Any randomizing plugin which can do this?

[derei]

I need to make a large board looking like in attached image, but to make each plank on random size by hand is a really nasty work.

Is there any plugin or method to randomly scale the elements between two (max and min) sizes?
thanks.

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[derei]

I tried to use Random Push-Pull plugin, but it did not worked as expected: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=15824&p=340440#p340440

[Chris Fullmer]

I've got one you could try,

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=17507&hilit=plugin

Chris

[derei]

@chris fullmer said:

I've got one you could try,

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=17507&hilit=plugin

Chris

Your plugin would be awesome if I could choose to scale about one axis. As I could see in the presentation movie, it scales the same on x,y,z.
See Pixero's suggestion http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=17507&hilit=plugin&start=30#p155067

[sdmitch]

dereeei, Are the "boards" existing groups, components or what? Or is the plugin suppose to create them? If so then

def random_boards
	@Mod=Sketchup.active_model
	@Ent=@Mod.entities
	@Sel=@Mod.selection
	ans=UI.inputbox(["Board Width;","Minimum Length;","Maximum Length;"],[6.inch,5.feet,10.feet],"Random boards")
	if !ans
		@Mod.select_tool nil
		return
	else
		wid,min,max=ans; avg=(min+max)/2.0; last=0.feet
		puts "min=#{min}, max=#{max}, avg=#{avg}" if $sdm_debug
		xa=[1,0,0];ya=[0,1,0];za=[0,0,1]
		@Mod.start_operation "random boards"
		for i in 1..11
			begin
				len = (rand * 2.0 * avg).feet
			end until (len >= min && len <= max && (len-last).abs > 1.0.feet) 
			puts "len=#{len}" if $sdm_debug
			x=i*wid;dx=wid/2.0;dy=len/2.0;last=len
			ctr=Geom;;Point3d.new(x,0,0)
			pt1=ctr.offset(ya,-dy).offset(xa,-dx)
			pt2=ctr.offset(ya,dy).offset(xa,-dx)
			pt3=ctr.offset(ya,dy).offset(xa,dx)
			pt4=ctr.offset(ya,-dy).offset(xa,dx)
			face=@Ent.add_face(pt1,pt2,pt3,pt4)
			face.back_material=face.material="[Wood_ Floor]";
			face.pushpull -0.5.inch
		end
		@Mod.commit_operation
	end
end

[pilou]

@unknownuser said:

I tried to use Random Push-Pull plugin

the random Push pull gives the result : just take one positive value and one negative value

You can also use the Random Replacement COmponents by Sdmitch
Draw a decreasive line of components by any method (with the Grow plugin by TiG for example) as Source
Then draw a line of the number needing of a same component as Target
Then launch Random replacement
et voilà
(if you want "pasted boxes" draw the Target component with the same width than the Source!

[TIG]

See this example too...

[derei]

@tig said:

See this example too...[attachment=0:2tl8pxlo]<!-- ia0 -->Capture.PNG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:2tl8pxlo]

This is how I did it yesterday And this is the reason I insisted on fixing RandomPushPull plugin
Thanks again

[TIG]

The RandomPushPull tool is at last working properly