Drop plugin for 2014
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Looks like there are a few plugins that have been created which drop components down onto a uneven plane. I can't seem to find any that have been updated to 2014 specs, anyone know one that is compatible?
I am looking to drop rocks and trees onto a ground contour.
running win 7 and 2014 pro
thanks for any help you can provide.
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You can have a look at ThrowTo.
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I downloaded it and gave it a go. It has been frozen ever since (about an hour), hoping it will figure it out. It was a pretty big operation. I will post later if it ends up working.
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You can use Smartdrop http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=17175#p17175 It works just fine.
Like many of the other 'old school' plugins you can still install it in 2014 by zipping the .rb file and renaming it from zip to rbz (unless you already have TT's? installer, which can deal directly with zip files.
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Actually Alan, smart drop is available for download via the Plugin store and works quite happily in SU2014. So no need for zipping and such.
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Yeah, I did notice that...but I thought it was a useful bit of advice for any old stuff that isn't actually in the Store (or the Extension Warehouse). I've use it for a few proprietary plugins that I use; and some others that isn't generally available.
Of course it won't work if the script contains paths that aren't appropriate to V2014.
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Very true, but people would be well advised to check for a new version of an old plugin before using your method.
Many people have been installing old versions and complaining they don't work in 2014, whereas if they installed the latest version available it would work perfectly in 2014. -
I did eventually get the script to run after a few hours. Wont risk that again. I see that SmartDrop is supposed to work for 2014 and would like to give that a try. Where do I install the .rb since there is no longer a plugins folder?
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Well, that's kind of the back-story behind the discussion between Box and myself. Plugins for 2014 need to be installed properly. You shouldn't just drop them into the Plugins folder...assuming you can find it. It's actually well buried in Users\App Data\You\Roaming\SketchUp\2014.
In SU's raw state (if you haven't installed a downloader/manager Like Sketchucation Tools) and if the plugin doesn't have an Install button on its web page, you'll need to do it via the Window/Preferences/Extensions/Install Extension menu in SU...and the plugin will need to be zipped in the form of an rbz file.You should, however, do as Box suggests and look for a new, improved version first; which should already have an easy-install button...as all the ones in the Extension Warehouse do. My point was only in regard of plugins you find you can't do without and which haven't yet been '2014ified'.
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If you followed the link Alan gave you to the smartdrop thread you'll see it has a link to the download in the Pluginstore, if you follow that it will download a .rbz version of the plugin so you can install it using the install extension tab in preferences.
So even if for some reason you don't want to install the Sketchucation pluginstore plugin itself you can use the searchable and downloadable web version of it at the top of the page. If you search there it will take you to this link from which you can download smartdrop as an .rbz http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=smartdrop
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@box said:
If you followed the link Alan gave you to the smartdrop thread you'll see it has a link to the download in the Pluginstore, if you follow that it will download a .rbz version of the plugin so you can install it using the install extension tab in preferences.
I did follow the link but my eyes went directly to the .rb download rather than what I now see is a link to the .rbz file. Thanks for the clarification.
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My Raytracer plugin will drop components and it's working for SU2014. (It's poorly named.)
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Thanks, I will give that one a try as well
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