@ntxdave said:

@sdmitch said:

Once I identify the face I want to change can't I just paint it with the correct color? Why do I have to through the Shift key process?

BTW: I tried changing the name of one the colors to the one I wanted it to be and I get the message that the names must be unique.

You would only need or use the Shift key if you wanted all faces with that 'color' to be changed. Otherwise only the one face will be changed.

A unique Color/Material name only make sense.

@ntxdave said:

OK guys, I am missing something about using the Shift key to change a color. Look at the animated gif below and tell me what I should be doing to make all three of these colors the same.
First find a face in the model that has a color that you want to get rid of. To use my plugin, first make the color to be removed the current material. Next make the color you want to change it to the current material. Press and hold the Shift key down and paint anyone of the faces having the bad color.

[attachment=0:34fa5izk]<!-- ia0 -->Materials Panel.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:34fa5izk]

Is there a tutorial somewhere that I can go read on how to do this properly? There are others as well.

@SDMitch when I download your plugin there is no RBZ file, do I just place it in my plugins folder? Yes.

I also notice there is another plugin like yours in the SketchUcation Plugin Store but by another author.
I'm not surprised.

@ntxdave said:

ITG's MaterialConsolidator is not longer available in the PluginStore. I installed ThomTom's Cleanup and that will do the trick.

Now I have one last (I hope) silly question. I see things like Color_005 and [Color_005]1 which are duplicate colors. How can I merge them?
After you have changed all "[Color_0051" to "[Color_005]" using Shift key as previously describe, Window>Model Info>Statistics>Purge Unused should remove it from the model materials]

I wish there was a way to tell which objects contained the color/material so I could go change them.
Make [Color_0051 the current material then, using my Select by Material, choose option "Hide if not"]

Put the repeated code in its own method and pass the variables to it.

@endpoint said:

Hi all,

For some time I am looking for a plugin that accurately forms a tensile tent structure form.
There is already the Soap Bubble plugin that works for simple tent forms.

There also is a plugin that you can download form http://de.sergeferrari.com/serge-ferrari-sketch-3/ The problem is that it doesn't work with the newer SU versions. Is there somebody in this community that could take a look at the code of the script and do some recoding/debugging so that this plugin also can be used in the newer versions.

Your efforts will be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
J-P

Sorry but the main code is scrambled and only the creator will be able to modify it.

Or perhaps

top_face = entitiestb1.add_face(topcircle)
top_face.reverse! if top_face.normal.samedirection?(topbaredges[0].line[1]
status_top_bar = top_face.followme(topbaredges)

@srx said:

@sdmitch said:

Will this do?

I bet you did this with the plugin I proposed

No, I never even thought about Multiple Offsets. I "reinvented the wheel" yet again just for this special case.

Will this do?

FlowerofLife.skp

Love your "basic" designs. You should use your imagination more. NOT!!!!

@tig said:

You might be falling foul of the v2017 changes to how references and id's work.
I'm currently rewriting my ExtrudeTools because of it.

Previously [<=v2016] you could get an array of the entities within a container [say ents=group.entities.to_a] and then when you used group.explode those references saved in 'ents' would still be valid in their new context [although you might need to trap for merged entities etc], but then their id's were 'transitory' between sessions.

But in v2017 now those saved references are found to be 'invalid' after the group.explosion, this is because during the explosion those entities are now deleted and replicated in their new context, but now using their same enduring id's across sessions.
The references now return as deleted entities 'invalid' !
This can be sidestepped by recoding, with say ents=group.explode - which gives 'ents' as an array of what results from the explosion.

So this is what we have to look forward to with each new release!!!!

Updated .rbz's at Plugin Store and my blog.

@pilou said:

An hard work additionnal for the coders if that must be made for each script!

I don't have SU2017 and may never but, if you would open the Ruby Console, run the plugin and post the errors reported, maybe I can fix the problem.

@pilou said:

Seems there is a glitch with the 2017!
(works fine in 2016)

Did they change Ruby version again? Or is it just a buggy 2017?

If you have a component instance that has been skewed, how do you determine which axis is skewed?

@pilou said:

PS Can we have a little rb file for have it in the SDM Tools Menu ?

Usage: Plugins>SDM Tools>CorG Tool>Guide Point to Component

Works from the Plugins menu or by Right click.

Guide Point to Component.rb

Have you tried this?

Select Guide Points. Right click on anyone of them. Choose "Guide Points to Components"

unless file_loaded?((__FILE__))
 UI.add_context_menu_handler do |menu|
  if Sketchup.active_model.selection.first.is_a?(Sketchup;;ConstructionPoint)
   menu.add_separator
   menu.add_item('Guide Points to Components') {
    Sketchup.active_model.start_operation "Guide Points to Components"
    cps = Sketchup.active_model.selection.grep(Sketchup;;ConstructionPoint)
    cps.each{|cp|
     grp = Sketchup.active_model.active_entities.add_group(cp)
     grp.to_component
    }
    Sketchup.active_model.commit_operation
   }
  end
 end
 file_loaded((__FILE__))
end

ReMake Face.rb

Sheet Metal Bender is now posted to my blog.

Any and all questions on use and operation should be directed to chri.

@numerobis said:

Yes, you're right, it's working great now! Thank you very much!

Do you have some donation account so that i can at least pay you the same $10 that i payed for the "useless" SceneExporterPro?

No I am strictly a non-profit organization!!!!!!

@numerobis said:

Sure, here is a simple demo scene.

I just separated the camera position(s) and the sun settings to be able to control them separately and maintain the same camera position.
I simply have one or more scenes that contain all camera and style settings and then i have multiple scenes that define only different sun positions (date and time). So i first select the camera defining "base"-scene and then after that i cycle through the scenes with the sun positions one by one and export the resulting images.

Ok, I think I finally get it. Please check Personal Messages for latest version.