[Plugin] Select component instances on right click
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This is a copy of part of the script's code. See the reference to the .rb in the 1st and last line:
@unknownuser said:
if (not file_loaded?("select_instance.rb") )
UI.add_context_menu_handler do |menu|
if compos_valid_selection
menu.add_separator
menu.add_item("Select Instances") { select_component_instance }
menu.add_item("Select Families") { select_component_made_unique }
end
end
endfile_loaded "select_instancev2.rb"
Attached is a test file. Now when I run the script, choosing Select Families recogizes a family component and selects one family instance.
Try right-clicking on each component instant and the choose Select Families; for me the resulting selection always changes to Object B. Is the script intended to work or is it supposed to select all family instances at once?
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Hi John,
I don't understand what's wrong with the list. Do you mean in your plugins folder? You should erase the former version, the one without the "v2", from this folder.
I tried again and again and everything is ok on my side. What are the name of your components ? -
Hi John,
@unknownuser said:
Is the script intended to work or is it supposed to select all family instances at once?
it has been fixed (DL on the first post)
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Thank you.
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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. -
Take care making selection sets that span different contexts - you can Bugsplat it you try to manipulate them !
To select instances of similar named definitions this will workn="match";m=Sketchup.active_model;s=m.selection;s.clear;m.definitions.each{|d|s.add d.instances if d.name=~/#{n}/}
Change the string 'match' within the "" to the pattern match you want - I suggest that you read-up of pattern-matching - e.g. n="[Cc]at" finds all definitions like 'Cat', 'cat1', 'tomcat', whereas anchoring the pattern to the start/end like this n="^[Cc]at" only matches 'Cat and 'cat1', or n="m[Cc]at$" to only matches '#tomcat' and 'TomCat'...
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It didn't work first, because there was a "$" in the string (it looked like "abc$match"), so took only the part after "$" (and it looked like "match")and it work well. Thank you very much.
By the way, are there any "good" Sketchup Ruby Tutorials/Books for Beginners? I would really like to learn it.
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@abdullah said:
It didn't work first, because there was a "$" in the string (it looked like "abc$match"), so took only the part after "$" (and it looked like "match")and it work well. Thank you very much.
By the way, are there any "good" Sketchup Ruby Tutorials/Books for Beginners? I would really like to learn it.
Look for Automatic Sketchup - as a pdf or a to-buy hard-copy.
There are also several other links in the "developers' forum"...
If you place a $ at the very end it says the pattern ends there.
If you want to search for a '$' inside the text escape it '$'; same with the '^' which marks the very beginning.
Here's a short guide to pattern matching... http://www.tutorialspoint.com/ruby/ruby_regular_expressions.htm -
That's great, thanks ...
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Hi, Is there any way of selecting component families even if they are in groups or nested within other components? The only way i can get it to work with this plugin is if i explode until all desired components are no longer grouped or component nested.
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Thanks TIG and Abdullah for sorting out a that code I was frantically, searching the forum for a solution that i missed this code.
Alot of my component instances, have annoyingly renamed, with #1, #2 etc added to them, ultimately creating new component definitions, increasing file size
now that i can select multiple instances at once, I can replace them with one component definition.
However I still don't why this is happening, other people have this problem too:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=22523
might start a new post to see if there is any more info
cheers
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Great plugin. Thanks
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fantastic plugin. extremely useful.
thanks
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