Random or Scatter Plugin?

jamesmentzos

Good morning everyone,
I am trying to place a pile of nails into a sketchup model.
Is there a plugin that can place a nail component into a random or scattered bunch?
Thank you

JQL

@jamesmentzos said:

Good morning everyone,
I am trying to place a pile of nails into a sketchup model.
Is there a plugin that can place a nail component into a random or scattered bunch?
Thank you

make fur plugin

jamesmentzos

I've been trying that but cannot get the effect right.

glro

@jamesmentzos said:

I've been trying that but cannot get the effect right.

what about this one?
https://extensions.sketchup.com/fr/content/clf-scale-and-rotate-multiple

or this one
https://extensions.sketchup.com/fr/content/clf-repeat-copy

mitcorb

Component Spray?

JQL

jiminy-billy-bob has posted around he's been working on a scatter plugin... That might be the one you want, but I guess you'll have to wait a bit.

pilou

And what about SketchyPhysics ?
Just draw your bunch of a big vertical line of Nails above the subject and press the button!

JQL

@pilou said:

And what about SketchyPhysics ?
Just draw your bunch of a big vertical line of Nails above the subject and press the button!

That would be cool. I tried it with some logs and got some funny results. Though they didn't seem like wood falling, more like rubber.

pilou

Maybe change their density!

faust07

Here a quick nail emitter. You have to install SketchyPhysics before. Not a new thing but always funny. Pause Physics on the desired position an save the SketchUp file as a copy an you will get the pile of nail.

example nail emitter

nail emitter