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    • utilerU Offline
      utiler
      last edited by

      @dave r said:

      I'm glad that method worked for you.

      Just tried it on my work machine, Dave..... no good; still snaps to the origin!!!! 😑 😑 😑

      purpose/expression/purpose/....

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        Did you try it with a new component?

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        • utilerU Offline
          utiler
          last edited by

          Yep, created a new one....

          I think I might re-install SU completely this weekend. It'll take for ever to try and work out what this problem is.... 😠

          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            Andrew, before you reinstall SU, try renaming your Plugins folder so the plugins don't load and see what happens.

            Etaoin Shrdlu

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
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              @utiler said:

              And how do I get rid of it...?

              http://lmgtfy.com/?q=disable+bitlocker

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              • utilerU Offline
                utiler
                last edited by

                I will try that, Dave. πŸ‘

                Thanks Rich, silly question I guess..... πŸ˜‰

                purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                • utilerU Offline
                  utiler
                  last edited by

                  So after much hair pulling, a total re-install and numerous trouble shooting ebbs and flow I realised it was something with my template file that was causing the problem. I may have avoided the the re-install but SU has never looked so good with all the unused crap I have loaded over the years....!

                  Thanks for helping out guys; if there's one on-line community that feels line we are all under the same roof its this one.... πŸŽ‰

                  πŸ‘

                  Now, where's that Pinterest link.....

                  purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                  • O Offline
                    optimaforever
                    last edited by

                    @utiler said:

                    So after much hair pulling, a total re-install and numerous trouble shooting ebbs and flow I realised it was something with my template file that was causing the problem. I may have avoided the the re-install but SU has never looked so good with all the unused crap I have loaded over the years....!

                    Thanks for helping out guys; if there's one on-line community that feels line we are all under the same roof its this one.... πŸŽ‰

                    πŸ‘

                    Now, where's that Pinterest link.....

                    Hello, can you develop please?
                    I have the same issue with several of my components that import exactly at the origin and I can't avoid that. When working with heavy models it's always a pita to have to dezoom to pick the compo at 0,0,0 and move it to the wanted place...
                    Thanks

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
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                      If a model [or a component created from it] is 'geo-located' then the first time it's inserted in a new model it snaps to the origin with no user input.
                      To avoid this remove the component's geo-location under the relevant item in its Model Info.
                      Always take care with imported SKPs that they are not geo-located !

                      TIG

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                        optimaforever
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                        @tig said:

                        If a model [or a component created from it] is 'geo-located' then the first time it's inserted in a new model it snaps to the origin with no user input.
                        To avoid this remove the component's geo-location under the relevant item in its Model Info.
                        Always take care with imported SKPs that they are not geo-located !

                        Ah! interesting info, thanks Tig!

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
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                          You could try running some code in the Ruby Console...
                          e.g. this might remove the geo-location from all of your model's current component definitions...

                          Sketchup.active_model.definitions.each{|d| d.attribute_dictionaries.delete("GeoReference") }
                          

                          TIG

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                          • Rich O BrienR Offline
                            Rich O Brien Moderator
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                            @tig said:

                            If a model [or a component created from it] is 'geo-located' then the first time it's inserted in a new model it snaps to the origin with no user input.
                            To avoid this remove the component's geo-location under the relevant item in its Model Info.
                            Always take care with imported SKPs that they are not geo-located !

                            Can you access this 'geo remove' data via api? Would be a nice addition to your Purge plugin.

                            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                            • utilerU Offline
                              utiler
                              last edited by

                              @rich o brien said:

                              @tig said:

                              If a model [or a component created from it] is 'geo-located' then the first time it's inserted in a new model it snaps to the origin with no user input.
                              To avoid this remove the component's geo-location under the relevant item in its Model Info.
                              Always take care with imported SKPs that they are not geo-located !

                              Can you access this 'geo remove' data via api? Would be a nice addition to your Purge plugin.

                              Agreed Rich!!

                              purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
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                                I've looked at automating this but my suggested fix seems to fail when resetting the component's attributes....
                                So I won't be adding it to PurgeAll any time soon 😞

                                TIG

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