[looking] components to groups after DWG import

pbacot

I am looking for a plugin to take all selected components and turn them into groups--and also remove those components from the library.

When importing geometry from dwg every group (block) from CAD becomes a component. I have no use for that in SU. I only want my drawn work to be components.

Also, ideally all geometry should be on Layer0 (and the groups stay on the imported layers. We have the "default layer geometry" plugin but it can be very slow. Since this is how SU is supposed to work, why does DWG import put the geometry on the wrong layers?

CadFather

try this (it's only the comps conversion part)

@m = Sketchup.active_model    ;   @s = @m.selection   ;   @e = @m.entities
	@m.start_operation('COMPS TO GROUPS', true)
        if @s.empty?
        UI.messagebox('No Component selected.')
        else
				sel = []
			@s.to_a.each{|obj| 
				next unless obj.is_a?(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance)
                 g = nil
				 g = @e.add_group obj
				 g.name = obj.definition.name
				 sel << g
				 obj.explode  }
			 @s.add sel
        end
    @m.commit_operation

Dave R

After running Max's script you could use TIG's Purge All to purge the components from the In Model collection. Set up a keyboard short cut for each.

pbacot

Excellent I shall try that out! I didn't expect a custom plugin just like that. Very nice of you! Thanks. Dave, the "purge all" should work fine. If it works I'll be using it forever. Although I don't do this everyday, every time I need to do it I wish for something like this.

Dave R

Peter, I would highly suggest that you make it a habit to either run TIG's Purge All or at least Purge Unused from ModelInfo>Statistics at least periodically while you are modeling. It'll help to keep your model cleaner and easier to work with. I prefer TIG's Purge All because it gives me a quick report of how much was purged.

pbacot

Dave, I do the purge, but I should more often! Thanks Dave and CADfather!

Didier Bur

@pbacot,
Hi,
In a few days you can also download my latest tool "Purge Tool" on the EW
purgetool_icon 60x60.png

It's a cleanup utility that mimics the Autocad Purge command.

Main dialog.jpg
purge component.jpg

juju

It looks like Didier is pumping out some extensions...

pbacot

Thank Didier. Look forward to seeing that!

pbacot

@cadfather said:

try this (it's only the comps conversion part)

@m = Sketchup.active_model    ;   @s = @m.selection   ;   @e = @m.entities
> 	@m.start_operation('COMPS TO GROUPS', true)
>         if @s.empty?
>         UI.messagebox('No Component selected.')
>         else
> 				sel = []
> 			@s.to_a.each{|obj| 
> 				next unless obj.is_a?(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance)
>                  g = nil
> 				 g = @e.add_group obj
> 				 g.name = obj.definition.name
> 				 sel << g
> 				 obj.explode  }
> 			 @s.add sel
>         end
>     @m.commit_operation

This works really well for selected components but the nested components remain. The crux is that I create CAD files with many groups, and while they act as groups (not components) in CAD they become components in SketchUp (with inexplicable names) and fill up the library. they are generally nested. So the extra work involved is actually dealing with the nested components.

juju

@didier bur said:

@pbacot,
Hi,
In a few days you can also download my latest tool "Purge Tool" on the EW
[attachment=1:lj75knum]purgetool_icon 60x60.png[/attachment:lj75knum]

It's a cleanup utility that mimics the Autocad Purge command.

[attachment=0:lj75knum]Main dialog.jpg[/attachment:lj75knum]
[attachment=3:lj75knum]purge component.jpg[/attachment:lj75knum]
[attachment=2:lj75knum]report.jpg[/attachment:lj75knum]

Aaaah, on EW finally, except I can't download it for the some or other strange reason.

Dave R

@juju said:

Aaaah, on EW finally, except I can't download it for the some or other strange reason.

Why not? What happens when you try?

I installed just now and it worked fine although it indicates it hasn't been signed. That won't prevent it from working unless permissions are set to disallow unsigned extensions.

juju

@dave r said:

Why not? What happens when you try?

You hit Download and the little wheel comes out with Please Wait but nothing happens.

Tried this now again and was able to download, thanks.

juju

For those of you that have installed Purge Tool and may not be sure where it is launched from, it can be found under the Tools menu.

Oxer

There is a plugin to convert components to groups, here is Make_Components

pbacot

@oxer said:

There is a plugin to convert components to groups, here is Make_Components

Thanks, I'll try it!

pbacot

So far nothing quite does what I need. I need this to work on all all selected components, nested as well.