Not sure if this is the correct forum so feel free to direct me.
Are there any users on here of 3skeng, in particular the ductwork extension. I'm after some advice if its worth buying. From what I can gather after my 30 day trail has expired I need to but the software which is fair enough but I'll also need to buy further component libraries to make it of any use.
I guess the reason I wanted to go down the Schema route is because if I have a drawing with 30 components I thought it would be easier than creating the attributes each time....however I stand to be corrected if I'm wrong
That's great Jim & really appreciated 
I'll have a proper look later in the day, apparently my boss thinks I should we working hahaha
Exactly. I did go thro the article before posting this thread but failed in my attempts to get a working classification... No idea what I was doing wrong but still couldn't get it to load into sketchup so hence the thread.
Sorry Guys been away for a couple of weeks & wasn't able to log onto the forum. The schema is to do with the classification of catering components. I'm using sketchup 15 which has the ifc3x2 classification but its far to in depth for what I need & doesn't appear to have the fields I would ideally like so looking at something much more simple. The information I think would need/want are as follows
Just a couple more than the original 6 in the OP.. Help would be greatly appreciated & apologises again for the delay in responding
Does anybody know of anyone who writes Schemas for people.. I need a simple 6 line schema for my project work. Obviously I don't mind paying someone if it gets the job done.
I need help with a dynamic block. I want to upload the block in question then start a thread where I can post the url link so people can download the model & hopefully help me out. I know how you upload the model to the warehouse but cant see where I find the url link.
What I do is create kitchen layout drawings. Each appliance will have a unique number & a description.... a bill of quantities so to speak. ie 01 would be a st/st bench 02 would be a open top range 03 would be a st/st bench etc etc.
What would be the best way of doing this in Sketchup Pro ot layout. Currently I use Autocad & the number is an attributed block which I then use the "data extract" command to create the legend.. The beauty of that is I can have a library of numbers which I just pull onto the drawing & edit the number bit as the description is already written. Not sure how well I explained that to be honest but hopefully someone will pick up on what I need to achieve & point me in the right direction
Argh so I now know what I've done wrong.. When I've typed in my formulas I've typed I've referenced other components in the bench which are common to both static & mobile benches. I'm now referencing everything back to the overall size of the parent component which I'm hoping will fix my issues...Tis a learning curve indeed. Thanks for the help.
Thanks Dave. Nah I fully appreciate that's I'm at the bottom of the food chain so nothing offends me, just very grateful for the advice. If you do manage to have a look at the leg issue & offer guidance that would be most appreciated
Thanks Dave R.
I'm still in the really early stages of learning SU so dont really know what to do with the info you have just provided. Is there a way I can find the "extra wrapper" I need to remove or can you offer some guidance of what I should be doing now to correct the model.
With regards to the protruding frame, strangely this only happens when its inserted into a drawing. Could it be because there will be identically named sub components in each model & if I change the height of one of the benches they conflict with each other .
I'm hoping this is something I'm simply doing wrong & nothing too major in the way I'm drawing things.
The scenario is I've drawn 2 benches, both of which are dynamic. Bench 1 being static, bench 2 is near identical but mobile, ie on castors.
When I draw them, I draw all the bits making the benches up then add the attributes to make them dynamic. I then save the model.
Now I want a drawing which contains both benches 1 & 2 so I open up "bench 1" & then import "bench 2" into that model.
So I now have two benches side by side. I click on the original bench & a dialog box opens up giving me the options I expect to see. However if I click on the imported bench it says "No options available"
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thanks but my problem is that it will be a dynamic component so the only dims I'll have available to change is the overall dimensions hence my problem. I could split the top into 2 components so the 55 / 510 will always be constant then the depth change could be done solely on the 165mm section but just wondered if it could be done as one
What I need to do is constrain 2 dimensions in a series of 3 when this top in scaled. Its going to form part of a worktop which will be dynamic..
So for example;
The attached is 730mm along the green axis but that will be variable however I need the 55mm & 510mm to remain no matter what the 730mm dimension becomes... I appreciate that the 730 cant be less than 565mm
Sorry to jump on the back of this but what are you defining as a "container". Followed everything else just that but confused me
Thanks Box... you're my hero of the day. Today has been a good learning day
Great result from my first post so I'm hoping this will be something simple too.
I've taken on board the advice from last time...another piece of useful info I learnt today & I can't see any stray lines anywhere. As a component it seems fine but when you import it into a drawing again I get this enlarged perimeter box.
Saved as "driving me mad shelf" in the warehouse.
Help would be greatly appreciated
I've drawn / modified a model of a castor but when I bring it into the drawing the extents of the model is greater than anything you can actually see. I've tried exploding & purging but I still have the problem.. Not sure how to put a link onto this thread so if you search "Dodgy Castor" from the Warehouse it should be the only file there... Help would be much appreciated
Nah, I'm good to go now thanks