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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      He wants to do this in hundreds of skp files and too lazy to open them one-by-one (no wonder) 😲

      Gai...

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      • M Offline
        MartinRinehart
        last edited by

        @zzm said:

        I have 300 skp files that I want to open and replace a tree with a different tree.

        I've written a plugin-like Ruby, DOStalk.rb. It lets you issue MSDOS-type commands in the Ruby Console window. For instance,

        dir '*.skp'

        lists all the models in the current directory.

        I bring this up because there is also a change command:

        change '*.skp'

        This calls process() for each file in the specified list. The default process() reports that it is processing each file in the Ruby Console.

        Now we need a process() that swaps components. TIG?

        Here's my DOStalk, very early version. Do not bury it in Plugins. Put it in some convenient directory where you can load it in the Ruby Console. load '/convenient/dir/DOStalk.rb'. (Choose something easier to type than "/convenient/dir".)

        Edit: Ooops! Forgot to add:

        
        # DOStalk.rb - emulates a few MSDOS commands'
        # Copyright 2010, Martin Rinehart
        
        $dos_talk_pmode = false 
        
        =begin
        In program mode, the dir function returns a list of file names. Otherwise, it displays the list in the Ruby Console.
        =end
        
        def dir( *args )
        
            if args.length() == 0
                return Dir;;pwd()
            end
            
            list = Dir;;glob( args[0] )
            list.sort!()
            
            if $dos_talk_pmode 
                return list
            else
                for f in list do puts f end
                puts
            end # if pmode
            
        end # dir()
        
        def cd( path )
            Dir;;chdir( path )
        end
        
        def change( path )
            list = Dir;;glob( path )
            for f in list do process( f ) end
        end
        
        def del( path )
            delete( path )
        end
        
        def delete( path )
            list = Dir;;glob( path )
            for f in list do File;;delete( f ) end
        end
        
        def ldt()
            load __FILE__
        end
        
        def md( path )
            mkdir( path )
        end
        
        def mkdir( path )
            Dir;;mkdir( path )
        end
        
        def process( pathname )
            puts 'processing(  "' + pathname + '" )'
        end
        
        def rd( path )
            rmdir( path )
        end
        
        def rmdir( path )
            Dir;;rmdir( path )
        end
        
        # end of DOStalk.rb
        
        

        Author, Edges to Rubies - The Complete SketchUp Tutorial at http://www.MartinRinehart.com/models/tutorial.

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          Yeah, but does that let him open all 300, replace a component, and then close them. And do it all automated? The point is that its tiresome to do that over 300 models if you have to do an action manually for each model.

          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
          All my Plugins I've written

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          • M Offline
            MartinRinehart
            last edited by

            Here's a start.

            I don't know how to find the component to delete. Do you have to cruise through entities looking for Component and then check name. Any less tedious way? I also don't know how to import a component. Looked at Model.import() but that doesn't seem quite right. I was looking for something that let me position the component. Having to position 300 new components would be a big improvement for zzm, but hardly optimal.

            zzm: by proceeding with this discussion you certify that your files are fully backed up and that you know, understand and will abide by all the terms and conditions of Murphy's Law.

            
            def zzm( )
            
                list = Dir;;glob( '*.skp' )
                
                if list.length == 0
                    UI.messagebox( 'Found no SketchUp models (*.skp).' )
                    return
                end
                
                ret = UI.messagebox( 'There are ' + list.length().to_s() + 
                    ' files. Proceed?', MB_OKCANCEL )
                return if ret == 2 # CANCEL
                
                prompts = ['Name of component to delete; ',
                    'Name of component to import; ']
                defaults = ['deleteme', 'importme']
                UI.inputbox( prompts, defaults, 'Delete/Import Box' )
            
                for fn in list do
                    file = Sketchup.open_file( fn )
                    UI.messagebox( fn + ' opened.' )
            
                    # do the work here
            
                    
                end
                
            end
            
            

            I'm gone for the day.

            Author, Edges to Rubies - The Complete SketchUp Tutorial at http://www.MartinRinehart.com/models/tutorial.

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              Importing an external component: model.definitions.load http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/definitionlist.html#load
              Position the component: Entities.add_instance(definition, transform) - just copy the transformation of the instance you replace.

              @martinrinehart said:

              I don't know how to find the component to delete. Do you have to cruise through entities looking for Component and then check name. Any less tedious way?

