solver

52 minutes ago, ACADuser said:

Next are plumbing walls. I do not want ALL walls to be displayed so the plumbing walls need to be on a separate layer.

Is that so bad?

2 minutes ago, ACADuser said:

is there a way to update defaults from the manual roof plane?

No. I've wanted this for a long time.

Bonus video on separating the rod from the curtain and creating symbols so they may be used individually.

Not much how to details, but should be enough to get you started. More info on this technique via a forum search.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0Nncj0fhDXs

Demo Plan: ruby - number formatter 1.plan

Exported Macros: NumberFormatter Demo.json

Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/h-SlAKIeWE8?hd=1

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B6qVnfSNyWM

Basics showing how Roof Default settings effect manual roof planes.

I see many plans where the defaults do not match the roof. Easier to let Chief do the work.

Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/03156Um5rjc?hd=1

Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/dDT6wbrrVRM?hd=1

Add a gap under a door to simulate the bottom of the door being trimmed.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OpB69mZbFlo

result += "Roof Plane: " +indx+1.to_s

Probably needed to be

result += "Roof Plane: " +(indx+1).to_s

I've not been following this and I don't read Ruby, but for example this line

result += "Roof Plane: " +indx.to_s

you might add 1 to indx

result += "Roof Plane: " +indx+1.to_s

or maybe do the same earlier in the macro.

Quick, very basic how to make your own doors.

Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/PqNz678WONc?hd=1

Part 2 -- Some Improvements

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Here is a plan with various parts. Use as is, or create symbols and assemble.

Door Symbol Parts 1.plan

From glennw

How did you place these? That seems like the tricky part of this process.

Here is what I did. Took the radius of the ceiling and placed a point there. Selected the center trim and copied/rotated it around the point. Taking a couple of angles gave me the info needed to space things evenly.

1 hour ago, Adam_Gibson said:

Would you mind posting the plan?

LANZA KITCHEN 01 (eric).zip

Molding Polyline arched to match ceiling. Converted to a symbol.

Used it as a background to draw a profile against so I could match the curve. Converted profile to a p-solid.

Placed the center p-solid, then placed a point marking the radius. Used Transform/Replicate to copy and rotate the p-solid about the point.

16 minutes ago, solver said:

If you make this from a p-solid, or a symbol from a molding, you may be able to copy and rotate around the radius of the ceiling.

Looks like a p-solid can be rotated in elevation, but not a molding or symbol -- can't seem to select them.

Draw Arc in elevation following ceiling.

Convert Curve To Polyline to increase the number of segments making the molding smooth.

Convert to 3D Molding Polyline.

Space as required.

I might make the molding into a symbol for easier placement.

For the pieces running front to back, you will need a profile with a curved bottom. If you make this from a p-solid, or a symbol from a molding, you may be able to copy and rotate around the radius of the ceiling.

These are molding polylines. I used a square edged molding, but they could have a edge profile.

19 minutes ago, MarkMc said:

When I included $ it returned blank.

I noticed this happened too, but not every time. I thought I misstyped something. Leaving it off is OK as long as the pattern only matches once. 

With a string like >123>abc>123>

You will get abc without the $.

Forgot to add, you can also modify the string in place (with gsub!) like this

x='abc>123>xyz>456789>'

x.gsub!(/>[0-9]*>$/,'')

On 7/5/2018 at 2:14 PM, MarkMc said:

 

Short version is-
I'm looking for a way to trim the beginning and the end or a string with Ruby.
Part to trim at the beginning is ">qty>" where qty may be one or two integers-so I need to trim between 3 and 4 characters depending.
Part to trim at the back is ">price>" where price may be one, two or three integers. (need to trim between 3 and 5 characters)

Quick test using gsub and a regular expression (pattern to match).

# define a test string

x='>abc>123>xyz>456789>'

# pattern is delimited by /

# search for a > followed by any number of digits followed by > and the end of string (the $ sign is end of string)

# find the matching pattern and replace it with nothing (2 single quotes)

# create a new string y
y=x.gsub(/>[0-9]*>$/,'')

# return the original string and the modified one
x+"\n"+y

# ^ is the start of string, so /^>[0-9]*>/ would match the same string at the beginning instead of the end.

Posting your plan will help us.

I can verify your results. I checked one of my plans started in X8 that was similar and it looks OK in X10, where your plan does not.

Good looking house with plenty of effort in the details. I was curious what an all gable version might look like.

There is something odd happening with the frieze even with all these changes. Notice the bright piece on the garage. If I paint it, it, along with other pieces elsewhere on the house disappear. I was working in X9.

I'll also make a couple of suggestions. Consider doing your curved roofs as a single roof plane. Pitch at 0", then create the curve. Also setting the facet angle to 3 or so will make them smoother.

You have used solids to create exterior trim and other, where I might use molding polylines. Easy to change position and profile.

There are 4 walls used here.

Starting on the left.

The red wall is a pony wall shaped in elevation. (see my post further down for more info)  The lower wall is a single layer of drywall that's there to cap the bottom of the wall. Using a Glass House view lets you see the stairs for alignment.

The green railing wall is No Room Definition. Draw it off to the side, make sure Follow Stairs in not checked, then center it on the other walls.

The blue wall is a normal wall.

The orange wall is a railing set to Follow Stairs.

I usually do these like this.

Pass-Through and Doorway.