No way could I figure out how to download this: I clicked on just about everything.

@tig said: Alternatively use a webdialog - but that's another story... Owkee, thx. That's the path i'll take

@prismcnd said: could you show exactly where to insert it into the code for all of us who are not familiar with ruby code I apologise ! I just realised that Didier's script is 'encrypted' - so you can't alter it unless you decrypt it first - I know how to do this [ ] but you shouldn't... Can I suggest you PM Didier and ask him for the fix... I can't really change and reissue someone else's script...

Do you still have the menu? Things to do are: check the Toolbar visibility Check you have the subfolder JPP_Dir in your Sketchup Plugins folder (it precisely contains the icons) Fredo

extension = code in another language brought in Ruby world. for example, my dezip is an extension that brings unzip capabilities to SU Ruby the egg and chicken problem - SU is an extension to Ruby

After wrestling with this problem for an hour or two for a routine I am writing to load a .SKP file, change it and resave it, I came up with this solution: Replace \ with / in the file name (save does not seem to like ) Save the current model with a temporary name (in the same folder as the desired final name) Close the current model (You have to close the model so you can modify the .skp file already on disk) Remove the current .skp file (if it exists) Move the temporary file to the desired file (rename()) # routine to save a .SKP file with the same name as the current model # need to save file with a temporary name, close model, then move the temporary name to the real name def resave_file(sfile) # save() does not seem to like back slashes # replace them withforward slashes sfile.gsub!(Regexp.new("\\\\"), '/') printf("sfile; %s\n", sfile) # save to a temporary location first # this assumes the file name ends with .skp (or .SKP) sfile2 = sfile[0, sfile.length - 3] + 'TMP' printf("sfile2; %s\n", sfile2) bret = Sketchup.active_model.save(sfile2) printf("Save file; bret; %s\n", bret) return(bret) if !bret # now move sfile2 to sfile # remove existing file # need to close existing model first Sketchup.file_new if File.exists?(sfile) begin File.unlink(sfile) rescue warn "could not delete file; " + sfile return(false) end end#if bret2 = File.rename(sfile2, sfile) printf("Returning bret2; %s2\n", bret2) return(bret2) end#def If you need to file to still be open after the save, you could open it again. Let me know if it works for you

Thanks Martin, but it is the same as using Follow Me on a couple 6-sided "circles" to make a sphere.

This will cope with files in a folder or its sub-folders... It avoids the ./.. files... path='C;\MyDir' Dir.foreach(path){|f| if f=='.' or f=='..' ### skip ./.. elsif File.directory?(path+"/"+f) Dir.foreach(path+"/"+f){|ff| if ff=='.' or ff=='..' ### skip ./.. else ###==file inside the sub-folder... ### maybe do stuff to File(path+"/"+f+"/"+ff) ### e.g. "if ff=~/\.txt$/ do this"... pseudo-coded !!! end#if } ### maybe do stuff to Dir(path+"/"+f) else ###==file inside the folder ### maybe do stuff to File(path+"/"+f) end#if }

Hey everyone, If you see bugs with 7.1 and Ruby, please share a detailed post with the following information: Your OS (Mac, XP, Vista, etc.) Exact steps to reproduce A keyword or email that you typed into the bug splat screen Does it happen if you uninstall all other scripts? Thanks,

Heh, I checked my Tools folder, but it never occurred to me that someone would not look in the Tools folder too.

Any of the listed colors http://code.google.com/intl/ro/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/color.html usually typed in lowercase e.g. "red", but you could try the other formats too...

I do agree to! As a workaround, I showed how to make som scenes with different views and also one with top view with paralle projection.

Well, at least the Back button is here. The toolbar issue is serious - although I have undocked all my toolbars aside my SU window and have been a happy person for quite a while now.

Dear Edson I hope you don't mind my using your suggestion to illustrate my view that plugins should be considered in two categories: [image: giD0_Dressandassemble.png] So in the case of your louvres it would seem close to reality to use dressing plugins to create an individual component but unworldly to create separate components with different rotations. The component is the same, only its assembly differs. So here I would recommend using a webdialog machine to assemble each louvre and determine its rotation. JavaScript has a ready-made random number generator (Math.random()), but the rotation might better be determined by sun position, or wind direction/air flow for cooling plant and so on. Louvres could also be grouped in sets whilst still retaining their individuality (no exploding of groups required) and all could be animated including delivery, hoisting, unpacking, installation, testing and use. Now all of this is unlikely to be of anything but passing interest to the Sketchup modeler but as the webdialog machine records are in comma separated plain text, other machines designed for different purposes can add their output over the Net and help compile comprehensive data. All (authorised) can see the results. This seems well and good but the main stumbling block is the difficulty in establishing a single standard for the interaction of webdialogs with PCs and Macs. I am not suggesting this should be attempted in this topic, but if what I suggest helps to build a consensus for a dedicated webdialog forum, then I think this would greatly help the development of this important aspect of Sketchup use. My apologises for "bending" your topic, Chris [flash=600,480:1p50byyh]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6673808&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1[/flash:1p50byyh] Just testing if Vimeo now unblocked

Oops! Model.modified? might have been a good idea. I'll try this: # check before removing current file Sketchup.file_new model = Sketchup.active_model if (model.modified?) do_error("Model not cleared - cancel") return end#if

60.degrees http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/numeric.html

I'd also support any serious attempt to improve UV mapping in SU. Thom, you know I love your UV Toolkit (that's also why I made that tutorial with it) but certainly some "more freedom" with UV mapping would really come handy. NewOne's idea is great - not that I could tell how easy it would be to implement it. Maybe indeed you need to break that big face into pieces first, make every texture bit unique, bend the shape as wanted (or whatever) and finally somehow combine them as UV mapped? Certainly (with a surface bending in all 3 dimensions like above) it would also need to involve some texture projection and such so I can imagine it is not that easy.

worked some time ago on a model2xml and it worked pretty well by extending each class with a to_xml so it was quickly implemented. this can be implemented in the same manner but as thomthom it is not possible to have a 100% dump and then reimport it back to SketchUp and have the same model

Hi Voljanko, SU has a basic ruby installation that comes with it. I think it was 1.8 or something. But it is missing a lot of things. I don't know if anyone has a complete (or partial) list of exactly what has been excluded. But you can include ruby files from a regular Ruby installation in your plugins. You just need to figure out what files you need, then include them with your plugin and require them in your plugins. Then you can use the methods and classes they provide. Chris

I believe that it is not set up yet for the authors to be able to edit their info unfortunately. Hopefully in time that will get up and running. Chris