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    • aarondietzenA Offline
      aarondietzen
      last edited by

      @bruce watt said:

      That all looks great,

      Roofs
      Can we have a clear definition at to what is the difference between rafter and truss. Also board width ( which I think this is a sarking board in my part of the world). Heel height ( is this the depth of the birds mouth that is cut into the rafter or a reference to the depth of the fascia board?) How do I set a rafter depth? If these could be pictorially represented within the manual and/or the buildedge properties box that would be great.

      love the walls, doors and window feature.

      keep up the good work

      Hi Bruce,

      Truss versus rafter is all about the heel (where the roof meets the wall). Below is an excerpt of our online help (I am remote right now, so this is the best I can do right now). I will try to draw up a quick heel for both with more detail later today.

      Screen Shot 2013-01-28 at 10.18.14 AM.png

      Let me know if there is anything else I can answer for you!

      Thanks!
      Aaron

      "Imagination is more important than knowledge..."
      - Albert Einstein

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        stuartmitch
        last edited by

        Aaron,

        congratulations on getting v2 out! Great work!

        Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to get it to open. I have the latest version of SU loaded and have followed your instructions for loading v2 of BuildEdge. The icon appears in SU but nothing happens when I click on it.

        Any ideas?

        Cheers....

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        • aarondietzenA Offline
          aarondietzen
          last edited by

          @stuartmitch said:

          Aaron,

          congratulations on getting v2 out! Great work!

          Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to get it to open. I have the latest version of SU loaded and have followed your instructions for loading v2 of BuildEdge. The icon appears in SU but nothing happens when I click on it.

          Any ideas?

          Cheers....

          Hi Scotty!

          I am going to have our help desk rep, Brendon, contact you and collect a little information. Hopefully we can get you up and running quicker than last time! πŸ˜„

          "Imagination is more important than knowledge..."
          - Albert Einstein

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          • studio43S Offline
            studio43
            last edited by

            Aaron
            I submitted a ticket on the help page regarding the crashes. I am sure they will be able to sort it out

            Thanks
            Paul

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            • KrisidiousK Offline
              Krisidious
              last edited by

              I own version 1 and installed version 2 and I'm on Win7 Ultimate and not having any issues.

              By: Kristoff Rand
              Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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              • studio43S Offline
                studio43
                last edited by

                I dont have version 1 on my computer anymore. Is it required to run version 2?
                I uninstalled version 2 to see if it would help make it stable. It seemed to be working ok and then it started crashing again. I submitted a ticket to the help desk and they asked for the .log file I cant it find it.

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                • aarondietzenA Offline
                  aarondietzen
                  last edited by

                  Kris - Good to hear all is well... please let me know what you think!

                  Studio - I can follow up on our end, but I will need a little information (as none of the open tickets in our help desk are for "Studio 43" πŸ˜„ ). I will PM you.

                  Thanks!
                  Aaron

                  "Imagination is more important than knowledge..."
                  - Albert Einstein

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                    matt.gordon320
                    last edited by

                    Hey Aaron,

                    I'm testing out the new Beta plugin, and I'm getting some really strange and invasive inferencing issues that won't let me draw a roof. The roof line tool seems to want to stick to everything but the top of the walls, and always shoots off-axis.

                    Any ideas?


                    BuildEdge 2 Beta Inferencing Issue.jpg

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                    • aarondietzenA Offline
                      aarondietzen
                      last edited by

                      Hi Matt,

                      That is odd! Are you seeing it consistently, or is it only on specific jobs? Have you tried using the Pick Wall command to input (click the little down arrow below the draw icon to switch input modes). Just wondering if that works for line input.

                      Let me know, and I can see how we can look into what is going on...

                      Thanks!

                      "Imagination is more important than knowledge..."
                      - Albert Einstein

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                        stuartmitch
                        last edited by

                        @unknownuser said:

                        @stuartmitch said:

                        Aaron,

                        congratulations on getting v2 out! Great work!

                        Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to get it to open. I have the latest version of SU loaded and have followed your instructions for loading v2 of BuildEdge. The icon appears in SU but nothing happens when I click on it.

                        Any ideas?

                        Cheers....

                        Hi Scotty!

