[Plugin] CleanUp

thomthom · 28 Feb 2011, 17:44

That's because one of them got a material applied to its backside. Tick the Ignore Materials checkbox and it'll merge them.

JPMays · 28 Feb 2011, 18:53

I had thought something like that might be the issue, and so I selected everything and applied a uniform material. I even did Reverse Faces to make sure everything was the same. I also used cleanup to set everything to Level 0, but still couldn't get them to merge.

thomthom · 28 Feb 2011, 21:15

But you get them to merge when you tick Ignore Material, right?

Btw, I think I've trapped the case where faces disappear. Will post an update later this week.

JPMays · 28 Feb 2011, 22:39

Aha, yes it worked! Thanks Thom.

nosehair · 3 Mar 2011, 03:22

thank you!it's very useful!

firebert85 · 17 Mar 2011, 22:59

i loaded this plugin into sketchup 8 and its not working, gives me an error message at startup and the plug in cant be found.

TIG · 18 Mar 2011, 09:42

@unknownuser said:

i loaded this plugin into sketchup 8 and its not working, gives me an error message at startup and the plug in cant be found.
We are not psychics - please post the error message. So far it suggests you have not installed things properly. Can you confirm what files were put in what folders, and the TT_Lib you installed etc...

utiler · 18 Mar 2011, 11:26

@tig said:

We are not psychics - please post the error message. So far it suggests you have not installed things properly. Can you confirm what files were put in what folders, and the TT_Lib you installed etc...

You sound like I feel, TIG! Bloody big weeks' work and you still get asked silly questions.....

firebert85 · 18 Mar 2011, 16:27

@tig said:

@unknownuser said:

i loaded this plugin into sketchup 8 and its not working, gives me an error message at startup and the plug in cant be found.
We are not psychics - please post the error message. So far it suggests you have not installed things properly. Can you confirm what files were put in what folders, and the TT_Lib you installed etc...

jesus you make it sound like its rocket science.

Error Loading File tt_cleanup.rb
no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb

its the one file posted on the board, and its in the google sketchup 8 plugin folder.

like every other plugin ive downloaded from this website.

Gaieus · 18 Mar 2011, 16:52

It seems that TIG was right and you did nt install TT_Lib (another required plugin) as suggested in the plugin post. Please, make sure that is also installed and restart SU.

TIG · 18 Mar 2011, 17:02

The error message tells you/us what is missing...
Many of the more complicated scripts have 'Libraries' of additional functions, that they sometimes share with other tools written by the same author. Many of thomthom's tools use his 'TT_Libs'...
It was explained that you need this addition stuff and clearly linked in the thread from where you got the main .rb file...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=193587#p193587

risoto1978 · 21 Mar 2011, 14:00

Hi,

I tried to install the cleanup ruby file on my mac. But then starting sketchup I got this error message: "no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb" but this one was not part of the download.

somebody can help?

Thanks
risoto

Gaieus · 21 Mar 2011, 14:18

Hi Christian (and welcome),

Please, go back to the first post and follow the link to that TT_Libray (and additional plugin package) you also need for this (and some other) plugin(s) to work.

TIG · 21 Mar 2011, 20:18

Christian
Follow Gaieus's advice and mine in the post just before yours http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=316703#p316703 that shows the link...

risoto1978 · 22 Mar 2011, 20:52

Thanks for the hint. Reading makes things easier. Now it works.

cheers
risoto

JasonDoggart · 6 Apr 2011, 19:27

Thanks so much for this tool! All your hard work is greatly appreciated!

Bob James · 7 Apr 2011, 05:36

I wound up in a complex model with several instances of a component having two or three different names. I want to change it so that all of the components that are physically the same become just one component and one name.

I tried the "similar" tool but that didn't seem to do anything (that I could tell).

I can't manually fix it because SU requires unique names.

Any advice?

thomthom · 7 Apr 2011, 07:26

@bob james said:

I tried the "similar" tool but that didn't seem to do anything (that I could tell).

It doesn't currently handle nested components etc. It's very experimental and I've not had time to work more on it.

@bob james said:

I can't manually fix it because SU requires unique names.

Select the component you want in the model - then type into the Ruby Console:
prototype = Sketchup.active_model.selection[0].definition

Select one or more of the instances of the definition you want to replace - then:
Sketchup.active_model.selection.each{|e|e.definition=prototype}

(Make sure the components axis are place identically.)

rocorona · 7 Apr 2011, 11:59

--Select the COMPONENT you want to replace;
--Go to the Components Browser:
--Right-click on the preview of the replacing component;
--Choose the "Replace selection" command;

Was this your goal?

Bob James · 9 Apr 2011, 00:59

@rocorona said:

--Select the COMPONENT you want to replace;
--Go to the Components Browser:
--Right-click on the preview of the replacing component;
--Choose the "Replace selection" command;

Was this your goal?

Thank you for your idea, but I've used the workflow you describe, but it still leaves the names different.

Goal: Several identical components have different names: I want consolidate all of them into one component and one name.