Drop group or component to surface below?

Gaieus

Hm... Even Chris mentions randor here.
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=139970#p139970

anyway, I have downloaded and will check out...

thomthom

hm.. I've not tried that one. Does it deal with hidden entities?

CadFather

yes, it drops the component only to the next visible entity

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CadFather

Jim's Mover script drops components pretty well too.. (press CTRL)

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thomthom

Also if the entity itself isn't hidden, but on a hidden layer?

CadFather

no not in that case

Chris Fullmer

I have been meaning to write a smart drop plugin too that drops to a specified group. I normally want to drop trees down onto a ground plane, and that ground plane is always in a group. So I've meant to write one that will let you select what to drop and then select a group to drop onto. Have not gotten around to it yet though.

And my rotate and scale multiple is essentially the same thing as randor. I was not aiming to re-write that plugin when I started it. I was just supposed to scale multiple components at the same time, based on each one's location. But then it kept evolving and turned into scaling and rotating randomly.

Chris

thomthom

@chris fullmer said:

I have been meaning to write a smart drop plugin too that drops to a specified group. I normally want to drop trees down onto a ground plane, and that ground plane is always in a group. So I've meant to write one that will let you select what to drop and then select a group to drop onto. Have not gotten around to it yet though.

Ditto!

onzki

@autarchos said:

try this one:

(www.smustard.com)

Hello everyone! I know this is an old thread, but still in demand feature lol .. The link no longer available, anybody knows an alternative? Thanks!

samodelkin_77

I`m using Curic Align, its work for any face\edge\middle point
Thanks to creature this plugin ))

Didier Bur

Hi,
I don't know if it can help, but take a look at my Components Spray tool:
https://extensions.sketchup.com/extension/213a8e60-208f-4b6d-95ff-ab367c09a959/compo-spray

Regards,

cotty

ThrowTo is another option too...
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=465353#p465353