  www.saurus.rs

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                                  • OxerO Offline
                                    Oxer
                                    last edited by

                                    When I try to make the Report it appears this message in Ruby Console:

                                    Error; #<NameError; undefined local variable or method `area2ever' for TIG;;AreaTextTag;Module>
                                    /Users/Oxer/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/TIG-AreaTextTag/TIG-AreaTextTag.rb;1537;in `report'
                                    /Users/Oxer/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/TIG-AreaTextTag/TIG-AreaTextTag.rb;254;in `block in <module;AreaTextTag>'
                                    SketchUp;1;in `call'
                                    

                                    OSX 10.11.6 & Sketchup 2017

                                    "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                                    [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @Oxer
                                      Thanks for the error report.
                                      Seems that that variable 'area2ever' was declared inside a {} block and not accessible later on in several circumstances !
                                      So it was an error waiting for a disaster for ~six years ! ...
                                      Anyway here is a corrected version 4.0
                                      http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_AreaTextTag
                                      PS: @srx
                                      Also added an extra option in the Settings to hide the Tag's text's edges [Yes|No]: defaults Yes - choosing No will show the edges [remember that if there are any existing Tags you will to use Update...]. That new Setting is remembered with each model...

                                      TIG

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                                      • srxS Offline
                                        srx
                                        last edited by

                                        Thank you very much TIG. 😄

                                        www.saurus.rs

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                                        • BarbaraDB Offline
                                          BarbaraD
                                          last edited by

                                          Thank you so much TIG, it makes me beleave in SU again.
                                          Great job.

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                                          • M Offline
                                            mills690624
                                            last edited by

                                            Hello TIG

                                            Can you help me add a Area units: "pyeong"?
                                            1(pyeong)=3.305785(m²)

                                            thanks so much

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