Please post any ideas, suggestions or other thoughts you may have on the Floor plugin and what direction you think I should go on specific features.  I will also try to post my own ideas and future plans and concepts I am working on or considering.

Quote from: Daniel Gates on November 03, 2024, 05:51:56 PMEverything you do is awesome and ultimately bringing so much value to your extension, but if you could add a forum chat "next step/improvement" here to inform us of what you are thinking of doing next and if you want to chat some idea over, we can all get together beforehand to help you hopefully save time and resources before you even do any coding?

Please add a new thread within this board for any suggestions or questions you may have, you should be able to do that once you are a registered user. 

Version 0.9.9m - 11.04.2024

- Added a "Wall" draw mode to the floor covering draw tool.
- Enabled "Perimeter Options" within the edit menu of the floor covering tool.



When drawing floor coverings you can now toggle between polyline, face or wall mode.  Wall mode will allow you to select any number of Medeek walls (in logical order) which will define the boundary or perimeter of the floor covering.  At first I was going to make this a fire-and-forget type of draw mode but instead it makes sense to retain the association even after the initial floor covering is created.

If any of the walls are deleted or somehow the "link" is broken the floor covering assembly will resort back to its "point" mode and the save points generated by the walls.  So it will or should fail gracefully in these cases.  Also note that there is a wall side associated with each wall assembly, this can easily be changed from EXT to INT or vice versa as needed.

I will make a new tutorial video showing this increased functionality and it should further help explain how this new system works and how to use it.  I've been testing this feature for almost five days now so I think it is fairly robust but I am sure there may be specific cases that may defeat my algorithms.  Bottom line, this is brand new so proceed with some caution.

Still working on this algorithm but at least I have the tool setup now so one can switch it into Wall mode and then select the specific walls that will eventually determine the perimeter of the floor covering:

Version 0.9.9l - 10.31.2024
- Fixed a bug with the floor covering tools (floor covering selection): Move, Edit, Regen and Delete.

Version 0.9.9k - 10.30.2024
- Added floor coverings with an underlayment option.
- Added the floor coverings toolbar with the following five items: Draw, Move, Edit, Regen and Delete.

Version 0.9.9j - 10.25.2024
- Added a vertical offset parameter for deck fascia/wrap.
- Added an air gap parameter for deck fascia/wrap.
- Changed the deck "wrap" to deck "fascia in the menus.
- Enabled deck/floor fascia independent of floor sheathing or deck boards.

I will be adding two additional parameters to the deck wrap:

1.) Wrap Vertical Offset:  A positive or negative value can offset the wrap up or down.

2.) Wrap Air Gap:  This parameter puts and air gap between the deck rim joist and the wrap, typically used where siding or some other form of skirting is inserted behind the wrap board.





Again, this update is per customer request, please keep those ideas and feedback flowing, it only makes the plugin better and more powerful.

Version 3.7.5 - 10.23.2024
- Added the following (9 - low poly) Simpson post caps to the post module: LPC4_4, LPC4_6, LPC4_8, LPC6_4, LPC6_6, LPC6_8, PC4, PC6, PC8
- Added the following (10 - low poly) Simpson post bases to the post module: ECB88, ECB66, EPB66, EPB46, EPB44, MPB44, MPB66, MPB88, PPBF44, PPBF66



The post module now has 86 post caps and 65 post bases within its built-in library.  I think I've modeled about 75% of the Simpson Strong-Tie's Wood Construction Connectors Catalog at this point.

Version 3.7.4 - 10.22.2024
- Added the following (27 - low poly) Simpson post caps to the post module: 1616HTQ_8, 1616HTQ_6, BC8, BC6, BC4, BC46, RTC44, LCE4_64, LCE4_46, LCE4_6, LCE_4, AC4R_4R, ACH6_8, ACH6_4, ACH6_6, ACH6E_8, ACH6E_4, ACH6E_6, ACH4E_6, ACH4E_4, ACH4_6, ACH4_4, AC6_4, AC4_6, AC4_4, AC6_6, AC6R_6R

Version 0.9.9i - 10.22.2024
- Added the following layers/tags to the global settings and deck module.




Two different floor assemblies adjacent and forming one deck.  Where they contact I've removed the overhangs, wrap and trim (on one assembly) using the new features recently added.  Maybe there is enough functionality now to actually create some real decks.

Tutorial 13 - Custom Deck Board Overhang (9:09 min.)

Version 0.9.9h - 10.21.2024
- Enabled custom overhangs for decks.
- Enabled double trim band for decks.
- Fixed a number of minor bugs related to custom (removal) trim bands and overhangs.

Tutorial 12 - Trim and Wrap (6:42 min.)

Version 0.9.9g - 10.19.2024
- Enabled wrap for decks.
- Enabled a trim band (picture frame) for decks.





Note that these two feature can only be used when the deck board option is turned on.