@awadrummer said:
Does anyone know if this plugin is compatible with Sketchup Pro 2018?
I did a little test and I ran into some issues for su2018 
I will try to find some time to look into them...
@awadrummer said:
I'm looking to upgrade, but can't live without this one.
Great to hear you like it!
I'm working on a new plugin that uploads the current SketchUp model directly into the open source BIMserver (as IFC).
You need a running BIMserver to try it:
https://github.com/opensourceBIM/BIMserver/wiki/Get-Started-Quick-Guide
Any BIMserver users on SketchUcation? Interested in testing? 
Fix for mac! Menu layout needs some work still.
Check out the plugin store
@dan rathbun said:
This is going to bloat model files.
Yes, I'm glad they DO store the scheme inside the model so you don't have to redistribute it seperately, but more than one "copy" in the model indeed seems bloated.
I'm curious what happens when you upgrade a model from IFC 2x3 to 2x4(when a scheme is available). I'm affraid you would have to re-assign every single property... and manually remove the old scheme to get rid of the duplicate classifications.
@dan rathbun said:
But... the actaul value in the nested dictionary is a string "partial" ?
Ie, not the integer of the choice ?
Yes indeed, a string. There is another atribute called something like "options" which contains a list of valid options (as strings). The entire classification scheme that goes with the selected ifctype(ifcBuilding) is stored inside the componentdefinition. So you can check validity right from the definition without having the original source scheme.
HaHa!!!
I just found out that classifications are stored as nested attribute dictionaries!
That means you can set classifications(if you're a bit careful) using the "normal" way with "set_attribute", I guess even in the free version...
A "IfcBuilding" for example gets an attribute dictionary called "IFC 2x3" which gets a nested attributedictionary "CompositionType" which gets a nested attributedictionary "IfcElementCompositionEnum" in which "value" can be set as "partial"
Cheers!
Jan
@dan rathbun said:
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I do not understand why some coders go out of their way, to write minimalist hard to read and understand code. Come back 3 years from now and see if the coder remembers what the code is supposed to do, without spending a half hour consulting method documentation, etc.
LOL Thank you very much! I totally agree with you. It indeed seemed a nifty piece of code I found on stackoverflow, but every time I needed to edit it, it took me half an hour to re-interpret it(and I'm still not 100% sure how the tap works).
Now you write it out it does not seem so difficult anymore
I should have added the indentation myself the moment I tried to understand what it did 
Hi Dan,
I also removed a "tap"-call because it was added in ruby 1.9.
Would you consider this a good substitute? Or would it be much slower?
hash = {}.tap{ |r| bt_entities.each{ |ent| ent.properties_editable.each{ |k,v| (r[k]||=[]) << v } } }
hash = bt_entities.inject({}) {|h,ent| ent.properties_editable.each{ |k,v| (h[k]||=[]) << v}; h}
something I borrowed from:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5490952/merge-array-of-hashes-to-get-hash-of-arrays-of-values
I've been able to remove the dependency on pathname and it's running now on SU7 and SU8.
Although one (probably showstopper) problem remains. Auto-updating of modified objects does not work on SU7 because the "EntitiesObserver.onElementModified" method was added in SU8.
That means updating geometry must be done manually by disabling and re-enabling the observers (red/green button).
New version added to this post, I will add it to the plugin store when I also fixed the MAC issue, but that has to wait a little until I get my hands on a MAC 
@dan rathbun said:
Single argument String subscripts are one of the breaking changes from Ruby 1.8 to 2.0.
Hi Dan, thanks for helping out! That fixes one error!
SketchUp even seems to drops out here before the strip-string, on requiring the "pathname" module.
I guess that's one of the modules that was missing in the old 1.8 stripped ruby environment.
still some more warnings to wade through I see ...
@steve69 said:
@ Sku 7.1 startup
Hmmm I have not been testing on old versions, I'll check it out, maybe it's easily fixed...
@twillm said:
Is bim-tools compatible with mac version of sketchup 2015.
I attempted to install using sketchucation plugin store v2.6.1
Received error message
Thanks for posting this issue!
I believe it used to work on Mac, but have never been able to test it myself.
I will try to borrow a Mac and check it out
The error is related to reading the config file, did you by any chance modify that file?
New version 0.13.2 online!
Feels much more solid due to improved observers
@unclex said:
if you have cleaned bim information， you must run SU again， Using File→New could not worked， isn't ?
Okay, I completely uprooted the observers that keep track of the active entities, and it seems much more solid now
Can you give it a try before I upload it into the PluginStore?
Thanks!
@unclex said:
Now I Know What Happened
12.4 can work under customized catalogue， 13.0 not
and 13.0, if you have cleaned bim information， you must run SU again， Using File→New could not worked， isn't ?
Thanks! You're probably right, I also had some trouble changing between models without restarting SU a couple of weeks ago, I thought I fixed that. I will check it out!
@unclex said:
0.12.4 work fine
but 13.0 cannot work like 12.4 @su2015x64prosuch as several box could be converted to wall&floor by just one click using 12.4
but 13.0， some faces cannot be converted
Can you send me an example model (PM?), then I'll check it out.
In my own tests the new 0.13.0 worked on more faces than 0.12.4, so I'm curious...
Thanks for posting the issue!
New version online! Finally support for imperial units
@gudio83 said:
where is the html file?
the plugin create bim-tools, so i have to add bimtools, right?
Do you have trouble installing? I think this tip is rather outdated by now.
The easiest way to install is through the Sketchucation Plugin Store (Search on author: "Jan Brouwer"):
http://sketchucation.com/plugin-store-free-download
You can also rename the download from bim-tools-0.12.4.zip to bim-tools-0.12.4.rbz.
Then it can be installed thtough: Window --> Preferences --> Extensions
I will use that filetype as the default for the next version...
@thomthom said:
What I'm thinking is that for the glyph, the existing Button can be extended. For the graphical button, I'm wondering if perhaps a new class makes sense... ?
Or maybe not.... (thinking out loud here...)
A new (sub)class, or maybe set a "type" for the button?
@thomthom said:
Maybe Button.glyph=
and Button.image_normal=, Button.image_hover=, Button.image_disabled=, Button.image_focused= ?
this would work nicely for "use-case 2", but not for "use-case 1". And I can't think of a way to position it halfway a line of text...
Difficult to find a universal solution...
What I'm trying to do is only(at the moment) use-case 3 and 4.