So as an update- this seems to half-work. The plugin creates layers/tags from the materials but then leaves a set of groups behind that is only edges. I am wondering if that is something that can be deleted?

Thanks Rich! I will check it out and see how it goes. Thanks.

Hello All!
I am currently working with a file that was originally exported from ArchiCad.
It is a multi-story building with curtain walls and I am trying to separate the glazing from the metal elements via tags so that I can apply the appropriate materials.

Because ArchiCad exports are nested groups it is difficult to apply materials to these elements easily. I currently use ThruPaint in my workflow for most items that come from ArchiCAD. However, separating thousands of glazing panels from thousands of metal railings and mullions is not really a feasible task. From ArchiCad the exported skp models are structured so that the default material is assigned to all groups and the geometry inside that group contains the material. So far using the native selection methods or ThomThom's "selection toys" plugin has not yielded desired results. My hope is to find a plugin that can select by materials but it must see INSIDE nested groups as that is the current condition from the ArchiCad export.

I hope I am explaining this properly. I am including a small section of the curtain wall (zipped skp file) to help illustrate.

example curtain wall skp file

Thanks for this plug in! It works great on my Win7 PC! One request for me would be to have the ability to turn off the header for all the floating toolbars. I have a bunch on my secondary screen and the name headers take up a ton of room that I could utilize to better organize those floaters. Thanks again!

Hello All--
Long time user and supporter, but first time poster.
I have a extensive plugin collection thanks to all the awesome developers here.
I am attempting to organize my workflow a bit and would love to have an option to free up some of my workspace from the icons and palettes.

Some of my AutoCad colleagues have suggested I relocate my palettes from the dock and move them to one of my secondary monitors which I began to do but began to notice that the palette size doubles with the title bar for each palette taking up so much space.

Now that we have some context here is my question. Has anyone written a plugin that is simply a palette container that we could drop our tool palettes into similar to the dock around the SKP workspace?

Thanks to all for reading my post and hope to hear from some of you ruby geniuses soon