Other persons have also thought this and proposed new functions for the Dynamic Components extension. While I already have a DC that helps me and my students in our classes, we’ve realized that more functionalities could greatly improve our use and teaching processes. I’m currently working on a plugin to add functions to Dynamic Components (DCs) in order to simplify the process of feasibility studies. I’ve tried various other versions of the code, including attempting to count by IfcClass name (IfcBuildingStorey), but the result is always the same.

Unfortunately, whenever I run the function, it always returns zero. # or =count_entities() to count all instancesĭefinition = Sketchup.active_ : 0 # DC Function Usage: =count_entities('ComponentDefinitionName') The code is as follows: require 'sketchup' However, I’m encountering difficulties in getting it to work. To accomplish this, I’ve begun writing the necessary Ruby code. While we have more needs, we plan to take one step at a time.

This would enable us to relate the data with urban parameters and validate or invalidate the study using the native DC logic functions. For instance, if we want to count the number of “floor 01” components, we would simply add the function “=count_entities(“type_floor_1”)”. One of our initial ideas is to add a function that can count the number of entities inside the DC by name. However, if we can access more information through the DC functions, we could display most, if not all, of the data instantly in the component option window, thereby streamlining the design process and validation in our classes and freeing up more time for actual teaching. Currently, in order to calculate certain aspects of our studies, we need to create reports and manually input the data into software tables.

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