crowd.rb

# Name:           crowd.rb
# Date:           May 27, 2008
# Description:    copy selected component randomly throughout an area
# Copyright:      John Jacobsen, NPX Designs, Inc.
#                 http://www.johnj.com

# Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for 
# any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
# copyright notice appears in all copies.

# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


require 'sketchup.rb'

class Crowd
  @@copies = 10
  @@size     = 100

  def Crowd::crowd(number, size)
    model = Sketchup.active_model
    selection = Sketchup.active_model.selection[0]
    entities = model.active_entities
    definition = selection.definition
    number.times {
      x=size*rand
      y=size*rand
      z=0
      point = Geom::Point3d.new(x, y, z)
      transform = Geom::Transformation.new point
      newcopy = entities.add_instance definition, transform
    }
  end

  def Crowd::crowd_with_prompts
      prompts = ["Number of copies: ",
                 "Size of area"]
      values   = [@@copies, @@size]
      results = inputbox prompts, values, "Copy to Crowd"
      return if not results
      @@copies = results[0]
      @@size = results[1]
      crowd(@@copies, @@size) 
  end
end # Class Crowd

if (not file_loaded?("crowd.rb"))
   UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("Copy to Crowd") { Crowd.crowd_with_prompts }
end

file_loaded("crowd.rb")