biscoPRO is a building integration software company. They are developing a software which calculates cost estimation of any construction project. For example, cost of one tile multiplied by area to cover gives you cost of tiling. They are generating a common platform file which is an XML file containing all the information pertaining to 3-D model. This module is created within google sketchup.

This system used Ruby programming language and Google SketchUp API(application programming interface) . Using Ruby on rails programming language this system would read 3-D co-ordinate values from objects or structures or building plan and save co-ordinate values to an XML file. It would also fetch texture of material, blocks, curves at the same time.

This file is then used a common platform which is then read by other 3-D rendering softwares (Revit, Sketchup, Autocad, 3-D max) to generate exact same model.

My module helped biscoPro as to generate XML files for their System.

This XML file contains all the information about the 3-D model on Google Sketchup workspace. Information such as 3-D model Co-ordinates , Curves, Texture, Colour etc.

This system helped company in following ways :-

• My XML file established connection between all the 3D rendering softwares
• Cost estimation was possible because of using biscoPro software to fetch values from XML file
• Ease of use as the plugin button is embedded within Google Sketchup Software