I was thinking about a plugin with that behavior:

When we are drawing a line, let us suppose that the line is with size of 146Cm, then press a key in the keyboard, then the line will give snaps in you distance of 10cm, making our line to jump for 140Cm or 150Cm (10cm Snaps). With other key the line would give snaps for 100Cm or 200Cm (100Cm Snaps). With other key Snap would jump for 100Cm or 150Cm (50Cm Snaps) Other Snaps: similar to MidPoint (1/2) maybe a snap for 1/3, 1/4, 4/9 (configurable) etc.

Would it be possible a plugin or script that when we exported of the 3dsMax in ".3ds" load with the file the textures? I want that because a lot of times we exported some objects of the 3dsMax and they leave of there mapped perfectly. Some other applications get to receive the file ".3ds" and when they carry him, they connect the textures as they were mapped in the 3dsMax. And to do the mapping in Sketchup is an as much as unpleasant or impossible.

I'm sorry to not explain corret to you, before.

thomthom

Very good, I like the script very much.

Maybe you can improve the script by make loop selection also in horizontal, not only vertical.

My English is very bad, I recognize.

I don't know if it already exists, but it would like a plugin to work like this:

We create and we attribute specifications of ID in some components. We exporte as a list csv for Microsoft Excel. In Excel we have a list products and items, as components of Sketchup. In columns beside that list we attribut monetary values of cost for unit, cost for square meter or cubic meter of the components. We export that list again for Sketchup. Those data are save in the components. Or then we attribut in the components directly costs for unit or for volume. Then, at the end of the project, we can have a list of amounts of products and items in the scene, also join a total cost of the scene.

I work with projects interiors in Sketchup, and that resource would be very interesting.

Why don't know what our friend Oscar shares their plugins without the available source code, he shares them compiled. Maybe some could help him in the development.

Another Improvements:

Please See "features" here:

http://www.orionflame.com/

These two plugins for 3dsmax (orion flame and polyboost) have fantastic tools for modeling, beyond selection.

Some improvements.

DootLoop:

Loop

Ring

OutLine

Tops

Similar

Step Mode

Select Half

Distance Select

Perspective Grow

Perspective Select

More here

PolyBoost

(www.polyboost.com)

This only works on SU7...

Is this an answear to this?
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=14217

I also wait for tool to make loop selection. In Modo, loop selection is perfect.

I think that with those dynamic blocks will be possible easily to create parametric blocks, that with certainty would be possible to imitate Revit.

Then don't disrespect that progress in the sketchup. I also think if those interface of dynamic blocks will be available by script ruby, then his power will be unimaginable.

Look this, and check if this resolve your problem

"groupByTexture.rb
Explodes groups and components, regroups faces by material."

layerbymaterial.rb
Moves faces to layers based on their assigned material.

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Thanks Free Agent.
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I don't understand anything of Ruby Script, me leaning that it would be very easy to do a script to do that.

That creates edges in the places where the groups are dashed. But I want a script to make that automatically: That it is possible to subtract an object of other, as in any application 3D.

Thank you for the answer. I have many files of the 3dsMax that I collected of many sites. I always export in 3ds, but it is a very old format. I think FBX could take materials and textures link together and also softness in the mesh.

Thank you for the answer, yes, I know that tool, I miss her when I use the 3dsMax. But would it be interesting to do operations boleans with Groups, would not it be?

Does anybody know some plugin that makes automatically Soft Edges when importing files 3ds in Sketchup?

Does anybody know some plugin to import files fbx in Sketchup?