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      Mark_S
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      I will try the Ruby script also

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        Mark_S
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        Heads up to everyone:

        The Ruby script does EXACTLY what I wanted it to do. Thanks so much. You guys are life(and time!) savers.

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          Mark_S
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          One more question...

          Now that I have all my pieces taken apart how do I get them to lay flat on the same plane? I know I could use the move/rotate tools but is there an easier way?

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            museummaker
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            Another ruby... Drop

            it will crash to the ground

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              xrok1
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              smartdrop will work on a plane that isn't flat 😄

              “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

              http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                Mark_S
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                I found the drop.rb script but I think I get a popup saying "no such file to load - engine/command"

                I'm assuming this is another script that is needed for drop to run...where can I find it?

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                  Mark_S
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                  I found the drop.rb script but I get a popup saying "no such file to load - engine/command"

                  I'm assuming this is another script that is needed for drop to run...where can I find it?

                  MOD: delete above post please.

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                    xrok1
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                    you can delete your own last post. see the little eraser by the word edit. 😉

                    “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                    http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                      Mark_S
                      last edited by

                      Hmm I don't have a little eraser...just "report this post"

                      Either way...I installed the smartdrop plugin but I can't find it in sketchup.

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                        xrok1
                        last edited by

                        you need sketchup.rb in your tools folder, can you check for that?

                        “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                        http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                          pilou
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                          require 'sketchup.rb'

                          @unknownuser said:

                          You should have already had sketchup.rb in your SU V6 /Tools folder. If it is not there, I would suggest you re-install SU V6.

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                            Mark_S
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                            It was in the tools folder so I made a copy of it into the plugins folder but it still doesn't work 😕

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                              xrok1
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                              @mark_s said:

                              Hmm I don't have a little eraser...just "report this post"

                              Either way...I installed the smartdrop plugin but I can't find it in sketchup.

                              the little eraser is only there as long as your post is the very last one, when someone posts after you its gone.

                              smartdrop and drop will appear in the right click menu near the bottom. drop and smartdrop only appear and work if you have a group or component selected. they won't work just on faces.

                              “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                              http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                                Mark_S
                                last edited by

                                I'm sorry...but I'm having trouble figuring it out haha 😳

                                I'm uploading the .skp and if you have a moment could you try?


                                pieces.skp

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                                  xrok1
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                                  first of all, i can't imagine how that's a building. 😆 but anyways; smartdrop and drop both need something to drop onto such as a face. but they will not rotate your shapes for you.

                                  “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                                  http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                                    Mark_S
                                    last edited by

                                    Well all the faces are unfolded already that's why it doesn't look like anything... 😄

                                    ok so I figured out how to drop them to the same y plane. Now I just have to rotate them to all be on the same x plane. Thanks sooo much for the help

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                                      xrok1
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                                      try this file 😉 don't forget that unfold doesn't have to be attached. 👍


                                      pieces.skp

                                      “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                                      http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                                        Mark_S
                                        last edited by

                                        PERFECT! xrok...I can't thank you enough!

                                        And now...to build the model...here comes a looong night. Yay!

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                                          xrok1
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                                          i'd like to see pictures when you're done! 😛

                                          here's a pictorial of the process for next time. 😉
                                          drawrect.png
                                          explode.png
                                          unfold.png
                                          selectfaces.png
                                          selectrect.png

                                          “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                                          http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                                            Mark_S
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                                            Thanks for the pic tutorial. I'll get pictures of the model up when it's done...even though it's not even a final model. How I love being an architecture student.

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