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    [Plugin] Select by Material, and Hide All Unselected

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    • CadFatherC Offline
      CadFather
      last edited by

      Thank you Karen, funny how one's first plugin is often simple and so good. πŸ‘

      one suggestion.. have you thought of a way of 'getting' the material under the cursor?

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      • Bob JamesB Offline
        Bob James
        last edited by

        This is exactly the tool I've been looking for πŸ‘

        BUT: I selected a material (clicked on it to make it the current material), clicked on "Material Selection" in the Plugins drop-down list....but nothing happens 😲
        The material I selected was within a group: is that the problem?

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        • CadFatherC Offline
          CadFather
          last edited by

          Bob, make the material active in the material browser

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            πŸ‘
            It can be ver useful when someone is modelling for GE for instance, too (like in this topic).
            Models sometimes get rejected for "incomplete texturing" when the modeller misses to texture a face or two somewhere in the model.

            Gai...

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            • K Offline
              kwalkerman
              last edited by

              Thanks for all the positive feedback.

              Bob - the tool should work to select materials within groups. However, if you are currently in component or group edit mode, it will only look at entities within the current workspace. Try exiting all components and running the plugin again. If this doesn't work, try it on a simple model... and let me know how it goes.

              CadFather - I can add something like this... Just give me a few days. Weekends are for construction.

              --
              Karen

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              • CadFatherC Offline
                CadFather
                last edited by

                thanks Karen and take your time..

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                • Bob JamesB Offline
                  Bob James
                  last edited by

                  In the attached picture I have:

                  1. Clicked on the tile material in the model
                  2. Noted that there are 46 faces with this material
                  3. Clicked on the tile material in the Material Editor
                  4. Clicked on Material Selection in the Plug-ins

                  Nothing selected-nothing hidden ❓


                  Material Selection.png

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                  • CadFatherC Offline
                    CadFather
                    last edited by

                    there are 2 menus in the plugins, one to select and one to hide - they don't work together at once

                    but it all works fine on my SU8, WinXP

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                    • K Offline
                      kwalkerman
                      last edited by

                      The more I think about the option to 'get' the material under the cursor, the less it makes sense to me to add it into the plugin. I really like the fact that you can choose a material from the materials browser for selection. This way, you can choose to select something that you don't want in your model (or can't find), such as unpainted surfaces.

                      If you left the current functionality, and added the ability to get the material under the cursor, this would add a step to the process, which makes it no better than doing the following:

                      1. Pick a material with the built-in SU picker
                      2. Select materials

                      Let me know what you think.

                      --
                      Karen

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                      • CadFatherC Offline
                        CadFather
                        last edited by

                        Hi Karen, i was thinking it could be fast right-clicking and select by material - though this way works just fine

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                        • K Offline
                          kwalkerman
                          last edited by

                          Bob - I sent you a PM, asking to see the model you are having difficulty with. Did you get everything figured out?

                          --
                          Karen

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                          • B Offline
                            Ben Ritter
                            last edited by

                            Karen, thank you. Great!

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                            • B Offline
                              Ben Ritter
                              last edited by

                              Karen,

                              I have the same problem as Bob. Other materials are not hiding. I'm using version 8. I tried it with the default entity Susan. Ben

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                              • Bob JamesB Offline
                                Bob James
                                last edited by

                                Karen,
                                Thanks for the offer to look at my model, but I think I have it now:
                                So the sequence is to make the material active, use "Material Selection" and then use "Hide All Un-selected".

                                CadFather: I did not see the other entry in the plugin list: "Hide All Un-selected".

                                That's sort of an unusual approach. I would suggest that the "Material Selection" entry have a fly-out menu for the Hide option.


                                Plugins-Material Selection.png


                                Plugins-Material Selection.png

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                                • K Offline
                                  kwalkerman
                                  last edited by

                                  Bob (and CadFather),

                                  I wanted to leave them separate because I thought 'hide all unselected' could be useful for other applications... But I think I can figure out a fly-out.

                                  --
                                  Karen

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                                  • CadFatherC Offline
                                    CadFather
                                    last edited by

                                    i for one prefer them separate

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                                    • McGyverM Offline
                                      McGyver
                                      last edited by

                                      You rock!! I'm finishing up a huge model and just this morning I was thinking I wonder if there is anything that could... well, do what this ruby does!! THANK YOU!!

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                                      • Bob JamesB Offline
                                        Bob James
                                        last edited by

                                        @cadfather said:

                                        i for one prefer them separate

                                        I yield to the power πŸ˜„ (As long as they stay together in the plugin list)

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                                        • A Offline
                                          ahnvtk
                                          last edited by

                                          This is useful, thanks. πŸ‘

                                          One limitation: it seems as if this will only select faces with a material if both sides of the face contain the material. For inconsistently textured scenes that would mean the material is overlooked.. Maybe it could have two modes: one where it will select only faces with the material on both sides, and another that selects faces if the material is on either side?

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                                          • K Offline
                                            kwalkerman
                                            last edited by

                                            Right now it looks only at the front side. I could do another run that looked at the back side, if that would help?

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