Drop group or component to surface below?

thomthom · 8 Jul 2010, 07:25

is randor different from the random scale and rotate plugin Chris got?

Gaieus · 8 Jul 2010, 07:38

I will check.

Gaieus · 8 Jul 2010, 07:41

Hm... Even Chris mentions randor here.
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=139970#p139970

anyway, I have downloaded and will check out...

thomthom · 8 Jul 2010, 09:18

hm.. I've not tried that one. Does it deal with hidden entities?

CadFather · 8 Jul 2010, 09:45

yes, it drops the component only to the next visible entity

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CadFather · 8 Jul 2010, 09:45

Jim's Mover script drops components pretty well too.. (press CTRL)

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thomthom · 8 Jul 2010, 10:01

Also if the entity itself isn't hidden, but on a hidden layer?

CadFather · 8 Jul 2010, 10:17

no not in that case

Chris Fullmer · 8 Jul 2010, 17:48

I have been meaning to write a smart drop plugin too that drops to a specified group. I normally want to drop trees down onto a ground plane, and that ground plane is always in a group. So I've meant to write one that will let you select what to drop and then select a group to drop onto. Have not gotten around to it yet though.

And my rotate and scale multiple is essentially the same thing as randor. I was not aiming to re-write that plugin when I started it. I was just supposed to scale multiple components at the same time, based on each one's location. But then it kept evolving and turned into scaling and rotating randomly.

Chris

thomthom · 8 Jul 2010, 21:33

@chris fullmer said:

I have been meaning to write a smart drop plugin too that drops to a specified group. I normally want to drop trees down onto a ground plane, and that ground plane is always in a group. So I've meant to write one that will let you select what to drop and then select a group to drop onto. Have not gotten around to it yet though.

Ditto!

onzki · 11 Aug 2022, 01:45

@autarchos said:

try this one:

(www.smustard.com)

Hello everyone! I know this is an old thread, but still in demand feature lol .. The link no longer available, anybody knows an alternative? Thanks!

samodelkin_77 · 11 Aug 2022, 05:18

I`m using Curic Align, its work for any face\edge\middle point
Thanks to creature this plugin ))

Didier Bur · 16 Aug 2022, 08:40

Hi,
I don't know if it can help, but take a look at my Components Spray tool:
https://extensions.sketchup.com/extension/213a8e60-208f-4b6d-95ff-ab367c09a959/compo-spray

Regards,

cotty · 17 Aug 2022, 17:34

ThrowTo is another option too...
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=465353#p465353