I am familiar with radial arrays on a fixed radius but can an array be laid out on an elliptical path using SketchUp Make? Bill

Here’s one way to do an elliptical array, using the native SketchUp tools. Draw a circle; set the number of sides to equal the number of points you want in the array; you’ll use the vertices of the ellipse as insertion points. Made the circle’s radius equal to half the major axis of the ellipse. U…

Another possibility is to use the Path Copy extension from the Extension Warehouse. This allows you to place copies at a specified interval along the ellipse. [image]

I find this plugin often in use for my workflow. Investing in a pro version could also come handy :smiley:

Or Component Stringer from Chris Fullmer.

Or there is Comp String by SD Mitch Which has the added advantage of being able to use multiple components. [image]

wow, that’s great. Thanks for sharing Box, i can think of several occasions I can use this function.

Here’s another option for an elliptical array: [image] (all basic SketchUp operations/features)

@Wo3Dan I’ll have to admit I would never have thought of that, and when I first looked at what you had I thought it would scale the components, but Brilliantly simple. [image]

[image] Box: …I thought it would scale the components… The components aren’t part of the scaling selection. So their geometry don’t scale. But their respective positions and directions are due to “glue to”. The direction can also be fixed (or manipulated otherwise?) to systems axes (hence my…

Awesome. I didn’t realize “glue to” fixes that position. this can be a game changer.

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Wo3Dan November 5, 2015, 11:13am 8

Here’s another option for an elliptical array:

(all basic SketchUp operations/features)

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