@leedeetee said:

Hi,

Just wondering what the best way would be to produce tabulated information in Layout?

Why would you want to do that?

I remember once an Architect friend insisted on making a sanitary ware schedule on three A0 sheets. It took him more than three days. I was so annoyed with him, I had to completely redo his stuff on a spreadsheet so I could get bids and analyse them.

Please in this so called Information Age think about what would suit following activities not just about submitting the fee account for a beautiful set of documents.

@3eighty said:

bit of a paunch belly? ...Um. Define...

I think it is something you keep in a corner cubby.

@wdbao said:

but i like doing it in the bare ruby code
cause dynamic component is kinda slow
try to calculate the steel inside a multi-span beam, say six spans
you will need a super computer for that
dynamic component certainly make sth more easy to do
but i am looking for some methods so that i can automated my work

I suggest you first review your understanding of the structure of coding in order to align your work to it. Think in terms of hierarchies of objects ... slabs, columns, beams ... beams, concrete, rebar ... then add qualifiers and activities as their properties/attributes/methods. You need to think about unique identities and navigation. You will need to automate your navigation as well as the devices that make the calculations and size and position the objects in Sketchup.

@thomthom said:

Could be that the transformation done inside the timer block slows the iteration down to a point where you're getting a time close to what you expect.

As this thread title seems to have morphed I want to ask other related questions.

Is the timer different from an array because it does not call the next iteration until the transformation is complete?

I am more concerned about sequence than precise timing. So would multiple transformations suffer/benefit from hardware efficiency equally - i.e. the sequencing will be correct?

Thanks

Here's what I got in IE:

and still access denied in FireBugLite

So I don't know

It looks pretty close - I will check the mm tomorrow.

Thanks Dan I will try that and let you know (I'm at GMT + 8 btw)

Thanks I will overnight it (the verb)

@thomthom said:

> t=Time.now; UI.start_timer(1.5, false) { puts Time.now - t }
> 12546
> 1.01
> 
> t=Time.now; UI.start_timer(0.5, false) { puts Time.now - t }
> 12514
> 0.02
> 

See - the timer does not wait for the full duration - instead round the interval down to a whole number.

Well all I know is I used true (repeat) instead of false and the object moves 50 increments in 5 seconds.

@thomthom said:

There's an issue with SU's timers - the interval is rounded down to whole integers. So anything below 1.0 will turn into 0.0 turning the timer into an instant loop.

This not really about onKeyDown but about the assertion that I don't understand. Here is a callback that runs an object animation that seems (at least to me) to contradict it.

@dlg.add_action_callback("move") {|d, p|
		a = p.split(";")
		entityNo =  Integer(a[0])
		model = Sketchup.active_model
        entities = model.active_entities
        entity = entities[entityNo]
		p entity.name
        selection = model.selection
        selection.clear
        selection.add entity
		nr = Integer(a[1])
		incr = Float(a[2]).mm
		int = Float(a[3])		# int = 0.1
		dur = Integer(a[4])		# dur = 5
		model = Sketchup.active_model
		entities = model.active_entities
		entity = entities[entityNo]
		mv = Geom;;Transformation.translation [0,incr,0]
		clock = 0	
		timer = UI.start_timer(int, true) {
		clock += int
		if clock < dur
		entity.transform! mv
		else 
		UI.stop_timer timer
		end
	}

Please tell me if I have missed something fundamental (I lost my sensitivity many years ago).

@dan rathbun said:

... but MSIE refuses.

Thanks for all your suggestions, which I tried ... but as you said MSIE refuses. No FireBugLite at the end of the tunnel.

Thanks again.

I have been thinking about this kind of thing on and off for sometime; maybe you will find these ideas interesting, even useful.

Make a cube 1m x1m x 1m and make it a group. Name it "Concrete Mix A". Use some code that enables you to copy the cube, scale it to required dimensions and name it "Column 12" or whatever. The dimensions and xyz's could be physically input or from incoming digital criteria, say from an Architect or regulation, or directly from calculations or defined relationships. It could also be set up to calculate volumes, areas, weights and so forth in the background.

I come from the more delicate side of the building industry but I have always wondered whether this kind of thing would be possible on the heavy side.

This relates to FireBugLite.

Can anyone tell me why this happens:

and how to change what so I can see the code.

Thanks

Will you be setting it to go back in time to show it to Richard?

Mayoral Tardis?

@alan fraser said:

... it simply lacks elegance.

Most appropriately put.

Well TIG at least I'm grateful for that

I will ask him to do that.

I know he is busy but he did mention he was thinking of some self extracting addition.

Sorry I am mac clueless.

@solo said:

I dunno, with the 'Eye of London' and this 'Rollercoaster from hell', I am seeing a theme.

The London Eye is a feat of engineering for profit from tourism, the tower is simply a piece of engineering for Mittal advertising.