Posts made by bomastudio

Looking for an alternative to WebDialog/HTML/Javascript I've used for years wxSU http://wxsu.sourceforge.net/. But with SU2013 and SU2014 it doesn't work anymore. So googling I've found this http://visualruby.net/. Somebody interested in adapt this project to work on SU?

HI, I get with SU2014 the following on SU startup

Errore di caricamento del file Dxf_In_v2.2.rb
Error; #<SyntaxError; C;/Users/Ale/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/Dxf_In_v2.2.rb;306; formal argument cannot be an instance variable
	ramFile.each do |@line|	 #search for entities

                      ^>

but the plugin semms to work properly.....

I've found this project....what do u think??

http://visualruby.net/

I accidentally overwritten a file *.rb with a *.html (generated by the script) that is loaded at this time in SU. Is there a way to recover it?

Hi all, I'm leraning to use Web Dialogs and Javascript. I would like to use an external Javascript Library, such as Threejs or Kineticjs. But in my Windows 7 64bit I have ie8. I'm planning to install ie11. Any warning?

@djskippy said:

Hi Bomastudio,

Some time ago I've written an export script from Sketchup to Gmsh.

Sketchup Groups are exported as Volumes in Gmsh
Sketchup Faces are exported as plane surfaces in Gmsh
Sketchup Edges are exported as lines in Gmsh
Sketchup Vertices are exported as points in Gmsh

The script handles nested groups and applies all transformations to the points in Gmsh
Inner faces are exported correctly.
It even exports text entered in Sketchup (not 3D text).

The only thing this script doesn't do is: Export circles and arc's as Gmsh circles, it now just exports them as lines and points (that's how Sketchup see's them).
To correct this you'll need to take a look a IGES_EXPORT and how it exports circles, cylinders and cones.

Thanks!!!!! I was looking for this plugin for a long long time!!!!

Hi guys
I'm returning on this plugin. I added the license (GLP2), so it's open source

Do you think it is a good idea to map the nodes with a Dictionary? As in IGES_EXPORT plugin http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=43307&hilit=iges?

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su2gmsh.rb

@unknownuser said:

Does your plugin make that ?

A cupola from a circular plane?

Not at the present version..... only orizontal floors.

@krisidious said:

Will this come in English as well? looks great.

Yes.

@krisidious said:

If I just hadn't lost every file I had...

what do you mean for?

update: some bugs found. Now at work in order to solve.... for the moment, have a look at my site
http://alessandrobarracco.wix.com/tecla-palladio

yeah, it will be free....I think to realize two version: free and pro, as SU..... but I'm not sure of it....

@srx said:

Does it structures SU model based on DXF layers names information? Custom layer names or predefined by plugin?

yes. Palladio looks into the DXF for standard layers such

Walls, WALLS, walls, wall, WALL
Doors, DOORS, doors, door,DOOR
Windows, WINDOWS, windows, window

and so on .... but if you draw a wall inside the "0" layer or "John" or everything else you can select it from a dropdown menu list....

@srx said:

How to change model? Is there something like "refresh" button?

i.e. after the model is builted reimport a new, different, dxf and change things are modified? No, I think it is faster to manipulate geometry directly inside SU.

@unknownuser said:

I have found this old one!

Youtube Video

yeah, this is my dxf importer in SU....
Palladio is quite different, it reads one (or several dxfs) and, automatically, builds the building!!! it needs only some typical measure for each floor, such as the wall height, floor thickness and so on...

@unknownuser said:

Have you some videos on Youtube on this Plugin ?

not yet....let me create it and share it!!

I am happy to announce the birth of TECLA Palladio, see here

http://alessandrobarracco.wix.com/tecla-palladio

My students are now testing it. In a couple of weeks it will be released....free as usual...!!

Youtube Video

Thank you Dan, as usual you are very quick and accurate!!

Sketchup.send_action("printDocument;")

Where you find it??

@dan rathbun said:

Sorry, I assumed since it was on the menu that the export method would honor the ".pdf" file extension (at least for Pro editions.)

Just a thought.. if one has a PDF "Virtual" Printer installed (like a Fax Printer, or the MS XPS Printer,) perhaps a "print to file" scenario might work. (My Dad uses one of these fake PDF printers to create PDF files on his office desktop.)

Hi Dan, I'm reading now this old post.
How I can access to printer from APIs?

Ok TIG I understand.....I just said "group" because I don't use neither the SUpro import nor external plugin, I'm using mine importer: it return to me a group with all the dxf drawing. I used your technique (sustituting the group to the componenet.definition) and it works fine..

TIG excuse me, only to deeply understand: I read the dxf, and draw it into a group. Then collecting the lines with

edges=mygroup.entities.grep(Sketchup;;Edge)

So you say using edge.find_faces on all of edges? Say

edges.each{|e|
    myface = e.find_faces
    if myface.length==0
        mygroup.entities.erase_entities(e)
    end    
}

This code will create each face between all loops, is this right?

Thanx TIG, it could be a possibile solution.
Well, I will try to explane better the problem: I need to sort NOT inside the dxf but after read the file and before draw on SU. I want to identity all lines of a loop so I can create a face and then extrude it for every loop on a specific layer. If the loop is a polyline the task is simple (each polyline is a loop) but if it is made of separate lines....