Greetings and a question :)
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Hi there my name's Andrea and I'm trying to improve my SketchUp skills and hopefully include it in my creative pipeline. I'm working on some models and while detailing one of them I started wondering if there is a fast and efficient way for creating copies of elements snapped to the face of another component -- keeping them correctly oriented. Something like 3DS Max "Advanced Painter" plugin.
I'm giving a try to "Component Spray" plugin but I can't always get it to do what I need. I would need to decide which face of my component will have to snap to the face of the other element for instance.
I hope someone can help me and I thank all of you people, this forum is a massive source of inspiration, resources and help!
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Hi Andrea and first of all, welcome to SCF!
I am not exactly sure what issue you have with the Component Spray tool but I am pretty sure you will be able to explain it soon...
Maybe it would be best to post in its respective topic...
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Thanks for the answer Gaieus, I'm spending more time on Component Spray plugin and trying to get it to do what I need; I'll post about that on the plugin thread you linked to. In this post I was actually meaning to ask if there is some alternative technique I can use to accomplish the same task
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Here is the "Make Fur" plugin for instance. And see what others are doing with it here to get some ideas what it can be used for.
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Hi,
have you tried Chris Fullmer's Repeat Copy plugin?
you can place components where ever you click with extra options for scale and rotations.
Just a suggestion
Rich
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Thanks to both, I'm taking a look at both the scripts.
I have a little question about Repeat Copy, before I buy it : will it use the normal of the receiving face for orienting the pasted component?
I also tried "Component on face" by Chris Fullmer and it's quite useful though not exactly what I was looking for (some manual tweaking is required).
Thanks again
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