[Plugin] Selection Toys

a4chitect

very good job thomthom

minor suggestion: consider adding a 'Deselect All' option for the Tools or Plugins menu, found this handy to assign to a keyboard shortcut to quickly get rid of the selection.

def self.deselect_all
		Sketchup.active_model.selection.clear
	end

thomthom

@a4chitect said:

minor suggestion: consider adding a 'Deselect All' option for the Tools or Plugins menu, found this handy to assign to a keyboard shortcut to quickly get rid of the selection.

That's interesting... no Deselect All function built in to SU.
I'll include it for the next release. Thanks for the tip.

remus

Its already there. edit->select none or ctrl+t by default.

Matt666

CTRl+T deselect current selection...

JGA

Is the deselect not Edit\Select None (CTRL+T)?

thomthom

heh then it's not included in the next release

mitcorb

Thanks, thomthom:
I will check this out.

majid

thanx thanx and thanx again tomtom...
I've been read this tread but thought that it wouldn't be needed .... but recently i'v recieved a file that is done by someone that really is textured badly ( i mean it is textured to groups, not faces inside them) and is using lots of similar group instead of component, ... so your job is really time concuming and worthy ....

thomthom

Another small update:

Optimized code that's using .typename
Added Select Face Same Direction
Added workaround for SU bug where group definition references becomes corrupted.

thomthom

Added filters for Curves (Polylines)
Before Arcs would select Curves and Arcs and Circles - Now they select Arcs and Circles

Curves will select Curves, Arcs and Circles.

Question:
Currently, Curves selects Arcs and Circles are a subset of Curves.
But is it preferred that Curves selects only Curves - Arcs only Arcs and Circles selects only Circles?

Dave R

ThomThom, takk for alt.

Could you do a little favor? When you update a plugin, could you add the date of the update to the title line? I can't remember version numbers well enough to recognize and update has been issued. I usually can't remember the date ,either. But I know enough to hover the cursor over the clock on my computer screen to find out what the current date actually is.

Thank you.

thomthom

Done!

Dave R

You're a champ!

mitcorb

Thomthom:
I would make a suggestion here.
I think the title of this ruby should be Thomthom Selection Toys, in your own honor and ownership.
You have advanced Sketchup to a new level here!
Thank you.

mitcorb

hmmm. perhaps my last post here was a bit effusive and over the top. excuse me.

Chris Fullmer

@mitcorb said:

hmmm. perhaps my last post here was a bit effusive and over the top. excuse me.

Too effusive? No such thing around here!

thomthom

heh, no worries. I'm glad you liked it.

mitcorb

Well, then, you guys must have been napping. And I reinstate what I said about naming that plugin.
Best Regards,
mitcorb

thomthom

I think I'll keep the name as it is. But I do accept donations in the shape of cookies*.

*** Cookies can be replaced with beer. (Excluding white beer and Budweiser and Spitfire).**

mitcorb

Thomthom:
I do not know how to do the cookies thing in cyberspace. I am sure they would taste a little bit flat, and I'm not sure if you would want one of those giant cookies or just "byte" size.
It is ok with me if you want to keep the name as is.

Now to business. I tried to do a Select Loop on a roughly cylindrical model with a lot of triangular faces. The target loop was a fairly direct series of segments. I first set Edges only, then select loop. This portion of the model is contained inside a group.
What I got was the edge and the two adjacent triangular faces highlighted. I was obviously expecting a loop around the circumference to be highlighted. What did I do wrong?
mitcorb