[Plugin] Selection Toys

[danbig]

I think I'm still missing something simple on how to operate this incredibly helpful plugin.

I have a model with hundreds of instances of multiple components. I want to select all the instances of a single component definition. I cannot seem to get the plugin to do this; can someone go through the steps to perform this function?

[Dave R]

Dan, this doesn't help you with the plugin I know but for something like what you want to do, couldn't you just right click on the component's thumbnail in the In Model component library and and choose Select Instances?

[Gaieus]

With the plugin, you should just right click on one instance and go to Instances > Select all or active (it can select instances even inside other components/groups)

[danbig]

Hi Dave -

Yes, that would work. Thanks for the tip. I haven't used the component library to browse components in my model very much, so I wasn't aware of that function.

Gai - that's exactly how I'm trying to use the plugin, to no avail. I'm stumped.

[Dave R]

FWIW, Csaba's directions work for me but using the Components tool on the Selection Toys toolbar doesn't seem to do anything.

[thomthom]

@dave r said:

FWIW, Csaba's directions work for me but using the Components tool on the Selection Toys toolbar doesn't seem to do anything.

Can you provide a sammple model and/or video?
Any errors in the Ruby Console?

[Dave R]

Maybe I'm using it wrong Thomas. I've tried selecting a component which I know has more than one instance. Then I click on the tool with the two green boxes. Nothing changes. I've tried getting the tool first and then clicking on a component. Nothing different there, either. I'll send you an example model though.

[thomthom]

That button is to filter the selection.

To select similar instances, use the context menu.

[Dave R]

Thanks Thomas.

[leedeetee]

Hi,

Could someone help me with this ...

I'm trying to get the Selection Toys to work, I have the following fodlers in Plugins:

TT_Lib TT_Lib2

and then also tt_selection_toys in there, too.

SU loads up fine but then nothing is shown in the plugins.

What am I doign wrong?

Thanks.

[leedeetee]

@leedeetee said:

Hi,

Could someone help me with this ...

I'm trying to get the Selection Toys to work, I have the following fodlers in Plugins:

TT_Lib TT_Lib2

and then also tt_selection_toys in there, too.

SU loads up fine but then nothing is shown in the plugins.

What am I doign wrong?

Thanks.

IGNORE ME! Sorry, Sorted.

[danbig]

I get no error message, but the context menu doesn't seem to do anything for me. I'll check the console next time I try.

@thomthom said:

That button is to filter the selection.

To select similar instances, use the context menu.

[thomthom]

@danbig said:

I get no error message, but the context menu doesn't seem to do anything for me. I'll check the console next time I try.

@thomthom said:

That button is to filter the selection.

To select similar instances, use the context menu.

Can you describe more specifically the steps you are doing? And what you have pre-selected etc?

[danbig]

In the model, I have 420 instances of a single component.

I select one of the instances, and right click.

Under the "Instances" context menu, I choose "Select All".

What I want to happen, is that all 420 instances of this component to be selected. In my case, nothing happens. Nothing posts to the console. Am I trying to use it correctly?

@thomthom said:

@danbig said:

I get no error message, but the context menu doesn't seem to do anything for me. I'll check the console next time I try.

@thomthom said:

That button is to filter the selection.

To select similar instances, use the context menu.

Can you describe more specifically the steps you are doing? And what you have pre-selected etc?

[thomthom]

Can you post or send me a sample model?

[Lorelalala]

Really useful stuff!

TT, Thank you so much!

[danbig]

Here's a sample model. I can't get the selection toys plugin to select all the instances of either component. I'm pretty sure that there is something simple about operating this plugin that i'm missing.

@thomthom said:

Can you post or send me a sample model?

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Test 1.skp

[thomthom]

@danbig said:

Here's a sample model. I can't get the selection toys plugin to select all the instances of either component. I'm pretty sure that there is something simple about operating this plugin that i'm missing.

@thomthom said:

Can you post or send me a sample model?

I tried both Instance -> Select Active and Instances -> Select All and both of them worked...

[Gaieus]

(Okay, so this was when I got stumped for losing my toys.)

Now I am fine and I also tried and can select all or active instances with no issues.

[danbig]

Strange. I wonder if I have an obscure conflict with other plugins that doesn't result in an error message, but which prevents selection toys from operating normally. Is such a thing possible?

I'll scrub through my plugins and see if it works when it's the only plugin installed.

@thomthom said:

@danbig said:

Here's a sample model. I can't get the selection toys plugin to select all the instances of either component. I'm pretty sure that there is something simple about operating this plugin that i'm missing.

@thomthom said:

Can you post or send me a sample model?

I tried both Instance -> Select Active and Instances -> Select All and both of them worked...