@hampson said:
Anyway, my main question regarding the plugin is how do I get it to maximise the full area when laying down solar panels?...
Maybe with this video you will be able to understand better how plugin works inserting components.
[flash=560,349:kj85orwu]http://www.youtube.com/v/kTUDK-_zJ2g?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash:kj85orwu]
A friend with windows 7 help me to do some test and it seems random was the problem.
Now it downloads right..
(I used random because a friend told me I can use it to solve problems of browser cache but actually I don't need it so I erase it.)
Thanks thomthom, I will use .rbz finally, but continue thinking two extension for the same is too much...
Finally I couldn't solve the problem. Windows 7 changes extension of rbz to zip when user download from web page.
So I'm going to use zip file extension. I'm agree with Dan. I think is not necessary have two names for same extension.
I'm not sure, I don't have windows 7, but its very weird this automatic extension change from ".rbz" to ".zip". It could be a security issue maybe.
I think is windows 7 but not sure. With chrome and with explorer in windows 7 extension is changed automatically.
In XP not. But I don't have windows 7, so I never saw this transformation. Some users with problems tell me about this.
Hello,
I have a problem with rbz file. In my web I have a rbz file to download but
windows 7 changes automatically the extension and users download zip file, not the real rbz.
You can see the problem in skelion.net. If you put mouse over download you can see the name of the file to download,
"skelion_v503.rbz" but afer download you have "skelion_v503.zip" not "skelion_v503.rbz".
Someone knows something about this problem?
Ok, maybe in next release multiple offset could be added.
If you need it a lot, you can install one of those plugins:
Thanks thomthom, maybe could be added to wish list ruby access to SU Solar Position Algorithm in a fast way.
Hello,
I would like to obtain SunDirection vector a lot of times on a whole year.
But the method below is too slow. Is there a fast form to find out SU shadow_info?
vec=[]
info=Sketchup.active_model.shadow_info
atime=Time.now
for i in 0..50000
info["ShadowTime"]+=600
vec<<info["SunDirection"]
end
@driven said:
Sketchup installed [via the rbz] into my ~/Library/ path, not not the normal HD/Library path.
Now is fixed. Download "skelion_v503.rbz".
It will be a path issue or maybe you downloaded an older version. I had some problems in the web with browsers cache. Today I changed the name of file so name is "skelion_v52.rbz" for no confusion.
Plugin uses only one require,
require 'sketchup'
and statements similar to:
Sketchup.find_support_file "_1angles.html" ,"Plugins/_skelion"
Sketchup.find_support_file("moon_16.png", "Plugins/_skelion/images")
With normal users, and stored in normal path of a MAC, ir works. "Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 8/Sketchup/plugins/"
May be is related with uppercase "Plugins" "plugins" or the place you are storing files....
@dan rathbun said:
So... what happens if you wrap the very long string inside
=begin
=end
The same, .rbs fails.
Thank you Dan for your advice.
Really I don't look for a solution.
I only want to advert others about this. It's difficult to debug this error.
Yesterday I scrambled the code but it didn't work. It was difficult to find out why. After a long time I discovered that by mistake I put a comment too long in same line and that was the reason.
Sorry, this example is more clear. Length is the problem.
puts('Hola caracola')
#aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Example of huge lines in .rb file not working in .rbs. All comment is in the same line.
