Volume Units In generated Report
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Can anybody tell me why Sketch Up Pro 8 exports volume entities in the csv generated report as cu inches rather than cu meters even though you have the Template set as Engineering with units in Meters.
Seems pretty backward to keep on adjusting the output with a scale factor when the program should output in the chosen units.
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SketchUp's base unit of measure is inches. Everything else is converted from inches.
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Thanks for that.
However, I only use inches now when talking to irish miners when I'm hand tunnelling and cutting timber!
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Which 'CSV writer' are you using to do this ?
A 'custom reporter' could simply convert the volumes' units from the default cu" to cu.m, or whatever, as you wish.
Also... if you were to dynamically link the CSV file into an XLS file you could format the 'container file' layout, add formula's etc and manipulate the 'raw' data in any way you wish... -
Hi folks.
The report generator (File menu --> generate Report) of SketchUp Pro is not very flexible.
In supplement to the problem already mentionned, it cannot cope with a decimal separator set to use the coma instead of the dot and the semicolon as a list separator instead of the comma. With such a setup, It put all data that are on the same row into only one cell while it should be in 14 cells across each row.
I had to revert to using dot as the decimal separator for this reason and also for two more:
1 - The dot on the numerical keypad don't generate a comma. When inputting a lot of numbers, it is improductive to have to switch to the main keyboard to get a comma. The funny part is that it works OK on the Mac version of SU. It also works OK with Excel both on PC and Mac. why not with SU on PC ? Go figure.
2 - It is impossible to input an absolute set of coordinates when moving an object. Typing [100;200;300] produces only ] in the Measurement Box.
Just ideas.
Jean
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