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      danbig
      last edited by

      I think I'm still missing something simple on how to operate this incredibly helpful plugin.

      I have a model with hundreds of instances of multiple components. I want to select all the instances of a single component definition. I cannot seem to get the plugin to do this; can someone go through the steps to perform this function?

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
        last edited by

        Dan, this doesn't help you with the plugin I know but for something like what you want to do, couldn't you just right click on the component's thumbnail in the In Model component library and and choose Select Instances?

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          With the plugin, you should just right click on one instance and go to Instances > Select all or active (it can select instances even inside other components/groups)

          Gai...

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            danbig
            last edited by

            Hi Dave -

            Yes, that would work. Thanks for the tip. I haven't used the component library to browse components in my model very much, so I wasn't aware of that function.

            Gai - that's exactly how I'm trying to use the plugin, to no avail. I'm stumped.

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              FWIW, Csaba's directions work for me but using the Components tool on the Selection Toys toolbar doesn't seem to do anything.

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                @dave r said:

                FWIW, Csaba's directions work for me but using the Components tool on the Selection Toys toolbar doesn't seem to do anything.

                Can you provide a sammple model and/or video?
                Any errors in the Ruby Console?

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

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  Maybe I'm using it wrong Thomas. I've tried selecting a component which I know has more than one instance. Then I click on the tool with the two green boxes. Nothing changes. I've tried getting the tool first and then clicking on a component. Nothing different there, either. I'll send you an example model though.

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    That button is to filter the selection.

                    To select similar instances, use the context menu.

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

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      Thanks Thomas.

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                      • leedeeteeL Offline
                        leedeetee
                        last edited by

                        Hi,

                        Could someone help me with this ...

                        I'm trying to get the Selection Toys to work, I have the following fodlers in Plugins:

                        TT_Lib TT_Lib2

                        and then also tt_selection_toys in there, too.

                        SU loads up fine but then nothing is shown in the plugins.

                        What am I doign wrong?

                        Thanks.

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                          leedeetee
                          last edited by

                          @leedeetee said:

                          Hi,

                          Could someone help me with this ...

                          I'm trying to get the Selection Toys to work, I have the following fodlers in Plugins:

                          TT_Lib TT_Lib2

                          and then also tt_selection_toys in there, too.

                          SU loads up fine but then nothing is shown in the plugins.

                          What am I doign wrong?

                          Thanks.

                          IGNORE ME! Sorry, Sorted. πŸ‘

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                            danbig
                            last edited by

                            I get no error message, but the context menu doesn't seem to do anything for me. I'll check the console next time I try.

                            @thomthom said:

                            That button is to filter the selection.

                            To select similar instances, use the context menu.

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              @danbig said:

                              I get no error message, but the context menu doesn't seem to do anything for me. I'll check the console next time I try.

                              @thomthom said:

                              That button is to filter the selection.

                              To select similar instances, use the context menu.

                              Can you describe more specifically the steps you are doing? And what you have pre-selected etc?

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

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                                danbig
                                last edited by

                                In the model, I have 420 instances of a single component.

                                I select one of the instances, and right click.

                                Under the "Instances" context menu, I choose "Select All".

                                What I want to happen, is that all 420 instances of this component to be selected. In my case, nothing happens. Nothing posts to the console. Am I trying to use it correctly?

                                @thomthom said:

                                @danbig said:

                                I get no error message, but the context menu doesn't seem to do anything for me. I'll check the console next time I try.

                                @thomthom said:

                                That button is to filter the selection.

                                To select similar instances, use the context menu.

                                Can you describe more specifically the steps you are doing? And what you have pre-selected etc?

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  Can you post or send me a sample model?

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

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                                    Lorelalala
                                    last edited by

                                    Really useful stuff!

                                    TT, Thank you so much!

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                                      danbig
                                      last edited by

                                      Here's a sample model. I can't get the selection toys plugin to select all the instances of either component. I'm pretty sure that there is something simple about operating this plugin that i'm missing.

                                      @thomthom said:

                                      Can you post or send me a sample model?


                                      Test 1.skp

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        @danbig said:

                                        Here's a sample model. I can't get the selection toys plugin to select all the instances of either component. I'm pretty sure that there is something simple about operating this plugin that i'm missing.

                                        @thomthom said:

                                        Can you post or send me a sample model?

                                        I tried both Instance -> Select Active and Instances -> Select All and both of them worked... πŸ˜•

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

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                                        • GaieusG Offline
                                          Gaieus
                                          last edited by

                                          (Okay, so this was when I got stumped for losing my toys.)

                                          Now I am fine and I also tried and can select all or active instances with no issues.

                                          Gai...

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                                            danbig
                                            last edited by

                                            Strange. I wonder if I have an obscure conflict with other plugins that doesn't result in an error message, but which prevents selection toys from operating normally. Is such a thing possible?

                                            I'll scrub through my plugins and see if it works when it's the only plugin installed.

                                            @thomthom said:

                                            @danbig said:

                                            Here's a sample model. I can't get the selection toys plugin to select all the instances of either component. I'm pretty sure that there is something simple about operating this plugin that i'm missing.

                                            @thomthom said:

                                            Can you post or send me a sample model?

                                            I tried both Instance -> Select Active and Instances -> Select All and both of them worked... πŸ˜•

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