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    • hellnbakH Offline
      hellnbak
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      Is there any way, maybe a plugin, to replace all instances of a certain color with another color? Say, if I had a model with 100 surfaces and 37 of them were painted the same color, is there any way to replace the color on those 37 surfaces with another color, without having to paint each one individually? Maybe an eyedropper to sample the color on one of those surfaces, then the ability to choose another color and paint all 37 surfaces at once? Have searched but haven't found anything like this. Thanks

      "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        @hellnbak said:

        Maybe an eyedropper to sample the color on one of those surfaces, then the ability to choose another color and paint all 37 surfaces at once?

        Material Replacer: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=26013

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

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        • hellnbakH Offline
          hellnbak
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          Thanks, installed Material Replacer and tried it, but it seems to only be able to replace a color with another color already in the scene, not from the color choices within Paint Bucket

          "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
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            Yes, in-model replacement.

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

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
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              Just put a simple rectangle in the model and paint it with a material you want to replace the other with.

              Gai...

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              • hellnbakH Offline
                hellnbak
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                @gaieus said:

                Just put a simple rectangle in the model and paint it with a material you want to replace the other with.

                What I'm looking for is a way to simply choose a material from the Paint Box menu, you know, how would it look in this color, or this color. Your method would be a lot slower, and I'm into instant gratification πŸ˜†

                "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
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                  @hellnbak said:

                  What I'm looking for is a way to simply choose a material from the Paint Box menu, you know, how would it look in this color, or this color. Your method would be a lot slower, and I'm into instant gratification πŸ˜†

                  Then the quickest would be to to apply a new material, but edit the existing.

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

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                  • hellnbakH Offline
                    hellnbak
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                    @thomthom said:

                    Then the quickest would be to to apply a new material, but edit the existing.

                    Could you explain what that means?

                    "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                    • daleD Offline
                      dale
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                      Please accept this fine virtual beer (in lieu of a cookie) and a big thanks, for this great plugin.


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                      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
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                        @hellnbak said:

                        @thomthom said:

                        Then the quickest would be to to apply a new material, but edit the existing.

                        Could you explain what that means?

                        I mean, the quickest method to try out different colour would not be applying a new material, but after applying one material to what you want, edit that material's colour with SU's material editor.

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

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
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                          @dale said:

                          Please accept this fine virtual beer (in lieu of a cookie) and a big thanks, for this great plugin.

                          whoa! I want that beer! hm... I'm off to London in December...

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

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                          • pyrolunaP Offline
                            pyroluna
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                            @hellnbak said:

                            Could you explain what that means?

                            Google does that very nicely:
                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvSP54o_KqY

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