mike m oz Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 I would like this option as well for two reasons: a) we use a similar protocol b) having a lot of conventional insulation in the drawing cause the scren redraws to become horrendously slow. Kira there are a couple of PIO options downloadable from the Plug-In section at VectorDepot http://vectordepot.com/ - Insulation Tools by Frank Schnater - Insulation/Isolation PIO by Francesco Bellasecca Both have less functionality than you probably want but they may be a reasonable work around until NNA provide a Hard Insulation Tool. Quote Link to comment
Kea Posted September 10, 2005 Author Share Posted September 10, 2005 is there any alternative patterns for insulation? Around here the default batt insulation "pattern" represents an insulation made of soft material, and hard material is represented with a zig-zag line. Any suggestions? Regards, Kira Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 The tool you describe would be useful in the US as well, where a zigzag line is the traditional way to poche metal stud walls on plan. The icon for Frank Schnater's "Isolatie Hard" tool, part of his "Insulation Tools" that Mike referred to, suggests that it draws zigzag lines, but I can't get it to do that. For me, it just draws a two-segment polyline, from the first click point to the third, and thence to the second. And though it's identified as a version 8 plug-in, I can only get it to work at all in version 10. It's at http://www.vectordepot.com/PlugIns1.shtml Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Jan15 Frank Schnater's insulation tools are a bit tricky because they are not linear objects. They are routines which draw static polyline objects: - The first click starts the routine. - The second click defines the length. - The third click defines the width. The trick to getting it to draw the 'zig-zags' correctly is the third click must be directly above the first click relative to the length direction. If you don't do this you will only get one slanted 'zig-zag'. Hopefully a Hard Insulation option will be added to the next version of the Insulation Tool. Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Francesco Bellazecca has also developed a Curved Insulation plug-in which draws insulation in an arc. This is also a capability which needs to be added to the standard Insulation tool. It must also include the option of drawing Hard insulation instead. Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Thanks, Mike. Good work sleuthing that out. Armed with your tip, I would now say that Schnater's zig-zag line tool works fine and is easy to use. The angle isn't right for poche of metal stud walls, but it would be great for accordian doors in plan, and for resistors in circuit diagrams. Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Kira- I have the Frank Schnater Insulation Tools working with VW 11.5 so I am not sure why you are having problems. Quote Link to comment
Kea Posted September 13, 2005 Author Share Posted September 13, 2005 So, unfortunately the Insulation Tools by Frank Schnater seem not to be VW 11.5 compatible? if I understood right ?and I couldn't add them to my tools, anyway. Let's hope though, that they'll get updated one day! ? I put the Curved Insulation and Insulation/Isolation PIOs by Francesco Bellasecca to plug-ins folder, and they showed up all right in the Workspace Editor's toolbox. Quote Link to comment
Kea Posted September 17, 2005 Author Share Posted September 17, 2005 I don't know either. Good to know, though, that it *should* work! Quote Link to comment
Kea Posted September 17, 2005 Author Share Posted September 17, 2005 Ok, I checked the pallettes from the workspaces again, and noticed a new group called "Tekenen" ? there were the missing Insulations tools! Thanks to all :-) Quote Link to comment
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