@farazforoozan said:

Domain Specific Tool SketchUp Manager

Latest update: 02-06-2013

This application is developed for SketchUp designers that want to automate SketchUp through MS Excel. Component data specified in Excel is pushed to SketchUp. After performing scaling, translation and rotation, the component data can be written back to Excel. Previously created shapes can be re-added in SketchUp and also written back to Excel.

Application improvements:
-Input rotation about the x, y and z axis does not work yet.
-Input number of items of a component does not work yet.
-Rotation output is still in radians.
-Dimension output is still of the bounding box of objects.
-Cone input parameters were Dim(y) and Dim(z). Needed to be Dim(x) and Dim(y)
-Rotation output seems different than input. I suspect because the rotations are merged in a transformation product and they are performed sequentially and the bounding box transformation object may be different. Performing rotation about x and y axis results also in a z rotation.

Potentially added to application:

• Cost analysis functionality.
• Bounding box envelope
• Variable metric system

1. Copy all files in the rar file to the plugins folder of SketchUp.
2. Open the Excel file.
3. Open SketchUp.

Sincerely,

Faraz

Hello, The application is designed for SketchUp designers who want to automate SketchUp through MS Excel. It allows component data to be pushed from Excel to SketchUp, performs scaling, translation, and rotation, and writes the modified data back to Excel. Some improvements are needed, such as adding rotation about the x, y, and z axes and improving the output format. Potential additions include cost analysis, bounding box envelope, and variable metric system. To install the application, copy the files to the SketchUp plugins folder, open the Excel file, and launch SketchUp.