[HELP] Strut Stripper

[Xyphos]

I want to make a simple editor plugin that can remove all struts (and optionally fuel ducts) from a vessel, I know C# but I'm clueless on how to make the plugin.

 

The reason for wanting to remove them is that sometimes they go astray, needlessly increase the part count and/or become obsoleted.

Edited May 7, 2016 by Xyphos

[wasml]

Unfortunately about the only documentation is user generated. The best thing to do is download mods that do something similar and look through the source code. That said the community is very helpful and there are a number of good tutorials  - see Mod Development Links Compilation. There are also instructions to get debugging going and other good info - check the stickies at the top of the Addon Development thread (and sub threads). Also someone's making a Wiki for the API.

Far from an expert but my first thought would be to use something like foreach (Part p in EditorLogic.SortedShipList) {...} looking for the struts/fuel lines then finding the editor function to remove parts (I haven't done that yet so no clue what it's called).

 

Good luck!

[fourfa]

Could this help?

 

[Lisias]

This feature is already implemented on PartWizard:
 

Posting in this old thread since it was the very first one that I found on my search. Since I found my answer elsewhere, I'm posting it here in the hope to being of use when someone reaches here as I did.