from appdata, find the plugin folder in your version of sketchup and drop the file there

it will load with the rest the next time you open sketchup, so close if already open

groups when used as DCs, can retain connections when copied, they do not automatically become unique. plus scaling can easily become out of sync. The build is in sync if there is no mix of scaled and unscaled items.

to fix, remove the copies
then
you could explode the group then regroup it (thus the new group will not be scaled)
or
you could convert the group to a component then "scale definition", from right click menu

I believe the DC part of this design choice should be components. So method 2. and a rebuild

you can string simultaneous actions with semicolon

Animate Slow("Unlock",22,-1);Animate Slow ("PushPin!Push",-1,0)

PushPin2019.skp

Eneroth Decrease Component Number on extension warehouse

@unknownuser said:

remember Dan Rathburn to have written a small plugin

https://forums.sketchup.com/t/redraw-all-dynamic-components/77512/15

Hi Filippo
can use nested SUBSTITUTE

order is important
example attached

SUBSTITUTE.skp

Bed with two folds that have independent onclicks, with a test to check position of the first.
the move is tied to the second fold.

It may be enough or give you some ideas

You could consider a Set function for conditions, required if are placing the animate in the parent

folding example.skp

folding example

if you nest the sections into one another, then change the driven attribute value to effect each part. Note axis change on part 3

folding example.skp

is num lock on?

Yes definitely learn Ruby

Currently Dynamic Components are the best and "native" way of placing data and having some control over objects, whether "Live Components" are able to compete or excel will be years away.
So stick with Dynamic Components and learn how they can be controlled and improved on using Ruby.

For example the "redraw all" script kindly donated by Dan

https://forums.sketchup.com/t/redraw-all-dynamic-components/77512/10 might help, or placing a redraw onclick in the cube

However a clear picture of what you trying to achieve may help me to advise the best method.
array copies are generally y = copy*(leny+space)

A guess form information posted:

have 3 attributes pick up distancey1 to 3, say dy1..dy3, then use choose(smallest(round(copy+1),4),0,dy1,dy2,dy3)
the smallest keeps it within the choose criteria

it maybe best to upload your project

nearest
then test if input > nearest
if so find the next value

example 1: use a string of values and string functions to get the next

next largest.skp

you could use the summary to display the data as the "component info" section is not affected.

I suggest you consider using some ruby scripts with your DCs to help with placement, multiple changes....

auto-erasing formulas.skp

To change the value in the dropdown

@unknownuser said:

I attach my component (which I'm particularly proud of, maybe naively...).

You should be proud, you have grasp the technical challenges of a relative difficult scripting language and now adding you own spin on it. This is what is going to help you adapt and improve whatever the future changes are.

It is clear that LCs is where the development is, hardwired and web savvy.
DCs will still be around for 5 years but likely, as before, no development'

@unknownuser said:

We intend to launch authoring tools for Live Components sometime next year. Being able to author Live Components is just the beginning though. Those apps/tools will expand over the next several years to offer new ways of modeling in conjunction with SketchUp.

Introducing a new kind of SketchUp object: Live Components

Today, we are extremely pleased to introduce a new type of configurable object for SketchUp: Live Components. Live Components are built on Materia, a new modeling platform that aims to deliver smart 3D content to Trimble…

SketchUp Community (forums.sketchup.com)

I understand they acquired the concept
https://forums.sketchup.com/t/introducing-a-new-kind-of-sketchup-object-live-components/139815/33

I would agree with Dan on the period ahead...

@unknownuser said:

The Dynamic Components extension has not had any new features for many many years, and will (most likely) not get any more. SketchUp team has said this before. There are too many extensions (some Trimble) that now rely upon the DCs to remain as they are.

It has also been like “pulling teeth” to get errors in the Dynamic Components extension fixed. I do hope (and politic) for all existing easily fixed errors in DC code to be fixed, before it is “retired” to an optional extension.

So, it is most likely [speculating] that the Dynamic Components extension would be “frozen” at some version, and thereafter remain as such in the Extension Warehouse as an optional extension. (Ie, it may no longer be distributed as a “default” extension with the SketchUp installer. But [speculating] this is not likely to happen for several major cycles until after Live Components is mature enough.)

LiveComponents vs. DynamicComponents

So far I do not see a big difference between Live Components (LCs) and Dynamic components (DC). DCs can react on a click event, so that when clicked on them, an action is performed on the component and they can be scaled…

SketchUp Community (forums.sketchup.com)

It has been reported that modified DC copies do not list in the writer, however still no fix, probably unlikely now LCs are the flavor, so we wait while they re-event the wheel instead of fixing thats broken or out of round...

https://forums.sketchup.com/t/generate-report-does-not-include-component-copies/80600 (2 years)

@unknownuser said:

n this second case, my solution would be NOT to modify the copy of the original instance but instead include an invisible pre-set 100x50 component, appearing in the right places(s) when needed... Could this work?

I believe this your best option, plus a 50x50

Any DC with nested DC(s) will become unique on a redraw, so I recommend using the definition name as a category rather than an identity, and use the instance name or a custom attribute as the identity. the #number is not considered, the reports "group by" is the instance or custom attribute.

If you simplify a DC so its nested components are not dynamic, then the definition #number will remain, so one could consider a method of simplification via a script as a possible solution depending on the DCs concerned.

Although you could script a swap for same, that "same" would have to be a simple DC with no nested DCs as the uniqueness would only be triggered again if there is a redraw

look at

https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=51443

Some ideas..

1.create an unique copy of the DC with the required attributes (delete some?) then swap the geometry

2.for option drop downs, use

https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ae_AttributeInspector

copy and paste, then select outside.

3. to copy data from excel to paste in the DC.

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