[Plugin] Selection Toys

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

thomthom

It only deals with faces with four edges at the moment.
Loop is one of the functions I plan to improve at some point.

EarthMover

Thanks so much Thomas!!! Any way to be able to create a shortcut for Select>Loop function? I use it a lot and would like to assign it to a key on my keyboard, but it doesn't show up as an option in preferences.

thomthom

@earthmover said:

Thanks so much Thomas!!! Any way to be able to create a shortcut for Select>Loop function? I use it a lot and would like to assign it to a key on my keyboard, but it doesn't show up as an option in preferences.

You have to select one edge first. You can only assign shortcut to menu items if they apper in the menu's at the time.
I use the loop function myself allot. I really wish it was smarter though.
And I want to make a function that select the next connected edges if they are under a given angle.

alz

Holy crap! Fantastic work -- thanks for sharing it

simon le bon

Dear thomthom,

@unknownuser said:

And I want to make a function that select the next connected edges if they are under a given angle.

perhaps you should take a look at Matt plugin Selection Manager I think he had already well-done made the development you are thinking of

*simon

thomthom

Ah, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the heads up.

majid

Dear TOM....
you have made a section (included in yr plugin ) that can find copies of the same group
at the same time yr plugin is able to finde "same area"s.
the question is: (for the next step) is it possible to find smae shapes--->convert them to copies of 1 component?
.....
if it is possible then SU would be really poweful , bkz then it could import from other application , with less polygon... and it would be great step ....

thomthom

I have considered this - as lately we've been using more and more Revit at work and when I import via DWG windows that should have been the same - isn't. It's certainly something I'd like to see myself.