This is very cool. SketchUp has needed something like this for a long time.

For me, SketchUp crashes every time, when the rotation is applied. I've tried different components, rotation axes, and parametric values. Each time, when the rotation is applied, I get a crash.

Hi Alan -

Welcome to the boards, and thank you for this incredible plugin. I've wanted something like this on multiple occasions, and I think this approach makes more sense than the built in walk through tool.

Here are my thoughts after trying it out:

It looks like, if I've mapped a custom shortcut to WSAD, that over rides this plugin (even if I use shift). There may not be a way around this.

Could you display the eye height in the VCB, and allow the user to specify and eye height?

Strange. I wonder if I have an obscure conflict with other plugins that doesn't result in an error message, but which prevents selection toys from operating normally. Is such a thing possible?

I'll scrub through my plugins and see if it works when it's the only plugin installed.

@thomthom said:

@danbig said:

Here's a sample model. I can't get the selection toys plugin to select all the instances of either component. I'm pretty sure that there is something simple about operating this plugin that i'm missing.

@thomthom said:

Can you post or send me a sample model?

I tried both Instance -> Select Active and Instances -> Select All and both of them worked...

Here's a sample model. I can't get the selection toys plugin to select all the instances of either component. I'm pretty sure that there is something simple about operating this plugin that i'm missing.

@thomthom said:

Can you post or send me a sample model?

Test 1.skp

In the model, I have 420 instances of a single component.

I select one of the instances, and right click.

Under the "Instances" context menu, I choose "Select All".

What I want to happen, is that all 420 instances of this component to be selected. In my case, nothing happens. Nothing posts to the console. Am I trying to use it correctly?

@thomthom said:

@danbig said:

I get no error message, but the context menu doesn't seem to do anything for me. I'll check the console next time I try.

@thomthom said:

That button is to filter the selection.

To select similar instances, use the context menu.

Can you describe more specifically the steps you are doing? And what you have pre-selected etc?

I get no error message, but the context menu doesn't seem to do anything for me. I'll check the console next time I try.

@thomthom said:

That button is to filter the selection.

To select similar instances, use the context menu.

Hi Dave -

Yes, that would work. Thanks for the tip. I haven't used the component library to browse components in my model very much, so I wasn't aware of that function.

Gai - that's exactly how I'm trying to use the plugin, to no avail. I'm stumped.

I think I'm still missing something simple on how to operate this incredibly helpful plugin.

I have a model with hundreds of instances of multiple components. I want to select all the instances of a single component definition. I cannot seem to get the plugin to do this; can someone go through the steps to perform this function?

Is there a way to put an instructional diagram in the Component Options menu?

Hi tspco -

I have a few thoughts about a suspended ceiling grid.

First, a ruby script could make suspended ceilings quick and easy if it was done right.

Dynamic components could also be used, depending on how refined the tool needed to be (for example, trimming corners on non-square rooms, etc..).

For tasks with that are essentially a series of arrays or copies, I would also suggest levering the basic sketchup tools to do the job manually. I say this without knowing your skill level in this area, but my first impression is that if it's taking you a few hours working on a ceiling grid, you may have an opportunity to improve just by understanding how to exercise the native sketchup tools to create your grid. I would suggest looking at the move tool and array functionality to create copies.

How detailed does your grid need to be? Are you going to do quantity takeoff from your model, or is it just a visual model? If I was doing it, I would setup the way I built the grid based on how I wanted to use the end product.