[Plugin] Generate Ceiling Grid (Updated 27-Mar-2014)

mitcorb

Hi.
Guanjin is suggesting what sounds like a Dynamic Component? Adjust the component with change in room size and the tool inserts additional tees as required, as well as stretches tees and angles. Seems pretty involved, but maybe not.

sdmitch

@guanjin said:

@sdmitch said:

Another day, another update!

Hallo sdmitch
Freedom to change the size is too important!
But still quite useful

If you have other standard sizes you would like to use, simply add them to the code. If you don't feel capable of doing that, tell me what you would like to have as size options.

sdmitch

Yes, yet another update incorperating two suggested inhancements.

RonS

Thank You Sam. Great plugin

massimo

Thanks for the very useful plugin Sam.
It would be even more useful if you could select an edge as orientation of the grid and maybe if you could have the possibility to choose the corner wich you want the grid to start from. Now it produces incorrect results with not conventional shapes.

tomot

Fantastic!......I like it, its now ready for the actual ceiling tiles to drop into place!

SUFractal

Beautiful! Thanks sdmitch.

sdmitch

One last update I hope.

mitcorb

"Hope springs eternal"

SUFractal

@tomot said:

Fantastic!......I like it, its now ready for the actual ceiling tiles to drop into place!

tomot, since you appear to be savvy creating plugins, I'm guessing you might be able to add in the ceiling tiles as a component?

guanjin

@sdmitch said:

Yes, yet another update incorperating two suggested inhancements.

Can realize the filling choice? in time of need

tomot

@sufractal said:

tomot, since you appear to be savvy creating plugins, I'm guessing you might be able to add in the ceiling tiles as a component?

With all due respect, I think sdmitch should do this, after all its his code, and he is much more Ruby skilled than I am.

SUFractal

@tomot said:

@sufractal said:

tomot, since you appear to be savvy creating plugins, I'm guessing you might be able to add in the ceiling tiles as a component?

With all due respect, I think sdmitch should do this, after all its his code, and he is much more Ruby skilled than I am.

You're right ... that makes perfect sense tomot ... my bad.

sdmitch

Other than tomot, anyone else interested in having the option to add the ceiling tiles?

SUFractal

@sdmitch said:

Other than tomot, anyone else interested in having the option to add the ceiling tiles?

Yes please.

RonS

I would be interested. That would top off the plugin. This will be a big time saver.

gullfo

yes, please.

sdmitch

Yet another final update with the option to add tiles to the grid.

massimo

Thanks Sam.
Two little things after a very quick test:
-the faces of the tiles pointing inside the room are back-faces. This could be a problem if you want to do a render;
-would be possible that the tiles were components? I mean in that way you could easily change the texture for example and the model would be lighter.

sdmitch

I beg to differ. The faces pointing into the room are front faces. I only apply material to the front face so, if they were back faces, you would not be able to see it.

Making the tiles components is impractical. Yes, all the full tiles could be a single component, but any and all partials would have to be unique components. You could not edit one and affect them all.