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  1. 2D to Massing Model

    This file contains a Marionette network that converts 2D polys into Massing Models. It reads the Record Format info attached to the poly and uses that information to create the Massing Model. It also transfers all attached Records to the Massing Model. This network is useful for converting shapefile data into Massing Models. To use the network, select the wrapper and make sure that all the fields in the Object Info palette correspond correctly to the objects that you want to convert. All of the info that you want to use to create the Massing Model must be in a single record, but all attached records will be transferred over by the script.
     
    Also included in the file is a worksheet that allows you to calculate Floor Usage Data for each floor of a multistory building. If you have one type of usage on the first floor, and a different type of usage on the upper floors, you can calculate that in the worksheet. (If you have more than two types of usage, it can only calculate the first two types.) To change the usage type in the worksheet, just type the name of the usage type, like "Retail" or "Residential" into the top row of one of the Area by Usage Type Columns. The lower rows will adjust appropriately.

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  2. Algorithms-Aided Design in BIM Software Webinar Files

    Here are the files used in the webinar, Algorithms-Aided Design in BIM Software. "Sample Script" is the file that was used for the full demo, and "Panelization" and "The Greyhound 2" were used as examples.

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  3. Apartment Tag / Wohnungsstempel

    About this File
    This tool is available in english ("Apartment Tag") and german ("Wohnungsstempel"). The contents are nearly the same just translated.
     
    This Marionette Tool summarize all Space-Areas, which are part of the same Appartement Number and shows the result in a symbol based Marionette stamp. Alternatively we can pull out sum of apartment area with a worksheet. But this Marionette is also a nice method to do this.
     
    Instructions:
    1. The Marionette Objects access to the field "11_Room ID" of the space object. Every other field can be used if necessary by editing script.
    2. With the Marionette PIOs field "ApartmentID" you can tell the stamp, which apartment should be displayed
    3. With the Checkbox "Layer from Apartment Tag". You can make the Tag collecting spaces of the tag's layer. Otherwise it will collect areas from the layer of the layer popup
    4. You can exclude Spaces with specified keywords. Delimiter for Keywords is "$"
    5. To use the Marionette PIO on the Target Document, copy/paste the PIO and then import the Symbol definitions from the Folder "ApartmentStamps" on the Target Document.
     
     
    Über diese Datei
    Dieses Werkzeug ist auf Deutsch ("Wohnungsstempel") und auf Englisch ("Apartment Tag") verfügbar. Die Inhalte sind bis auf die übersetzten Bezeichnungen nahezu gleich.
     
    Der Marionette Wohnungsstempel fasst Wohnungsflächen zusammen und zeigt diese in einem Symbolbasierten Marionette-Stempel an. Raumflächen können auch mittels Tabellen ausgezogen werden. Der Wohungsstempel ist eine komfortable alternative.

    Anleitung:
    1. Räume welche zur gleichen Wohung gehören, werden mit dem Standardfeld "Raum ID" identifiziert. Auch andere Kriterien für die Wohungszugehörigkeit können festgelegt werden, dazu muss das Script geändert werden.
    2. Im Feld "WohnungsID" wird eingestellt, welche Wohung angezeigt werden soll.
    3.  Mit der Checkbox "Ebene von Wohungsstempel" lassen sich explizit die Räume auf die Ebene des Wohungsstempels eingrenzen. Ist die Checkbox deaktiviert, gilt die Einstellung "Räume von Ebene:" 
    4. Räume mit bestimmten Namen, können hier ausgeschlossen werden. Trennung der Namen erfolgt mit "$"
    5. Um den Wohnungsstempel auf einem anderen Projekt zu verwenden, zuerst das PlugIn mit copy/paste übertragen, dann die Symbolressourcen im Ordner "Wohnungsstempel" auf das Zieldokument importieren.
     
     
     

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  4. Architectural Arches

    I would like to contribute for free 12 marionette networks.

    They comprise of 12 architectural arches; Semi-Circle, Segmental, Equilateral, Lancet, Drop, Tudor, Turkish, Rampant, Parabolic, Involuted, Arabic and Ogee Arches.

    All the networks are parametric, customizable and can be freely modified.

    Would appreciate your comments.

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  5. Area Verification

    This tool was
    commissioned by ComputerWorks GmbH
    edited by: Markus Graf and Pascal Völz
    supervised by: Antonio Landsberger
     
    Compatibility: Vectorworks 2019 and higher.
     
    Area Verification is a Marionette tool used to graphicallly and tabularly verify the surface area of spaces/rooms (circle, rectangle, poly line & polygon) in the class "Rooms". To do that the Marionette network divides the areas into calculatable subareas: circles, rectangles, triangles.
    The graphical area verification using subareas is often required when applying for permits (building construction, landscaping).
     
    For easier usage a wrapper node is provided.
     
