Interesting topic, This this knowledge end up in a plug-in? I'm looking for a way to reset the bounding boxes of 'rotate multiple' components

@anton_s said: Does linux use and support windows API? It wouldn't be Linux itself, but there is an optional compatibility layer "Wine" that would theoretically run Windows programs on top of any Unix(Linux/BSD/Mac) exactlythe same way like on Windows (but the developers need to do reverse-engineering and it won't ever be complete) I have not yet seen the Win32:API in SketchUp/Wine working. I had to hack it out of some scripts that don't have fallbacks. I wish it will work soon because I liked to use window settings to substitute the classic menu.

@dan rathbun said: I thot Martin Rinehart did this with a biplane model ?? You can see how Martin did things through this search of his posts: http://forums.sketchucation.com/search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&author_id=25586 then search within those results for "biplane"

Sorry about that I was not thinking. There are many improvements that would be fanatastic if were added. Has there been any thing mentioned that we will still be able to access the back end of Sketchup? Or do we have to become some sort of partner with Trimble and only a select few will have access? No point in asking for more access when there is a possibility we will have less. It would be greatto get a comment from the powers to be

Looks a good place to pass on a nice link on String Encoding (that was posted to the ruby-talk-google.) http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/character_encodings

There is an error "stack level to deep" after line "File.copy(...)". Who can help me? [image: rTbG_Stacklevel.jpg]

For this example I put a tree and a Blue cube. The tree has no description and the Cube has code reference then the real description after "b755480 BLABLABLA". Then I create a groupe with the 2 objects called "Tree+cube" [image: designpx.png] Now I export all information with my plugin : [image: exports.png] then I export all information in CSV File : [image: exportcsv.png]

Ok I tried the other method c2=@model.entities.add_instance(ent_def,insert_tran) when I first looked at the suggestion I thought that was how I added the instance in my origional code but closer inspection I noted that I was using c2=@model.active_entities.add_instance(ent_def,insert_tran) Once I replaced active_entities with just entities the code worked also. Thanks Keith

Also, even if you don't use it, group.entities.add_faces_from_mesh and group.entities.fill_from_mesh seem to delete everything existent in that group. Edit: thomthom corrected me, sorry. Also, i wrote group.fill_from_mesh instead of group.ENTITIES.fill_from_mesh. I'm going to crawl back to my hole now, one post, two mistakes is quite embarrassing.

Worked Perfectly. Thanks, Tig!

Thanks Dan. Will do. [edit] In the end I set up a vector in the direction I wanted the face to go and used "samedirection" to check and used reverse liked you suggested. Initially I tried 'parrallel?' not thinking that that wouldnt catch vectors in the exact opposite direction. if not(face.normal.samedirection? correctV3d ) then face.reverse! end This worked.

This already exists here: http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=345 and here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=9739&hilit=rot90 Perfect for mapping to a shortcut key.

Now, I'm using name to identify the tool For this moment it works I don't understand the ID method, maybe when I feel ill at ease with ruby, I can understand how it works Thank you Dan and Karen !!

I've just used the wget.exe tool. And it works!! But I had some trouble with the system command....

Edited the first paragraph of my reply (above,) to make it more clear that the entities collection, belongs to the ComponentDefinition, and not the instance (be they groups or components.)

Thank you very much TIG and kwalkerman. I have tried some simple codes.And the tool interface and pickhelper will be just fine for the task. But now it raised a problem. I want to select a whole sketchup entities object, as one object. So that when I click anywhere on that object (like a house or a building), the same data record will be retrieved from the database. The database contains a record for each house. Do you have any idea about this? Thank you

Merci quand meme! Ca fait plaisir de discuter de toutes facons. OK, It's still on! Pilou thought I was looking for plugins, not for coding methods.

A friend of mine sent me the following link, looks like another reason to buy an iPad soon. http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/magicplan/id427424432?mt=8&ls=1 I'm curious for feedback, .... any ipadies out there willing to testdrive this app?

I did a search on the aptana site for "sketchup" and didn't find anything. Are there any installation instructions on how to pair up aptana and sketchup? @thomthom said: That's an interesting article. @unknownuser said: You can download Aptana Studio and RadRails, but the installation process is long and complicated. Besides, if you just want a Ruby editor, downloading a 30-day evaluation version of the gigantic Aptana Studio isn't worth it. Complicated installation process? And the thing is free. http://www.aptana.org/ Anyway - are you able to set breakpoints etc in SU plugin scripts and run them from Eclipse?

I've actually gone and changed my first post so that semi colons are allowed, and have modified your magic formula so the 3 steps are all in one line. I wanted no semicolons to avoid people going crazy with them (you could essentially write a whole program with them in one line of text). How about 3 semi colons maximum?