Posts made by pcmoor

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"DDC"

maybe?

Probably the best solution until Sketchup are able to update or give an alternative set of options; would be to plug in to a extra monitor. I find it quite convenient to run two and move my laptop between office and home

@rich o brien said:

Miss an ear? Wow!

Vincent paid his subscription on time after that

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You would need to post the DC, so one can check for the error, otherwise look for the red # when it fails, or maybe a redraw is required.........one can only guess

As my teacher always said "if in doubt, right click", always look for a context menu

thanks Jim, I learnt another thing about this amazing program, hopefully 2015-16 will bring about a revamp of DCs

You have a misunderstanding of the scale tool, the scale is changed by the factor you enter, if you move with scale tool then enter 2, the result would be 2 times the previous size, or 0.5 would be half.

if you made a unit size, say 1 inch, then entering 25.75 then it would be 25.75 inches,

or say 1000mm then entering 3.45 makes the side 3450mm

try this,

note in metric 2.54 is required for conversion when using "current"

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scale update.skp

by using the "current" in a dummy variable you may achieve what you are after

aX = current("x")

can post the DC, or private message ?

@rob d said:

Anyhow. I shall beg your pardon and take my leave. .

Rob

I dont believe you should move on,

you have expressed yourself, realised your error and apologized, so in the interest of world peace I believe you should stay

Philip

there is no "&&" function but "AND"

use =IF(and(leng >=50,with<=20),true,false)

or can use nested
=IF(leng >=50,if(with<=20,true,false),false)

which returns 0 or 1

true or false can replaced for any other outcome

Whenever you create a component, a definition is kept in the drawing you are using. So deleting all the instances does not delete the definition. Deleting is achieved by purging the drawing via window/model Info/statistics/purge unused. You can, also delete unused components via the component browser by right clicking an item and select from the context menu.

Within the file you posted there are unused "corrugated wall, roofrow#2, row#1, Sophie, tp150bit#1" the copied subcomponents of these may interfere with your component and create the effects you are experiencing. this may be the case with the drawing you are inserting the DC into

Purging is required....

where you save and insert a DC explains the change in attributes, from your home position on the component browser you can enter the latest updated instance, whereas if you go to the folder where the DC was saved you use the original settings.

You may have noticed with a DC which copies itself, many unique components are made, so that purging after many edits would probably be required. I suggest in this case, that one uses groups for the sub_entities so that you don't need to worry about them.

Another idea you may consider as you build larger objects which consist of many sub_entities, is a level where you can outer shell, explode and make them one component. This is required for quantity lists, otherwise you end up with lots of useless data (sub entities) which slows the operation down.

Hi

Checked DC, correct and works fine. could you check the axis 0f the model you have inserted it and see if it changed the DC axis?

@hellnbak said:

My needs are simple.

I want to think about a model, and have SU build it for me.

yes thats release 2045, when the computer is implanted in the brain

LenZ "
=15.1 cm" indicates an error, which can stop the DC from working (=15.1 would be correct without the "cm")

could you upload the DC?

otherwise open and check the axis of the DC, this can be corrected (right click a part of the axis and place) and then close and save it as a component (use right context menu)

love the contrast with the light and dark timbers, it highlights the dovetails, I will use this concept on the next personal piece I build

one should test each expression or formula

you wrote:

copies=(Component#2!LenX)/(Component#23!LenX+Component#2!spacing)-1

put in the current values

=320/(320+320)-1
=-0.5

as copies rounds to an integer, the result is -1

the answer you want is 0

try
=Component#2!LenX/LenX-1 (that is the full length / length of the kerb=1 then -1 as you don't need a copy)

(side note: you can after placing the"=" click on variables to place them as you do on excel or spreadsheet cells to build your expression to save writing)

then you need to move any copy to desired position
expression for position
x =copy*LenX

copy is a read only attribute which appears in the copied item

x = 0*360 = 0

now try scaling

you will note that the repeated shape is always short of the grass,

if the scale is increased enough for the copy, if you click into one of the copied items you will see the read only item "Copy"

you need to now consider whether you want the final result to be a fixed multiple of your component#23, or some variant of component#1
or you may take up the difference by spacing the kerb units

the decision is yours

only variable that acts as a counter is copy
so need to make an expression using this when comparing to other variables

know each object is copy+1

also its a multiple of the "missing rate" (num)

however sometimes its a perfect division other times not

so need to make a formula which gives the decimal part of the division

=(copy+1)/num-int((copy+1)/num)

then use this as if statement

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hide_n.skp

use two variables

length =current("LenY")
wide =current("LenX")

Summary =length & " x " & wide

this should force the redraw

@box said:

Surely it should be a group.

the outer wrapper should be a component, the inner wrapper a group containing groups that way the inner wrapper can be outer-shelled and exploded leaving a solid which can be taken off as a single item. (the component can be swapped if required editing) If they were all components one would have a lot of unused components to be purged, at least groups clean-up after themselves.