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Hey Sketch, I'm curious about the footings. Looks like a concrete footing, then a round concrete column with the wood post sitting on top of it? Are there also any type of metal post to concrete connectors?

It worked quite well thank you very much. I kne the +/- was good for both plus and minus somehow 😛

Hope all is well!

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Here is my goal:

I create a model in sketchup using whatever means necessary to make a mesh( i.e. grouping, tags, labeling, names, etc).

Then with a plugin I can export certain data needed as a txt file for ABEC3.
The text files contain the vertices of the model(s) as nodes with Cartesian locations x, y, z in a list with each group name as a tag.

Then I can use ABEC3 to alias the mesh into the scripting txt for solving.

If anyone is familiar with ABEC and its required scripts, you will know how time consuming and confusing it may be to create these files manually 😛

This is part of an example solving script in ABEC3:

Elements "Enclosure-Exterior"
RefNodes="NF"
SubDomain=1
SwapNormals=true
101 2201 2204 2203 2202 // rear wall
102 2001 2201 2202 2002 // top wall
// 103 2004 2003 2203 2204 // bottom wall (remove because of IB)
104 2002 2202 2203 2003 // side wall

Baffle "Exterior"
Subdomain=1
EdgeLength=70mm,30mm
Vertices=2004,2003,2002,2001 "NF"
101 Ref="Cone Front" x=0 y=370.0mm // 350mm + 20mm
102 Ref="Vent Aperture" x=0 y=120.0mm // 100mm + 20mm

Diaphragm "Cone front"
DrvGroup=1001 // Driving group link to observation stage
SubDomain=1 // Front side belongs to sub-domain 1
Side=Front // Creates elements for the front side of the diaphragm
EdgeLength=50mm
dD=250mm // Diameter of cone
tD1=50mm // Inner depth of cone to base of dust cap
dD1=70mm // Diameter of dust cap
hD1=25mm // Height of dust cap

Diaphragm "Vent Aperture"
DrvGroup=1002 // Driving group link to observation stage
SubDomain=1 // This side belongs to sub-domain SubDomain=1
Side=Front
RectType=Rectangle
WD=250mm
HD=30mm
Meshing=Delaunay
EdgeLength=25mm

and a nodes text file as a subdomain of the script to identify the node labels:

Nodes "NF"
Scale=1mm

// Exterior--------------------
// Front wall
2001 0.0 0.0 590.0 // 590 = 200+250+100 + 220mm
2002 0.0 160.0 590.0 // 160 = 0.5(300 + 20mm) (symmetry)
2003 0.0 160.0 0.0
2004 0.0 0.0 0.0

// Rear wall
2201 -340.0 0.0 590.0 // 340 = 300 + 2*20mm
2202 -340.0 160.0 590.0
2203 -340.0 160.0 0.0
2204 -340.0 0.0 0.0

Currently, in sketchup I cannot create these manually at the moment, but I am DEEPLY spending a lot of time trying to learn how to. So far I have got a little success in at least showing the mesh in ABEC3. But i do not know how to create the scripts because sketchup doesnt use nodes, but vertices. So, labeling and communication of the mesh is difficult at the least.

I will keep testing as is, but if you have any knowledge of this process, I appreciate the time very very much! If not, I appreciate you reading this anyhow 😄 Hope all is well!

Thank you for the answers and the video!. It is amazing how people come up with ways to model now days and it is very helpful to see visuals. Yeah, everyone is different for sure 😄 I think I will do some trial and error for a long time lol. But will help a lot! Hope you all have a great day 😄 Awesome links too btw TY! I've heard of Deviantart before but never browsed what it was until now!

@sdmitch said:

Yes it only creates a component if there is "attached" text.

I will put the code into a plugin and send it to you by Personal Message.

Wonderful thank you very much 😄 This is my first time asking for help on here and I appreciate every bit of return given!