[Request] A plugin that makes sketchup remember...
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There are many ways to do what you want, a bit of planning and knowing your final result helps you decide what method is best.
Just one possible solution....
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I use a keyboard with a standard numeric key set on the right. I learned to use that area quickly without looking at it. Typing /7 each time wouldn't take me any longer than activating a plugin.
Path/Copy would make sense for the specific application, though.
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I agree Dave, which is why I asked for an explanation of what he wanted to do. There are so many ways to do things a generic, I want to do this, doesn't really help.
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@pbacot said:
type cntrl v or /7, what's the advantage?
I was more hopeing it would require using Ctrl+V or anything and it would do it automatically after you tick an option box or something.
Generlly what I showed is a simple example, more complicated examples could involve me rescaling every single component or rotating it after I do an array. So this plugin would record your actions and repeat them automatically after you do CTRL Copy/paste.
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I think what you're after is Repeat Command.
EG -
Select an object, move it 18', then array it 5*
Now if you use Repeat Command on the next selected abject it will perform the previous set of commands.
Similar to a Photoshop Action.
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@box said:
There are many ways to do what you want, a bit of planning and knowing your final result helps you decide what method is best.
Just one possible solution....
[screenr:3a3p5u0m]n2yH[/screenr:3a3p5u0m]What happens when you don't always start nor end at the starting/ending points of the line?
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@rich o brien said:
I think what you're after is Repeat Command.
EG -
Select an object, move it 18', then array it 5*
Now if you use Repeat Command on the next selected abject it will perform the previous set of commands.
Similar to a Photoshop Action.
Yeah something like that.
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it's a choose your poison type of scenario..
the move tool in sketchup is really sweet in the way it puts many operations on one tool without cluttering it up.. it's Move, Copy, Multiple linear array, divisible linear array, and a rotate tool all in one..
on other apps, those will likely all be separate commands in which yes, they will more likely remember the last variable entered.. they'll likely be more powerful as well in individual command form but there is a tradeoff in overall program simplicity and the way sketchup's move tool works fits right in with the rest of the sketchup concept..
with a single tool stacking multiple options, you can't necessarily expect it to remember the last entry.. because what happens if i want to use it to array an item then the next time i want to use , i want to simply move an item?
that would be a problem..pretty much the solution, as i see it, would be to program a separate array tool which will remember it's last state.. but to me, if using sketchup, i'd rather just use the move tool and enter measurements on a per use basis.
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@jeff hammond said:
it's a choose your poison type of scenario..
the move tool in sketchup is really sweet in the way it puts many operations on one tool without cluttering it up.. it's Move, Copy, Multiple linear array, divisible linear array, and a rotate tool all in one..
on other apps, those will likely all be separate commands in which yes, they will more likely remember the last variable entered.. they'll likely be more powerful as well in individual command form but there is a tradeoff in overall program simplicity and the way sketchup's move tool works fits right in with the rest of the sketchup concept..
with a single tool stacking multiple options, you can't necessarily expect it to remember the last entry.. because what happens if i want to use it to array an item then the next time i want to use , i want to simply move an item?
that would be a problem..pretty much the solution, as i see it, would be to program a separate array tool which will remember it's last state.. but to me, if using sketchup, i'd rather just use the move tool and enter measurements on a per use basis.
ymmvIts either a separate array tool, or an tool which runs parrellel to all other tools which you can simply activate with a checkbox or something.
How hard is it to learn ruby?
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@masterpaul said:
Its either a separate array tool, or an tool which runs parrellel to all other tools which you can simply activate with a checkbox or something.
probably the separate array tool would be better otherwise, you're going to have a plugin observing at all times sketchup is running just to pick up on a few little things.. seems better to have that type of stuff running at core level?
@unknownuser said:
How hard is it to learn ruby?
probably pretty hard.. easier to just beg someone that already learned it
(but you'll have to sell the idea better i think.. for instance, i'm not sure if TIG will write this simply to save you from typing '/7' every now and then.. maybe think of some other additions as well which will provoke more interest?.
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You would best propose it to the SketchUp team.
I don't think at the moment plugins can "modify" the VCB behavior of other tools/plugins. This would require a new Ruby API feature, or to implement this directly into the core. -
it's just me or the Copy Past is possible on Mac and not on PC for write something inside the VCB ?
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@unknownuser said:
it's just me or the Copy Past is possible on Mac and not on PC for write something inside the VCB ?
it's only sort of possible on mac.. the vcb has to have focus in order to copy or paste.. clicking on the box or pressing the tab key will bring focus to it.
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So that was not a legend! Big Miss!
A ruby can't make the trick ?
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