[Plugin] Material Tools

Sir · 10 May 2009, 15:30

very useful plugin thomthom. is it possible to add the functionality to remove ALL materials but ONLY from the selection?

fantastic!

thomthom · 10 May 2009, 15:43

@sir said:

very useful plugin thomthom. is it possible to add the functionality to remove ALL materials but ONLY from the selection?

fantastic!

Yea, that would be possible. I was thinking of doing that anyway.

Sir · 10 May 2009, 15:45

thomthom · 10 May 2009, 15:48

Only one thing; what would be the expected behaviour if the selection contains an component instance?

Sir · 10 May 2009, 15:53

id have to say that remove from all instances too, as you'd want them all the same, no? suppose it could always be a check before compleating the script tho, im sure someone would want it both ways!

TIG · 10 May 2009, 16:18

Can't you just use my GlobalMaterialChanger.rb ? ... It works on a selection, OR the whole model... and it asks if you want to 'mine' down into groups and instances etc...

Sir · 10 May 2009, 16:48

i wasnt aware of it... ill go take a look

Pout · 13 Jul 2009, 10:00

great! Thx!

Gaieus · 19 Aug 2010, 13:16

Hi Thom,

sorry for bumping the topic... Could you add "Remove materials applied to back faces"? (Or is there a plugin that does that already?)

thomthom · 19 Aug 2010, 13:25

Al-ka-zam!

TIG · 19 Aug 2010, 13:45

@gaieus said:

Hi Thom,
sorry for bumping the topic... Could you add "Remove materials applied to back faces"? (Or is there a plugin that does that already?)

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=264134#p264134 = My recent tools include three options:

If a face has no front-material but does have a back-material it reverses the face and moves the back-material onto the front keeping the UV mapping etc. It works on selected faces, and after a confirmation-dialog faces in groups, components, or just 'all'.
If a face has a front-material and also has a back-material it reverses the face and moves the back-material onto the front keeping the UV mapping etc and erases the other material - i.e. the back-material is finally defaulted [it is 'forced' - use with care!]. It works only on selected faces.
It removes back-materials from all selected faces, and after a confirmation-dialog faces in groups, components, or just 'all'.

Gaieus · 19 Aug 2010, 14:33

Cool, TIG, thanks! I knew I remembered reading something but you guys spoil us with the abundance of new plugins every day so it's really hard to keep up with the development!

Ben Ritter · 19 Aug 2010, 14:47

Thomas, thank you.

Zacchia · 19 Aug 2010, 15:08

thanks for this plugin!!

thomthom · 21 Oct 2010, 19:24

Some various updates to this plugin - renamed it as well.

caleidos4d · 21 Oct 2010, 19:47

Thanks thomthom

CAntonis · 21 Oct 2010, 20:17

Thank U.

It 'll come in handy! Thats for sure!

CAntonis

dedmin · 22 Oct 2010, 08:44

Instance Material to Faces paints materials also to the back faces. Apply Color Adjustments bugsplats SketchUP when nothing is selected. The names are somehow misleading because this tools work on a selection - maybe to put them on the right click menu when click on the selection or add "selected" to the name.
WinXp SP3
SketchUP 8

thomthom · 22 Oct 2010, 10:37

@dedmin said:

Instance Material to Faces paints materials also to the back faces.

Yes - by design to preserve the same visual appearance.

@dedmin said:

Apply Color Adjustments bugsplats SketchUP when nothing is selected.

It doesn't use the selection at all - it processes all colour adjusted textures in the model. Got a sample model where this occurs? I've not seen any bugplats with this. Can't reproduce it either.

@dedmin said:

The names are somehow misleading because this tools work on a selection - maybe to put them on the right click menu when click on the selection or add "selected" to the name.

Not all work on the selection.

dedmin · 22 Oct 2010, 10:46

Itis a clean file - nothing there