BOLTS for architectural components?

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Re: BOLTS for architectural components?

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bernd wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:37 pm It is totally different from FreeCAD library as it does create the geometry on run time from parameter.
Please have a look at configuration tables:
You can use Spreadsheets to create configuration tables with sets of predefined parameters for your model, and then dynamically change which configuration to use.
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Re: BOLTS for architectural components?

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paullee wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 3:59 am Trying to install - it is BOLTSFC in FC Add-on right?
Install the workbench, not the macro
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Re: BOLTS for architectural components?

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Kunda1 wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 12:32 pm
paullee wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 3:59 am Trying to install - it is BOLTSFC in FC Add-on right?
Install the workbench, not the macro
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Thanks, there is only 1 BOLTSFC, is it the WB? Installed :roll:

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OS: Fedora Linux 36 (Workstation Edition) (GNOME/gnome)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.21.30345 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: f42a47aa0fd8c4f34ef63c185d9f29b9b6e84737
Python 3.10.6, Qt 5.15.4, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 9.1.0, OCC 7.6.3
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Installed mods: 
  * dodo 1.0.0
  * DynamicData 2.46.0
  * ArchTextures
  * Another link to SketchArchLite
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Re: BOLTS for architectural components?

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BOLTS is not a Workbench, but it is installed like a workbench because it needs a directory. Thus to start BOLTS you need to run the macro start BOLTS.

It is on a TODO to make a real Workbench out of BOLTS, but this never happend.
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Re: BOLTS for architectural components?

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bernd wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 7:49 pm BOLTS is not a Workbench, but it is installed like a workbench because it needs a directory. Thus to start BOLTS you need to run the macro start BOLTS.

Thanks for clarification :)

Hiccup on running the macro reported in https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 44#p634840, any idea ?


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Re: BOLTS for architectural components?

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would you post your FreeCAD info?

Would you try in FreeCAD python console and post the output:

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import BOLTS
Would you have a look at your user Mod directory? Is there a directory named BOLTSFC. Has it some contents?
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Re: BOLTS for architectural components?

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Roy_043 wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 7:34 am
bernd wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:37 pm It is totally different from FreeCAD library as it does create the geometry on run time from parameter.
Please have a look at configuration tables:
You can use Spreadsheets to create configuration tables with sets of predefined parameters for your model, and then dynamically change which configuration to use.
wow I did not know about this. It even works with python.

Anyway, BOLTS could work with any CAD which does have a Python API. ATM only FreeCAD and OpenSCAD are supported very well. I did implement in a PoC a AddOn for Nemetschek Allplan which worked out too. It means once put in all the data and use it in multiple CAD environments. Ahh it is even presented on the internet too. https://www.bolts-library.org/

Damn the page if offline somehow ...

Lot's of work to do for BOLTS ...
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Re: BOLTS for architectural components?

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https://boltsparts.github.io works but all the redirects do not work for some reason ...
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Re: BOLTS for architectural components?

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BTW: BOLTS even works as pure Pythonpackage to use the data in any Pythonapplication ... https://boltsparts.github.io/en/blog/20 ... ution.html and https://github.com/boltsparts/BOLTS/releases
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Re: BOLTS for architectural components?

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Welcome back from holiday bernd! Indeed I would be interested in bolts more than the spreadsheet feature since I plan to implement this in IFC.

Would it be possible to schedule a call?
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