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    [Plugin] Center on Origin UPDATE May 23, 2013

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    • L Offline
      lucifer1101
      last edited by

      very nice little toy, thanks for the contribution...

      Some of my 3d

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      • Bob JamesB Offline
        Bob James
        last edited by

        Very useful, Chris, thanks for taking the time to create it. 👍

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          @unknownuser said:

          It was a while that you have not create a new plug 😉

          I have literally been forcing myself to not write any, after the earlier innundation of scripts. I do have some ideas, and even one really cool one started, but I told myself I can't do more until I graduate (in like 2 or 3 weeks now!). Yeah, I need to focus on school for a little bit. Then I'll get back up and running on rubies again probably 😄

          Thanks for positive feedback.

          Chris

          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
          All my Plugins I've written

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          • Chris FullmerC Offline
            Chris Fullmer
            last edited by

            And here's another option. If you want it to reset the component rotation and scale, edit the ruby file in a plain text editor (like notepad for example) and after the line:

            if comp.typename == "Group" || comp.typename == "ComponentInstance"

            add the two following lines:

            t = Geom::Transformation.new comp.transformation = t

            Chris

            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
            All my Plugins I've written

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            • MALAISEM Offline
              MALAISE
              last edited by

              @unknownuser said:

              It was a while that you have not create a new plug 😉

              Strangely , I taught similar 🤣

              Thanks Chris

              MALAISE

              La Connaissance n'a de valeur que partagée

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              • R Offline
                raduteo
                last edited by

                And this is why SU is the best, works fabulously, thank you!

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                • bagateloB Offline
                  bagatelo
                  last edited by

                  Is there possible to make change on this script to only move to origin axes X and Y, not Z?

                  While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Edit the script and change the line
                    vector = point.vector_to [0,0,0]
                    to read
                    vector = point.vector_to [0,0,point.z]
                    It will then not change the Z -value of the translation... 🤓

                    TIG

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                    • bagateloB Offline
                      bagatelo
                      last edited by

                      Thanks, it works well. But if I want to move base of object to zero on Z axes? Thanks anyway.

                      While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        So having now got the idea - Edit the script and change the line
                        vector = point.vector_to [0,0,0]
                        to read
                        vector = point.vector_to [point.x,point.y,0]
                        It will then not change the X/Y values but will set the Z-value of the translation to zero......

                        TIG

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                        • R Offline
                          rootbender
                          last edited by

                          Hello,

                          The "Center on Origin" script only works correctly when the drawing axes are at (0,0,0).

                          However, it is possible to move the drawing axes with Tool -> Axes to somewhere else
                          that is not (0,0,0).

                          How can center a selection to the currently set origin, which may not be at (0,0,0) ?

                          Thanks.

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                          • J Offline
                            Jim
                            last edited by

                            Unfortunately, there is no access to the Origin of the moved Axes from Ruby.

                            Hi

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                            • E Offline
                              eph
                              last edited by

                              Very cool!
                              I know this is old stuff already, but would it be complicated to move everything to center (eventually while keeping Z-height), including hidden geometry, section cuts and most of all the Camera views..?

                              Would be very grateful 😄

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                              • H Offline
                                haimat
                                last edited by

                                Thanks for this great plugin, that's exactly what I was looking for 😄

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                                • genma saotomeG Offline
                                  genma saotome
                                  last edited by

                                  @chris fullmer said:

                                  And here's another option. If you want it to reset the component rotation and scale, edit the ruby file in a plain text editor (like notepad for example) and after the line:

                                  if comp.typename == "Group" || comp.typename == "ComponentInstance"

                                  add the two following lines:

                                  t = Geom::Transformation.new comp.transformation = t

                                  Chris

                                  I'm having some difficulty using this plug in on nested components that were created with a copy/paste/scale = -1. I was hoping to try a few of the edits cited in this thread but the ruby is a .rbz; My editor tells me its been locked up and uneditable... is there another way to get to the source?

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                                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                    Chris Fullmer
                                    last edited by

                                    The .rbz is just a zip file. Rename it to .zip and then unzip it. Inside there are regular .rb files that you can edit for your own personal use.

                                    Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                    All my Plugins I've written

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                                    • charly2008C Offline
                                      charly2008
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi Chris,

                                      I installed the new update but now get an error message.

                                      Charly


                                      2.jpg

                                      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                        Chris Fullmer
                                        last edited by

                                        Oh that's not good 😞

                                        I'll have to work on testing this one tomorrow. I'm not sure what has gone wrong, but I'm pretty sure it'll be easy enough to find. Thanks Charly,

                                        Chris

                                        Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                        All my Plugins I've written

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                                        • charly2008C Offline
                                          charly2008
                                          last edited by

                                          No reason, I have to thank you. Another note, in Sketchup 2013 it works fine.

                                          He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                            Chris Fullmer
                                            last edited by

                                            Do you have any of my other scripts installed in 2013?

                                            Also make sure that you deleted the old version that is in SU 8.

                                            Chris

                                            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                            All my Plugins I've written

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