New to DC: topic for my simple questions to the pros
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The components instance name is already tied to both the attribute and option dialog, this can be updated on the fly. This works if you do not use the name attribute and only after loading the component.
Otherwise the component definition name can be accessed via a ruby script and placed into an attribute value. -
Thanks! And what would this ruby script be?
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see the link to topic
https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=71346
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thanks Moor!
Sorry, but maybe I misexplained what I need, I'm attaching an example.In this case I'd like that if I rename the component to whatever else, I get the new name in the Option dialog title. At the moment, this wont' happen: it keeps titling "elemento da prelevare_shell".
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you can use the component instance name to give each instance an unique name which is reflected in all the dialog, which is the natural inbuilt way
otherwise set
Name = _name
in the DC then
use a button from the toolbar extension to fire the code snippet to alter the _name attribute, which reads the current definition name, updates the original name to update the option dialog
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Sorry Moor, I don't understand. In the file I sent you, if I change the Instance name of "elemento da prelevare_shell" NOTHNG CHANGES in any window...
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saveas the DC to a folder then bring it into another file, for some reason it does not initially work within its created file, after that, should work, regardless of the number of changes, the references are still maintained
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OH BIG THANKS! I WAS MISSING THE FACT THAT IT DOESN'T WOTK ON THE ORIGINAL FILE!
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Hi again! is there a way I can LOCK the rotation of a DC along specific axis'?
I have a panel which I don't want users to be able to use as ceiling, so I only want it to be rotateable along its blue axis -
It's me again!
I'm struggling since a couple days about one thing I think should be doable but I can't get in any way
to work in my DC.Basically I have a wall, made of two side pillars and a series of panels in the middle. My wall can be stretched to match some precise measures, which I set. The measures are exact multiples of the panels but may also admit an half-panel on the end, if needed.
When I stretch the wall, the start pillar must stay still (works now), the end pillar must reach the final point (works now) and in the middle I want the panel to copy a number of times. It works when I fix the length of the panels to a value, but I'm not able to tell SketchUp that it must stretch the last panel to half its dimension if needed.
Do you guys know a way to do that? Thanks in advance!!!
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Hi
To work out the number divide the opening by the whole door size and convert to integer
To get the remainder take this number times the size from openingFor door lenx, use condition if remainder then the last copy (= copies) is to be remainder
There were some issues with the geometry and scaling, first applied lenX to two faces, then had to make a group of the edges so that it obeyed the formula rather than its natural scale
made outline to size to opening, added some copy function to the support
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Thanks a lot pc!!! I'll have a look at it immediately!
EDIT
Everything is clear, I don't understand the syntax of these two formulas though:=parete Arty!d_mod_num-1 +if(parete Arty!remain,1,0)
Here I don't understand the space between "-1" and "+if" and I don't know the meaning of the "parete Arty!remain" without any checks to perform.=if(and(parete Arty!remain,copy=copies),parete Arty!remain,98)
Here I don't understand the meaning of "parete Arty!remain" without any checks: what will it solve into?MANY MANY THANKS!
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The condition is either true or false, 0 or any negative number is read as false whereas any positive number is true.
A bit of a short cut in logic.The space is not required for mathematical functions, just there for my own readability
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I have a new question for the community: I have an attribute which ALWAYS include alternatively the words "OPACO" "LUCIDO" or "SEMILUCIDO" (name of the material applied). The words are always at the end of the text string, but the number of digits before may change.
I want another attribute to report ONLY the occuring word from case to case.
EG: my material attribute returns "grey RAL7040 OPACO", I want another attribute to report only "OPACO".
Is there a way to do this?
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@pibuz said:
I have a new question for the community: I have an attribute which ALWAYS include alternatively the words "OPACO" "LUCIDO" or "SEMILUCIDO" (name of the material applied). The words are always at the end of the text string, but the number of digits before may change.
I want another attribute to report ONLY the occuring word from case to case.
EG: my material attribute returns "grey RAL7040 OPACO", I want another attribute to report only "OPACO".
Is there a way to do this?
try so: =RIGHT(Material, 5)
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Thanks Kostiaarh!
Sadly this formula returns always the last 5 characters, while the number of letters I have to report varies from 5, 6 and 10 digits.
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You can use find with the item to be found included in the text to avoid the error , and test if the result is within the length of the original text
Note that semi is placed before in the conditional statements otherwise will not be selected
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wonderful! Thanks!!
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hi guys! I have a new question: I have a DC which features a choice between type1 and type2. I'd like to have an hyperlink to a pdf showing the technical specs of each choice, so I uploaded both pdfs to an S3 amazon server to have get a valid url.
Is there a way I can insert the <a href> tag inside a formula, so that the hyperlink changes based on the type1/type2 choice?
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I am using 2018. however can see problem when referencing in a formula, a suggestion is to put the pages in the value section of the options list
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