Thank you, Thomas!

I stumbled onto this download at Microsoft (looking for something else.) Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver 1.0 for Linux The Details say it's for 64bit RedHat 5/6. (But maybe if your Linux uses the same Core..)

Two posts above you Tig has given you the link.

@tt_su said: These snippets should work: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180%26amp;t=41211#p365380 Oh, cool! Thanks a lot!

hi dan, that's exactly, what i ment. i want to restore the user file path after my ruby finished it's job. perfect! thank you very much, also for the other system variables, very useful for future development. stan

entities.fill_from_mesh(mesh, true, 2 | 8) is working nicelly, but a small gotcha.. %(#FF0000)[mesh.add_polygon(1,2,3) mesh.add_polygon(2,3,4)] Does gives hard edges, as expected. %(#FF0000)[mesh.add_polygon(1,-2,3) mesh.add_polygon(-2,3,4)] gives hard soft edge between Points 2, as expected. but so does this: %(#FF0000)[mesh.add_polygon(1,2,3) mesh.add_polygon(-2,3,4)] or %(#FF0000)[mesh.add_polygon(1,-2,3) mesh.add_polygon(2,3,4)] So I'm starting to see some trouble with this method. To be able to stear edge visibility one need to use 2 Points in comparison. For ex a Collection of edge.start and end positions. For a triangulated quad this works but not if the face has innerloops, Or faces where triangulation is splitting the face without hitting innerloops. Was to fast here.. The docs actually explains this behavior, "value of [-1, 2, 3] indicates that the edge from 1 to 2 is hidden"

hi tig, ok, let's play with some formulas thanx stan

hi dan, thanx, next step is done! this one works: @c_step = Sketchup;;Color.new(30,125,180) group.entities.grep(Sketchup;;Face).each{|f| f.material=@c_step} stan

Thank you, Dan, it works OK now!

Yes, you must make the server dish out JSONP to comply with same-origin policy.

Thank's to all, problem solved!

Thank You again Dan and TIG ! . I understand an idea now.

@tomasz, Looks like a custom paint tool using the same cursor is in order...

Make sure the Outliner window is closed, it SLOWS SketchUp way down.

Thanks tt_su ! , I'm going to read it !

@artmusicstudio said: if so, is there another "simple" syntax for rounding to 2 after comma - position ( or any other, of course) ? If you want a rounded float in return: <span class="syntaxdefault">module Example<br />  def self</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">round</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">number</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> precision</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    i </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 10.0 </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">**</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> precision<br />    </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">number </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">*</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> i</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">round </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">/</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> i<br />  end<br />end</span> ` Example.round(12.3456, 2) > 12.35` If you are formatting a number into a string to the UI you can use sprintf: ` sprintf('%.2f', 12.3456) > "12.35"`

Heh, it was like this for 100 puts statements in the console. to_s_to_l: 2.884 using send: 2.915 Rookie premature refactoring gone bad

@artmusicstudio said: @slbaumgartner said: @artmusicstudio said: hi, is there an equivalent for the skp-function "offset" in ruby for simple forms like square or circle ? thanx stan Were you looking to move objects, per Dan's replies, or for a Ruby equivalent to the offset tool (i.e. to create a "parallel" shape inside or outside the original)? hi, slbaumgartner, yes , you got it, what i look for here (though dan's advice is also helpful for other things) is in deed the offset-function, creating a parallel shape (only simple forms like rectangles or circles). stan you can try this: http://www.smustard.com/script/Offset simply works for faces(polygons) and polylines

Some observations..... The sketchup offset tool is not consistent. It does not always provide the same result....sometime gives the left, sometime gives the right. They are slightly different. Both results have two faces, a bigger face and a small one(the hole). The bigger face is selected in both results, while the small one is not selected. On the left, the small one is separated from the bigger face, i.e. the bigger face contains a hole. On the right, the small one is overlapped with the bigger face, i.e. the bigger face does not contain a hole. ....... [image: I7i0_offset_diff.PNG]

Only Sketchup::ComponentDefinition and Sketchup::ComponentInstance will have dictionaries with that special name.