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    • CadFatherC Offline
      CadFather
      last edited by

      no such thing exists (yet) - 'js align' is the closest i've seen to play with the position of objects but of course does not space them. the fact that master Thom himself is asking, is unreasonably worrying... it really is needed.

      with all the trickery, surely this can't be too difficult..?

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        @cadfather said:

        the fact that master Thom himself is asking, is unreasonably worrying

        Not really - it's not hard - just didn't want to reinvent the wheel. But alas, I never got around to make anything myself... 😳

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

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        • CadFatherC Offline
          CadFather
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          ok, i feel better now... (at least there's no intellectual property on the wheel!)

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          • JClementsJ Offline
            JClements
            last edited by

            I think it would be useful, but tricky to do in 3D.

            For instance, equal spacing between objects/groups/components that have a depth, height, and width. Do you use the model axes or the axes of the group/component to determine the spacing in between them (assuming the measurements are taken orthogonally to the axes)?

            John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              @jclements said:

              For instance, equal spacing between objects/groups/components that have a depth, height, and width. Do you use the model axes or the axes of the group/component to determine the spacing in between them (assuming the measurements are taken orthogonally to the axes)?

              If I had made it I would have had toggles for setting the axis it would work in: World, Local, Custom (Tool defining a custom working axis)

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

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
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                Why do you want not use my little "undrop" plug above? πŸ’š
                Very rustic but works very well πŸ˜„

                First "Align" (or not), "Drop" your objects selected with any plugs existing
                Then "undrop" them with my little plug with any measures β˜€
                And then rotate if wanted a special orientation "line" of them as you want !
                All takes only seconds πŸ˜‰

                Undrop.jpg

                Frenchy Pilou
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                My Little site :)

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                • S Offline
                  sexypox69
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                  Im kind of late to this topic but has anyone come up with a solution to this.....I come acroos this senerio almost every day with what i do. It would be wonderful to have a plugin which aligns selected objects along a path plus the option of along the axis, be able to specify the distance and have it spaced equally or at a given distant.....like in layout you can align, space and center selected objects......

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                  • F Offline
                    function
                    last edited by

                    sam da mitch makes exactly this.
                    http://sdmitch.blogspot.com
                    Align&Distribute - Align and space selected objects along an axis.

                    Haven't spent much time with it, but it wasnt the most intuitive interface, looks great if you follow the console

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                    • J Offline
                      joshuabrew
                      last edited by

                      hey!
                      any leads on a plugin for this?? looking for the same... basically the sketchup equivalent of the distribute and align tools common in adobe indesign and illustrator, but for 3D objects in sketchup.

                      thx!
                      j

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
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                        @joshuabrew said:

                        hey!
                        any leads on a plugin for this?? looking for the same... basically the sketchup equivalent of the distribute and align tools common in adobe indesign and illustrator, but for 3D objects in sketchup.

                        thx!
                        j

                        Hey! Did you try the link in the post immediately above yours from 2014?

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