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    [Plugin] Model Scrambler v1.0 UPDATED: (June 11, 2009)

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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
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      ` group = the group you want to transform
      group.transformation.zaxis #this gets the z axis for the group
      angle = rand()
      point = group.bounds.center

      t = Geom::Transformation.rotation point, vector, angle
      group.transform! t`

      That should do it more or less. Unless I've got some typos. And use rand90 however you would like. You could even randomize the vector. I just used the blue axis so it will rotate around that.

      Chris

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

        Thanks Chris; I'll try that πŸ‘

        ... I also (accidentally) found out another use for scattering points πŸ’š
        It looks like a crumpled can, doesn't it?

        ... I'm now thinking of maybe putting in the option to either scramble selected objects, as-well as all entities...

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          Awesome, looks great! That's the way to do it, just keep adding features and simple scripts quickly can become very powerful.

          Chris

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

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            Ben Ritter
            last edited by

            No offense, but I can't see how and for what purpose would you would use this script? β˜€

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            • B Offline
              Ben Ritter
              last edited by

              Whew! I thought I was missing something in your description. πŸ’­

              Thanks for the script, I guess πŸ˜‰

              Ben

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                BTM
                last edited by

                @ben ritter said:

                No offense, but I can't see how and for what purpose would you would use this script? β˜€

                ... And that's the evil part! πŸ‘Ώ
                There is (almost) no (constructive) use!

                One reason would be if you wanted to send a model to someone to see how it looks, without them being able to use it at all; see link.
                http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=18227&st

                ... Another could be for fun... πŸ‘Ώ

                ... Or using the scramble effect on objects to make things like water, rocks, clouds, or other randomly shaped objects...

                ...or using it (minus the reverse faces) to make models appear old/ worn...

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                • R Offline
                  remus
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                  Browsing through your code: you might want to change require "Sketchup.rb" to require "sketchup.rb" (no capital letter.)

                  You get a double entry for the ruby console otherwise.

                  http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                  • B Offline
                    BTM
                    last edited by

                    I'll make sure to do that in the next version, remus. πŸ‘

                    ... Also, in order for it to work properly for selections, I'd have to find a way to select the entities in a component after exploding it. I've found a way to do it with groups, but not components. πŸ˜• Any ideas?

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                    • J Offline
                      jcc
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                      This post is almost a year old, but I'm hopeful that BTM is still working on this idea. I'm looking fo ra routine/script that will lock/secure the model from changes, but NOT from being viewed by a client.

                      Also need to allow clients to: display grade elevations with the "query" tool, and see saved views "scenes/pages".

                      Any help would be super.

                      Thanks,
                      mojo

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                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                        Chris Fullmer
                        last edited by

                        Hey Mojo, actually this thread is just a few days old, not a year. So you are right on time for the party.

                        However, the problem with a script that keeps the client from changing anything - well all they would have to do is uninstall the script. Or more likely, never install it in the first place. There is no way to build that tpye of functionality into a model itself unfortunately.

                        But this is exactly the type of conversation that spawned the script. Remus wanted something that would just mess up every vertex in the model so nothing would be accurate, thereby making it nearly impossible to build off of or steal.

                        Chris

                        PS, I'm just through the tunnel in Berkeley.

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

                          @chris fullmer said:

                          the problem with a script that keeps the client from changing anything - well all they would have to do is uninstall the script. Or more likely, never install it in the first place. There is no way to build that tpye of functionality into a model itself unfortunately.

                          … You sure? I remember once that CPhillips was going to try and embed sound files into skp files, maybe it's possible with ruby scripts. I'd have no Idea myself though, but you never know…

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                            thomthom
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                            @unknownuser said:

                            @chris fullmer said:

                            the problem with a script that keeps the client from changing anything - well all they would have to do is uninstall the script. Or more likely, never install it in the first place. There is no way to build that tpye of functionality into a model itself unfortunately.

                            … You sure? I remember once that CPhillips was going to try and embed sound files into skp files, maybe it's possible with ruby scripts. I'd have no Idea myself though, but you never know…

                            You can store an script in an dictionary attribute, but it'd never trigger unless you have another script that executes it.

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

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                              MrPlanet
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                              In which menu is the option?

                              I reject your reality and substitute my own.

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                              • J Offline
                                jcc
                                last edited by

                                I been off on other projects since June, and thought Id just see the status of the Scrambler. Any news?
                                Sounds like it may develop into a kind of PGP, where the model is scrambled at the source before sending, and the Un-Scrambler, being embedded in the model, is triggered somehow. But I may be over-reaching -- is there such a thing as an Un-Scrambler?

                                At any rate, what I was looking for originally, was some sort of lock to put on the model, to: 1) prevent changes by others, and 2) therefore to create a sort of brute force copyright.

                                And another thang, Does anyone have any experience with adobe PDF in 3D? could that be a solution...

                                Thanks!
                                john

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                                • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                  Chris Fullmer
                                  last edited by

                                  Hey John, I had worked on a model scrambler that would also unscramble it afterwards. I think it is around here somewhere on the forum. Turned out to not really be what I wanted. I was also looking for a way to lock a model.

                                  So far, model locking is not possible in plain .skp format.

                                  There has been some work done with 3d pdfs though. I think Al at Renderplus has done some work on this, making a 3d pdf exporter. Check it out here:

                                  favicon

                                  (www.renderplus.com)

                                  Hope that helps,

                                  Chris

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

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                                  • GaieusG Offline
                                    Gaieus
                                    last edited by

                                    The PDF exporter by Renderplus is actually a cool plugin.

                                    Gai...

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