[plugin]Random replacement of components

solo · 13 Feb 2013, 16:47

This is not working for me, Pilou can I send you a sample model by pm and you show how to do it?

pilou · 13 Feb 2013, 16:52

Of course yes you can!
with a small file (sufficient for the concept) and a save as V7!!!

solo · 13 Feb 2013, 16:58

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1129899/test%20tree.skp

Strange how the size of file increases 50% when saving as SU7 from SU 8.

pilou · 13 Feb 2013, 17:02

Sorry it's always V8 when its arriving at home !!!

solo · 13 Feb 2013, 17:06

Here is a SU 6 version

Dropbox - 404

(dl.dropbox.com)

JBJDesigns · 16 Apr 2013, 22:45

This is an awesome plugin... thank you both very much!!! Jo

coty82 · 15 Oct 2014, 06:00

This plugin is indeed great with so much potential. Do you think it could be possible to
make it able to replace child components that are inside mother componennts?
You could do so many patterns just by replacing components inside components.

sdmitch · 15 Oct 2014, 20:41

coty82

Please check Personal Messages.

coty82 · 16 Oct 2014, 01:27

Hello sdmitch
Thanks for the fast reply! I have installed it but unfortunatelly when i try to use it it just freezes Sketchup no matter if i choose to include child components or not. Is it working for you?

coty82 · 16 Oct 2014, 01:46

Update
I am trying to use it like this :
I have two components. One of them is named Target. I select them both and make them a mother component. This is how i was thinking of it to work.
I create another component named Source. When i use the plugin like this it just freezes.
But when i have two componenets and make them a group, and try to use the plugin, nothing happends, but it doesnt freeze neither.
Sorry i cannot reply in private because i dont have enough activity on the forums

sdmitch · 16 Oct 2014, 13:43

@coty82 said:

Update
I am trying to use it like this :
I have two components. One of them is named Target. I select them both and make them a mother component. This is how i was thinking of it to work.
I create another component named Source. When i use the plugin like this it just freezes.
But when i have two componenets and make them a group, and try to use the plugin, nothing happends, but it doesnt freeze neither.
Sorry i cannot reply in private because i dont have enough activity on the forums

The plugin does not look for groups, components only. I see that the plugin has a bug, that I will fix, when there is only a single "Source" component. Create a second "Source" component and try again.

Check PM's for updated version.

coty82 · 17 Oct 2014, 01:21

Allright, it works now, thanks alot ! But i noticed that it only works with a single level in the components hierarchy, that is when i have some individual components part of a mother component. But if i include this in another larger component, it doesnt work. Even if i copy the source inside the larger component. Its still great but i wonder if this would be a difficult property to implement?

Anyway i have another ideea about it . In a previous post you said it is also able to replace components based on a rule? For example i have 3 sources 1, 2, 3 And i want to distribute them according to a repeating pattern for ex 11231123, etc. They could replace an array of targets. This would be amazing for creating panelling patterns for facades for example. But it would probably need to work with something like series, to know the start and ending point. Dunno if its possible or how complicated?

sdmitch · 17 Oct 2014, 01:49

Yes, it currently will only work for one level, mother and child, no grand kids.

As the name implies, it is supposed to be a random replacement.

coty82 · 17 Oct 2014, 02:28

I see there is another version with No random option, how is it working? I tried but i didnt see a difference.

sdmitch · 17 Oct 2014, 02:41

@coty82 said:

I see there is another version with No random option, how is it working? I tried but i didnt see a difference.

Component Replacement has a random option which, if not selected, causes the "Target" components to be replaced in order by the "Source" components. The results is dependent on the order the "Source" components are found in the model or selection.

coty82 · 17 Oct 2014, 03:17

@sdmitch said:

@coty82 said:

I see there is another version with No random option, how is it working? I tried but i didnt see a difference.

Component Replacement has a random option which, if not selected, causes the "Target" components to be replaced in order by the "Source" components. The results is dependent on the order the "Source" components are found in the model or selection.

Oh i see. And what is the rule by which it finds the "Source" components? It always gives me the same result but the initial order seems random. I couldnt replicate your example where you have components 1, 2, 3 which then become a repeated sequence in the target. Could you also integrate this no random feature in the version with child option as well? Thanks

pilou · 17 Oct 2014, 07:24

Can you post an image of results of this new version (parent / child) ?

sdmitch · 17 Oct 2014, 15:55

@unknownuser said:

Can you post an image of results of this new version (parent / child) ?

The result looks the same.

sdmitch · 17 Oct 2014, 16:36

I have added the recursive search to my Component Replacement plugin. You can obtain a copy from my blog page. This is a total replacement for the original Random Component Replacement plugin.

pilou · 17 Oct 2014, 17:02

Thx, I will explore this new opus!