[REQ] fill area with instances of components

[Prisoner]

Hi all,

What i need is a way to random fill a defined area/face/selection of faces with a specified number of instances of one or more components, preferably without touching each other.
An example: I want to add an audiance of lets say 500 people (2d or 3d components) in front of a stage. What would make this really great for me would be to be able to define the gap between the instances or, even better, a range for the gap (i.e minimum and maximum gap between instances).
I hope it's clear what i want to describe. Sorry for my awkward english, one more german sketchup user here
Maybe there already is a solution for this, but i couldn't find one.

I really hope you can help me. Thanks in advance and thanks for all the hours of trial and error you all saved me so far!

Heiko

[takesh h]

I will say... Compo_spray by Didier Bur or MatrixProximity by TIG.

Compo_Spray
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11746

MatrixProximity
http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/ruby-scripts/9467-visual-index-ruby-scripts.html#post131588
http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/ruby-scripts/9467-visual-index-ruby-scripts.html#post131872

Tell me what you think.

[Prisoner]

Thank you for the quick reply. MatrixProximity looks great, seems to be doing what I need.
I'll play around with it later.