Have you used the filter options? Like if I filter by an unique attribute, say "door" then all other items though tallied are excluded.
So a door schedule would overwrite to an excel template, then layout would read this minus the second row, the first being the header, may also be not shown as the header in your schedule would most likely be different.
See attached with simple report saved to model, the boxes and pipes are exclude other than their total
First
Layers I believe, are the best way of isolating types, make scenes to show only what is required, so the generate report can work on a selection (select all in scene) rather than the model. Care should be taken not to have groups contain objects on multiple layers, unless deliberate and that group is opened for the report on that group only
You would use dynamic attributes to customize groups or component to contain data for the inbuilt report writer to report.
You can make small scripts to collect length, area or volume (weight) and add it to the group/component. Organisation is very important, so having cross section in the same plane, (x,y) or axis of your choosing, with length at its normal (z) is required if reporting elements (structure)
Doors can be dynamic components...features, size(dynamic), ...its a case what data is required for the drawing, and what data to attach via excel or access or other data base.
Reports can be (further) filtered in excel using VBA and fill a formatted standard report, attaching any further properties as required, Thus a very customized application can be created.
One method is to use the off-line report (a comprehensive report) and sort it externally with VBA script
yes you can reference another DC in the drawing, however you would need to "redraw" that DC for it to update. You can install a snippet that redraws all
https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=68489
and fire it from toolbar editor
https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?listtype=1&author=0&category=0&search=toolbar+editor&submit=%3F
Just to be clear, copying is not the issue, but using a copy to create a new component is. This is very much the case if a copy or instance is used in another file, isolated, changed then brought back within the influence the original.
Copies of subcomponents can cause problems if they not not made unique, even groups can retain a connection when copied. You change the formula in one sub, it effects all the others that are copies. Move a component into another file, change the formulas, call it something else, bring it back into the orginal file, the subs will "update" to the new formulas, usually the affected components will have red # errors
Reuse or repurpose is okay, but make each sub component unique within a master file, unless the sub is to be used by all (like a shelf,door) then the parent! reference is used rather than the parents attribute dialog heading otherwise cupboard1!doorwidth will overwrite cupboard2!doorwidth whereas parent!doorwith works for both
Can you share some of of your components? Maybe private if intellectual property. Stray errors can significantly slow DCs down, they can be caused via copies of subs for a new component without making each part unique.
@pbacot said:
"Material Replacer"
I believe this is an excellent idea, it works well with DCs, provide you first initialize the material. Reports okay too. I will adopt this in my workflow. Thanks!
Giacomo,
I downgraded the file to 2016
To copy and paste you need to use attribute inspector from the extension warehouse or
https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?listtype=1&author=0&category=0&search=attribute+inspector&submit=%3F
then find the _option in the dynamic attributes,you will see that have URI formatting. Copy & paste the values using control c,v, You need to remove an "&" to add on further copied values
One can use an excel macro to read and convert a list too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4gcm8HXLV0 shows the use of the macro and Attribute Inspector
you need to private message your email to get the excel macro, as can not load to this forum
@orionis98 said:
I hoped there was a way to define some out-of-context attributes.
There are techniques of achieving this
sample attached where one can choose the default (global) or own input for a bench top
You could create a group or component called kitchen, then build or place components in this environment. "Kitchen" would hold the global attributes. So newly inserted cabinet DCs will read with attributes =parent!.... and update. You could save this file as a template.
2D will work, but an error on the original seems unfixable, other than making it 3D
So redoing with just 2D elements with no use of lenY works okay
Hi
a bit of a challenge, then discovered thickness of the DC is zero (2D?) whereas lenY for the picket was given a value of 1cm, decided to push pull some volume and it fixed it. Set it to 0, but option to change. Had to add the Y scale as well as at thickness=0, the z scale was hidden (another DC bug)
Cheers
You use the scale tool to scale any number of entities, whether raw geometry, groups and/or component instances
The menu option you are referring to is to set a scaled instance as the definition to this scale.
If say the instance had been scale to twice the original size, then one can set the definition to this scale so that all new instances would be at this size and existing would some scale factor of it
When a group or component(instance) is scaled one also has an option to reset the scale, this would return the instance to the definitions size. scale = 1
If the component(instance) has not been scaled these menu options would not be available (grey)
Without the file, I can't be sure, but is the child label "group" as well as the parent? if so then there is a reference to the same. Double click one of the labels and change the name
the next
example3.skp
should have known better......
version 8
using onclick formula with groups
rotation with cumulative angle
multi movement with a timeline called num
You could upload a model with some commentary on how it should work