    How to use:
    a) Place the geometries (spaces/rooms) in the class "Rooms".
    b) Run the wrapper node.
    c) Update table.
     
    To do:
    - update table when running script
    - implement an add-on to turn spaces into polygons (soon)

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  6. Automatically convert groups (or other objects) into symbol

    Imagine: You have just received a file containing a large number of objects that need to be transformed into symbols.  This typically happens when I buy a file containing objects that are not symbols after import.  
    This tool transforms the objects that meet the chosen criteria into symbols in OIP  and places them in a new folder whose name you specify.
    In OIP Choose : The symbol préfix; the name for the symbol folder and the criteria configuration.
    Very handy!
    Automatically convert groups V2019.vwx

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  7. Bar Diagram

    A nice, small Marionette for creating bar diagrams. This is much more simpler and more flexible than a spread sheet bar diagram.
     
     
    Options:
    1. ColNames
    2. Col Values -> mandatory
    3. RefValue -> A bar with this value, has the height of the BArHeigtRefValue field
    4. BarWidth
    5. BarHeigtRefValue
    6. Invert -> A bigvalues results in small bar
     
    There is a 2 minute movie (without audio) 
    Bar Diagram.mp4

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  8. Circular Growing and Filling

    During my last Marionette-Project, I produced some simple geometry nodes. Which maybe can be useful to can make geometrical constructions instead of mathematical (trigonometry) calculations.
    The Nodes:
    "Perpendicular from Point to Line", "Parallel from Line through Point", "Circle-Circle Intersection", "Line-Circle Intersection", "Line-Line Intersection", "2 Circle Middleline" and some more.
    Also the more Complicated Nodes "Circle tangent to 2 Circle", "Point or Circle tangent to 3 Circles"

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  9. Class Legend Attributes

    This Network ist not very flexible (world based values, just one row) but still useful.
    You can insert and and ungroup for individual layout etc.
     
    Note!
    1. First delete all classes and replace to "none" or "keine"
    2. copy the object on your file
    3. If you do not delete classes on the original, you will paste the classes from the example in your file

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  10. Colorize Subtext within a Text Object

    In this Example there are used some custom Nodes:
     
    1. "GetSubstring" --> Search for a string inside another string and returns Position and count. This will be necessary to set them to a Text Style Resource.
    2. "GetInsideChar" --> Returns strings which are inside specified characters (normally quote or double quote)
    3. "GetSubstringExcludeQuote" --> Same as the first one, but it to not return text inside quotes
    4. "GetNumberFromString" --> Search for Numbers inside a String.
    5. "GetNextObj" --> Put This in a Wrapper and it will return the next object after this node. This is a great one!! Can be used also for input geometry inside a script network. Without naming or other smut.
     
    This could be improved by further code (find standalone or text in word, find integer, find float, etc.) But It works for most cases perfectly.
     
     

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  11. Component Wall from Surface

    Here is a script that converts a NURBS surface to a wall with components that can be exported to IFC. The wall is an Auto Hybrid object made up of 3D Solids that match the thicknesses and attributes of the components of a referenced wall style. CWS_1212_IFC.vwx
     
    A couple caveats: Make sure that wall style names do not  have a single or double quotation symbol in the name - it will get misinterpreted by the String Node. Also, if your base surface is an Interpolated Surface, use the tool in the 3D Power Pack - Rebuild NURBS... - to convert it to a standard NURBS surface.

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  12. Convert text to 3D Locus

    In French :
    Parfois un plan de mesurage ne contient que les textes des niveaux sans aucun symbole ou point 3D.  Il n'est donc pas possible de créer un terrain 3D.
    Ce script permet de créer pour l'ensemble des points des points 3D ayant pour valeur Z le texte lui même, sur une autre couche .
     
    In English :
    Sometimes a measurement plan contains only the texts of the levels without any symbol or 3D point. It is therefore not possible to create a 3D terrain.
    This script makes it possible to create 3D points for the set of points having the value Z the text itself, on another layer.

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  13. Create classes - create design layers - create sheet layers with viewports

    This file automatically creates classes and design layers. Then after these are created it can generate sheet layers with title blocks and viewports.
     

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  14. Create Individual Property Lines from Survey Data

    This is a pretty basic Marionette object to help me build property lines without having to use and troubleshoot the existing Vectorworks Property Lines tool.  
     
    It builds a single line based on the entry of survey data (ie: 125.5' N 40° 35' 19" W).  This works one at a time and does not build arcs.  I've tested it on a few particularly messy plats and it seems to work well enough.  
     
    After producing a single property line, ungroup and arrange it where you want it (Marionette will place the line at 0,0), then repeat until you're finished, easy!  If you're super into the Property Line tool, you can gather all the lines together, compose them into one poly, and Create Objects From Shapes the whole thing into an official Property Line.  
     
    I hope you find this helpful.

