Hippocode Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 (edited) Hi, I'm looking for some people that are interested in a duct plug-in set and would like to test out our first beta. I'm interested in your opinion and desires for such a plug-in. I don't think I will find many users here but I'll give it a shot anyway. In return you will be given a discount coupon if you decide to purchase the plug-in later on. I've made a video showcasing the plug-in in it's current state: You can respond in here or send me a private message. I will contact you with more info. Kind regards, Wouter Edited August 6, 2015 by JimW Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) It seems that the video embedding stopped working so here is the link manually: Edited August 6, 2015 by JimW Quote Link to comment
Art V Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Yes contact me too please, I might not be your intended target audience but it looks like it may still be useful for me so I'm definitely interested in trying it out. Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) I've send you both a pm with some more instructions. Edited August 5, 2015 by hippothamus Quote Link to comment
James Russell Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 That's pretty super sexy. Awesome work! Quote Link to comment
twk Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Sign me up for beta testing!.. Looks awesome, great website too! Quote Link to comment
Tom Klaber Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I am quite interested! I would love to try it out. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 I am quite interested! I would love to try it out. Thanks! Hi Tom, It is only available in Vectorworks 2015. So unless your signature is out of date you won't be able to test it. Let me know if you do have a 2015 license. Quote Link to comment
domer1322 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I'd like to try the beta. One thing that seems to be missing has irritated me about the current VW 15 duct tools ..... it is cumbersome to draw ducts in a vertical fashion, or slope ducts in and out through conflicting structure in a vertical dimension. Does your tool allow vertical drawing of the pathways, using nurbs curves or other 3D pathways ? Quote Link to comment
Tom Klaber Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I am quite interested! I would love to try it out. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) I'd like to try the beta. One thing that seems to be missing has irritated me about the current VW 15 duct tools ..... it is cumbersome to draw ducts in a vertical fashion, or slope ducts in and out through conflicting structure in a vertical dimension. Does your tool allow vertical drawing of the pathways, using nurbs curves or other 3D pathways ? Oops I forgot to show that in the video. The duct group tool IS a 3D polygon so yes you can do anything you wish in 3 dimensions! The flexible duct is a 3D nurbs which allows any kind of curves in 3D. I will add it to the video soon. Edited August 6, 2015 by hippothamus Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share Posted August 6, 2015 I've re-uploaded the video with some additional content. If you did watch the previous one start around 5 minutes for some 3D magic. Quote Link to comment
Phil hunt Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 please send me information i would like to give this a try thanks Quote Link to comment
J. Wallace Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Looks great Hippothamus. I'm looking for a tool/plugin to help me with rainwater harvesting designs. Looks like this might really help. I would be happy to try out your beta version. Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Looks very nice! Is it made with the SDK? Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Looks very nice! Is it made with the SDK? You guessed right. I made the right choice going the C++ way. Although coding has become much more complicated, at the same time it has become much easier. Object type programming and all the possibilities are just awesome. Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Looks very nice! Is it made with the SDK? You guessed right. I made the right choice going the C++ way. Although coding has become much more complicated, at the same time it has become much easier. Object type programming and all the possibilities are just awesome. Python offers the same (OOP), but is much simpler then C++ in many ways imo... (Though there will still be things that can't be done as they are only in the SDK.) Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Thank you all for your interest. Those that requested will get an activation key to unlock the full features which expires in a couple of weeks. The latest version is available on our website and includes the ducting plug-in set. If you missed the train don't worry, you can still try out our plug-ins even without any license key. In that case it will run in a limited demo mode. Kind regards, Wouter Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Python offers the same (OOP), but is much simpler then C++ in many ways imo... (Though there will still be things that can't be done as they are only in the SDK.) I have no experience with python. Do you also have a toolkit with wrapper classes available as in the SDK ? Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) If someone reports a bug trough a PM I will update this topic. This prevents you all from filing the same issues. Art V Reported the following bug: When editing the duct dimensions settings in any unit setting not being mm the shown sizes are not correct. Editing at this point will create new sizes in the wrong units as well. For now it's advised to stay in mm when editing the dimensions in the settings dialog. We've identified the issue and this will be fixed in the next update. Edited August 12, 2015 by hippothamus Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Python offers the same (OOP), but is much simpler then C++ in many ways imo... (Though there will still be things that can't be done as they are only in the SDK.) I have no experience with python. Do you also have a toolkit with wrapper classes available as in the SDK ? You can only use all vs calls, but I have begon to create a library that wraps this to program oo and make plugin development much more easier: https://bitbucket.org/dieterdworks/vw-dlibrary/overview Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 You can only use all vs calls, but I have begon to create a library that wraps this to program oo and make plugin development much more easier: https://bitbucket.org/dieterdworks/vw-dlibrary/overview Looks like a useful project. Good luck with it ! Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 A new version is available at www.hippocode.com/downloads. Those of you testing out make sure you upgrade as it fixes a critical issue with the duct units. The biggest change is a custom tool for both the drainage and the duct group. Now you can choose the insertionline relative to the object. Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 We've had some interesting feedback and most of the requests have made it in this new version 2015.07 available at www.hippocode.com/downloads. For those testing, the expiration date is moved to the end of august. The new version also features a new plug-in set Piping for pipe engineering. Quote Link to comment
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