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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by

      Just save the In Model component library as a local collection in its own folder. Now you have all the components as individual files in a folder on your hard drive. Copy it to whatever other disk you want. No plugin needed.


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      • CadFatherC Offline
        CadFather
        last edited by

        ..of course! ๐Ÿ˜ณ ๐Ÿ˜› ..thanks Dave - that's brilliant, and it brings me back to the early days when that was exactly how we did things... ๐Ÿ‘

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
          last edited by

          ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ˜†

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            There is a built-in way BUT if you want it coded then use an iteration of
            https://developers.google.com/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/componentdefinition#save_as

            This one-liner, copy/pasted into the Ruby Console + <enter> will export all definitions in the model into the model's folder - named after the definition+.skp

            m=Sketchup.active_model;p=File.dirname(m.path).tr("\\","/");puts"\n\nExporting Components to\n\n"+p+"\n\n";ds=m.definitions;ns=[];ds.to_a.find_all{|d|next if d.group?||d.image?;ns<<d.name};ns.sort.each{|n|puts s=n+".skp";ds[n].save_as(File.join(p,s))};puts"\nDone."
            

            If you want groups or images exported adjust the 'trap' next if...

            TIG

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            • CadFatherC Offline
              CadFather
              last edited by

              TIG, you do it on purpose! ๐Ÿ˜†

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              • CadFatherC Offline
                CadFather
                last edited by

                while i'm at it i might ask another question (for which there surely there isn't an old easy answer..)

                any way to distribute ALL the components present in the component browser 'in model' - to an imaginary grid in model space?

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  I already recently did something like this in another thread, where the OP wanted to import SKPs and then show the components laid out.
                  What you could do with a model's components in code is to iterate the list of definition names 'ns' [as all set/got in my earlier example] and then place an instance of each on a special layer [it makes later deletions easier], thus:

                  m=Sketchup.active_model;m.start_operation("ALL!");ds=m.definitions;ns=[];ds.to_a.find_all{|d|next if d.group?||d.image?;ns<<d.name};ns.sort!; l=m.layers.add("ALL!");puts"\nLaying out ALL Components...\n\n"; es=m.active_entities; p=Geom;;Point3d.new(0,0,0);x=1.m;y=1.m;r=(Math.sqrt(ns.length)+0.5).to_i;c=0; ns.length.times{|i|puts ns[i]; tr=Geom;;Transformation.new(p); n=es.add_instance(ds[ns[i]],tr);n.layer=l;c+=1;if c>=r;p.x=0;p.y+=y;c=0;else;p.x+=x;end};puts"\nDone.";m.commit_operation
                  

                  The x/y set for a 1m 'square' grid starting from [0,0,0] - with any odd ones on the final row - so adjust this as desired; these new instances are put onto a layer name 'ALL!'; this one-liner is one-step undoable...

                  TIG

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                  • CadFatherC Offline
                    CadFather
                    last edited by

                    wow...thank you TIG - just tried it and it's fab! ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ‘

                    tried to make it into a command but no success and yet i'm sure i wrapped it up properly (just in case others find it useful)

                    compogrid.rb

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      You miss called the module/method... try it this way

                      require 'sketchup.rb'
                      module CADfather
                        unless file_loaded?(File.basename(__FILE__))
                          UI.menu('Tools').add_item('Components to Grid'){self.compogrid()}
                        end
                        file_loaded(File.basename(__FILE__))
                        def self.compogrid()
                          m=Sketchup.active_model;m.start_operation("ALL!");ds=m.definitions;ns=[]; ds.to_a.find_all{|d|next if d.group?||d.image?;ns<<d.name};ns.sort!; l=m.layers.add("ALL!");puts"\nLaying out ALL Components...\n\n"; es=m.active_entities; p=Geom;;Point3d.new(0,0,0);x=2.m;y=2.m;r=(Math.sqrt(ns.length)+0.5).to_i;c=0; ns.length.times{|i|puts ns[i]; tr=Geom;;Transformation.new(p); n=es.add_instance(ds[ns[i]],tr);n.layer=l;c+=1;if c>=r;p.x=0;p.y+=y;c=0;else;p.x+=x;end};puts"\nDone.";m.commit_operation
                        end #def
                      end #module
                      

                      ... OR something similar ... ๐Ÿ˜‰
                      EDIT: typo fixed !

                      TIG

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                      • CadFatherC Offline
                        CadFather
                        last edited by

                        thanks TIG - works great.

                        i think there's a small typo here:

                        %(#008000)[def self.compogrid()
                        m=Sketchup.active_model;m.start_operation("ALL!");ds=m.definitions;ns=[];]s.to_a.find_all{|d|next if d.group?||

                        should read ds

                        what's interesting is how fast it is even with lots of components ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          You are right - I have now changed the original to ' ds'...

