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    LOOP SELECTION PLUGIN?

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    • J Offline
      Jim
      last edited by

      How about an example of what you mean?

      Faces in SketchUp have loops already - one outer loop, and possible inner loops if there are holes in the face. Selecting these loops would be trivial as they can be retrieved using the Ruby API.

      Hi

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        I guess he's thinking on something similar to what you get in Modo. Right?

        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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        • T Offline
          taoklai
          last edited by

          hmmm....i mean LOOP as LASSO SELECTION - if you select a face (let's say on a RUBIK'S CUBE model) and you hit LOOP, this should select all vertical faces (given that the cube is placed normally on a horizontal plane), and if you would hit LOOP again it should select all the faces in the other direction (without selecting the edges). And it should do the same for when you select a line (it should select all lines - like a lasso - on the line's direction and close back with the same line)

          http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd333/taoklai/ex1.jpg

          http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd333/taoklai/ex2.jpg

          http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd333/taoklai/ex3.jpg

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          • EarthMoverE Offline
            EarthMover
            last edited by

            This is a much needed plugin for me. It would speed up the process of my modeling a lot. Most major modeling applications have a loop select, or a loop select plugin.

            How it usually works is that you select a face or line and then select another face or line in a specific direction. The second selection will tell the tool which way and on which axis to run the loop. The loop continues selecting until it reaches the original selection.

            Would this be possible in Sketchup with a ruby??????? PLEASE???

            Also, once a loop is selected, it would be nice to be able to grow the selection by means of the up and down arrows.

            This would be one of those tools that people wonder how they ever lived without!!

            3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
            Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
            Content Creator at Skapeup

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            • W Offline
              wikii
              last edited by

              LoopSelector


              loopselector.gif

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              • EarthMoverE Offline
                EarthMover
                last edited by

                Wikii, you mind sharing the ruby? It looks like exactly what we're talking about. Will it select an edge loop as well?

                3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                Content Creator at Skapeup

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                • bagateloB Offline
                  bagatelo
                  last edited by

                  Some improvements.

                  DootLoop:

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/DotLoop.gif

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/DotLoopE.gif

                  Loop

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/Loop.gif

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/LoopV.gif

                  Ring

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/Ring.gif

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/RingV.gif

                  OutLine

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/Outline.gif

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/Outline2.gif

                  Tops

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/Tops.gif

                  Similar

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/Similarmulti.gif

                  Step Mode

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/StepMode.gif

                  Select Half

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/SelectHalf.gif

                  Distance Select

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/DistSelect.gif

                  Perspective Grow

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/PerspGrow.gif

                  Perspective Select

                  http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/PerspSel.gif

                  More here

                  Link Preview Image
                  PolyBoost

                  favicon

                  (www.polyboost.com)

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                  • bagateloB Offline
                    bagatelo
                    last edited by

                    Another Improvements:

                    Please See "features" here:

                    http://www.orionflame.com/

                    These two plugins for 3dsmax (orion flame and polyboost) have fantastic tools for modeling, beyond selection.

                    While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                    • EarthMoverE Offline
                      EarthMover
                      last edited by

                      Any word on this? Does anyone know what it is the Wikii is using in his post?

                      3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                      Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                      Content Creator at Skapeup

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                      • T Offline
                        taoklai
                        last edited by

                        indeed, Wikii's "loopselector" looks awesome - exactly what we need 😄 - please upload

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                        • S Offline
                          ScottPara
                          last edited by

                          Agree this would be a great plug in to have. PLEASE upload.

                          Scott

                          Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

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                            REGIS
                            last edited by

                            Nice one wikii

                            Does it works with triangulated faces ?

                            regards

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              FYI, a very basic, and very beta version, of a loop tool can be found here: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=14975&p=114429#p114429

                              I was just playing around today with some other selection tools. Not sure if I'm doing this selection effectivly though. If any of the more experienced scripts would like to jump on this it'd be great.

                              Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                Yanman
                                last edited by

                                Wow visit. 💭 💭

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