Dynamic Block Show Off TOO

[Charles_Shade]

A second place to show off. The first is getting long and slow to load and has been popular so I thought I would start another.
2007 format if you can. We are getting more Constrained DynBlk's posted that only work for a few SO please label what version created/saved in.
A contribution is attached. 2007 / 2007
Regards, Charles Shade

[Modman_4]

Inetersting coffer there, Charles. You should see the tray ceiling effect I am trying to build in my old double-wide's dining room!

Anyway, is there a way to make the stretch actions rotate along with the coffer, so if they are applied after a rotate, they don't skew?

[REID7800]

You said in your previous post, in the old dyn blk show off thread, that you use excel with cad. How do you tie excel and acad together? Can you manipulate Dyn Blks?

[Charles_Shade]

Well, yea; if you build it right and include the Width Parameter in the Rotate Action. Sheesh. Do I have to do everything!
Regards, Charles Shade

[Charles_Shade]

I'm not quite that sophisticated to tie DynBlk to the spreadsheet.
The attached is a way to layout the stringer cuts so I can check headroom clearances and such. It's a pretty simple PLINE setup
Set the Spreadsheet parameters, Copy the column named Points up to the Total number of risers (If you have 15 risers copy the points up to 15 but not 15), PLINE command, Right click the command line and Paste. This will start at 0,0 since that is the first point.
The dropdowns can be revised to any common heights you have. These are just usual residential joist and ceilings heights.
Regards, Charles Shade

[REID7800]

It may not look like much but it was a pain in the butt to make!

[Modman_4]

Hey Reid that's right spiffy -- just takes a regen for the new distance to show up 🙂

To Charles: snicker snicker

Btw, notice the spread of the use of "DynBlk"? It's working......

My thought on the clearances was I can add them to my stair block(s) by drawing a line from a set point above the top riser to the identical point above the bottom riser, and then add those ends to the stretch action for those risers. Since it's only for checking clearances, it could be on the defpoints layer. However, this could also be used to locate the top and bottom of a stringer and the top of a typical handrail -- I am thinking strictly as guides, but some smart person will take it further. The challenge is to do it without constraints and with as few visibility states as possible, yesno?

[REID7800]

double visibility! I finally figured it out!!!


I better post a different block... Edited by: REID7800 on May 27, 2010 7:22 PM

[Modman_4]

Okay I am posting what I have so far, on a test stair with 11 risers, trying to do some of what I mentioned earlier. I figured out how to get something to stretch fractionally to the right, for example, when I pull the set of risers down in height, but there a few points such as the leading edge of the top of the riser, that need to move in two directions (or one direction at an angle) that, when I tried what I thought would work, the results were noticibly askew (so I removed those actions). The worst case in my current example has the top of the stringer off by about 3/16", but when I can get time I will try to plug away at it before I apply it to others. Unless anybody has some ideas....

[REID7800]

Here we go. My double visibility block.

In the works is a double lookup, double visibility block. It works now I'm just trying to clean the block up a little. I hate actions flying everywhere in the block

Correction, 4 Lookup actions with 2 Lookup parameters. It was tricky to do Edited by: REID7800 on May 28, 2010 6:01 PM

[REID7800]

2 visibilities, 2 sets of lookups and a lot of free time spent on this


Turn on the Tlocks layer. I forgot to do that. I know I could've figured this out without using two visibilities.. I just did this because I can :) Edited by: REID7800 on Jun 2, 2010 3:45 PM

[Modman_4]

Okay I finally got around to doing up a toilet, sink and grab bar. I know, simple stuff. The toilet and sink use visibility states to show four variations. The grab bar uses a simple stretch to choose between 36" and 42". All have a centered basepoint and alignment parameter, but I have added grips so they can be dragged into final position. For example, the grips for the water closet are 18" from the insertion point, so it can be inserted against a wall and then dragged to 18" from the corner. The ADA lav's grips are 15" from the insertion point. And the grab bar's grips move from 3" from the centers of the ends of the bar (36" version) to 12" for the 42" version. Use them if you like them...

Btw, notice I shortened my designation to DBk (got that off of a really old post), to differentiate from database or dialog box or whatever. I also have a hatch pattern for batt insulation if anyone's interested...

[Charles_Shade]

An interesting use of Polar Parameters from 12/20/2010

TEST-2 in the First Vis State is the solution

[Charles_Shade]

Thanks for the Grab Bar

[Bob_Zurunkle]

The Artist Formerly Known as Modman says you're welcome 🙂

[EmyrGriffiths]

Mucking about with a few things on these still, trying to make them as idiot proof as possible. The one on the right uses fields so needs to be regen'd after stretching.

[Bob_Zurunkle]

Yanno, it's kinda a shame they can't combine the number of posts I made as Modman, with my current ones -- that would probably make me a Mage or a Wizard or something, yesno? 😛

[Charles_Shade]

You'll get a Kudos for that but you  are still an apprentice my young Padawan...

[AcadAdamLT]

Best Dblock so far