                        I am going to have our help desk rep, Brendon, contact you and collect a little information. Hopefully we can get you up and running quicker than last time! πŸ˜„

                        Aaron,

                        many thanks. Great service and support as usual!!!!

                        Cheers.....Scotty

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                        • utilerU Offline
                          utiler
                          last edited by

                          @matt.gordon320 said:

                          Hey Aaron,

                          I'm testing out the new Beta plugin, and I'm getting some really strange and invasive inferencing issues that won't let me draw a roof. The roof line tool seems to want to stick to everything but the top of the walls, and always shoots off-axis.

                          Any ideas?

                          I'm experiencing the same thing, Aaron. Its seems to happen mostly when orbit and pan around the model [hold scroll wheel down with shift key]...

                          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                          • aarondietzenA Offline
                            aarondietzen
                            last edited by

                            Hmm... I will look into this more, guys. Thanks for pointing it out!

                            "Imagination is more important than knowledge..."
                            - Albert Einstein

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              Hello

                              I have tested your cool plugin V2, easy, funny, efficient! β˜€
                              But something curious
                              I have never successed to make a hole inside a floor during the process! 😲
                              (there is one on the icone of the Floor tool! πŸ˜‰
                              like make a "window hole" or a "door hole" inside a wall without any problem! 😎

                              At this subject : it's not possible to put a "window hole" inside a floor?

                              And make inclined walls ?

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                              • utilerU Offline
                                utiler
                                last edited by

                                Following on from what Pilou said It would be nice to be able to create curved walls on the fly.

                                Say you have started your wall profile, click back in the dialogue box select 'curved wall' and the cursor changes to an arc. Input number of segments before selecting the end of the arc and then go about creating it!! Click back in the DB and toggle back to standard walls and carry on...

                                purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                • aarondietzenA Offline
                                  aarondietzen
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi guys,

                                  Thanks for the notes! I am always looking for additional functionality for future versions. Round was is definitely on the list (not sure when it will be in the software, but it is on the list!).

                                  I wanted to post real quick and let you know that I will be posting a new, more stable version later this week.

                                  You all were able to shine light on some stability issues that we had not run into in house. For that THANK YOU!

                                  Keep an eye out for an updated download link!

                                  Thanks!
                                  Aaron

                                  "Imagination is more important than knowledge..."
                                  - Albert Einstein

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                                  • utilerU Offline
                                    utiler
                                    last edited by

                                    Glad to help someone who's interested in stretching SU.....!

                                    purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                    • E Offline
                                      eselick
                                      last edited by

                                      Aaron
                                      I've just started playing with the Beta and have a couple of quick questions.
                                      Is there anyway to snap new windows and doors to existing Sketchup endpoints?
                                      I don't seem to be able to create a ground floor only second and higher. Is this normal?
                                      Thanks so much for all the work.
                                      Elliot

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                                      • pilouP Offline
                                        pilou
                                        last edited by

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        I don't seem to be able to create a ground floor only second and higher.

                                        Curious I made it from nothing, only perimeter's segments must be all on any same Z πŸ€“

                                        Frenchy Pilou
                                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                        My Little site :)

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                                        • aarondietzenA Offline
                                          aarondietzen
                                          last edited by

                                          @eselick said:

                                          Aaron
                                          I've just started playing with the Beta and have a couple of quick questions.
                                          Is there anyway to snap new windows and doors to existing Sketchup endpoints?
                                          I don't seem to be able to create a ground floor only second and higher. Is this normal?
                                          Thanks so much for all the work.
                                          Elliot

                                          I Elliot,

                                          Unfortunately, there is no snap (yet) in door and window input.
                                          I am a little confused about your "Ground Floor" input. Do you mean you are trying to draw a floor on top of nothing? The floor entities were designed to be drawn on top of walls, so that may be your issue, though in the next version, connectivity has been modified, and you may be able to do what you are asking about.

                                          Hopefully I will be posting that version in the VERY near future!

                                          Thanks!
                                          Aaron

                                          "Imagination is more important than knowledge..."
                                          - Albert Einstein

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                                          • studio43S Offline
                                            studio43
                                            last edited by

                                            Aaron
                                            I still am having Buildedge crashes. Brendon contacted me and I responded. I cannot locate a .log file

                                            I have noticed that when I commit to SU or explode the BE geometry it will crash once I envoke BE again

                                            Paul

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