Posts made by nickchun

Thanks TIG, I get the gist of what your saying ( only the gist mind) and need to spend time learning ruby before I can make a start. I have no idea if I'm capable of doing it yet though. Changing the handles is simple enough anyway, I just use a horizontal and vertical version of each and use "replace instances".
On the subject of nesting, perhaps it would be simpler if I made libraries of the whole cabinet in different sizes, types and door styles, and swapped the whole thing.
I don't uaually show internals so it would be just a box tacked onto the door/drawer.
Thanks again
Nick

Once again guys thanks for your replies,
The components are made by Fredo scaling an original, which leaves the stiles and rail sizes intact, but then they are saved as individual components into a library.
Considering the kitchens I design can have upwards of 50 frontages I think the script using codes is what I had in mind but I have no experience of writing scripts in ruby. Looks like I will have to try and learn but I struggle with some of the concepts ( the last program I wrote was in BASIC 30 yrs ago and was pretty simple). TIG, do you think it could be a fairly small script?#

Thanks
Nick

Thanks to TIG and dedmin for your replies,
What I am trying to do is change ALL the doors and drawer fronts(in as few moves as possible) but these frontages could be of different heights and widths. I am familiar with replacing component selections, but this would mean repeating the process for each different size. I am not sure how the selection tools plugin would work that dedmin suggested. Is this a job for a plugin that doesn't exist yet?

Thanks
Nick

Hi,
I am new to this forum and would firstly like to thank everyone putting out plugins and advice, I would be lost without it.
I am a kitchen designer and am currently trying to set up SU to perform some key functions, the main one being to change the style of door and drawer fronts in an already completed design. Obviously I could use SU's built in features to find and replace components but this gets complicated when working with frontages of varying sizes. Does anyone know of a method of doing this without repeating the process for each individual door and drawer front?

Thanks

Nick Chun