Obtaining Plant Count and Area Report in Irricad

[sergiovillagran]

Hello fellow Irricad users,

I hope you're all doing well. I'm reaching out to the community today because I have a specific question regarding Irricad functionality, and I was wondering if anyone could kindly provide some guidance.

I've been working on a planting design, and I have successfully labeled each plant on the plan, similar to the image shared below. However, I'm now facing the challenge of generating a report that can provide me with essential information like the number of plants and the total area covered by this planting design.

Area.png

I've explored various features within Irricad, but I haven't been able to find a built-in function that can automatically generate such a report. It would be incredibly helpful for my project if I could obtain this data efficiently.

So, my question to you all is: Does anyone know of a way to obtain a report that includes the number of plants and the total area for a given planting design in Irricad? If you have any insights, tips, or workarounds that you could share, I would greatly appreciate your assistance.

I truly value the expertise of this community, and I believe that together, we can find a solution to this challenge. Thank you in advance for your help, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Sergio Villagrán

[jovivier]

Hi Sergio,

In IRRICAD you are able to select items and obtain a "Count" count via the Info Panel, on the bottom right of the status bar.

Unfortunately it isn't possible to obtain a report, such as a BOM, for non-hydraulic items.
However, one method could be to make a copy of your design and in the copy convert all of the symbols to an outlet or similar. These can then be present in a BOM report.
You may find our Tips forum post 12. CONVERTING GEOMETRIC OBJECTS TO HYDRAULIC ITEMS (viewtopic.php?p=470#p470) helpful.

Using this method along with the Reports|Show Flow lasso will provide a popup detailing the number of 'outlets' and the area, or simply use Object Info on the existing (original) border to find the area.

Alternatively, if the sprinkler placement is going to be one sprinkler per tree then another method would be to create the spray irrigation block by selecting the tree block boundary. The sprinkler placement options based on the trees is located under the [Options] button:-

SprinklerTreeOptions.png

Note that you can use Object Info on the existing (original) border

I trust this helps.

The IRRICAD Team

[jovivier]

There is actually a way to obtain a CSV report for the symbol count. The 'Symbol Count' function is a VCADD tool that is not utilised in IRRICAD therefore a script will need to be added. This is achieved via the CmdExt.vcdef file, located in your installed IRRICAD folder.
Follow the process below:-

1. Browse to your installed IRRICAD folder, commonly located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Irricad\Irricad Pro XX.
2. Locate the CmdExt.vcdef file and right-click on it. Select "Edit with Notepad++".
3. Directly after the green text copy and paste the below information
<Command Name="CountSymbols" Shortcut="YYY" Bitmap="" MenuText="Count Symbols" StatusText="Count Symbols">
<Script>SymCount;</Script>
</Command>

so that it looks like

SymbolCount.png

What we have entered means that the three-letter code YYY will action the SymCount tool.

When actioning YYY in IRRICAD you will be asked to save to a CSV file. This CSV file, openable in MS Excel, will list every symbol contained in the design by name and the number of entities present. Note that this will also include plot layouts and hydraulic item symbols if present in the design.

Notes:-
- the "shortcut" code needs to be letters that are not used by any existing two- or three- letter VCADD codes, for example we cannot use 'SCC' as 'SC' is used for Snap Closest.
- using two-letters only does not appear to work well, therefore always use three-letters.

The IRRICAD Team