[Plugin] Component Dropper

thomthom

hmm... think I'm seeing some oddities in some cases... looks like I need to take another look.

xrok1

another good one. maybe swapper or changer would be a better name though.

solo

Thomthom, let's say i have a tree with 1000 leaves,I have a single polygon representing the leaf, can I substitute the single polygon (which is a group) for another group say a higher poly one with mapped texture to replace all instances of the low one?

xrok1

he he, you try it and tell us all

thomthom

@solo said:

Thomthom, let's say i have a tree with 1000 leaves,I have a single polygon representing the leaf, can I substitute the single polygon (which is a group) for another group say a higher poly one with mapped texture to replace all instances of the low one?

Yes - I'd think so.

Just occurred to me that I don't copy the group/component material of the instance I replace...

thomthom

@xrok1 said:

another good one. maybe swapper or changer would be a better name though.

I was considering that, but choose "Dropper" to indicate it was a tool like the Material Dropper.

but I got another one baking which will be a "??? Swapper"

xrok1

good then, its just that when i first spotted this thread i was thinking of smartdrop at intersection and wondered what else could be done? drop is drop.

solo

swopper.rb?

xrok1

very punny Solo. but i like it!

TIG

Unfortunately 'dropper' in English is usually taken as something to do with 'dropping' - i.e. it is 'something that 'makes drops' [drops = either some actual or potential physical movements downwards, or small globules of liquid] or makes things 'drop' [i.e. to move downwards] - long before it clicks that it is meant as 'eye-dropper' [something that makes **eye-**drops - i.e. globules of liquid that fall into the eye from a rubber-bulb activated pipette - commonly called an 'eye-dropper']...

So I recommend that you either rename it 'eye-dropper' or 'matcher' or 'swapper/swopper' or something else that doesn't sound like it's to do with things being made to fall downwards - the older tool 'Drop' moves selected components downwards so 'Dropper' sounds like it'll do something similar !!! ...

PS: it's a great idea otherwise