Posts made by Garry K

Getting closer

Here is a bit of a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT3WrF9Mba8

I'm building a cabinet maker plugin that works in conjunction with my Door Maker.

Cabinets can be made very simple so architects can keep model size down.
Good use of components for sides, shelves, dividers etc.

Cabinets can be made complex including dado and rabbet construction.
Materials can be assigned in a Material Style Sheet. Edging can be managed as well

CSV cutting list can be made without any additional work.

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Column names would be handled by my translation layer.
You could convert English translation (which is normally just a template) to what ever you want.
Normally with my plugins I try to honor the units that the user has set up for the model.

Yes - Sketchup stores data a certain way. BUT I Am a big fan of metric - so I honor it and convert into mm.

If there is enough interest then I would jump into it -- otherwise this is on a back burner.

You can let the nested component reference parent.

Is all your geometry written to layer0. I know that many users recommend only writing geometry to layer0 - however I find that on large models having lots of different layers with the geometry written to different layers improves response times if you can turn on / off layers.

The one CAD feature that isn't easily duplicated in Sketchup is having layers turn on / off based on scale of window extents. However this can be added.

In my door scripts I create door stiles and rails as vertical members. Then I rotate rails and move them into position. This way I can use vertical wood grain for all door members.

When I want to create a list of materials for a program like cut list or Cut Master I simply look at the component axis and determine Length, Width and Thickness.

I used to have vertical and horizontal wood grain textures but I find a lot of advantages doing it this way (textures are half the size, skp files are smaller etc..)

I'm thinking of creating a report writer that allows you to pick, choose and specify the order of columns in a csv report. The report definition can then be given a name that you can choose from a pick list when running subsequent reports.

Any one interested?

Here is an example of a DC component that uses nesting.
Please note that the door still works if you make a mirror copy.

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nested bifold

Good Job!!

A few questions:

Which version of Twilight did you use> Hobby or Pro
How long did it take to tweak the options until you were satisfied?
In the end how many passes and how long did the render take?

Installing older versions first does help with file associations. Double click on a sketchup model and it opens in the version of sketchup that you installed last.

I like to install most plugins - including the ones I write - into a single folder.

Then I drop a 2 liner file that I call 'loader.rb' into the plugins folder for each version of sketchup. I currently test with SU7, SU8, SU2013, SU2014 and SU2015.

loader.rb contains
require 'sketchup.rb'
require_all('c:/users/public/documents/sketchup')

Any plugin that doesn't support all these versions I install separately for each Sketchup version.

I run Windows 7 Pro that was installed on a 128 gig SSD. All my data is on a Western Digital Black 1 TB drive. I set up Symbolic folders for "My Documents", "DownLoads" etc.

Any work that is on the SSD is backed up to the HD.
Once a week I plug in an external drive and back up data.

Here are 2 more 2D stair videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGRVMimB_FE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9drMNT7ryU

I tie my software to a computer - however - I offer the ability to reset the account. Then the next computer that runs the software with the user id and password locks to the license. This allows for upgrading / dying motherboards and prevents the user from running it on 2 machines.

The other thing to note is that my software ranges from 20.00 Canadian to 50.00 depending on what you are getting. Also I have a few hundred licensed customers - not upwards of millions.

It's not that simple. In the end I used a mesh. Lots of geometry. My plugin that builds curved treads divides each tread into 3 or 4 segments. You need to keep track of direction so that sections don't reverse. This happens when you end up in a different quadrant.

Is this sort of what you are looking for?

Two images - one with treads and one with hidden treads.

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Could you post an example where the volume is incorrect.

I have a few videos on the 2D to 3D stairs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3nJtihfavY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F-_OG1OSMc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwoiAXmYuvg

Do you have an example of what you mean by different curvatures?

My understanding so far is this.
Curved stringers do have different curvatures (radius), but they both have the same pivot point. The best I can do right now for irregular stairs is the 2D to 3D portion of the stair maker suite.

deaneau,

It is in my plans to add more functionality to door maker. I will add a sill and some additional interacts so it can build windows.

Currently the only closet doors are bifolds or standard opening. I want to add horizontal sliding doors / windows. I also want to add in glazing and more handles.

Right now I'm playing with XE8 and FireMonkey. My C++ code will become multi platform. Windows 32, Windows 64, OSX 32, Android and IOS - all from a single code base. I'm in the process of porting over CutMasterPro which is similar to CutListPlus but has a few differences including price. Then I will port over CabMaker32 using FireMonkey UI.

I'm always open to listen to wish lists.