Dynamic Components Resources [wiki]

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SketchUp User Guide - (Sectional Outline)

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Adding Premade Components and Dynamic Components

• Inserting Components

• Replacing Components

• Interacting with Dynamic Components

• Searching for Components

• Adjusting a Component’s Insertion Point

• Editing Components

• Organizing Component Collections

• Gathering Intelligence About Components

Developing Components and Dynamic Components

• Creating a Basic Component

  • Alignment Options (Always face camera, Cuts opening, Glue to, Shadows face sun)
  • Advanced Attributes (Price, Size, URL)

• Making a Dynamic Component

  • Befriending All the Axes
  • Adding Attributes
  • Defining Attribute Values
  • Testing a Dynamic Component

• Creating Common Types of Dynamic Components

  • Repeating a Sub-Component Within a Dynamic Component (1 Dimension)
  • Repeating a Sub-Component Within a Dynamic Component (2 Dimensions)
  • Making Components that Animate
  • Making Components that Copy
  • Constraining Attributes of a Dynamic Component
  • Creating a Dynamic Component that Snaps to a Specific Size
  • Implement Dynamic Pricing
  • Making Attribute Values End-User Configurable

• Dynamic Components User’s Guide

  • Referencing Dynamic Component Attributes, Functions, HTML Tags, and Operators
    • Dynamic Component Predefined Attributes
    • Dynamic Component Supported Functions
    • Dynamic Component Supported Operators
    • Dynamic Components Supported HTML Tags
    • Math Function Examples
    • SketchUp Function Examples
    • Text Function Examples
    • Trig Function Examples
    • Logical Function Examples
    • OnClick Function Examples
  • Preserving Textures in a Dynamic Component
  • Using Unique Textures in a Dynamic Component
  • Hiding the Scale Handles in a Dynamic Component

Classifying Objects

• Classifying Objects in the SketchUp Interface

  • External Resources on the web for BIM and IFC:
    • Building Smart website
    • Green Building XML (gbXML)
    • Onuma: BIMXML
    • Wikipedia: Industry Foundation Classes
    • ISO 16739:2013

• Generating an Attribute Report

• Importing, Exporting, and Deleting Classifications

• Creating an SKC file

  • External Resources on the web for XML / XSD:
    • Wikipedia: XML
    • WikiBooks: XML - Managing Data Exchange
    • W3Schools: XML Tutorial
    • W3C XML Standards Resources
    • MSDN XML Developer Center
    • MSDN XML Standards Reference
    • MSDN XML Schemas (XSD) Reference

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