[REQUEST] Drop on a specified surface

Panga · 21 Oct 2010, 08:03

Hi all,

This is a little request in order to complete the existing Drop plugin.

Issues of this plugin are well-known :

drop on hidden entities
interferences between dropped components

Is there a way to modify the Drop plugin to add an option to Drop on a specified surface, in order that the plugin ignores all the other entities ?

If someone already know a workaround to avoid thoses issues, I'm Listening !

Thanks in advance.

thomthom · 21 Oct 2010, 08:17

@panga said:

drop on hidden entities

Raytracer ignores hidden entities: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=30509

I was thinking of doing a target surface thing - but the current version works well when you just hide the other geometry.
(Note that SU8 has a problem with it's raytracing method - so all the plugins that does this might act a little unpredictable in some cases.)

Panga · 21 Oct 2010, 08:22

Hi Thomthom,

Did not see the new features of your Raytracer plugin...or I missed them since the beginning
I'll give it a try, thanks !!

Cheers.

shura · 21 Oct 2010, 17:10

How about Chris Fullmers Component onto Face plugin?

It does not exactly "drop" a component, but it places a copy of a component on the center of each selected face.

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edit: on hidden faces it works as well!