tt, and cf, Thanks. Got it to work as follows: my_definition.entities.transform_entities(t,my_definition.entities.to_a) Off and on for 4 days, this has got to be the longest time I've spent getting a single line of code right. Hopefully I'm getting better.

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=30000

I unzipped a skm to see what it contained. If I learn enough, maybe working with skm's is something I can attempt to tackle a year from now?-)

I think it can be ported on OSX as zlib (library that I used in dezip) is available on OSX as well.

SketchUp runs its own version of Ruby. That is why it is reporting 1.8.6.

@thomthom said: Right, so the raytest should have an argument to ignore hidden. And, hopefully, they will make it an optional argument, so they don't break all the existing ruby files once again.

The holy grail would be if people just followed the instructions of the API docs...

Manuela, Add into your onQuit method, statements that detach your plugin's observers, then dispose of the observer instances by setting them to nil, and then call GC.start (Garbage Collection.) See if that prevents the BugSplat!s when SU closes.

As Collada is XML there is no reason why they should not be able to parse block and group hierarchies on import. As said Sketchup exports the hierarchies OK but cant do a 'round trip' and import the geometry in the same state. I think your comment refers to the Autodesk kit for DWG/DXF. I'm under the impression Sketchup uses libraries provided by the Open Design Alliance.

Right again: my_instance = @master_group.to_component my_definition = my_instance.definition my_definition.name = my_file_name my_instance.erase! repeat = false model.place_component my_definition, repeat Can I just say that I must have been sleep deprived.

Here's what I came up with. Just make sure it is alphabetically the first file in Plugins in order to capture the earliest output. require 'Win32API' class CL_rps_console < Sketchup;;Console OutputDebugString = Win32API.new("kernel32.dll", "OutputDebugString", ['P'], 'V') def write(smess="\0") smess = smess.to_s + "\0" OutputDebugString.call(smess) end end # redefine standard output to our new class $old_stdout = $stdout # in case you want to turn off traces $stdout = CL_rps_console.new $stderr = $stdout puts "-" * 40 puts Time.now puts "Starting SketchUp" puts "-" * 40

@jd hill said: And thanks for the idea of using a Definition; that's perfect. Mind you - if you don't use abort_operation you'll end up making lots of temp definitions cluttering up the In Model definition list.

@unknownuser said: I have done HTML+JS+CSS+DBS+FTE+HTE+KLM Seriously, in what world are web dialogs a good option for UI. Please Google include a simple UI into the API...

So both events are busted. And when they fix it..?

Still useful and cool, thanks for the link. You must have found Glade when searching for a UI designer - it supports quite a few language bindings. Even JavaScript, which I found interesting. Does that mean you can write desktop apps in JavaScript using gtk widgets?

Hi, has anyone tried this on Mac OSX (10.6)? For SWIG I did the standard: ./configure, make, make install. but when i try to CMake your examples above i get this: swig error : Unrecognized option -initname swig error : Unrecognized option Example for -initname "Example" in CMakeList.txt also if i remove that it doesn't get better. I tried SWIG versions 2.0.0 and 1.3.40 with no luck, and I have ruby 1.8.7 (so should be no problems here...). Please help, Thank you.

You want a sorting routine for connected edges? I got one on disk at home - but I'm currently in Germany on a field trip...

@spring.freediver said: It is odd that my other tools worked without it. hm..? Are you sure you haven't got that method in your other tools? I've never seen it possible without this method.

Also found this written by the same guy specifically for hta's. I just wrote the input into my code so there is no need for any pop up window. Maybe useful for others ... [image: EcFT_2010-10-07_1820.png]

I'm glad you found it useful. But there are times when it is good to close SketchUp; when you change the name of a method, for example. Closing SketchUp is the only way to get rid of the old method name. Sometimes you have a bug where a part of your code is still using the old method name until you remember you changed it. I've done this numerous times.