@saladyne said: No-one else stepped in so I've done a bit more research and there is a problem with the coding in fizgig's DC. To quote the 'Assembling a Dynamic Component' example from this site; "When you want to reference an attribute value quotation marks are not needed. If you are telling an attribute to do something they are needed". The quotes are noticeably missing around 'swing_angle' in fizgig's component... adding them in fixes the problem of creating a rogue attribute. It doesn't however fix the referencing issues, but these can be corrected by moving the 'onClick ANIMATE' command to the BODY part of the component. Sorry Saladyne, I didn't see your post there. Funny enough, I ran into the problem again and knew I had discussed it before. I just came back and searched for my posts and found this thread and your last post about the need for quotes. That did the trick. Thanks so much!

Hi Dedim, I am actually using the onclick/hide solution, and for the coordinates that could be an interesting challenge but as you said, setting all coordinates for every "obstacle" would be time consumer. Tig, I've checked Sketchy-Physics, it could be a solution but I do not figure out how to integrated it. I will try sketchy-Physics first and dig deeper to see where this will lead. I thank you both for your time and your experiences. whish you both a good day. Estyl

Thats a good one, I'll try to make some of ine compliant with all this rules, and then see if I need anything else.

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Hi Palo I want to thank You for this tool! Today I experienced what You had described and Your plugin fixed it! Thanks again!

An observer could check on a particular type of DC and auto-change each ones ID attribute to match some incrementing '$counter', but then it's clunkier than a DC only solution...

Thank you for the review. You understand correctly and have verified what I was not sure about. I wanted a face to be created across sub components but it seems the face will only be created if the edges are in the same subcomponent. I will try to reform the component using rectangles to achieve the result I want to have. Thanks again for your input!

Quick test reveals that this is a feasible approach. I'm a little worried by the exponential increase in the number of components in the model, but I'll have to test and see whether that kills the performance. I'll put up the sample when its working. 2 digit counter display 5 digit version

Hi - I had a quick look at your component. It doesn't seem to be a whole table; when I download it I get a top and 4 legs and only the top is dynamic. It may not have uploaded correctly. To upload dynamic components right click on the component and select 'share component' - this should work and it will allow you to upload updates later. Regards, S

Oops! V7 version of model attached! test2_av7.skp

Updated model attached. You may need to play with the Portrait/Landscape orientation. Sharp 235 Dynamic_A.skp

If you enter a value (without an = sign), in the Component Attributes dialogue, just before you Save the Component it will be 'remembered' when the component is placed and will remain visible until changed by the user; is this what you mean?

I don't know if this would help but the following Input uses a single attribute to set the value taken from Input_val; if less than Min then Min is used, if more than Max then Max is used, otherwise the Input_val is used - not ideal but it might help reduce your code a bit: =IF(Input_val<Min_val,1,0)*Min_val+IF(Input_val>Max_val,1,0)Max_val+Input_valIF(Input_val>=Min_val,1,0)*IF(Input_val<=Max_val,1,0) Regards, S

Thanks TIG. I just discovered this and I'm shocked - this can be what I have been looking for a long time - to put a data in the groups, but without the hassle of the components!

Thank you for your contribution! It is interresting to see several methods to do that! I had seen this tools, but I thought it wasn't as flexible as you present in your video It is really interesting for curve path! I don't succed for the moment with DC... Nevertheless, I wonder if spacing between seats is adjustable? Thank's a lot!

It's a very nice toolset. I have it myself.

@unknownuser said: Me too, however, if I highlight several DC's that have the same attribute, I would like when I change that attribute that they all change on each highlighted DC, without inheriting all the other attributes... more than a year late. but yes, please implement this feature!

The value of LenX which is returned is in inches, even when the model is in centimetres. So you need to compare with LenX * 2.54 e.g.: =NEAREST(CURRENT("LenX")*2.54,350,450,820,900)

A DVD/CD hard copy set will be out soon -- but they charge $99 for them... I've seen them run promotional deals before, so maybe keep an eye out for that. It is worth mentioning that they have a TON of different softwares and subjects (including Ruby) that are covered by that $30 and you can pay for just the one month if that is all you want... I've seen similar pricing by other video tutorial companies -- but of course there are several great free tutorials like the ones linked above and a couple straight from Google here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsBpIPnF31A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYC8zWurJP4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAfchXqU2_o Best, Jason.

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