Simple Addition Array

Scripting
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Hi @Helvetosaur,

I’m hoping to find a script that can do a simple addition array - for when I have to add stairway elevations in Plan view (file attached for your viewing pleasure. I’ve simplified the step rise amount for this example)

Any ideas?

Thanks as always!

script for stair plan view array
script for stair plan view array1154×866 130 KB

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Hi @Alan_Farkas,

I’ve moved your post to a new topic.

– Dale

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Hi @dale,

Thinking about it, it could possibly be a multiply script, depending on how the script works. Could be that the first step has a number, and the array based on it multiplies each step number with the original step up. Not that I’d know how to script it either way yet!

So, which topic should my post be in? I guess we’ll find out when @Helvetosaur has a sec to shed some light:sunglasses::sunglasses:

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Sorry, haven’t had much time lately… You can try this first draft. Will ask you for rise, run and number of steps, then a start point for the text. You can put in negative numbers for rise for “basement” stairs…

Right now it just goes left to right from start point, can add a direction later if the script is somehow useful to you. It prints out the units with the dimensions - assumed to be file units - I made a shortcut " for inches. It will not do feet and inches for the moment (too painful to convert).

StepHeightTextMultiplier.py (939 Bytes)

–Mitch

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As usual, a tremendous thank you! Can’t wait to try this out!

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Perfect, thank you!!!

IDEA: For the future, in case it’s of interest to you, an idea would be to have the txt able to follow a curve, for things like Circular, U-Shaped stairs, etc.

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I actually finished the one with the direction option today, but then got hung up on something else before being able to post it.

StepHeightTextMultiplier.py (1.1 KB)

Chose two points to determine the text direction, the first point is where the first text will be placed, the second is just the direction indicator, the actual distance is still determined by the step value.

Yes, that would be nice, but it’s quite a bit more involved, first, difficult to maintain the correct spacing on something like curved or winder stairs, and then there is also the issue of getting the text direction to follow the curve…

–Mitch

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