Posts made by dgorman3

Awesome! Thanks to both of you! The manual version is immediately helpful as a short term solution, but I really appreciate the discussion of the ruby. That might be incredibly helpful in the future.

Take care

I have a folder of dozens of components that are on 2 separate layers. I would like to be able to process them to change each layer name to match a new template that I will be using.

Anyway to do this in bulk without having to edit each one?

Ex. Layer Name --> New layer name

02IR - Heads ---> 4.2 IR Heads
02IR3 - Spray Patterns --> 4.2 Spray Pat
02IR2 - GPM --> 4.2 IR Heads GPM

Perfect solution! Thank you kind stranger.

I feel like this has to be a simple thing that I'm missing and I'm a bit embarrassed that I haven't figured it out yet through searching here and elsewhere.

I'm using sketchup for takeoffs and I'd like to drop a component with a single click, move to the next item, drop another component and so on around the drawing.

Right now, after I place a component, the move tool is selected so i have to click back in the component browser, or move and copy with a few more clicks and keyboard. I want a stamp option basically I guess.

What would be the easiest way to do this. I use FlexTools Component Finder as a component browser but I'm open to all options.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Sketchup 2020, Windows

Hello,

I'm attempting to have a way to calculate the length of a curve within a component so that it will be available when generating a report.

A little background. I'd like to automate irrigation design and takeoffs. With straight pipe, it's easy to create a dynamic component, lock it to Z=0 and copy or scale as needed. By querying the Len X, I'm able to have the total length of pipe needed in the generated report.

With the drip irrigation pipe it's a bit trickier and this is where I need help. I'd like to copy or scale the drip pipe as needed to snake through beds and then be able to generate the total length of all drip pipe needed.

Any help and guidance is much appreciated as I'm just beginning with the generate report function.

I've attached a basic layout of the drip pipe curves that I'd like to use.

Irrigation.skp

@dgorman3 said:

@jim said:

I just tried using SketchUp Make 2015 - it worked for me. I'll check the version Iam using against what is posted here. be back later.

I'm an idiot. The problem was that my component had layers within it and I was selecting those layers rather than layer 0 that the component was inserted on.

Thanks so much for this extension, super helpful!! Thanks for your time as well Jim.

@jim said:

I just tried using SketchUp Make 2015 - it worked for me. I'll check the version Iam using against what is posted here. be back later.

Any update Jim? Still not working for me.

I know this plugin is 6+ years old, but it would be incredibly useful for me. I am unable to get it working with Sketchup 2015. Does anyone have any ideas on how to modify it to make it work, or an alternative that does the same thing? Thanks for any help!!!

The problem is that I place the components, run the plugin, select the layer, and nothing happens.

I would like to know if there is a way to calculate the area of shapes drawn in layout based on the underlying Sketchup model's scale. If not, this is a feature that I would find extremely valuable.

Hello,

So I'm new to creating dynamic components and to this point I haven't had much trouble. With my newest component (attached) I am having an issue when I use the Move tool to try and move the component, it will move it too far in the direction I'm trying to move it.

For example, say I want to move it 6" along X axis and 6" along Y axis with the Move tool. Once I click where I'd like it to move, it will jump what seems to be an arbitrary amount past the 6",6" I desired. If I were to type the coordinates manually into the Component Attributes box, it will move perfectly.

I feel like I'm missing something simple, but I've been trying for an hour now to figure it out and haven't come up with anything. Any help is very much appreciated!!!

Update: I just realized that it is moving twice the distance that I specify with the move tool. If I try to move it 6" along X, it will move 12" along X. Hopefully this helps?!

Dynamic Outdoor Firepit