Yep!!! THX! Miracle that is working! Sure I should read the Api document before But I had risked the trick So my second script was a new speedy success and a big lesson @unknownuser said: groups=[];selection.each{|entity|groups.push(entity) if entity.kind_of?(Sketchup::ComponentInstance)} groups.each{|ComponentInstance|zeds.push([ComponentInstance.bounds.min.z, index]) Copy my code follow in the Web console from Jim Foltz (if you have components use the file linked ) model = Sketchup.active_model model.start_operation("Move in Z") entities = model.entities selection = model.selection zeds=[] index=0 sorted_groups=[] groups=[];selection.each{|entity|groups.push(entity) if entity.kind_of?(Sketchup;;Group)} groups.each{|group|zeds.push([group.bounds.min.z, index]) index+=1 } zeds.sort! zeds.each{|z|sorted_groups.push(groups[z[1]]) } ### sorted_groups is now groups sorted by z z = 0.0 sorted_groups.each do |e| # update! # Now we process the groups t = Geom;;Transformation.new(Geom;;Point3d.new(0,0,z)) # Apply the transformation e.transform!(t) z = z + 100.cm end model.commit_operation return nil Some help for fun variations [image: http://forums.polyloop.net/picture.php?albumid=23&pictureid=421] Undrop_component.zip

ok, here it is: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=20635 Check it out and see how it works. Chris

I think this will work. It checks the loops of face1 and looks for face2. def isFaceInFace(face1, face2){ face1.loops.each { |loop| next if loop.outer? return true if loop.edges.first.faces.include?(face2) } return false end

Ah. I finally figured out what that gem thing was. Everything is working fine now. Pretty docs.

@chris fullmer said: Is that the case? Yes! I don't know why it happened, but now I know a little bit more - e.g. to refer to the comp axis when editing. Thanks Chris

Name : slot.2.rb Description : This file creates a 2D slot. Parameters : The slot width and length. Menu Item : Draw -> Slot Context Menu: NONE Usage : N/A Date : 8/14/2006 Author : Doug Herrmann Probably available on Didier's Library Site ?

Hi Hasan.

telling by your latest creations BTM, you should.. (must?) i'll be happy to pace it further if you need

kayjay, well said! My thanks to all of you as well.

If his site is broken you probably have more luck contacting him. Try that email address listed on his main page: http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/

The cpoint_with_cline is treated as if it were a lone cpoint at the picked point - i.e. the end of the line with the cpoint attached. The bit of line is ignored, you can't snap to it as if it were a normal cline ! The cpoint_with_cline has the cline permanently attached and it cannot be removed separately... To get rid of the cpoint's cline try this... model=Sketchup.active_model;ss=model.selection;ents=model.active_entities;ss.clear;cpts=[];ents.each{|e|(cpts.push(e.position);ss.add(e))if e.kind_of?(Sketchup;;ConstructionPoint)};ss.each{|e|e.erase!};cpts.each{|p|model.active_entities.add_cpoint(p)} ### or could be reworked to apply to a selection... ;ents=ss.to_a;

Dear Bob, Great stuff! I see you get to play with much bigger toys. Your modelling looks very good, and very informative. Kind regards, Bob

You can use a transformation object on face and edge entities if you use the entities.transform_entities method: http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/entities.html#transform_entities That makes it easier to just scale and rotate and stuff. Chris

It works great! Thanks for such a fast fix!!! KJ

Thank you for looking into this and the speedy response. John

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Fredo6 and thomthom, Thanks for your replies. You both make good points and provided useful insights. I'll keep testing. Thanks again (for the info and the great plugins you develop). Dave

Got it - thank you CadFather. Now I see why it would be nice to have a ruby to get the same dialog.

wow.. thanks for the fast answer.. the tool "wallgrouptool" does pretty much the job! than you! And that was another proove that one's never the first with a thought -especially online.

msvcrt-ruby18.dll in the main folder is the only one I see that could be it.