Change from Group to Component - Name Inheritance

beginner

Dear All,
Is it possible to change a Group to Component and 'force' the Component to inherit the name from the Group?
Regards

TIG

It would have to be a script.
When you change a group to a component the group's name is ignored and not even passed to the new-component's instance that now replaces the group.
The new component definition's name matches the original group definition's name which will be something like "Group#1"...
This "one-liner" will make any selected group[s] into components and use each group's name for the new component definition's name [instead of using its group-definition name] always provided that it's not "" [blank]... It also makes the new component-instance's name the same as the original group's name [again, always provided that it's not "" [blank]]...

m=Sketchup.active_model;m.start_operation("g2c");m.selection.each{|e|next unless e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Group);n=e.name;i=e.to_component;i.name=n;i.definition.name=n unless n.empty?};m.commit_operation

copy/paste it into the Ruby Console + <enter>... It's one step undo-able...

beginner

Hi TIG,
Tried and it doesn't work. The Ruby Console accepts the script (adds TRUE) but the change is 'wiping out' the name as usual.
Regards

TIG

@beginner said:

Hi TIG,
Tried and it doesn't work. The Ruby Console accepts the script (adds TRUE) but the change is 'wiping out' the name as usual.
Regards
I beg to differ.
I have tested it and it DOES work.
Preselect some things to convert...
Then run the code...
If you have an 'unnamed' group it will make a new component named say "Group#1" because by default it uses the group's definition name, the instance that replaces the original group is also unnamed [""].
If you have a 'named' group = "xxx"; it WILL make a new component definition named "xxx", the instance that replaces the original group is also named "xxx".
If you have more that one group that shares the name "xxx", then the new component definitions are renamed in turn - "xxx", "xxx#1", "xxx#2" etc - because definitions must have a unique name...
Are you preselecting groups and pasting the whole of the code ???
It SHOULD work...

beginner

Hi TIG,
My apologies...
Now, I figured out the 'steps'...
I didn't expect the the script would convert the Groups for me - hundreds of them in one go !!!
1. Select the Group or Groups
2. 'Paste' the Script and 'ENTER'

Don't change/convert the Group manually as I tried ! - it would change any selected Groups to the Component ... automatically !
Amazing...
TIG, Thank you

TIG

No probs...
Glad it works for you...............