View parts looked promising, but it opened every single part in a new tab. What I really want is to actually have a plugin the places lots of parts side by side so that they can easily be seen and then labelled for cutting without using something like cutlist. I’m sorry to bring this object back to…

Wow, this looks epic. I haven’t been able to try it yet and just wanted to say thanks in the mean time. Just a thought, if you can code to meet the basic requirements, are you able to tweak the code to add a specific gap between parts? Like 10cm or something? Answer: mod = Sketchup.active_model e…

Check this extension as well: https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/vbo-component-layout Maybe it can be altered to do it for all components in the file…

Thanks for your reply. I installed it and as far as I can tell, there is no way to make it function as described. These seem like they should be VERY simple tasks!

maybe Slickmoves? https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/2dxy-smoves

Thanks for the suggestion. It definitely does the spacing thing as I described. I haven’t been able to get it to rotate the selection on the plane I want though, it keeps spinning them around long ways. Also, shame it’s not free.

I know, all these plugins add up, but it depends on your level of frustration when a $25 plugin can make life a lot easier.

[image] shdesign: Also, shame it’s not free. do you work for free? john

[image] shdesign: Also, shame it’s not free. Consider it part of the cost of doing business. As with the exploded views, I don’t find this a difficult thing to do with native tools. The Move tool will do most of it easily enough.

I use this software for my own projects, not for business. There are a lot of tools out there which are free but people have put a lot of time and thought into, I don’t see what makes this extension so special compared to the others, which in many cases, provide suites of tools far more powerful. H…

I don’t mean to sound this way, but you have what, sixteen components in this model? In the time you’ve spent posting back and forth, you could have easily done this as Dave R said with the native tools. Unless you are looking for a solution for a future project with hundreds of parts, I don’t see…

Hello Ryan, What you see is one part of the construction which involves very many parts overall (as mostly seen in my first post): [image] You will see that within this thread cutlist has been discussed and demonstrated not to work as required. I would really appreciate Dave’s input on the best…

Looking for a plugin to break apart all components from wooden structure and place them side by side

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do you work for free?

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Looking for a plugin to break apart all components from wooden structure and place them side by side

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