@ntxdave said:
I have tried several times and continually get the error message I previously showed.
Anyone have any idea about what I might be doing wrong?
If I get this to work and I have my own classifications, is there a way to provide a drop down list of the classification categories so that I can just select the one the component belongs to?
Not exactly how sure I am that this really accomplishes anything for me though.
Exactly. If you create your own classification schema, it will allow you to assign your components as different "object types" from a list. In addition to that, once an object type is assigned, you can then set attribute values according to which object type you assigned.
For example, you might have several object types in your classification schema: window, door, roof, wall, floor.
The window object type, for example, might have the following attributes available: Manufacturer, model number, R-value, style, etc.
So there's two levels of information: Tag it as a specific object type, then assign attributes according to the object type.
So once you tag your window component as a "window object", you can then go to the Component Options window and set values for each of the attributes.
The problem right now, as I see it, is the default schema is IFC2x3, which is utterly confusing for someone who doesn't know what IFC is. And it's not easy for the average person to learn how to create their own schema. Hopefully a solution is made to simplify the creation of custom classification schema.
The advantage of adding this data, is that in LayOut 2015, the label tool can now READ that data from your viewports and display it in your LayOut documents. I'm sure we'll be seeing some plugins pop up for SketchUp that will create some nice reports of classification data as well.
