by Jim » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:27 am
Aboutzoom_selection.rb adds 2 items under the Camera menu; Zoom Selection and Zoom Out. - Zoom Selection zooms to the selected item(s). If nothing is selected it zooms to the model extents.
- Zoom Out zooms out by a factor of 2.
Suggested UsageI set up 2 key Shortcuts. I use the 'z' key mapped to Zoom Selection, and 'Shift-Z' to Zoom Out. CompatabilityI'm not sure if SU5 had the ruby methods available. I don't believe it did, in which case this is for SU6 or later. Can someone confirm? InstallationDownload and move zoom_selection.rb into your Plugins folder, restart SketchUp. zoom_selection.rb Script AuthorsScript writers can call the methods also: - Code: Select all
JF::zoomSelection JF::zoomOut(factor) # the larger the factror, the larger the zoom out
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by Stu » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:29 am
Jim, Another good one Don't stop now, mate, your on a roll 
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by Didier Bur » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:29 am
Hi Jim, I confirm this is for V6 only. A context menu would be handy too ! 
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by Jim » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:30 am
Didier Bur wrote:Hi Jim, I confirm this is for V6 only. A context menu would be handy too !  Thanks Didier. There is a (mis-named) Zoom Extents context menu already in V6 - right-click > Zoom Extents. I could have used a simple key-shortcut to Edit/Item/Zoom Extents, but I think the single key shortcut to zoom to selection, or zoom to model extents makes for a better experience.
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by Edson » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:31 am
jim,
the plugin is not working for me exactly as expected. for instance, when editing some group/component inside another group/component, what is taken as extents is not the object selected inside the group/component but the outside extents of the group.
i hope i made myself clear.
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by Edson » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:31 am
jim,
forget it. i made it work by creating another shortcut. thanks for the very useful plugin.
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by Pixero » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:32 am
I made a zoom selection a while ago. Even simpler. You can find it under downloads at my site. http://www.pixero.com
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by Jim » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:33 am
I've made a minor mod to this. After zooming in, I always find myself scrolling out just a little, so I added this "back-off" to the script. viewtopic.php?p=4960#p4960
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by TIG » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:34 am
Sorry for some bad news... Sketchup.send_action("viewZoomToSelection:") has zoomed the selection for some time !
Also if you select something and right-click there is a context-menu for this called "Zoom Extents" (Should be called Zoom Selection but lazy bug fixers !)
You can also shortcut key it to Z (I do already) by selecting something and then opening the Preferences Window and Shortcut option, filter for 'Zoom Ex' and you'll get Edit/Item/Zoom Extents - set the Z key to that...
Don't feel bad I have reinvented several inbuilt functions in my time !
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by Jim » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:35 am
TIG wrote:Sorry for some bad news... Sketchup.send_action("viewZoomToSelection:") has zoomed the selection for some time !
Also if you select something and right-click there is a context-menu for this called "Zoom Extents" (Should be called Zoom Selection but lazy bug fixers !)
You can also shortcut key it to Z (I do already) by selecting something ans then opening the Preferences Window and Shortcut option, filter for 'Zoom Ex' and you'll get Edit/Item/Zoom Extents - set the Z key to that...
Don't feel bad I have reinvented several inbuilt functions in my time !
Thanks TIG, the difference is that if nothing is selected, my zoom selected does a zoom extents. In addition, I add a little extra zoom-out to fit my zooming tastes. A minor enhancement perhaps, but I miss it when it's not there.
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by humanticnc » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:37 am
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by rv1974 » Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:41 am
It'd act as 'zoom extents' when nothing selected (a-la 3ds max) Jim could you expand this rb please?
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by Jim » Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:34 pm
rv1974 wrote:It'd act as 'zoom extents' when nothing selected (a-la 3ds max) Jim could you expand this rb please?
This is what it does.
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by rv1974 » Sun Aug 19, 2012 5:23 pm
Jim wrote:rv1974 wrote:It'd act as 'zoom extents' when nothing selected (a-la 3ds max) Jim could you expand this rb please?
This is what it does.
Jim thanks for attention. I'm afraid it doesn't. What I mean is the ruby should: 1. When nothing selected it'd zoom out (not zoom out by a factor of 2). It'd respect group\component extends while editing with the 'hide the rest of model' mode . 2. With item selected it'd zoom to object (no complains it's already OK). 3. It'd be 'two in one' command: one shortcut for 2 states (see p.1&2) Edit: If I already got you  could you please-please-please add the scale tweaking to your Mover 2? I love this tool but random\exact\by axys scaling is really missing. Thank you in advance.
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by halroach » Tue May 07, 2013 11:21 am
This plugin is a wonderful idea when I have an imported DWG with real far away geometry that I'd like to select "blindly" geometry that I cannot see. I've tried it though, placing a bunch of components at the 0,0,0 and one component far - 1000 meters away... I select the far away component and it just won't zoom on it... it kind of zooms to extents or something similar, cause if I zoom extents I get something else... ideas?
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by Dave R » Tue May 07, 2013 1:52 pm
The native Zoom Extents is an interesting tool. If you use Zoom extents from the toolbar, it zooms to fit all of the model that is displayed. If you make a selection and use Zoom Extents from the Context menu, it zooms to the selection.
Often, when I import a CAD file or open a SketchUp file from someone else, I hit Zoom Extents on the toolbar. If the camera zooms out so the obvious geometry is relatively small in the model space, I drag a right to left selection box around the apparently empty space making sure I don't get any of the model. Then I hit Delete and Zoom Extents again to see if I've removed the unneeded stuff.
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by halroach » Tue May 07, 2013 2:42 pm
Dave R wrote: Often, when I import a CAD file or open a SketchUp file from someone else, I hit Zoom Extents on the toolbar. If the camera zooms out so the obvious geometry is relatively small in the model space, I drag a right to left selection box around the apparently empty space making sure I don't get any of the model. Then I hit Delete and Zoom Extents again to see if I've removed the unneeded stuff.
That is exactly what I do. I zoom extents and select the geometry I can't see and delete it. I was hoping though that with this plugin I could zoom in to the selected geometry to see what it is that I am going to be deleting... but it just won't zoom...
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by Dave R » Tue May 07, 2013 2:45 pm
So use Zoom Extents from the Context menu.
I used to have a Zoom Extents on a custom toolbar that Jim did that would zoom in to the selection. I'll see if I can find it.
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by Dave R » Tue May 07, 2013 3:44 pm
Check this out. There's a command for Center Selection which would probably get you started. On my PC I have his toolbar set up so Zoom Extents zooms to a selection if there is one.
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by halroach » Tue May 07, 2013 4:09 pm
Dave R wrote:Check this out. There's a command for Center Selection which would probably get you started. On my PC I have his toolbar set up so Zoom Extents zooms to a selection if there is one.
Thanks! The plugin from Jim's website (Is it the same Jim?) works!! It zooms to the selected item no matter how far or where it is. The plugin can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/jimfoltz/ ... on-extents
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