Here it is working by shoving texture opposite way. It breaks when doing any rotations, as the texture moves relative to component axis which is now rotated relative to red/green axis. There are manual workarounds, not very convenient though. The inbuilt sketchup eyedropper/bucket works perfectly because it ignores all that and just projects it on, just couldn't simulate it in ruby, so had to go the moving texture opposite direction to component. [image: texturemapping.gif]

oh oky i understand now, thank you soo much this realy helped (y)

Thanks thomthom, you never let me down.

For HTTPS connections you need to enable SSL when you create the HTTP connection. Note that there's a bug in Ruby that shipped with SU2014-2016 that might cause problems under Windows where the shipped SSL certificates might not work.

@marthmatica said: So as an example I did a SkecthUp cafe creator, driven from Excel face point data per row. Maybe someone will find this useful, or a better way to do it, or improve my Ruby, since I am just starting on the Ruby end. Ruby improved. See new topic: [Code] Geometry Creation from Excel worksheet data

this maybe solved by a simple trick via Dave http://forums.sketchup.com/t/components-with-attributes-creates-unique-copy-when-attributes-changed/21491/3

You don't really check the templates - you just ask the current model the user is using. The current model might be of a different unit than their selected template. At my previous job we switched a lot between mm and m in our project files. You use model.options to inspect the current model's options: options_manager = Sketchup.active_model.options options_manager.keys.each { |options_provider_name| puts options_provider_name options_provider = options_manager[options_provider_name] options_provider.each { |key, value| puts "> #{key} - #{value}" } } Output from that snippet: PageOptions > ShowTransition - false > TransitionTime - 2.0 UnitsOptions > LengthPrecision - 0 > LengthFormat - 0 > LengthUnit - 2 > LengthSnapEnabled - false > LengthSnapLength - 0.03937007874015748 > AnglePrecision - 1 > AngleSnapEnabled - true > SnapAngle - 15.0 > SuppressUnitsDisplay - false > ForceInchDisplay - false SlideshowOptions > LoopSlideshow - true > SlideTime - 1.0 NamedOptions PrintOptions > PrintWidth - 8.5 > PrintHeight - 11.0 > ComputeSizeFromScale - false > SizeInPrint - 1.0 > SizeInModel - 1.0 > VectorMode - false > FitToPage - true > NumberOfPages - 1 > LineWeight - 0.5 > PixelsPerInch - 150.0 > SectionSlice - false > ModelExtents - true > PrintQuality - 0 > ScaleAdjustment - 1.0 > QualityAdjustment - 1.0 So in this case you want to inspect UnitOptions: model = Sketchup.active_model model.options["UnitsOptions"]["LengthUnit"] Note that you want to use the constants in the class Length against the values returned here. Length;;Decimal Length;;Architectural Length;;Engineering Length;;Fractional Length;;Inches Length;;Feet Length;;Millimeter Length;;Centimeter Length;;Meter So something like this: model = Sketchup.active_model unit_type = model.options["UnitsOptions"]["LengthUnit"] metric = case unit_type when Length;;Millimeter, Length;;Centimeter, Length;;Meter true else false end I'm doing this check because LengthFormat got options that can be used with both imperial and metric units.

Heh, I opened that can of worms and closed it real quick. I went to an array from a list of model names to hide. I am much happier this way. Thanks

I know variations on ifconfig en0 ether.to_s.split('ether ')[1].strip have proven robust for a few authors... but my question to all of them is why? @bomastudio what is your licensing strategy? you may not need to be so invasive... john

Hi Driven Mac version has always been in the tube but at the very bottom of the stack. Each time we talk about we decrease its rank. what a shame! As you said the user number led us at first but you've just added an argument that might change our mind. On the other hand I would have liked to make you pleased. My thought also goes to slbaumgartner who helped me in the past (I think he also is Mac user). Mac users are so kind to help us and we haven't done much four you. So I'm ready to get even more involved although I know hardly anything about OSX. We meet next Friday evening and If you wish I may fight a bit so that Mac version raises at the top of the pile. Would you? I think I could achieve to persuade from these two arguments.

No it's not built inside google map. i'm creating a model of a house that exists in real life, ad i write it's address in an inputbox. now i want to creat a plugin that shows the location of that house on google map based on the address i wrote .

You will need to do some studying: Read and bookmark this post: [Info] C/C++ Ruby extensions & SketchUp plugins You will need to download the Ruby C source, as your DLL code must: %(#404080)[include "ruby.h"] Read the old "Pick-Axe" book's chapter on writing a Ruby extension. Programming Ruby: Extending Ruby Take note of the Ruby C-side functions: rb_eval_string( *string_to_eval* )* rb_funcall ... described in section "Evaluating Ruby Expressions in C" okay, a dedicated C side Ruby book is also now available: http://media.pragprog.com/titles/ruby3/ext_ruby.pdf

@bentet said: Can anyone give me some pointers on where I can start? I can write a few simple things in ruby, but this kind of functionality is somewhat beyond my scope at the moment. A tutorial link and a few pointers from more experienced developers would go a long way. --> topic: SketchUp-Ruby Resources Before you can use the SketchUp API with Ruby, you need to learn the basics of Ruby, including how to look up methods for the Ruby Base classes.

As @Jim says, you need to access the layer by its ' .name' So you need something like: Sketchup.active_model.selection.each{|e|e.material="red" if e.layer**.name**=="Bozworth"}

Who just loads up some guys exes and dlls with no source? Geez, just load up the vb project.

That's the plan.

FYI: Back in Jan, Jim brought up this limitation in the OEM forum, and Thomas responded that neither panels functions are coded correctly (Jim filed a bug,) and cannot take both a filename and a typelist. http://forums.sketchup.com/t/openpanel-and-savepanel/5489

Thanks, I will analyze that, and for shure I will check your blog

cheers Tig, the plugin runs my 'selector' tool after new_skp has been cleaned up... the 'selector' can be scaled, rotated or moved before running the cuts... any solids remain solids afterwards... [image: sixSectoins.gif] I need a PC version to attract more testers... john

Hello, for those who are interested i found the solution to my question: i installed the Prawn library using the ruby console in sketchup : Gem.install("prawn") then i used this code to generate an example of a pdf file: require 'prawn' Prawn::Document.generate('C:\Users\laptop-acer01\Desktop\test.pdf') do text 'this is a test file' text 'end of file.' end