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  15. Create Multiple Shells

    This set of wrappers are good for creating multiple shells from a solid object.
    Steps: Name you solid object > set the desire thickness > spacing > run the script.

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  16. Create Record from external File

    This example shows, how to create a record format with fields from an external csv or text-tab file with marionette.
     
    This example maybe needs the following know how which is not automatically is handled by the script:
     
    1. Save Text with excel, open office or any other application as separated text file or tab separated text file.
    2. Setup the "import txt" node-popup with the needed text encoding. Try utf-8, Latin1,  macLatin_2 or other encoding to handle umlauts or special character issues.
    3. The Exmaple just checks the first line of the text-file and creates record fields from them
    4. The path to the text-input in the attached example is related to the document path. Save first your Vectorworks document. Or use an absolute path input.  
    5. No warranty or charge for this script, play first on a new file or on the attached file.
     
    I whish you success with it
     

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  17. Create Site Model from Mesh

    This is a Marionette network that converts a mesh to 3D locus points. This is very useful for converting meshes of terrains imported into SketchUp from Google Earth into Vectorworks Site Models. Once you have a SketchUp mesh, import it into Vectorworks and give the mesh a name. Take the wrapper in this file and place it in the same drawing. Change the name of the mesh in the OIP of the wrapper to the name you gave the SketchUp mesh. Raising the number of the grid density will make your site model more accurate, but it might take the wrapper up to a minute or two run. When you run the script, you will get a group of 3D loci. Ungroup the loci, and keeping them selected, go to AEC -> Terrain -> Create Site Model... (in the Architect Workspace). Choose your settings and click ok

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  18. Create Stories

    Creating stories, levels, and layers can be a tedious process, especially for tall, multistory projects. This wrapper allows you to automate that process based on an overall building height, typical floor heights, and default levels. You can create up to 4 Layer Levels and 2 Layerless Levels. To create fewer Levels, leave any of the Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer 3, Layer 4, Layerless Level 5, and/or Layerless Level 6 fields blank.
     
    To use this script in a new file, simply import the wrapper into the file, place it in the drawing, and run the script. The settings of the script are very similar to the levels and layers created in the Vectorworks template, but you can customize them in the OIP of the wrapper. To change the Story suffixes and Story names, double click on the wrapper and the select the Get Story Names node. There are settings that you can change in the OIP of this node as well.
     
    NOTE: Existing stories and story-associated layers that match the names of the new stories and layers will be deleted every time you run this script. Existing stories that DO NOT match the names of the new stories will not be deleted but may interfere with the creation of new stories. It is recommended that this script is run in a file without existing stories, levels, or story-associated layers.

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  19. Creating nice color schemes

    This Marionette uses a Web-Dialog to create color schemes. The created colors can be imported as colors and textures directly in Vectorworks.

    Instruction:

    1. Run the Network
    2. configure colors
    3. Don't forget to click "save"
    4. close Web Dialog, the Vectorworks fetches the created colors and creates a preview with rectangles.

    Hint:
    right click > Wrap Marionette Network > right click > convert to menu command

     

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  20. creating records from txt or xls

    This Network shows how to create fields from an existing xls or txt file.
     

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  21. Cubbies

    File that you can adjust for cubbies and learn marionette.

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  22. Export SheetLayers as txt (Text-Tab)

    This Scripts help you exporting your layout structure to get an external list of your drawings if needed.
     
    Exports Sheet Name, Title, Page Size and Page Numbers. Export Folder can be selected. FileName.txt can be set in ObjectInfo of wrapper. Grey and orange nodes (Screenshot) are custom nodes. "Manipulate File" is edited (codex utf_8) to support special characters like äöüé etc.
    Note: I think Excel on Mac has issues handle the exported file's special characters (utf_8 encoding), not my fault I guess. The codex can be changed inside "Manipulate File" Node if you are not happy with the exported text encoding or find/replace on the other Software.
     

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  23. Extrude & Array

    Hi just a file that may assist in the learning of Marionette.
    I have a lot of files that i feel should be out there that may assist. Hope this is the right location to place them.
    Alan

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  24. Extrude along Path with Ref point

    The standard behaviour of the extrude along path tool is to center the profile on the path and after creation we are able move it. This works pretty good. If we use the extrude along path node, is is not so easy to move the profile group after creation. This example shows how to do.
    1. Put a 2D locus point in your (blue) symbol as a reference point and put it in the background (cmd/ctrl + B)
    2. the script will measure this point and after creation of the extrude along path it will move the profile group
     
    Specials:
    - A custom node to get the profile group of the path
    - A custom node to reset the extrude along path object after moving profile group

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  25. Extrude Rails by rectangle / custom profile by name

    Multiple experiments of profiles created from a nurbs surface in order to create multiple rails with dozens or hundreds of nurbs profiles simultaneously. This Marionnette is based off of Freeform truss objects, so all credit goes to @Marissa Farrell. Thank you!

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