Any randomizing plugin which can do this?

derei

I need to make a large board looking like in attached image, but to make each plank on random size by hand is a really nasty work.

Is there any plugin or method to randomly scale the elements between two (max and min) sizes?
thanks.

derei

I tried to use Random Push-Pull plugin, but it did not worked as expected: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=15824&p=340440#p340440

Chris Fullmer

I've got one you could try,

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=17507&hilit=plugin

Chris

derei

@chris fullmer said:

I've got one you could try,

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=17507&hilit=plugin

Chris

Your plugin would be awesome if I could choose to scale about one axis. As I could see in the presentation movie, it scales the same on x,y,z.
See Pixero's suggestion http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=17507&hilit=plugin&start=30#p155067

sdmitch

dereeei, Are the "boards" existing groups, components or what? Or is the plugin suppose to create them? If so then

def random_boards
	@Mod=Sketchup.active_model
	@Ent=@Mod.entities
	@Sel=@Mod.selection
	ans=UI.inputbox(["Board Width;","Minimum Length;","Maximum Length;"],[6.inch,5.feet,10.feet],"Random boards")
	if !ans
		@Mod.select_tool nil
		return
	else
		wid,min,max=ans; avg=(min+max)/2.0; last=0.feet
		puts "min=#{min}, max=#{max}, avg=#{avg}" if $sdm_debug
		xa=[1,0,0];ya=[0,1,0];za=[0,0,1]
		@Mod.start_operation "random boards"
		for i in 1..11
			begin
				len = (rand * 2.0 * avg).feet
			end until (len >= min && len <= max && (len-last).abs > 1.0.feet) 
			puts "len=#{len}" if $sdm_debug
			x=i*wid;dx=wid/2.0;dy=len/2.0;last=len
			ctr=Geom;;Point3d.new(x,0,0)
			pt1=ctr.offset(ya,-dy).offset(xa,-dx)
			pt2=ctr.offset(ya,dy).offset(xa,-dx)
			pt3=ctr.offset(ya,dy).offset(xa,dx)
			pt4=ctr.offset(ya,-dy).offset(xa,dx)
			face=@Ent.add_face(pt1,pt2,pt3,pt4)
			face.back_material=face.material="[Wood_ Floor]";
			face.pushpull -0.5.inch
		end
		@Mod.commit_operation
	end
end

pilou

@unknownuser said:

I tried to use Random Push-Pull plugin

the random Push pull gives the result : just take one positive value and one negative value

You can also use the Random Replacement COmponents by Sdmitch
Draw a decreasive line of components by any method (with the Grow plugin by TiG for example) as Source
Then draw a line of the number needing of a same component as Target
Then launch Random replacement
et voilà
(if you want "pasted boxes" draw the Target component with the same width than the Source!
random replacement.jpg

TIG

See this example too...

derei

@tig said:

See this example too...[attachment=0:2tl8pxlo]Capture.PNG[/attachment:2tl8pxlo]

This is how I did it yesterday And this is the reason I insisted on fixing RandomPushPull plugin
Thanks again

TIG

The RandomPushPull tool is at last working properly