Agreed. I logged several Feature Requests for MDI support (new methods) in the API, including a Models collection.

What makes it more troublesome is that the documentation doesn't mention bugs that appeared in the various methods in the various SU versions.

Never - my brain was being silly.

Wow, Sketchup.read_default and Sketchup.write_default were easy to implement. Attaching the defaults to individual models can also be advantageous, and I will have to think about the best way to save user defaults. Thanks guys. a_values=[] s_value="" s_value = Sketchup.read_default "honoluludesktop","values","None:Inches:Model:to Faces:by Number" a_values = s_value.split(":") . . results = inputbox prompts,a_values,enums,my_file_name+" Options" . . a_values = ["None",scale_sel,origin_sel,dface_sel,material_sel] s_value = a_values.join(":") result = Sketchup.write_default "honoluludesktop","values",s_value

TIG, As you suggest, I will work on this and post what I find. Thanks.

tt, and cf, Thanks. Got it to work as follows: my_definition.entities.transform_entities(t,my_definition.entities.to_a) Off and on for 4 days, this has got to be the longest time I've spent getting a single line of code right. Hopefully I'm getting better.

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=30000

I unzipped a skm to see what it contained. If I learn enough, maybe working with skm's is something I can attempt to tackle a year from now?-)

I think it can be ported on OSX as zlib (library that I used in dezip) is available on OSX as well.

SketchUp runs its own version of Ruby. That is why it is reporting 1.8.6.

@thomthom said: Right, so the raytest should have an argument to ignore hidden. And, hopefully, they will make it an optional argument, so they don't break all the existing ruby files once again.

The holy grail would be if people just followed the instructions of the API docs...

Manuela, Add into your onQuit method, statements that detach your plugin's observers, then dispose of the observer instances by setting them to nil, and then call GC.start (Garbage Collection.) See if that prevents the BugSplat!s when SU closes.

As Collada is XML there is no reason why they should not be able to parse block and group hierarchies on import. As said Sketchup exports the hierarchies OK but cant do a 'round trip' and import the geometry in the same state. I think your comment refers to the Autodesk kit for DWG/DXF. I'm under the impression Sketchup uses libraries provided by the Open Design Alliance.

Right again: my_instance = @master_group.to_component my_definition = my_instance.definition my_definition.name = my_file_name my_instance.erase! repeat = false model.place_component my_definition, repeat Can I just say that I must have been sleep deprived.

Here's what I came up with. Just make sure it is alphabetically the first file in Plugins in order to capture the earliest output. require 'Win32API' class CL_rps_console < Sketchup;;Console OutputDebugString = Win32API.new("kernel32.dll", "OutputDebugString", ['P'], 'V') def write(smess="\0") smess = smess.to_s + "\0" OutputDebugString.call(smess) end end # redefine standard output to our new class $old_stdout = $stdout # in case you want to turn off traces $stdout = CL_rps_console.new $stderr = $stdout puts "-" * 40 puts Time.now puts "Starting SketchUp" puts "-" * 40

@jd hill said: And thanks for the idea of using a Definition; that's perfect. Mind you - if you don't use abort_operation you'll end up making lots of temp definitions cluttering up the In Model definition list.

@unknownuser said: I have done HTML+JS+CSS+DBS+FTE+HTE+KLM Seriously, in what world are web dialogs a good option for UI. Please Google include a simple UI into the API...

So both events are busted. And when they fix it..?

Still useful and cool, thanks for the link. You must have found Glade when searching for a UI designer - it supports quite a few language bindings. Even JavaScript, which I found interesting. Does that mean you can write desktop apps in JavaScript using gtk widgets?