Mass rename components

[TIG]

You could try editing the code as follows - inside the

{}

block of

...each{|d|...}

substitute...
Change the value of

i=

to how many characters you want to loose...
To trim off the end use

i=10;n=d.name;1.times{n=n.chop};d.name=n;

To trim off the start use

i=10;n=d.name;n=n[i..-1];d.name=n;

[MAdel]

@tig said:

You could try editing the code as follows - inside the

{}

block of

...each{|d|...}

substitute...

Change the value of

i=

to how many characters you want to loose...

To trim off the end use

i=10;n=d.name;1.times{n=n.chop};d.name=n;

To trim off the start use

i=10;n=d.name;n=n[i..-1];d.name=n;
> 

thanks for your help,much appreciated
would you please create a file for me with a calling name like
delete "last_3"
or
Delete"frist_5"
i am able to use the banding "prefix-" script
i don't know anything about coding
but your script is what i was looking for and need

[TIG]

Copy/Paste this code into the Ruby Console to rename all of the model's definitions, with 3 characters off the end of their names - change i=3 to another value as desired...

m=Sketchup.active_model;m.start_operation('chop defns',true);c=0;m.definitions.each{|d|i=3;n=d.name;(1.times{n=n.chop};d.name=n;c+=1)};puts"#{c} definition-names chopped.";m.commit_operation;

Or use this code to strip 5 characters off the names' beginnings - again edit i=5 as desired...

m=Sketchup.active_model;m.start_operation('trim defns',true);c=0;m.definitions.each{|d|i=5;n=d.name;n=n[i..-1];d.name=n;c+=1)};puts"#{c} definition-names trimmed.";m.commit_operation;