SpaceDesign Features

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Assign Attributes to Components

Assign Attributes to Components

Attributes are stored in Component definitions.
If you have two instances of a component and want different attributes - e.g. location or inventory tracking number - you will have to create a unique occurrence of the component.

See: Edit Attributes

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Report on Dynamic Component Attributes

Report on Dynamic Component Attributes
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You can view and report on Dynamic Component attributes.
In order to change Dynamic Component Attributes you will have to use the SketchUp Dynamic Component editor.

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Create a report or .CSV file of attributes in the model

Create a report or .CSV file of attributes in the model

Create a report from Dynamic Components, other Components using SpaceDesign Attributes, and Groups with Attributes.

  • Select and order attributes to be include in the report.
  • Save report definitions to the disk for re-use.
  • Report includes collation and counting of components with similar attributes.

Create a PDF Report

Create a PDF Report

Report is stored in PDF format so it can be easily placed on web pages, printed, or emailed to clients.

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Select Entities from Attributes

Select Entities from Attributes

Select Components and Groups in your model based on their attributes.

Using a wild-card search, you can select entities based on any attributes.

After selection, you can also automatically load Edit Attribute Wizard, or run a report on just the selected items.

See: Select Entities by Attribute

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Save Attributes in SKP model for Component

Save Attributes in SKP model for Component

Attributes saved in the definition are retained when you export the components into a library
(can be used to preset attributes for component libraries or 3D Warehouse components)

Calculate Areas for component

Calculate Areas for component

Using the %area% substitution, you can use the area of a face in a component in calculations.

No Limit on number of attributes

No Limit on number of attributes

Use as many attributes as needed to generate your report.

In SpaceDesign Pro you can place multiple attributes in a single report cell.

Include an image of the SketchUp model in the report

Include an image of the SketchUp model in the report

Image of model and attribute report and ability to customize report format.

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Define attributes based on size of component instances

Define attributes based on size of component instances

Create multiple report definitions for multiple report formats.

Calculate extended cost or total weight of components

Calculate extended cost or total weight of components

Create multiple report definitions for multiple report formats.

Perform Calculations on attributes

Perform Calculations on attributes

Calculations based on width, length or other fields

Filter Components for report

Filter Components for report

Filter selected components only, and also using the Skip If True attributes.
See: Filters

Drill into Groups and Components for nested components

Drill into Groups and Components for nested components

Drill into sub components
See: Setup Tab

Place multiple attributes in a report Cell

Place multiple attributes in a report Cell

See: List Attributes

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Add custom report rows

Add custom report rows

By adding some ruby code to your report definition, you can perform calculations based on totals and add additional rows to the report. See: Custom Report Rows

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Filter Components for report

Filter Components for report

Filter selected components only, and also using the Skip If True attributes.
See: Filters

Using the Filter tab to filter by any attribute.
See: Filter by Expressions


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