Component Match Plugin possible?
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I'm going to try to explain.
I imported some largre 3DS or OBJ files.
One had 35 identical light fixtures but all separate components. (all axes identical also)
Another had 100 identical Pier pilings all separate componets.
Is there a way to pick one as a "Master", choose all others and make one component out 1t?
Now I choose one, mark a location on the others with line, delete them..and copy the chosen one to all the locations.Just asking, seems very complex to do but would reduce work/rendering times.
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Do you mean to convert a bunch of components into instances of one chosen component? You imply they are all identical? Or do you mean make all of those components members of one component without converting--as in nested components/groups?
It seems that there is a script for the first question, but I do not have it at hand. As for the second possibility, would that be a matter of selecting all of those pilings, CtrlX, open prime component, Edit>Paste in Place? They are then contained in the "master component".
I may go looking for the name of the first possibility, if it exists.
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@mitcorb said:
Do you You imply they are all identical? Or do you mean make all of those components members of one component without converting--as in nested components/groups?
It seems that there is a script for the first question, but I do not have it at hand. As for the second possibility, would that be a matter of selecting all of those pilings, CtrlX, open prime component, Edit>Paste in Place? They are then contained in the "master component".
I may go looking for the name of the first possibility, if it exists.
I mean to convert a bunch of components into instances of one chosen component?
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Hi, John:
I saw your reply. I could not find anything in the [Plugins]Repository here. I thought TIG had done something along those lines. Seems that a script could be done to reassign a name to make each an instance of the main component. -
Simply select all the ones you want to replace, then in the component browser right click on the one you want to replace them with and select, Replace selected.
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@mitcorb said:
Hi, John:
I saw your reply. I could not find anything in the [Plugins]Repository here. I thought TIG had done something along those lines. Seems that a script could be done to reassign a name to make each an instance of the main component.Thanks for the try.
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@box said:
Simply select all the ones you want to replace, then in the component browser right click on the one you want to replace them with and select, Replace selected.
If it's that simple I'm going to bang my head on my keyboard.!
I've replaced components before like this.
Going to give it a try.
Bang! Bang! Can't believe I was that stupid.
I can't believe I deleted and copied them all.
There were so many, I guess I went blank.
I was used to replacing one type of component for another (one for one)
Never thought to replace one for many.
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good tip very helpful for some obj imports.
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Well John, I'll see your
and raise you two more for me. (i gotta go back to school) 
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To be honest, that was my answer when I read your post before anyone had replied, but I thought it was too simple and I must have been reading your question wrong so I didn't suggest it.
I use this all the time. I draw a lot of things with many highly detailed components so I "construct" the drawing using simple versions of each. This way nothing slows down because of too much geometry etc, then when I'm ready I just replace the relevant ones. You do know you can "select instances" in the component browser and replace them all in a click. Also if they are all over the place with different names and hard to manually select you can select them via the outliner window then replace them from the component browser. Or if they are all on a separate layer..........I think you get my drift
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@box said:
To be honest, that was my answer when I read your post before anyone had replied, but I thought it was too simple and I must have been reading your question wrong so I didn't suggest it.
I use this all the time. I draw a lot of things with many highly detailed components so I "construct" the drawing using simple versions of each. This way nothing slows down because of too much geometry etc, then when I'm ready I just replace the relevant ones. You do know you can "select instances" in the component browser and replace them all in a click. Also if they are all over the place with different names and hard to manually select you can select them via the outliner window then replace them from the component browser. Or if they are all on a separate layer..........I think you get my drift
The more I learn, the more I forget. I guess it's age.
Strange, I can go back to AutoCad, after a while and little by little everything starts coming back.
It seems I never retain much of the some rarely used features for long in SU.
It's always Duh! Duh! -
I was working on a plugin that would detect geometric similarities between groups/components and make them use the same definition. Unfortunately I've not gotten around to completing it.
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@thomthom said:
I was working on a plugin that would detect geometric similarities between groups/components and make them use the same definition. Unfortunately I've not gotten around to completing it.
Do you ever sleep??
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Unfortunately, yes.
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Experiment is here btw: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30143
Problem is that in order to make it work with nested groups/components I need to make some big refactoring.
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