CutList Bridge version 2.2 released

Chiefwoodworker

Hi Folks,

In the process of trying to find a fix for black text fields when on a MAC, I discovered I inadvertently created a bug in CutList Bridge version 2.1 that renders adding to the materials list inoperable. I am really upset with myself because I didn't test all aspects of the tool before releasing it. I only tested those areas where I thought I touched with code changes. Stupid me! I have fixed this problem in release 2.2 which you can download at http://www.srww.com/blog/?p=1918 . Sorry for the screw up.

I still haven't implemented a solution for the black text fields when using CutList Bridge on a MAC with Safari release Version 5.1.7 (6534.57.2). The problem is that input fields end up with black backgrounds making it impossible to for user's to see what they are inputting. So if you have that version of Safari you will have this problem with my (and others) scripts. This started with the latest update Version 5.1.7 (6534.57.2) of Safari. I am told by experienced bloggers on this site that the combination of Mount Lion OS and the latest release of SketchUp solves this problem. In my next release I will implement a solution suggested by John Boundy that should work for older versions of MAC O/S.

wilsonbuilt78

Hail Chief

Been a while since I downloaded and started using your plugin and I would like to make a few observation and suggestions if I may:

So brilliant being able to upload all of my materials from Cutlistplus- I have an enormous raw materials database.

Suggestion: would it be possible to upload the "other items"? I have a huge database of the fittings,fixtures,finishing supplies which I would dearly love to have use of in sketchup so that my model truly contains all of the information required. For instance I have a standard drawer assembly which i use over and over and having the drawer runners specified whenever I use it would be awesome.

I am finding the process of adding atributes through the extended entity info dialogue box a little bit tedious. My models generally have nested components as I find this the easiest way to design and edit kitchens for instance. This means that in order to make use of the cutlist bridge I have to burrow down into nested components to assign a material to a drawer rail for instance.

Suggestion:
It would be amazing if the plugin could assign the material by picking up its texture from sketchup especially with Fredo's Thrupaint which can paint individual faces within components. The process I envisage would be as follows: one creates a materials collection in sketchup from the cutlistplus database file (not sure how one would do this but its really about getting the names to correspond to cutlistplus's database). You then "paint" the components in your model with the selected material from the collection which would have a folder for each material type rough lumber,sheet good,edge banding, etc. Cutlist bridge then assigns the relative attribute in the extended info from the texture name on the faces of the component. This would mean one could paint edges with the desired edge banding-a feature i would pay money for. It would also mean that one could- at a glance -see if you had missed any components or if components were assigned the wrong material.

A further advantage to this workflow would be the ability to do instantaneous cost comparisons by substituting materials of certain components within the design. For instance painting internal components in a cheaper sheet material and seeing how much it would save on a project, without leaving sketchup.

Thank you for sharing your plugin it is already making an impact on my productivity

Kind Regards
Stephen

dedmin

Thanks for this plugin - long waiting for something like this!!
But there is a problem with encoding - I'm using cyrillic names inside SketchUp - components, materials, sub-assembly, file name and etc. When exporting for Excel/OpenOffice I get a wired file name -
@unknownuser said:

РєРёСЂРёР»РёС†Р°_С‚РµСЃС(for Excel/OpenOffice)‚.csv
. The same when exporting for CutList Plus fx -
@unknownuser said:

РєРёСЂРёР»РёС†Р°_С‚РµСЃС(for CutList fx)‚.csv

When importing the .cvs in CutList Plus fx the names are also wired -

I have to change the encoding from UTF-8 to Unicode for CutList Plus fx to properly recognize the names. Here are the files:

Cyrillic.zip