Absolutely so.
I'll presume you know that the advanced build mode can allow you to remove any specific block type in massive batches. I normally use that feature to strip the power-systems out of ships I'm re-fitting. (this quickly tells me how many blocks were used, and how horrid the power system was laid out.{to be fair, most of the ones I do this to were built years ago, Power has been changed more than a few times since then})
thats just it! ONE TYPE OF BLOCK. removed en mass. at one time. But I have to remove every. single. non hull block.
I have to remove every block that is not hull. sometimes it is to try different power arrangements, sometimes it is to make the ship cheaper when I import it into a server. Obviously, now I just make a ship that is hollow, save it, and then fill it. but I have a few ships I want to empty out from before I figured that obvious step out.
I don't want to spam click all over my ship for the 2 different power blocks the 2 different shield blocks then my missile blocks then my beam blocks then my cargo blocks. all of that switching and clicking! going over the same spot of the ship with 5 different build helper replace block x's because then I don't have to worry about accidentally making holes in my ship. (I should mention that spam clicking is physically painful for me, because of inflammation, so any trick I can find to click less I am grateful for) and the build helper is a bit gltichy when I want to remove blocks, like it will remove blocks in the wrong direction (which is fine when I want to remove them all, but makes it harder to make sure I got all of them) edit: by wrong direction I mean the area that build helper highlights is not the area that gets removed
I would much rather remove every. single. block. that is not white hull. like build helper -> replace block shield capacitor with what block is in my hand, but there isnt anything in my hand, so it removes all the shield capacitors is how it works now
what would be better is build helper -> replace all blocks BUT "white hull selected from dropdown" with block in my hand but my hand is empty, there for everything but the hull is cleared out
that is what I thought smedit did, that you can just replace blocks en mass with one input. but people say it doesn't work anymore. I am hoping that the starmade creative build helper will evolve to the point that smedit being outdated isn't an issue. or that the needed aspects can be modded into the game like Minecraft's worldedit