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    • D Offline
      davidlouis
      last edited by

      Hi Thom

      I am getting a few weird results with the drop component option...
      I thought I would try an test with a series of cars on a slope to simulate a parking lot scenrio.

      ??? 😮 There are some non conformers

      Test file attached.

      Cheers

      Dave


      DROP COMPONENTS.jpg


      DROP COMPONENTS.skp

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        Drop by Bounds, right?

        I see the car crashes as well... 😕

        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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        • D Offline
          davidlouis
          last edited by

          Yup...

          Maybe Magneto is in the area...

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            Version 1.1.1

            • Fixed a bug in Drop by Bounds that caused chaos when objects where dropped.

            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            • mitcorbM Offline
              mitcorb
              last edited by

              Thank you, ThomThom:
              I will test this out. You are very talented, relentless in the pursuit of excellence. I salute you. 👍 👍 👍

              I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                tallerfulano
                last edited by

                Just fantastic !
                thanks

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                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  Any chance to have something for have this result when I select the 3 up objects ?
                  I can use SketchyPhysics but...

                  raytracer.jpg

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                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                  • M Offline
                    mlefevre
                    last edited by

                    I'm trying to use this plugin to drop a bunch of solar panels to a surface. Some of the blocks drop fine, but others turn up on end. Any thoughts?

                    Thanks

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                    • tt_suT Offline
                      tt_su
                      last edited by

                      No idea without test screenshots or preferable a test model.

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                      • tt_suT Offline
                        tt_su
                        last edited by

                        Hard to tell without a model...

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                          AcesHigh
                          last edited by

                          Can someone help me? It´s kinda urgent. Basically, For some reason, the components are NOT dropping until the ground. I verified the axis of the component, verified everything, but it still doesn´t work. It´s also weird, but it doesnt work with the other plugin (Drop At Intersection) too!!

                          They drop only a few centimeters. Unless I "drop by bounding box", but then, when dropping by bounding box, the components follow the contour of the terrain (which gets pretty weird for lightpoles)


                          perguntadropcomponent.skp

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                            AcesHigh
                            last edited by

                            @tt_su said:

                            Hard to tell without a model...

                            Sorry, but when I posted and attached the model, I didnt notice it failed to upload the model because it was larger than the 4mb forum attachment limit.

                            I edited the first post and attached the model (now, 3mb)

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                            • BoxB Offline
                              Box
                              last edited by

                              I used the plugin "Throw to".


                              Throw.JPG


                              Throw toSU8.skp

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                              • A Offline
                                AcesHigh
                                last edited by

                                Thank you Box. Any slight idea why Raytracer, Drop At Intersection, etc, are not working?

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                                  Box
                                  last edited by

                                  Sorry, I don't know the ins and outs of either plugin. Which is why I went for throw to. I can look tomorrow if nobody else does.

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                                  • tt_suT Offline
                                    tt_su
                                    last edited by

                                    It appear to be because the ray traced hit the component it tried to drop. Apparently I forgot to make it ignore itself. If I moved the axis to the bottom of the component it worked fine.

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                                    • tt_suT Offline
                                      tt_su
                                      last edited by

                                      Filed issue: https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/raytracer/issue/1/ignore-the-components-being-dropped

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                                        AcesHigh
                                        last edited by

                                        I see. Thanks ThomThom, for looking at the issue.

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                                          mlefevre
                                          last edited by

                                          @tt_su said:

                                          No idea without test screenshots or preferable a test model.

                                          I can send you a screenshot, but basically I'm having the same issue as one of the prior post with the car crashes.

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                                            tt_su
                                            last edited by

                                            @mlefevre said:

                                            I can send you a screenshot, but basically I'm having the same issue as one of the prior post with the car crashes.

                                            SketchUp crashes?
                                            What version of SketchUp are you using (full exact version please) and what OS?
                                            Got a sample model and step by step description of what you do to reproduce it?

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