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    [Plugin] Component Stringer UPDATED May 23, 2013

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    • A Offline
      AcesHigh
      last edited by

      @unknownuser said:

      Option "Stretch" don't answer to your problem ? 😲

      not if you want EVERY component to remain the same size. Stretch will STRETCH the components to fit the same size as the segments.

      http://i.imgur.com/4ow48X7.jpg

      from left to right
      1- the component (which I want to remain always on that exact same size)and the path, made of two semicircles with same number of segments. However one semi-circle is larger than the other, thus the segments on the second semicircle are larger

      2 - with uniform scaling

      3 - with stretching

      4 - no scaling. Thus, the components maintain their original size, exactly as I want. Too bad that THEN not only they do not touch each other as they also have different distances between them

      @BOX: thanks for the tip. However, I needed to use CATENARY CURVES plugin to make the curves. Unless I can transform a catenary curve made with the plugin into a polyline with segments all the same size?

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        AcesHigh
        last edited by

        @Box: thanks!!! Your method works flawlessly! I would have never thought of BZ Polyline Divider conversion!

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          pilou
          last edited by

          Ah ok! 😄
          Without image as soon as the first post, before / after, it's some difficult for me to understand the problem in a glance! 💚

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

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          • BoxB Offline
            Box
            last edited by

            Does this help Pilou!


            Quick Chain.jpg

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              Beautiful double chains of rings! ☀

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

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                coasterinc
                last edited by

                i came across this plugin in the attempt to find a way to get through some of my modeling a bit quicker as its taking a very long time to do... i need to build a fence along a path that is undulating at random intervals where all posts need to be vertical but also fill a space that is always changing (slight scaling is ok) and im not sure if this program is the right way forward or not...


                http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p668/RealTycoon3/over_zps2f05a9bf.jpg

                this picture shows that iv already managed to get all the large corner posts in place using the copy along path tool as they just needed to be at the nodes, but is there a way to get the white fence posts to go all the way along the path in between the main posts and scale appropriately but also remain standing upright regardless of the undulation angles of the path edge itself? i saw a post where someone had made a fence kinda like this but it was more repeated than what i need...

                any help on this would be very grateful.

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                  pepperpair
                  last edited by

                  😉 That's cool~

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                    gonashvili
                    last edited by

                    Absolutely fantastic stuff, exciting to be alive at these times! hah

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                    • john2J Offline
                      john2
                      last edited by

                      I used this plugin today and the plugin is scaling my component to a huge size. I select the uniform scaling option. What should I do?

                      The original size of the component is the tiny one on the right and on the left is the result due to this plugin.


                      cop.jpg

                      Sketchup Make 2017 (64-bit), Vray 4.0 , Windows 10 – 64 bit, corei7-8750H, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB

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                      • sdmitchS Offline
                        sdmitch
                        last edited by

                        Chris's Component Stringer places one component on each edge of the path and scales it to fit. Uniform scaling simply means that x,y and z will be scaled on each instance. Since you have a tiny component in relationship the the edges of the path, you get the results you do.

                        Your options are creating a path with equal length segments that match the size of the component. My EqSegCurve plugin can do that. Or use my version of Component Stringer, Comp String, which places components along a path without scaling them.

                        Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                        http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                          Macko1989
                          last edited by

                          Hello,

                          I have sketchup 2018. When I install component stringer it doesn't works.
                          Please help friends.

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            What about it doesn't work? Be specific. It works fine for me in SU2018 and SU2019.

                            @macko1989 said:

                            I have sketchup 2018.

                            Please update your profile with the correct information.

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                              sidharth
                              last edited by

                              It seems like this plugin places components only on edges. So the more edges there are, the more the number of components. So it would be difficult to adjust the number of objects we need on the curve and also there is no option to give the distances between them. This makes it difficult when you are working on straight lines.

                              It would be helpful if the plugin includes these features.

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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                It does what it has been designed to do. It sounds to me as if you should be using PathCopy or Copy Along Curve instead.

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                                  Arckadia
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi,

                                  I write just to say thanks to Chris for this tool very useful.

                                  The Q rotator options to duplicate was obviously limited.

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