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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

                          http://www.runnel.com

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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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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      Alas not better ! ๐Ÿ˜ข
                                      My SketchUp is absolutly new! Only "Component on Grid" installed! ๐Ÿค“

                                      So no conflict possible! (like Light Up above) ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                      not_better.jpg

                                      If i add new volumes : the same! that is making snowball ! All is redrawn! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

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

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