@halroach said: @rv1974 said: Wish it was an universal Extend tool that would respect all variety of 2d: lines, splines, arcs etc. Or even for 3D like with Smart Push Pull... ..with trimming on Alt key. Dream on

Thanks to Jim of course. That is one of my most used plugin.

(And my try isn't even the first. And not the last. It seems searchable interfaces are en vogue.) I imagine that idea could do much more than just searching which plugin to start/load, but also for executing actions, maybe for "speeking" to SketchUp. Of course this would be better implemented on system-level(see below) or like Android's Majel or Apple's Siri. [flash 512,350:2u38h6cb]http://www.youtube.com/v/EHjEiTSHvqc?version=3&start=10[/flash:2u38h6cb] For now we are waiting for Trimble to fix/complete their API ( UI::Command.proc), this plugin is otherwise not possible without the risk of breaking your plugins. The UI::Command is a nice abstraction of a feature, it should contain as much metadata of a function as possible (icon, keywords, description), and then it can be easily accessible via menus/toolbars/webdialogs/voice/screen readers/keyboard search...

you can use thomthom's clean up http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=22920 ... ... thomthom, your cleanup plugin is one of the best and must used tools ... thank you .. thank you a lot ... fot making this graet tool ... I can't model any thing without Ctrl+E ( my own shortcut to "clean with last settings" ) and "repair edge" wish you the best

it seems there is no way through ruby to settle new shortcuts, so you found the solution thank you

I just noticed that I don't even have to load a model. Sometimes it's enough that I just draw the first line, or move the camera a bit and it jams up again.

sorry to dig up an old thread... but...... i just tried this, and it rocks, my only request/question Is it possible to do make it include subfolders? Thanks for the help!

Works Wonderfully! Thanks ThomThom

I probably wouldn't trust a generically created sketchup camera too much. If you were in ortho mode or 2 point perspective that could certainly throw things way off. Even if not, though, there's nothing native within SU to determine where the focus point should be. And even if you find a way to get a focus point, will that translate through a .3ds file? I don't know. SU's ACT camera plugin doesn't have an option for focal distance. I can set a focal distance with my Maxwell render plugin but it doesn't translate through .3ds. -Brodie Edit: I agree wholeheartedly with Earthmover. You should be using perspective to navigate. And 3ds Max's SU importer is quite nice. It preserves all of your components as 3ds Max instances and textures translate very well. There was a SU importer for 2010 but I think it had to be downloaded separately whereas it's integrated into 2011.

@aerilius said: I use three fingers for orbiting (and two fingers for zoom). That is because for me is three fingers = middle mouse button system-wide. If you can set it per-application, then try it. I'm curious if it proves useful I can't find anywhere on my system where to set three fingers to be set as a certain click... nor for two fingers. I've got the synaptic touchpad drivers... I might be able to it with additional software though... any suggestions?

@thomthom said: And now it is done: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=24593&p=341375#p341375 Thomthom, Come on! It took you eight hours to post the new script... I expected more from you! Just Kidding! You're The Best!

Suggest you go to the Microsoft Download Center and make sure you have all updates for all VC runtimes installed. The manifest for Sketchup indicates it is linked against the MSVC version 8 runtime, (perhaps called 2005. After version 6, they began referring to them generally by the release year, as it made more sense to end users.) It should not hurt to install or update other runtimes on your machine (2008, 2010, etc.)

There some changes I still want to make on both of the plugins, so for now they will remain private.

thanks for your suggestions. I lowered all texture resolutions to 4000x4000 (there was only one bigger than 2500) but this doesn't make a difference.

glad to hear it Mariocha - never heard of that before, but i'll update the script soon.. thanks.

@unknownuser said: @unknownuser said: I've installed select instancev2 by M. Bekhor, downloaded from: http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/plugin_details.php?id=365 (I find this plugin one of the more powerful instance selection tools). I am trying to assign a keyboard shortcut, but I can't find the command in the shortcuts list. How can I do this? Is there something I'd need to update in the plugin to make it reachable in the shortcuts list? Thanks!! you probably have to select (something) prior to going into the shortcut list. ie- select what the script requires you to select prior to activating the script. Thanks! that worked! come to think of it, it's the same when you want to assign a shortcut for flipping along axis of components!

I'll be glad to test it! @jim said: It does sound cool, and it is certainly possible. What I am not sure about is whether it would be heavy and slow like copy & paste, or fast like the outliner. I'll write a prototype "insert into" tool if you don't mind testing it. -- On second thought, it would be simper to write a "Pull out of" tool for if it's for testing performance.