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    • C Offline
      caddict
      last edited by

      very nice!! Thanks!!

      sphere drop.jpg

      sphere drop2.jpg

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        xrok1
        last edited by

        bump 💚

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        • bagateloB Offline
          bagatelo
          last edited by

          I think about this:

          http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=20233&p=223396#p223396

          While the cat's away, the mice will play

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            ckho1985
            last edited by

            i try to run it with Skup 8, however without success. anyone tried?

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            • shuraS Offline
              shura
              last edited by

              Hi ckho1985, maybe Chris Fullmers Components onto Faces works in SU8. It gives similar results.
              xxx

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                ckho1985
                last edited by

                I tried, but i found it is really difficult to use... or am I doing something wrong? i selected a grouped object and the face I want to drop on, however its not doing it.
                I miss smartdrop, just one click then it sits.

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                • shuraS Offline
                  shura
                  last edited by

                  Like the name says, it has to be components, not groups. 😉

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                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                    Chris Fullmer
                    last edited by

                    I just tried smart drop with SU 8, and it worked like a charm. What exactly about it is not working?

                    Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                    All my Plugins I've written

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                      ckho1985
                      last edited by

                      @chris fullmer said:

                      I just tried smart drop with SU 8, and it worked like a charm. What exactly about it is not working?

                      that's very strange. I assume there would be just one file (smartdrop.rb) to copy right? However, on my SU8, the smartdrop function is not showing at all. any idea why?

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                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                        Chris Fullmer
                        last edited by

                        You mean there is no command visible? You really need to specify what the problem is. For example, you try to run it, and SU crashes. You try to run it, and your entire model disappears. You try to run it and nothing seems to happen. You install it and SU no longer opens. You install it, but can not find how to start the plugin. Please help us understand what the problem is.

                        If you just can't figure out where to start it, it is in the right click menu when you have components selected.

                        Good luck,

                        Chris

                        Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                        All my Plugins I've written

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                          ckho1985
                          last edited by

                          Sorry Chris as i didnt clarify the matter. What I have done was copied the rb file into the plugin file. However, when I loadup SU. I could not find the smartdrop function, not in the plugin list, nor right click, nor help. I though there was an icon for the smartdrop tool, back in su7 (maybe I am wrong), and it wasnt there. btw, everything else was find, no crash no nothing.

                          um... I think I should repair my su8 and re-download the rb file.

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                            Rich O Brien Moderator
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                              Niffler
                              last edited by

                              @solo said:

                              I agree.

                              I never knew it existed, and what a great script it is.

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                              • brookefoxB Offline
                                brookefox
                                last edited by

                                For me there are some issues.... job does not complete, perhaps owing to component bumping?

                                Merci, Pilou for your nice image tut, posted earlier. ☀


                                smart drop-fail-1.JPG

                                ~ Brooke

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                                • brookefoxB Offline
                                  brookefox
                                  last edited by

                                  Yes, component bumping appears to have been the problem.


                                  smart drop-fail-2.JPG

                                  ~ Brooke

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                                  • pilouP Offline
                                    pilou
                                    last edited by

                                    Use the cool Thomthom RayTracer! 👍
                                    Object must be in a box with an horizontal base : Drop by Bounds
                                    So will work with your example!
                                    careful than an inclined object yet droped don't block next following 😉

                                    bounds.jpg

                                    by Thomthom

                                    http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=53900&t=1

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                                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                    My Little site :)

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                                      mlefevre
                                      last edited by

                                      I'm trying to drop a solar array onto a surface using this plugin and having some issues. The panels are touching end to end, and when I drop them to the surface, either individually or all together, some of the components will turn up on end and others will lay plat on the surface. Any thoughts?

                                      I'm using SU 8 Pro.

                                      Thanks!

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                                        Mra
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks for the plugin. But it changes the angle of objects?

                                        So if I have a pole, I drop it to the surface but this plugin in makes it no longer vertical. Is there an option to change this?

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                                          pelikan21
                                          last edited by

                                          Thanks for plugin. But I have some problem while adding this plugin from extension part of windows. I can't see anything related with smart drop while selecting some component in SketchUp.

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Did you use Preferences > Extensions > Install... or the SketchUcation PluginStore dialog's AutoInstall button to install the RBZ version ?
                                            Is the appropriate smartdrop.RB file in your Plugins folder ?
                                            Is it listed in the SketchUcation Plugins Manager ?
                                            If you select one or more component instances that are located above a surface you should get a right-click context-menu item... which then does the 'drop' to any intersection with a surface below the instance[s]...
                                            Remember that the surface front face should be 'up'...

                                            TIG

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