[Plugin] RandomSelect.rb - Corrected

[TIG]

I uploaded a duff file for RandomSelect BUT because the regime is to make posts in the depository locked (?) I can't edit it or correct it. I've asked for it to be removed... and it's gone !

Here's the correct file.

It is a variant of RandomDelete.rb. It takes the selection and randomly samples the selection to the % entered in the dialog - e.g. 10%.

You can then do what you want with the now selected items - such as colour, copy, cut, move etc...

(If you downloaded yesterday's duff one please accept my apologies and get this new one...)

[plot-paris]

as simple as it works - this is a deadly useful script, TIG.

thank you very much for sharing

[pav_3j]

tasty

thank you

pav

[troyhome]

I just downloaded this and used it and it is great!! Thanks very much for this script!!!

[plot-paris]

really a great script.
just in case you get bored, TIG some suggestions for a RandomSelect 2.0:

- some sort of soft selection (selection of nearly 100% at the centre and 0% at the outer areas of a circle... or selection density gradually fading from one side to the other).

soft_selection.jpg

- or bitmap selection: load a bitmap file and use the grey values for selection density...

- several selection sets out of one selection: you select all the entities and then, using the script, select only lets say 25% of them. now you transform/move/paint them. then you click the selection button again and get the next 25% of the initial selection... and then the next 25%... and finally the remaining 25%...
(at the moment I am using a hidden layer, moving the transformed entities to that layer after each step)

what do you think? usefull ideas?

[kwistenbiebel]

what do you think? usefull ideas?

Very!

[AcesHigh]

hey Tig, you could implement Plot Paris ideas... as well as including an option for the automatic Component Swap thing I talked on the other thead

[rami.derbel]

thank you very much, your plug-in is very useful ^^

[Skeletor]

Thank you thank you thank you! I've been trying to find a work around for applying random colors to like components in a group. I have about 28,500 of these individual components all needing to be more or less randomly colored from a 6 color palette, this has saved me days of clicking, wonderful plugin!