'LSS Matrix' plugin for SketchUP installation and usage overview.

1. Usage Overview

Installation

Enabling toolbar

Getting started

Making array of
copies

Post processing
capabilities

2. Installation

Download
«lss_matrix_1_0_beta.zip»

Unpack contents of
«Plugins» subfolder into
SketchUp «Plugins»
subfolder

Unpack contents of
«Resouces» subfolder into
SketchUp «Resources»
subfolder

3. Enabling Toolbar
Sketchup Main Menu>>
View>> Toolbars>> LSS
Matrix Toolbar

4. Getting Started
«LSS Matrix» has
preprocessing stage:
it is necessary to make an
initial copy instance and
«controlling» copy instances
before «LSS Matrix» dialog
launching.

5. Making Array of Copies

Choose Plugins>> LSS
Matrix>> Lss Matrix Dialog
command from the main
menu or click appropriate
button of «LSS Toolbar»

Pick the initial instance

Pick copy instance(s)

Adjust settings

Click «Apply» to generate
array of copies

6. Samples of Copies Arrays
1 2
1.One copy instance
2.Two copy instances
3.Three copy instances
3

7. Post Processing Capabilities
1. «Edit Copy Instance
Properties...» command
2. «Refresh Copies Array...»
command (allows to rebuild
results manually)
3. «Observe Changes...»
command (it enables tools
observer and refreshes
results automatically if
move/rotate/scale actions
were detected)

8. Feedback

WWW: sites.google.com/site/lssoft2011

Blog: lss2008.blogspot.com

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