Added the Seismic tab to the Project Information tool.
Added site parameters (Building Standard, Risk Category, Site Soil Class) to the General Data tab of the Project Information tool.
Enabled the USGS lookup tool for the following standards: ASCE7-10, ASCE7-16, ASCE7-22.
This tab is not quite complete. I would like to add a button which allows one to automatically generate a PDF report with the seismic data. Most of the code for that tool/feature is already in place but I need to still figure out the details between the integration of my website and the back end Ruby connection with SketchUp.
Once that piece of the puzzle is added then this tool actually becomes useful in the real world.
The issue was that the default logos for the Architect and Engineer were not being loaded automatically by the Title Block module unless they had been previously loaded in the Project Info tool.
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Another issue you may or may not have noticed is that I initially setup âCentury Gothicâ as the default font for the Title Block text. If this font is not installed on your system (Mac or PC) it will cause an error. I have since switched the default font to Trebuchet MS, since this seems to be more widely available and installed on most computers.
I am currently trying to figure out a way to have the plugin enumerate and then display all of the True Type fonts installed on a users system so that they are not limited to select few fonts. However, for the time being the available fonts are hard coded into the plugin. If you do want to use Century Gothic just make sure it is installed on on your PC or Mac first.
I really like having my own grid tool that I can update and tweak as needed. Not sure why I never thought about doing this sooner, I guess I was satisfied enough with the SU Grid Tool.
There are a lot of other cool things one could do with this tool.
Column lines are a thing, but they donât always fall on a regular grid. They often get decimal numbers too. I usually just draw them.
Point of trivia: Louis Kahnâs Yale Center for British Art is quite a regular grid building with 10 bays the long way and then a space before the neighboring building. That space ended up being a sunken court yard with a restaurant in it. For years that restaurant was called âWest of Elevenâ because it occupied the area Kahn kept referring to as âwest of column line elevenâ as he struggled design wise what to do there.
When I switched the Trim tools over from the Truss plugin I had to make a crucial edit to each tool so that it properly recognized the âProject Pluginâ serial number, rather than a âTruss Pluginâ serial number. I thought I had updated each toolâs code but I somehow managed to miss this one in the shuffle. All fixed now.
The rafter lengths are currently only available for imperial units. If I get requests for this to be extended to metric units I will make this also available for metric units.
The rafter length in this case is actually the rafter length minus the overhang, so technically it is the length to the seat cut.