Make all Component Unique

ken · 14 Feb 2013, 22:49

My problem. If I make all my small parts components, when I wish to copy the larger piece (made from multiple components) and show a progression of activities, i.e. picking up the large piece and moving, lifting or rotating with a crane, since all the parts are components, I have to drill through a multitude of component to make all the parts and pieces unique.

Is there a one liner that will allow me to make a multi-piece component piece selection and drill down though all the components and groups and make all the component in the selection unique? This would allow me to make a selection of a multiple component piece, run the one liner and have all the component in my selection unique.

Or maybe there is a plugin that already does this and I am having trouble finding the plugin or realizing that it does what I wish.

Thank you in advance

Ken

cotty · 14 Feb 2013, 23:05

I'm away from my sketchup and can not try, but maybe there is a way in the outliner?

TIG · 15 Feb 2013, 01:12

m=Sketchup.active_model;m.start_operation('u');m.selection.to_a.select{|e|e.is_a?(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance)||e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Group)}.each{|e|if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance);e.definition.instances.each{|i|i.make_unique}if e.definition.instances[1];else;e.entities.parent.instances.each{|i|i.make_unique}if e.entities.parent.instances[1];end;};m.commit_operation;

It is untested ! It should make all selected components/groups unique, it is undo-able.
To 'drill down' needs a script as it'll have to 'iterate'... Something like

### EDIT; removed pending update...

Usage TIG.Uniquify.new on a selection.
Again it's untested

thomthom · 15 Feb 2013, 09:02

FredoScale > Make Unique

TIG · 15 Feb 2013, 10:58

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=457091#p457091 'Uniquify'...

Krisidious · 15 Feb 2013, 11:59

Isn't that crazy how you can ask for a tool to be created and it just appears? Sorcery I say!

thomthom · 15 Feb 2013, 12:02

It already existed in FredoScale...

ken · 15 Feb 2013, 13:28

@thomthom said:

It already existed in FredoScale...

thomthom

Actually they work diffidently.

If you have 6 copies of nested components, and you pick one copy of the nested components, FredoScale will make all the components in the copy you picked unique, leaving the other 5 copies un-modified. So one copy has been modified and the other 5 are still the same and connected.

If you have 6 copies of a nested components, and you pick one copy of the nested components and use TIG program, all 6 copies will be made unique. So the all copies will have been modified and have unique components.

At first I wasn't sure, but after using both program on my crane animation, I find both are useful. It just depends on what I wish to achieve.

I searched this forum and other web areas and didn't find FredoScale as a solution.

thomthom thanks for the find. It is getting harder and harder to keep track of the plugins.

Thanks to all you monitor this site and provide advice.

Ken

thomthom · 15 Feb 2013, 13:52

What if you select your whole model and ran fredo's Make Unique?

ken · 15 Feb 2013, 14:41

@thomthom said:

What if you select your whole model and ran fredo's Make Unique?

Well I am not sure. My model is in the 50 megs range. And I have found out the hard way, that if you do a series of moving or rotations and you don't save after a few of these operations, ( I don't have an exact number of moves or rotations) Sketchup will shut down. So I am reluctant to do any experiments until I have this project completed.

And saving a model after doing a couple of moves/rotation is very time consuming.

Will try when I am have time.

On another note, I went back to the plugin in index and found FredoScale. And I couldn't find any info on the make unique menu option.

Ken

thomthom · 15 Feb 2013, 15:19

Not sure if it's described in the plugin description - but there is a function there.