[Plugin] Selection Toys

Khai

@dan rathbun said:

See the first post for basic use.
Thomas has a link to a Command Cheatsheet also in the first post.

(ThomThom is in Norway, so it was the middle of his night when you posted... he'll answer... be patient. He's an SCF moderator, and checks in several times a day.)

erm. I did?

and I don't see how to use it. sorry.. I mean, do I select the group then...what? the most I've got is an orange outline and nothing selected. so I'm doing something wrong...

this is what I mean by step by step and ... be patient? I asked once and waited...?

d12dozr

Khai, what are you trying to select? What function are you trying to use?

Khai

well I want to use it.... and I don't get any selections whatever I try.. so I thought I'd ask for help..

I did read the first post and sorry guys. there are no instructions there. you may see 'em but I don't..

just boil it down for the terminally bewildered? so I select a group and say I want to select a row of faces I....? or I want to select a ring of edges I....?

d12dozr

Quick video below, you can enable/disable context-click options from the UI Settings in the Selection Toys menu.
HTH

[flash=853,505:3vn20087]http://www.youtube.com/v/bemMh3gpLVI&fs=1[/flash:3vn20087]

thomthom

Thanks Marcus! Great video - I should put that in the original post.

Khai: in addition to Marcus' video that showed the menu items, you can also enable the toolbar Tools->Selection Toys->Enable Toolbar

d12dozr

Glad to help, sir...its a great plugin, feel free to use the video in your top post if you think its good enough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bemMh3gpLVI

Khai

thank you that really helps

tho somethings not working right - selecting N-gons does not work at all... and I know there is some.. I can see them...!

thomthom

What function are you trying to use?

Khai

Select Ngon

thomthom

Select Only -> Polygons ?

Note that Select Only and Deselect modifies your current selection - doesn't add to it.

Khai

that's exactly what I'm doing.
select the model, then Select Only -> N-Gons and nothing is selected, even tho I can see Ngon's.

to clarify :

pilou

Better if you post your SKP file

Khai

@unknownuser said:

Better if you post your SKP file

sorry cannot do that, it's copyrighted work that will be for sale, and it's not just the mesh in the image above.

thomthom

Polygon and N-Gon refer to entities where the Entity Info display Polygon.

Khai

erm... pardon?

ok I must be being dense... that made no sense at all?

pilou

In fact i believe this N Gon function shown only figures who are made with the tool "Polygon"
And not geometric figures that you can see as Ngons

thomthom

@unknownuser said:

In fact i believe this N Gon function shown only figures who are made with the tool "Polygon"
And not geometric figures that you can see as Ngons

Exactly - the selection tool doesn't look at the shape of the geometry, but filters the selection based on the types of entities SketchUp reports.

When you select something in SU, the Entity Info window will say what type it is - all the filtering is based on these types.

Khai

ah. thanks for your help then.. this explains all my problems with this Ruby. we're not compatible.. but thats ok.

N3TO

@thomthom said:

I can make so sense why you would not have a Selection Toys menu item under tools and various Context Menu entries (which depend on what you right-click)

I was about to ask if you'd checked the Preferences for Selection Toys, but if you have not menu... I'm really stomped.

Can you post a screenshot of your Tools menu?

Hello Thomas!
It happens with me also! You can see a screenshot here
http://www.netcond.net/N3TO/Screenshot_toolsmenu.jpg
I see all posts but I can't resolve the trouble.
apologies for my bad english...
Thanks

thomthom

Check the Tools menu.

Tools -> Selection Toys -> Enable Toolbar
then after you do that - check the menu you showed in the screenshot.