                          TIG

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                          • CadFatherC Offline
                            CadFather
                            last edited by

                            Hi TIG - is it possible to have all the components placed along the red axis? i tried modifying the script but i always get the components on top of each other.. ๐Ÿ˜’

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              This [simpler] version spaces the component-instances 2m apart along the red/x axis [no stacking into a 'square']

                              require 'sketchup.rb'
                              module CADfather
                                    unless file_loaded?(File.basename(__FILE__))
                                      UI.menu('Tools').add_item('Components to Grid'){self.compogrid()}
                                    end
                                    file_loaded(File.basename(__FILE__))
                                    def self.compogrid()
                                      m=Sketchup.active_model;m.start_operation("ALL!"); ds=m.definitions; ns=[]; ds.to_a.find_all{|d|next if d.group?||d.image?; ns<<d.name}; ns.sort!; l=m.layers.add("ALL!");puts"\nLaying out ALL Components...\n\n"; es=m.active_entities; p=Geom;;Point3d.new(0,0,0); x=2.m; ns.length.times{|i|puts ns[i]; tr=Geom;;Transformation.new(p); n=es.add_instance(ds[ns[i]],tr);n.layer=l; p.x+=x};puts"\nDone.";m.commit_operation
                                    end #def
                              end #module
                              

                              If the Ruby Console is open it reports what it's doing...
                              Change the x=2.m for a different spacing in red/x if desired...

                              TIG

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                              • CadFatherC Offline
                                CadFather
                                last edited by

                                Thanks TIG - much appreciated - i'll try integrating it into the grid plugin.. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ˜„

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                                • gullfoG Offline
                                  gullfo
                                  last edited by

                                  TIG script examples - an interesting side effect - if you have a component made of other components it pulls it apart and distributes them... in this example i have a DC component of an acoustic window which has frames and seals as sub-components. in a way, this could be handy for creating a "how to assemble" guide because it pulls it apart in order of nesting...

                                  otoh this may not be a desired effect for the script in the end...


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                                  Glenn

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    The OP asked for all components to be displayed on a grid.
                                    The code is very adaptable.
                                    It ignores Groups and Images although it could as easily display those as well, or instead.
                                    This version displays just components that have instances that are either in the model's entities or inside a non-component-entities context [i.e. inside a group that is not itself inside a component definition]

                                    require 'sketchup.rb'
                                        module CADfather
                                              unless file_loaded?(File.basename(__FILE__))
                                                UI.menu('Tools').add_item('Components to Grid'){self.compogrid_used()}
                                              end
                                              file_loaded(File.basename(__FILE__))
                                              def self.compogrid_used()
                                                m=Sketchup.active_model
                                                m.start_operation("ALL!")
                                                ds=m.definitions
                                                ns=[]
                                                def self.recurse_parent(c)
                                                  begin
                                                    return c.parent
                                                  rescue
                                                    return nil
                                                  end
                                                end
                                                ds.to_a.find_all{|d|
                                                  next unless d.instances[0]
                                                  next if d.group?
                                                  next if d.image?
                                                  skip=true
                                                  d.instances.each{|i|
                                                    if i.parent==m
                                                      skip=false
                                                      break
                                                    elsif i.parent.group?
                                                      i.parent.instances.each{|g|
                                                        c=g
                                                        while c 
                                                          c=self.recurse_parent(c)
                                                          if m==c
                                                            skip=false
                                                            c=nil
                                                            break
                                                          end
                                                        end
                                                      }
                                                    end
                                                  }
                                                  next if skip
                                                  ns<<d.name
                                                }
                                                ns.sort!;
                                                l=m.layers.add("ALL!")
                                                puts"\nLaying out ALL Components...\n\n"
                                                es=m.active_entities
                                                p=Geom;;Point3d.new(0,0,0);
                                                x=2.m
                                                ns.length.times{|i|
                                                  puts ns[i]
                                                  tr=Geom;;Transformation.new(p)
                                                  n=es.add_instance(ds[ns[i]],tr)
                                                  n.layer=l
                                                  p.x+=x}
                                                puts"\nDone."
                                                m.commit_operation
                                              end #def
                                        end #module
                                    

                                    TIG

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                                    • A Offline
                                      Amazing Artist
                                      last edited by

                                      TIG Thanks

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                                      • pilouP Offline
                                        pilou
                                        last edited by

                                        For SU 2017 Make
                                        Incompatible with LightUP! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                                        Curiously icons of LightUp apear!

                                        bizarrerie.jpg

                                        And LightUp Disconnected
                                        don't take a selection but all components on the scene! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                                        Here must be display only "XTE" Selected : that is not the case! ๐Ÿ˜‰
                                        All is recalled! (even the top view text who is not visible at the Plugin call! )

                                        biz4.jpg

                                        Frenchy Pilou
                                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                        My Little site :)

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                                        • jujuJ Offline
                                          juju
                                          last edited by

                                          @pilou said:

                                          For SU 2017 Make
                                          Incompatible with LightUP! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                                          Curiously icons of LightUp apear!

                                          [attachment=1:2yvqwupx]<!-- ia1 -->bizarrerie.jpg<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:2yvqwupx]

                                          And LightUp Disconnected
                                          don't take a selection but all components on the scene! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                                          Here must be display only "XTE" Selected : that is not the case! ๐Ÿ˜‰
                                          All is recalled! (even the top view text who is not visible at the Plugin call! )

                                          [attachment=0:2yvqwupx]<!-- ia0 -->biz4.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:2yvqwupx]

                                          Pilou, are you OK? I don't see what this has to do with the thread above? Perhaps start your own thread or look for the thread this is supposed to be in?

                                          Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                                          • pilouP Offline
                                            pilou
                                            last edited by

                                            ?
                                            It's not the thread about Plugin "Components to Grid"?
                                            What better place to report that it is not compatible (for me in any case) with Light UP ?
                                            And it has curious behavior with the selection Components ? (for me in any case)

                                            Out of that i just reinstall SketchUp and must verify if above is always true!
                                            It will be my first Plugin to reload from a little thousand! ๐Ÿ˜„

                                            Frenchy Pilou
                                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                            My Little site :)

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