              If you have it's name, then it's easy: model.definitions['definitionName']

              I think the code would be something like this:

              
              newDef = model.definitions.load(path_to_new_component)
              oldDef = model.definitions['definitionName']
              oldDef.instances.each { |old_inst|
                t = old_inst.transformation
                ents = old_inst.parent.entities
                ents.add_instance(newDef, t)
                old_inst.erase!
              }
              
              

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

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              • honoluludesktopH Offline
                honoluludesktop
                last edited by

                This is a great plugin, especially for landscape visulization.

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  Moved this topic to the Developer section of the forum.

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

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                  • S Offline
                    sahi
                    last edited by

                    It is my experiment.
                    Prompt me if that not so.

                    1. we choose a file (this will be a folder )
                    2. We enter the name of component
                    3. we choose a component in which and will replace

                    Attention!!!! Attention!!!! Attention!!!! before the use backup folder
                    menu "Plugins >> reload_component"
                    reload_component2.rb

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                    • S Offline
                      SLOf1Fan
                      last edited by

                      For some reason I have recently found that right-clicking a residence model in my site model to update the revised component does not work. I get the usual pop-up stating the component has been added and asks if I'd like to replace, however when I click yes, nothing happens. It used to open the file folder so I can select the replacement folder. Please help.

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                      • T Offline
                        Technical Ben
                        last edited by

                        Sorry to post in an old thread. But I'm looking for something similar to this.
                        Just a hobby project, but I would really like a tool that checked for updates to components for me.

                        So, I have a large file separated into separate components, these are save in a folder (such as Floor 1, Floor 2, Floor 3 etc). These are constructed into one big model (Such as "House"). I would like a script that automatically loaded up the components from file, when I opened the main project. I thought Sketchup did this automatically, but I have to click "reload" and each component separately. 😞

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                        • honoluludesktopH Offline
                          honoluludesktop
                          last edited by

                          Select Window > components, right click the component you want to change in the component's window, then "select instances", again right click the component in the component's window, and "reload", "yes", and find the .skp you want.

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            My old XrefManager does do this BUT you need to have added the items as an 'Xref'... It is long overdue an update, but does list components that have changed externally and then allows you to reload them...

                            TIG

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                            • T Offline
                              Technical Ben
                              last edited by

                              Thanks honoluludesktop.
                              I'll have to do that, and force myself not to amend objects in the wrong file.

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                              • B Offline
                                BigAl
                                last edited by

                                I'm using Thom Thom's lines of code below to batch replace a series of proxy components with hi-res versions.
                                newDef = model.definitions.load(path_to_new_component)
                                oldDef = model.definitions['definitionName']
                                oldDef.instances.each { |old_inst|
                                t = old_inst.transformation
                                ents = old_inst.parent.entities
                                ents.add_instance(newDef, t)
                                old_inst.erase!
                                }
                                To speed this process up I'd like to add a conditional test before this code such that the code to replace Component A with Component B only runs if Component A already exists within the model. Otherwise skip to the next component in the list.
                                Does such code or similar already exist somewhere?
                                Any help greatly appreciated.

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                                • Dan RathbunD Offline
                                  Dan Rathbun
                                  last edited by

                                  It looks like it already does that.

                                  Meaning ComponentA's defintion's instances collection is iterated, and the statements within the curly delimited block are run if the collection has any references pointing at instances that have been placed within the model.

                                  IF the instances collection is empty, then the iteration loop is exited without running the block.

                                  ❓

                                  I'm not here much anymore.

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                                  • B Offline
                                    BigAl
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks Dan,
                                    I hadn't noticed that behaviour before. Initially being only interested in getting a couple of components into the model it wasn't an issue and I would always have the proxies in the model to check that the swap worked ok.
                                    Looking at this again it looks like the components are all loaded into the file in turn. When I repeat ThomThom's text as below only Comp4 gets deleted if not required to replace comp3 (being the last to be loaded). Comp2 get left behind.

                                    newDef = model.definitions.load("J:/Comp2.skp")
                                    oldDef = model.definitions['Comp1']
                                    oldDef.instances.each{|old_inst|old_inst.definition=newDef
                                    t = old_inst.transformation
                                    ents = old_inst.parent.entities
                                    ents.add_instance(newDef, t)
                                    old_inst.erase!
                                    }
                                    newDef = model.definitions.load("J:/Comp4.skp")
                                    oldDef = model.definitions['Comp3']
                                    oldDef.instances.each{|old_inst|old_inst.definition=newDef
                                    t = old_inst.transformation
                                    ents = old_inst.parent.entities
                                    ents.add_instance(newDef, t)
                                    old_inst.erase!
                                    }

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