[Plugin] Component Dropper
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another good one.
maybe swapper or changer would be a better name though. 
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Thomthom, let's say i have a tree with 1000 leaves,I have a single polygon representing the leaf, can I substitute the single polygon (which is a group) for another group say a higher poly one with mapped texture to replace all instances of the low one?
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he he, you try it and tell us all
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@solo said:
Thomthom, let's say i have a tree with 1000 leaves,I have a single polygon representing the leaf, can I substitute the single polygon (which is a group) for another group say a higher poly one with mapped texture to replace all instances of the low one?
Yes - I'd think so.
Just occurred to me that I don't copy the group/component material of the instance I replace...
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@xrok1 said:
another good one.
maybe swapper or changer would be a better name though. I was considering that, but choose "Dropper" to indicate it was a tool like the Material Dropper.
but I got another one baking which will be a "??? Swapper"
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good then, its just that when i first spotted this thread i was thinking of smartdrop at intersection and wondered what else could be done? drop is drop.
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swopper.rb?
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very punny Solo. but i like it!
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Unfortunately 'dropper' in English is usually taken as something to do with 'dropping' - i.e. it is 'something that 'makes drops' [drops = either some actual or potential physical movements downwards, or small globules of liquid] or makes things 'drop' [i.e. to move downwards] - long before it clicks that it is meant as 'eye-dropper' [something that makes **eye-**drops - i.e. globules of liquid that fall into the eye from a rubber-bulb activated pipette - commonly called an 'eye-dropper']...
So I recommend that you either rename it 'eye-dropper' or 'matcher' or 'swapper/swopper' or something else that doesn't sound like it's to do with things being made to fall downwards - the older tool 'Drop' moves selected components downwards so 'Dropper' sounds like it'll do something similar !!! ...
PS: it's a great idea otherwise
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Swopper it is!
Well, that is - you got until my next update to name this ... thingy-ma-jiggy. -
cool, Thomas, D/L and having a play!!!
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What happend about the old component? Killed?
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@thomthom said:
@unknownuser said:
What happend about the old component? Killed?
Yes, the instance is slaughtered.
Thanks for a good laugh Thomthom! -
Great ThomThom. I had already thought previously about a plugin that made this.
For the name given to this script I thought that it was this plugin:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=20233&p=223396#p223396
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Thx for the precision
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very funny
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cool plugin thomthom... don't take a cookie .... you deserve a cake man...
PS... i've eaten one piece out of it... hehe
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use it.... for what ?????
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No chance to see Component Dropper multiple?
That will be very cool!
- Make a selection containing groups and components in a certain order (or automatically randomly with a general selection). (Doesn't matter if it contains more, it'll be ignored.)
- Activate the tool
- Pick another group**"s"** or component**"s"** instance in a certain order (or automatically randomly with a general selection) to replace your selection.
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