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    [Plugin] Scale and Rotate Multiple (UPDATED Dec 22, 09)

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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by

      Sure, that should be easy enough to put in place. There are quite a few good bounding box control options built in, so it should not be too hard to find the center of the "bottom" of the bounding box. Hopefully it will work even after the component is rotated on its head. I would imagine that in that scenario it would still be preferable to use the same point that would be used if the component were not on its head, right? So the point should be the same on the component, no matter what the orientation of the component is?

      Thanks for the feedback and positive comments. I'll see what I can do. Its early morning here right now and I'll be gone much of the day at a St.Patricks Day (US Holiday) parade in San Francisco. When I get home this afternoon I'll get back to work 😄

      Chris

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      • bagateloB Offline
        bagatelo
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        Ei Chris, thank you for the manuscript, I liked a lot.
        But... maybe you can improve the manuscript for increasing a function of rotate objects randomly.
        This can be very good tool to work with 3D plants or similar.

        Thanks anyway.

        While the cat's away, the mice will play

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        • coulteriC Offline
          coulteri
          last edited by

          Thanks a lot! That´s just it, I´ve requested here: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=17328
          😄

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            Ben Ritter
            last edited by

            Chris, thanks again for your generosity.

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            • Chris FullmerC Offline
              Chris Fullmer
              last edited by

              @pixero said:

              Big thanks.
              👍
              After initial test I dont think I expressed what I wanted very well. Could be that english is not my native language or that I was tired. 😉
              Anyway. What I would like is another option: the center of each components bounding box at the bounding box min (in Z).
              Many Groups or components dont have the axis at the center (if you're lazy like me)
              So that option would also be great.

              Don't think I've forgotten about your request Jan. I have a working version that does what you asked for. But it was remarkably more difficult to code that I had expected due to some faceme component issues. But I think I've got it worked out. There are just some bugs that I need to work out. But otherwise, its almost ready. As soon as I get some to put into it, I'll get the next version released.

              Glad others are finding it useful, thanks for commenting!

              Chris

              Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
              All my Plugins I've written

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              • PixeroP Offline
                Pixero
                last edited by

                Good to hear. I was about to ask about your progress.
                What about rotation?

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                • D Offline
                  dylan
                  last edited by

                  I missed this one, thanks Chris.

                  I agree a random rotate in with it would be excellent, but it is easy to request these things when you are not the one creating them!

                  http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                    Chris Fullmer
                    last edited by

                    All right, wishes granted! I just updated this script and it now has the "Component Base" scale point option as suggested by Jan. Sorry it took so long to implement. I kept hitting little speedbumps along the road with that feature. I think it is working quite well now.

                    I've also added rotation. It rotates on the same base point as the scaling.

                    I also updated the video in the first post to explain the new features. Here's a full feature list for the version 2.0 update:

                    • Fixed a bug where it didn't let you scale items more than once using Axis. Should work over and over now.
                    • Added "Component Base" support for those of us who don't set our component axes. This uses the bottom center of the component.
                    • Added much more reliable FaceMe component support (I hope).
                    • Added Rotation capability. Uniform and random with user specified min/max values.

                    I tried to test it thoroughly, but its possible there are still bugs. Let me know (as I'm sure you will) if you find something,

                    Chris

                    Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                    All my Plugins I've written

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                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                      Chris Fullmer
                      last edited by

                      I forgot to mention that I changed the filename (sorry). It was clf_scale_multiple.rb. That should be deleted. And then install the new one which is clf_scale_rotate_multiple.rb

                      Chris

                      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                        xrok1
                        last edited by

                        KUDOs, we are all very fortunate to have you here. 👍

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                        http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                        • PixeroP Offline
                          Pixero
                          last edited by

                          Thank you SOOO much!

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                            dylan
                            last edited by

                            Thanks Chris, your hard work is appreciated 👍

                            http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              Multiple & rotate 👍


                              scalemul.jpg

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                                Ecuadorian
                                last edited by

                                Thank you, Christopher!
                                You already have free scripts that are better than some commercial ones.

                                -Miguel Lescano
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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  Does it possible to have the scale and the rotation not randomized but "growing" one by one?

                                  Frenchy Pilou
                                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                  My Little site :)

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                                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                    Chris Fullmer
                                    last edited by

                                    The problem with implementing that functionality is that SketchUp does not order the components you select the way you select them. So even if you select them one by one and hit the "grow" command, it might jump around in the process, and scale them out of order, rendering it useless.

                                    Its possible to do for sure, but you have to make an assumption of growing them in the order they lie on the x axis or something. Then it would be possible to get them to grow in order. Or if the script placed them, it could keep track of them in order easily too. But I already know some of the math here starts getting me into trouble. I can see some of the shrinking spirals and sin waves you produce. That stuff just hurts my head 😄

                                    Chris

                                    Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                    All my Plugins I've written

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      When you have shown a video with a line of trees we are waiting the line of the tree growing in order! 😉
                                      But alas there was not 💚

                                      Frenchy Pilou
                                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                      My Little site :)

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                                        troyhome
                                        last edited by

                                        amazing stuff! thanks so much!

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                                        SU Pro 2024 PC

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                                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                          Chris Fullmer
                                          last edited by

                                          Thanks Troy, glad you like it!

                                          Chris

                                          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                                            ideas_arte
                                            last edited by

                                            Thank you very much, in fact your plugin is very useful tools..!

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