[Plugin] Selection Toys

thomthom · 2 Jul 2011, 09:00

TT_Lib2 does not replace TT_Lib version 1.
For Selection Toys you need to have TT_Lib linked in this thread original post.

Version 2 is not backwards compatible with version 1.

monkeybss · 3 Jul 2011, 07:48

Thank you thomthom, this solved my problem.

mmscanlo · 26 Oct 2011, 22:31

I love the concept and potential usefulness, but I have a slight issue: I can't seem to get it to work (specs on the sidebar). I haven't messed with any of the files or their locations within the folders - I simply unzipped the files provided and then drag & dropped the folders "TT_Lib" and "tt_selection_toys" into "Macintosh HD>Library>Application Support>Google SketchUp 8>SketchUp>plugins".

I don't get an error message when I launch, though.

I also tried copying the same folders to the SketchUp 7 equivalent of the plugins folder ("Macintosh HD>Library>Application Support>Google SketchUp 7>SketchUp>plugins"). Same result - no "Selection Toys" shows up under the Tools drop-down menu, but no error message appears, either. That folder only contains the standard plugins from Google (Ocean, Examples, and Utilities) so it's not an issue of plugin interference, either.

I've no idea what else I should try doing but would really like to use this; thanks in advance, both for the advice and the (massive) coding.

thomthom · 27 Oct 2011, 06:33

When OSX unpacks a zip files it always unpacks them into folders that has the same name of the zip. DO NOT move these folders into your plugins folder. Move the CONTENT of these folders into the plugins folder.

You should have in your plugins folder a file tt_selection_toys.rb and a folder TT_Select_Toys. You should also have a TT_Lib folder which contains a set of .rb files and some more stuff.

Dan Rathbun · 27 Oct 2011, 21:08

And just a note.. if you had migrated from an older Sketchup version (say 5.x or 6.x,) and copied your entire "plugins" folder (dir,) be sure in SU 7.x and 8.x, that you delete (or do not have,) these files in your "plugins" dir:

sketchup.rb* extensions.rb* langhandler.rb
These files have been updated for vers 7+, and the newer versions are now in the "Tools" dir. (Leave the new files as is, and DO NOT copy old versions from SU <7 into the "Tools" dir. This dir is for Google's internal extensions. You can read the files, but don't change them. AND do NOT redistribute them with custom plugins. The installer will install them, and update them during maintenance releases.)

mmscanlo · 7 Nov 2011, 20:11

@thomthom said:

When OSX unpacks a zip files it always unpacks them into folders that has the same name of the zip. DO NOT move these folders into your plugins folder. Move the CONTENT of these folders into the plugins folder.

You should have in your plugins folder a file tt_selection_toys.rb and a folder TT_Select_Toys. You should also have a TT_Lib folder which contains a set of .rb files and some more stuff.

That did the trick!
Sorry for asking such a newb question

pbacot · 7 Jan 2012, 20:49

Hi,

I get no text in my Cheat sheet window. I open UI Manager and this item is checked, so it must be enabled, right? I have expanded selection options in the context menu.

I have reloaded the plugin and TT_Lib (1.2.0) So in the Plugin folder I have

TT_Select_Toys
tt_selection_toys.rb and
TT_Lib.

I've read the first post. Are there more instructions?

Thanks, Peter

thomthom · 8 Jan 2012, 10:52

hmmm.... there might be a bug under OSX there...

pbacot · 8 Jan 2012, 17:21

In the process I sorted out something I wanted to use--convert similar groups to components. EXCELLENT. Thanks a bunch. I had imported a component with many replicated groups. I'll try to bake up some cookies.

Peter

Abdullah · 27 Jan 2012, 07:52

Hi,
I want to select multiple components with similar definition names (like "compo" and "comp#1") in the entire Model. It means, it means not only those inside the selected object, but also the others ones which are inside other objects.

I have the following plugins:
[] "Selection Toys", which selects components from everywhere, but only those with same name.
[] "Select Instances", which selects component families with similar names (like "compo" and "comp#1"), but only inside the selected object and not everywhere.

MartinK · 15 Mar 2012, 15:24

Thanks TT,

This works great to select and delete all the unwanted faces that so often come with imported CAD files. It's a great time saver.

Thanks again.

Bob James · 15 Mar 2012, 18:21

@abdullah said:

Hi,
I want to select multiple components with similar definition names (like "compo" and "comp#1") in the entire Model. It means, it means not only those inside the selected object, but also the others ones which are inside other objects.

I have the following plugins:
[] "Selection Toys", which selects components from everywhere, but only those with same name.
[] "Select Instances", which selects component families with similar names (like "compo" and "comp#1"), but only inside the selected object and not everywhere.

I have the same need, but then change them all to the same name (e.g., "compo")

pilou · 26 Mar 2012, 13:14

There is not "Inverse Selection" ?

thomthom · 26 Mar 2012, 13:22

@unknownuser said:

There is not "Inverse Selection" ?

You appear to be correct. I'm surprised myself. Pretty sure I had implemented it...

thomthom · 26 Mar 2012, 13:23

Ohh... right - that was Vertex Tools. I'll have to add that to the list for Selection Toys.

the.pjt · 16 Jun 2012, 20:06

hi Thomas ...

is it possible to update these codes to run with your TTlib2instead of TTlib ?!? ... now should install 2 main directories . one of this nice and must-have selection plugin and one for everything else ...

I know that you are so busy .. plus you are doing another projects ( like NUBS plugin ) ... these projects are more important for us and for you ... ... and we know that current version of selection toys works well with TTlib.. but we love to have a cleaned up plugins folder and faster SU start up

thanks thomthom ....

thomthom · 18 Jun 2012, 10:30

@the.pjt said:

hi Thomas ...

is it possible to update these codes to run with your TTlib2instead of TTlib ?!? ... now should install 2 main directories . one of this nice and must-have selection plugin and one for everything else ...

I know that you are so busy .. plus you are doing another projects ( like NUBS plugin ) ... these projects are more important for us and for you ... ... and we know that current version of selection toys works well with TTlib.. but we love to have a cleaned up plugins folder and faster SU start up

thanks thomthom ....

Yes, I also want to get rid of the old TT_Lib - but the 900 lines long Selection Toys has quite a few references and TT_Lib2 is not backward compatible in any way with TT_Lib. I would rather rewrite the whole of Selection Toys so it scales better with all the features it got through-up the years. And create a better interface.

I also understand the performance concerns, though TT_Lib should not be of much performance impact. I've been profiling the performance of my own plugins and the others installed and it seem to be that toolbars is one of the biggest performance impacts. SelectionToys only loads the parts of TT_Lib it needs, which is a couple of modules and they load in a tiny fraction of a second. Which is why it hasn't been put higher up on my list of priorities.

Lemme sort out Vertex Tools 1.1 and Bezier Surface first.

irwanwr · 12 Jul 2012, 13:14

my HDD crashed and need to be recovered and reinstalled.
but when i installed Selection Toys, something that never happened before appeared.

Dave R · 12 Jul 2012, 13:25

Looks like you installed it incorrectly.

Dan Rathbun · 12 Jul 2012, 16:18

Invalid character errors like this, that happen for line 1, occur because Ruby cannot understand the encoding of the source file.