[Plugin] MatrixProximity Update v1.9 20110708

Bertier

Hi TIG, thank you again for this, I believe it will be really helpfull into the projetc I am currently working on, and I imagine to other who handle large files with repeated components.

the : + / - extension make real sense as well as : ~, but for some reason on a French keyboard : ~ is not an easy "key"
when saving "statue-001+.skp" the "+" sign transforms in "statue-001_.skp", I then have to rename the file...
would it be possible to have script that auto-saves a component into -001+ / -001~ / -001- ? maybe combined with Polyreduce...
a one-stop plugin from a component file --> +/~/-

pilou

@unknownuser said:

~ is not an easy "key"

if so : just copy past fromt the text above

TIG

On an UK English keyboard a tilde ['~'] is just a shifted '#' sign? code= U007E
On a FR keyboard isn't it the key to the left of the top line '1' key +shift ??
or you should use the French keyboard shortcut = AltGr+é then a <space> [<then backspace> to remove the space!]- if there's no space it tries to put the tilde over the last typed character if it's an 'a' or 'e' etc ?
On a FR Canadian keyboard I think it's Ctrl+Alt+; for the ~ ??

pilou

Same as TIG describe: Alt Graphic + é twice then Backspace
Appuyer 2 fois sur é Alt Graphic étant appuyé : on obient curieusement 2 tildes (~~) puis Backspace pour en effacer un

Bertier

salut Pilou sur mon clavier c'est : "Alt Gr + é" mais il faut le faire "é" fois et effacer une instance...

comment c'est sur le tien ?

TIG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout

Gaieus

Also mine...

pilou

or like this but I don't remember how to make the Shortcut U + 007E
(alt + u + 07E don't works

TIG

You type the Unicode '007e' then 'Alt+X'..... BUT it only works in MicroSoft tools like Word etc, and NOT in Sketchup!

pilou

yes but what is the key for start Unicode?
If I use Alt+.... it's finally open some shortcuts menu!
(I just try with the NotePad and WordPad )
It's not vital As the more simple is copy past from the post here
And I have it on my keyboard

TIG

Alt+0126 writes a tilde [~]...
Into Sketchup Text objects and any dialog text-fields etc - the symbol appears when you release the Alt key

Here's a useful list of all of the PC's 'Alt codes', used to get special symbols into your text... http://www.alt-codes.net/
Some are more useful than others like...
degrees Alt+167/248/0176 º°°
half Alt+171 ½
plus/minus Alt+241 ±
divide Alt+246 ÷
squared Alt+253 ²
cubed Alt+252 ³
bullets Alt+7/8/9/10 •◘○◙
cent Alt+0162 ¢
euro Alt+0128 €
French "" Alt+174/175 « »
Spanish inverted-qu'/ex'mark Alt+168/173 ¿ ¡

BUT ♪♫☼↨

pilou

Ah ok I must tranform hexa 7e in decimal!
so 7E = 126
Now all works fine
Seems ALT + 126 ~is sufficient~

rachmatrf

Thank you very much TIG..... You Rock!!

JackB

What a great tool! Really intuitive and exactly what I needed. Thanks.

kaas

hi TIG,

Recently I did a project with lots of (high-polycount) trees and several camera positions. I really was missing some kind of LOD system. For instance, in one view some trees were very near and I wanted to use the high res version, in another view they were more in the distance and a low poly version would have speeded up the export of the views.

So I looked for an LOD system for sketchup and Google turned up your 'old' plugin. I tried it in Sketchup 8 (the clients preferred version) but I can't get it to work. See attached file (all the components should be saved inside). What am I doing wrong??

Regards, Max

proximity.skp

TIG

@kaas said:

hi TIG,

Recently I did a project with lots of (high-polycount) trees and several camera positions. I really was missing some kind of LOD system. For instance, in one view some trees were very near and I wanted to use the high res version, in another view they were more in the distance and a low poly version would have speeded up the export of the views.

So I looked for an LOD system for sketchup and Google turned up your 'old' plugin. I tried it in Sketchup 8 (the clients preferred version) but I can't get it to work. See attached file (all the components should be saved inside). What am I doing wrong??

Regards, Max
You example SKP only contained instances that were called 'doos'.
If they had been named 'doos+' or 'doos-' or 'doos~' the Proximity WILL work.
So Select all of the 'doos' and use the context-menu option in the Components-Browser to replace all selected with 'doos-' ...
Run the tool and, depending on your settings and the instances distance from the camera, you'll get 'doos+' or 'doos-' or 'doos~' for each appropriate instance...