puts('Hola caracola')
#"<TABLE width=\"100%\" border=0>\r\n<TBODY>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD align=left>\r\n<P class=title>Performance of Grid-connected PV <BR></P>\r\n<P><FONT color=#00ed00>NOTE; before using these calculations for anything serious, you should read </FONT><A href=\"javascript:window.open('PVcalchelp_' + 'en' + '.html','help','height=600,width=600,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable'); void 0;\"><FONT color=blue>[this]</FONT></A> </P>\r\n<P class=subtitle align=left>PVGIS estimates of solar electricity generation </P>Location; 46°11'54\" North, 6°8'32\" East, Elevation; 382 m a.s.l.,<BR><BR></TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD align=left><BR>Solar radiation database used; PVGIS-classic <BR><BR>Nominal power of the PV system; 14.5 kW (crystalline silicon)<BR>Estimated losses due to temperature; 7.8% (using local ambient temperature)<BR>Estimated loss due to angular reflectance effects; 3.4%<BR>Other losses (cables, inverter etc.); 14.0%<BR>Combined PV system losses; 23.4% </TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD align=left><BR></TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD align=left>\r\n<TABLE class=data_table width=300 border=1>\r\n<TBODY>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD colSpan=5><B>Fixed system; inclination=12°, orientation=12° </B></TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TH align=left>Month</TH>\r\n<TH width=40><SPAN class=formula>E</SPAN><SUB>d</SUB> </TH>\r\n<TH width=40><SPAN class=formula>E</SPAN><SUB>m</SUB> </TH>\r\n<TH width=40><SPAN class=formula>H</SPAN><SUB>d</SUB></TH>\r\n<TH width=40><SPAN class=formula>H</SPAN><SUB>m</SUB> </TH></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>Jan </TD>\r\n<TD align=right>15.60</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>484</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>1.31</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>40.7</TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>Feb </TD>\r\n<TD align=right>24.40</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>683</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>2.05</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>57.5</TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>Mar </TD>\r\n<TD align=right>40.60</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>1260</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>3.51</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>109</TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>Apr </TD>\r\n<TD align=right>50.90</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>1530</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>4.51</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>135</TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>May </TD>\r\n<TD align=right>55.30</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>1710</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>5.05</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>157</TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>Jun </TD>\r\n<TD align=right>61.80</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>1850</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>5.76</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>173</TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>Jul </TD>\r\n<TD align=right>65.80</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>2040</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>6.16</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>191</TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>Aug </TD>\r\n<TD align=right>58.90</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>1830</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>5.49</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>170</TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>Sep </TD>\r\n<TD align=right>46.80</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>1400</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>4.22</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>127</TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>Oct </TD>\r\n<TD align=right>30.00</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>931</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>2.64</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>81.9</TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>Nov </TD>\r\n<TD align=right>18.20</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>546</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>1.56</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>46.8</TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>Dec </TD>\r\n<TD align=right>13.20</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>410</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>1.12</TD>\r\n<TD align=right>34.7</TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD colSpan=5></TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD><B>Yearly average </B></TD>\r\n<TD align=right><B>40.2 </B></TD>\r\n<TD align=right><B>1220 </B></TD></TD>\r\n<TD align=right><B>3.62 </B></TD>\r\n<TD align=right><B>110 </B></TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD><B>Total for year</B></TD>\r\n<TD align=right colSpan=2><B>14700 </B></TD>\r\n<TD align=right colSpan=2><B>1320 </B></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD><BR></TD></TR>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>\r\n<P><SPAN class=formula>E</SPAN><SUB>d</SUB>; Average daily electricity production from the given system (kWh)<BR><SPAN class=formula>E</SPAN><SUB>m</SUB>; Average monthly electricity production from the given system (kWh)<BR><SPAN class=formula>H</SPAN><SUB>d</SUB>; Average daily sum of global irradiation per square meter received by the modules of the given system (kWh/m<SUP>2</SUP>)<BR><SPAN class=formula>H</SPAN><SUB>m</SUB>; Average sum of global irradiation per square meter received by the modules of the given system (kWh/m<SUP>2</SUP>)<BR></P></TD></TD>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD>\r\n<TR>\r\n<TD><BR>\r\n<P>PVGIS © European Communities, 2001-2010<BR>Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged<BR>See the disclaimer <A href=\"http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm\" target=legal>here </A></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>\r\n<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>\r\n\t\topener.window.setAngles(12,12,1,1);\r\n\t</SCRIPT>\r\nwindow.focus(); </SCRIPT>"
@stbovo said:
Unfortunately it does not work in Mac OSX
Finally, last version of Skelion runs on MAC.
Thanks to Dan Rathbun, driven and thomthom for their help in the task.
Also long lines does not work in .rbs but does in .rb (like a large comment in same line).
Today I finish to change Skelion plugin to run on MAC and it seems all is running ok.
Thank you John.
I want to open this webdialog 'http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvgis/apps3/pvest.php' and when I press "calculate" the server
sends a response, opened in a new window (in Safari and IE), but not in MAC webdialogs.
I only wanted to know why window.open() works differently in MAC webdialogs, nothing more.
(I can't modify server files)
@unknownuser said:
What's not working
Using javascript command "myWindow = window.open();" in Safari and IE you have two windows opened.
But inside a webdialog this command in MAC not open a new window, only load it inside parent window. In IE works normally, and you have two windows at same time.
I give up with this, I achieved the plugin to work in MAC whith only one window.
Thank you all
It does not matter. Behaviour of window.open is the same.
path = Sketchup.find_support_file("windowopen.html" ,"Plugins/")
dialog = UI;;WebDialog.new("PVGYS", true, "sk_pvgys", 930, 830, 500, 0, true)
dialog.set_file(path)
dialog.show(){}
test.rb
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
myWindow=window.open('','output','left=0 width=550,height=800,scrollbars=1,resizable=1');
</script>
</head>
<body>
Main window
</body>
</html>
windowopen.html