Hmm, thats a great idea. I'm excited to look at the script more now. This whole thread might almost be merged into that script thread with the valuable info your providing. Chris

The difference is explained here: http://www.smustard.com/script/ExtendCloseLines

We already have pushed some small updates since the initial release, and we're planning another in the next few days. So please post any typos or suggestions. Thank you, everyone! We also created a new homepage for the Google Developer's Group, which includes a link back here to Sketchucation: http://groups.google.com/group/google-sketchup-developers Cheers,

Bugs noted. Thanks, guys! We fixed some WebDialog mac bugs with 7.0, but there's obviously still work to be done. Cheers,

I'll be there. I went last year and it was incredibly fun. I'm not sure who else on the team will be going or what exactly we'll be presenting. But there are lots of fun and exciting things going on with Google APIs, and IO is a fun way to learn more. We don't know exactly what will be presented yet. We'll have a booth and there are always parties and stuff where you can hang out and network. -Scott

Try component_instance.transformation.to_a - it returns a 16 item array that has all of the stuff you need like scaling rotation and location. You really need to use all of these to compare distances between components etc as they might be rotated, scaled etc as well as moved in XYZ... The 16 item array has items 12,13,14 == x,y,z .

gimme ten mins

Thanks ANSII - very simple but effective. Can't see how the LenX and LenY values might be both changeable by scaling, as interlinking them gives a circular reference ! Presumably the name (nimi?) etc could also be represented as a piece of text in the DC centred on the surface, on it's own layer so you could switch it on/off etc etc... .

proper animation does just that, although the movement between scenes is linear and can not use a defined path. It's still a fantastic extension. http://morisdov.googlepages.com/

This is very possible in Ruby. Its also possible to a certain degree using Dynamic Components. I made a dynamic building that comes fully equiped with a fron yard, sidewalk, curb, backyard, different trims, colors, details, and more. Then when you scale it to make it wider, it actually makes copies of the buildin next to eachother. So you could scale it to 300' wide and you would end up with a 300 foot wide block of these buildings. I did not include a way to change the width of the buildings, but it is totally do-able. I made it so each one can change its height, basement, stairs, more and more. It was a project I did just to learn a lot of Dynamic componeont functions. Check it out here: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=14248 Sorry, I wasn't making videos of everything back when I made the DC so there is no video tutorial. I could make one to show how to interact with that model if you would like though. And if DC's don't have enough flexibility, Ruby can certainly do what you want. It is very capable. But the menu inputs might require you also learn a little bit javascript for webdialogs (still over my head). Chris

My apologies, everyone. My day job, night job, and family are keeping me very, very busy. I've been in contact with Max, and we are trying to work out a functional solution. UPDATE: I just sent Max a file to incorprate into his toolbars for testing. If everything works as I hope, an update should be right around the corner.

Adobe Illustrator have raster to vector functions. But I'm not sure how good it is for CAD drawings...

when will people learn. no-one will buy a script (specially a complex one) without so much as a screen shot (preferably a video) of functionality? i would love a script like this, and have actually had my pointer on the buy now a couple times, but... i have no idea if it works like i envision or gave someone $6 for garbage. and yes i realize its $6 but its the principle. i'd rather give it to you than someone who asks for money but couldn't be bothered to post a screen shot. i would further add that it should be a prerequisite of smustards that you can't sell a script without so much as a screen shot. so Chris please make a visual menu system to group and place our icons in and i'll gladly give YOU my money instead.

@bigstick said: Ah yes, I see why it is tricky using DCs - all the trimming around irregular shapes would have to be done afterwards. Perhaps Profilemaker could create the roof surface automatically. I am reminded of the LWCad videos here (http://www.wtools3d.com/swf/online_help/LWCAD_30/detailed_sidewalks/detailed_sidewalks.htm) and here (http://www.wtools3d.com/swf/online_help/LWCAD_30/shingles/shingles.htm) showing trimming roof tiles and paving being automatically applied and trimmed to irregularly-shaped surfaces. Something like this in SU would be amazing! I would pay for it without a second's hesitation. Amen to that! I second the motion and would be willing to pay. Especially the paving tools. LWCAD is an awesome toolset.

Good, glad I could help. It also lets you reset the skew.....I've never been able to get a component to skew though. Maybe I'm missing something? I'll go ask in the SketchUp forum. Chris

It would be nice to add top level menu if there was a good way that users could manager all plugin menus and toolbar buttons which would override the plugin maker's.

hm.. that's what I thought of doing for making a Change Group Axis plugin. But for this plugin I want to change the model axis, and I don't want to shift all the geometry around to fake it as that will cause other problems, with scenes for examples...

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+100 on the rubys

Hmm, perhaps it can be done... i'm not so skilled in ruby, but here are some really good guys. I'm tkinking if any drawing operation could be recorded as ruby action. If you draw a line, some observers to stay and watch every move and record in a text file the first point, second point and the line adding between that points. In theory there is no limit of observers that you can use but I'm not aware about how much will slow down the computer. Of course, the file can go really big. Or can be recorded just created faces/components/groups. This can make the job a little smaller. At least for simple geometry this could work. Just a stupid ideea...