Try blender

so what is the vertical rotation option for? Mitch made a plugin that just about does it. I just need to figure out the process a bit better.

@unknownuser said: it´s paid, however, righ yes and no! You have free version with limited number of elements!

I hadn't even dreamed of getting a fresh plugin and that it would work on comps. I was just hoping someone knew of a plugin that would extrude it. You da man Mitch! I'll give it a try in just a minute.

@pilou - Vertex Tools

The code is probably not up to par for an official release to the EW. I wrote a lot of code years ago while I was out of work and had a lot of time. That was about 5 years ago. Since then, I have not had the time or energy to maintain the plugins and earn a living at the same time. The code on Github is currently the best version to download.

We just released FluidImporter 3.1.0. You can get it here. Here's what's new: Faster import FluidImporter is now a full .rbz extension, with a single file for Windows/OSX You can access FluidImporter funtionality through the menu Extensions -> FluidImporter Added edge smooth option Options are now saved so you don't lose your settings when closing SkechUp

I can't seem to get this to work - tried both csv and html and I just get "Item, Descriptio etc" but no content

@patrickbellens said: Hey all, Im not sure how to search for this, cant seem to find any proper result. So im searching for a plugin, or code snippets, so i can code it myself. If i select a component and i want to move it, it would be easy if there is a function that i can enable so that it wont snap anymore in the direction of the axis of the drawing but rather to the axis of the component im moving. someone, any useful information? FredoTools::MoveAlong has the capability. Strangely, I implemented it only for Component Instances, but I'll make it applicable for Groups in a next release. Fredo [image: LXMD_MoveAlong-AlongAxisComp.gif]

TT selection tools: right click an instance/select all (or select active)/ component window/right click the replace component/replace. works with scaled components. Edit: select active works only in the same context.

that looks like it could do the trick, will give it a spin, thanks

@JQL : how call it ? Works fine also!

@jql said: I believe this to be a game changer for the way we use Sketchup at our office from now on. I can't thank you enough! Thanks to tell me if this is OK now. Remember that the surface deduction is only done when the component is in Cut opening mode. Fredo

| V Automatic_SketchUp_example_code.zip

@pcmoor said: @sdmitch said: Here's a start Hi Sam (sdmitch) I notice you use some sort of dialog or tool bar to execute the selected code from a dropdown. May I know its name and availability? Thanks Philip (pcmoor) The tool bar is Ruby Web Console, the original of several currently available, by Jim Foltz. It allows you to type in code snippets and execute them in the model. The code I posted was created and tested in this manner.

@dave r said: Did you look at the User Guide? Start reading at the bottom of page 25. Thank you. For some reason I missed this user guide.

confusing if su works that way- i will look into it. Dankschön.

I don't get it,why keep on cheating non-stop. There's indeed a bug in scale behavior- grips tend to disappear plus it's hard to navigate while scaling distantly scattered objects. Why keep on denying the obvious? P.S. Please scale 2! (just 2) cubes in Z dir up to the big prism top with standard scale tool. [image: h68O_Deuxpetitscubesdlicates.JPG] pour mes collègues multicolore.skp

If you have the SketchUcation PluginsStore toolset installed it's even easier than renaming the .ZIP as .RBZ ! ... The SketchUcation submenu item 'Archive Installer...' lets you install the contents of a chosen RBZ file OR a selected ZIP file... 'Add-ons' for SketchUp are ALL actually 'Plugins' - scripts written in Ruby. Some of them are written in such a way that they are ALSO 'Extensions' - this kind of Plugin allows you to control their activation using the clunky Preferences > Extensions options... In a moment of madness in v2015 Trimble renamed the 'Plugins' menu as 'Extensions'. The folder containing them is still named 'Plugins'. This broke all imported Shortcuts from earlier versions which were looking for Plugins/.. and offered users nothing more than confusion about naming... I can only surmise that it was during a fit of pique, since SketchUcation's toolset offered better management of activated Extensions etc, and similar management of ALL Plugins too... Their Extensions-Warehouse only hosts 'Plugins' which are written as 'Extensions' [which they also 'vet']. SketchUcation's PluginStore also hosts many of these in parallel, and also hosts many simpler 'Plugins' too...