[Plugin] Component Dropper
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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
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Swopper it is!
Well, that is - you got until my next update to name this ... thingy-ma-jiggy. -
cool, Thomas, D/L and having a play!!!
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What happend about the old component? Killed?
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@thomthom said:
@unknownuser said:
What happend about the old component? Killed?
Yes, the instance is slaughtered.
Thanks for a good laugh Thomthom! -
Great ThomThom. I had already thought previously about a plugin that made this.
For the name given to this script I thought that it was this plugin:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=20233&p=223396#p223396
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Thx for the precision
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very funny
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cool plugin thomthom... don't take a cookie .... you deserve a cake man...
PS... i've eaten one piece out of it... hehe
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use it.... for what ?????
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No chance to see Component Dropper multiple?
That will be very cool!
- Make a selection containing groups and components in a certain order (or automatically randomly with a general selection). (Doesn't matter if it contains more, it'll be ignored.)
- Activate the tool
- Pick another group**"s"** or component**"s"** instance in a certain order (or automatically randomly with a general selection) to replace your selection.
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@unknownuser said:
certain order
In the order of the one by one clic selection
Ps about the plug itself first post
Does it possible to keep the original size of the component and not an adapted size?
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@unknownuser said:
Ps about the plug itself first post
Does it possible to keep the original size of the component and not an adapted size?
( a simple past replace in place)No. But I've wanted this myself. So added to todo list.
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Comp Dropper never got renamed to Comp Swopper, right?
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thomas,
correct me if I am wrong. the way this plugin improves on the regular method (choosing a number of components in the model and replacing by another by right-clicking on this 2nd one in the components dialog and choosing "replace selected") is because it can also perform the same act on groups whereas the native method works only on components.
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It also tries to preserve the component instance's size.
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Is there something like the dropgc but to be undropped?
reason for this is when I work on placing light fixtures on a reflected ceiling, I will have those placed on the floor plan then "undrop" so they will attach to the ceiling?
is there something like it out there to do this?.
Thanks.
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I have made in the past a sort of Undrop
Not sure it's that you want ?
You have also Eclate Deplace By Cplassay and me
But if your lights are not Group or component that will be impossible!
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