Thanks TIG, I haven't gotten around to trying what you suggested but I will soon enough.

@unknownuser said: ...add a 'BIM' submenu to the 'Tools' menu and put everything inside that... this way is good ,I hope add "BIM" menu at the SU main menu yet,thanks TIG; and driven's way is very nice! how can do for it ?

<span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">options</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">"SlideshowOptions"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">][</span><span class="syntaxstring">"SlideTime"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">options</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">"PageOptions"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">][</span><span class="syntaxstring">"TransitionTime"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span> ???

Thanks a lot!!!!!! Hans

@thomthom said: @dan rathbun said: The registration script adds 4 patches to the Preferences (dialog) > Extensions (panel) list. Why have a patch in the extension list? Why would an end user ever need to enable/disable this? Don't you think it can cause confusion? @dan rathbun said: I have separated each patch into it's own file, so it can be switched on/off, tested and updated individually. Formost.. for testing. But as sometimes happens, patches can either introduce other unforseen issues, or perhaps a very popular plugin relies on some quirkiness that the patch fixed. Because it may be large and complex, the author of this "example" popular plugin, needs time to update his code. So the patch can be switched off.. until an update is issued. Patches, in general: I have thought many times upon a patching system, similar to the extension system. I imagine it having it's own checklist, separate from the plugin checklist.

Thank you Taff. I am an admirerer of your work! I have so far modified Gavin's ruby script for this (mentioned above) and got it working, after figuring out how to fit the images onto the faces. I'll post my solution once I clean the code a little.

@thomthom said: Haven't checked it out, but on PC the position is stored between sessions, but not within sessions. If you make a webdialog, close it, then open it again it doesn't remember the last position - only the last position from last session. Hi, I know this is an old thread, but I think I found out what makes WebDialogs remember their position during one session on Windows. It seems the position is only ever saved when the WebDialog object is destroyed, not when the dialog is closed while the object still lives. That's it, I think.

I understand fully! and that's why your 1 of 3 of my favorite "SU Ruby API goto guys" I also have to include TIG! & thomthom!

It's not actually getting the info that's slow. It's setting it. When I ran the test it took ~11sec to run. When I removed info["ShadowTime"]+=600 it took ~0.15sec to run. That's why I hoped using start_operation would help - but alas. But at least, when you do this, ensure that Shadows are not on in SketchUp.

Excellent information. Thank you ThomThom, much appreciated!

Ok, solved it in another way. Thanks anyway. Matt

I model the virtual keyboard I type on to code my plugins! The model off course generated with ruby code. Oh what a fine conundrum.

There are some sticky thread in the Developer section where links to various best-practices is posted.

Here's v5.2 of my 2dToolset, containing the updated 2dFillet - arc segments >=2 <=999 - It could go higher [9999] BUT that is crazy bad!] http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760

Wow, that is really exciting! Looking forward to trying it! And I am sure that it will have several uses beyond shaku, I heard they use a plethora of units in India, otherworldly yet widespread units like the angula purportedly equivalent to eight barleycorns side by side.

Then use p3 = p2.offset p2.vector_to(p1), d This gives the point p3, which at distance d of P2 in the direction of p1 Fredo

Using group.move!(t) will miss the 'undo stack' [typically used in animations], whereas using group.transform!(t) won't. You can apply a transformation to a 3d point [and vector] too, to make a new reference use pt1new=pt1.transform(t) or pt1.transform!(t) to 'reuse' pt1 which is '!' changed to its matching vertex's current value https://developers.google.com/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/point3d#transform

Just a note to remind all.. ... that now with Ruby in the 1.8.6 branch, we have both a ceil() and a floor() method defined for the Float class.

Thanks for the link Dan... that's the kind of info that seems trivial till you run into a problem. Yeah Komodo does all that good stuff plus the pro version does a bunch of other stuff and even debugging for ruby, I think. But I tried it and it had too many bells and whistles for a newbie like me and was confusing!

Ya, WebDialog is also fine.