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    [Plugin] Make Named Group

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    • pilouP Offline
      pilou
      last edited by

      In this order of idea: a ruby who take the name of a group (or Component) selected then create the same "Layer name" and put the group (or Component) in this new Layer named will ne fine 😄

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        @unknownuser said:

        In this order of idea: a ruby who take the name of a group (or Component) selected then create the same "Layer name" and put the group (or Component) in this new Layer named will ne fine 😄

        Untested, but this should place all groups/components into a layer based on their name.

        
        model = Sketchup.active_model
        sel = model.selection
        
        sel.each { |e|
          next unless e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Group) || e.is_a?(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance)
          model.layers.add(e.name) if model.layers[e.name].nil?
          e.layer = model.layers[e.name]
        }
        
        

        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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        • D Offline
          din_wiesel
          last edited by

          Would it be possible to put the entry from the "Edit Menu" to the context menu?

          greets din

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            I will see if I can add support for UI Manager - so you can choose. There are people who prefer not to have their context menu filled with more items. So it's not easy to get a balance. But when the user can choose then it's not an issue any more.

            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            • J Offline
              JGA
              last edited by

              Thanks for the plugin, a great idea.

              Regards,
              JGA

              Regards,
              JGA

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              • D Offline
                dedmin
                last edited by

                I just saw this - very useful! I started recently using groups instead of components and I'm using this wonderful plugin - http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=9318
                If there is a way to combine them into one - perfect!

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  @dedmin said:

                  I just saw this - very useful! I started recently using groups instead of components and I'm using this wonderful plugin - http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=9318
                  If there is a way to combine them into one - perfect!

                  Is there different functionality?

                  Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    dedmin
                    last edited by

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      ❓

                      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      • D Offline
                        dedmin
                        last edited by

                        It has a drop-down list of 20 names to choose from

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          That seems very specific...
                          I still don't see what combination it is you're looking for.

                          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                            dedmin
                            last edited by

                            Your plugin plus a drop-down list for the group names. Jim's plugin allows You to write 20 most used names in a text file for later use - useful in many fields where the parts are common - furniture and the like.

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                            • utilerU Offline
                              utiler
                              last edited by

                              Hey Thomas, love your plugins....
                              With this one; do you think you could have the group added to a layer of the same name? If no layer, ask the user do you want to add a layer? Would be a great timesaver.....

                              Thanks.
                              A

                              purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                              • bagateloB Offline
                                bagatelo
                                last edited by

                                @utiler said:

                                Hey Thomas, love your plugins....
                                With this one; do you think you could have the group added to a layer of the same name? If no layer, ask the user do you want to add a layer? Would be a great timesaver.....

                                Thanks.
                                A

                                It would be interesting if there was a box or drop down menu where it appeared the possibility to create and now include the object in a layer with the same name.

                                Create components instead of groups might be interesting too.

                                While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                                • utilerU Offline
                                  utiler
                                  last edited by

                                  @utiler said:

                                  Hey Thomas, love your plugins....
                                  With this one; do you think you could have the group added to a layer of the same name? If no layer, ask the user do you want to add a layer? Would be a great timesaver.....

                                  Thanks.
                                  A

                                  Thom?

                                  purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                  • G Offline
                                    Goonster
                                    last edited by

                                    Great plug in.Thanks. 😉

                                    Ive assigned G' as a shortcut to it so I don`t have to keep going to the Edit menu.

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                                      veerlexyz
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks a lot for this plugin.
                                      I would love to see this plugin "Make Named Group" in the right-click-menu.
                                      Is that possible?

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        @veerlexyz said:

                                        Thanks a lot for this plugin.
                                        I would love to see this plugin "Make Named Group" in the right-click-menu.
                                        Is that possible?

                                        It is possible - but if I where to add it I'd get requests about removing it from people who want to reduce the amount of items in the context menu. Right now I don't have the time to make a UI for controlling this option.

                                        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                          tula1847
                                          last edited by

                                          Hello just tried to download and says the .rb file is locked. How do I unlock I have a macbook pro.
                                          Thanks

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                                          • K Offline
                                            kaas
                                            last edited by

                                            Just 'discovered' this plugin. Added an array with often used groupnames (SFB codes) which is displayed in the dropdown list instead of the layer names and this speeds up my workflow quite a bit. Many thanks for this gem Thom!

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