Right click on component and/or group, or selected components and groups, and "Make All Unique". This will make unique all selected components, and their nested components.make_all_unique.rb

TIG, Thanks for the mini lesson. I hadn't known that you could use next if in that way. Unfortunately (for me), I also have problems visualizing the code levels within {} and require do end to do so.

Thanks again, hdt

TIG,

WOW, how compact can you get. Can you explain the code?

1. What does next do?
2. Why is it necessary to test for d.image??
3. What does [1..-1] in d.instances[1..-1].each mean?
4. If I modify Sketchup.active_model.definitions.each to Sketchup.active_model.selection.definitions.each, will the code work only on SketchUp selections?
5. Does Sketchup.active_model.definitions.each locates all component instances, and groups in the model; including the nested ones?
6. Is ; to indicate new line?

Thanks, hdt

Here is a free viewer you can link to in your email.
http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/download/gsuviewer.html

Or, could it be that your component axis is far off to the side? Atempt a "zoom all" to see.

Try this, beta v0.03. Right click components and/or groups, and "Make All Unique". Post if problems, or you find a better solution.make_all_unique.rb

That shouldn't be too hard to do.

You can't mean "right click reverse faces" since that is a hard wired command. What does the reverse ruby do?

If you can draw, or move your component to the desired origin, this will rotate the component's z axis on its origin to what ever you can point to.

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When converting Cad dxf files to sketchup, the original Cad file units must be converted to Sketch units. I erroneously assumed this to be the case within SketchUp. That is not the case, and the reason I have deleted the post.