Thanks, Jim: I will check this out. EventRelay also appears to pop up the Ruby console when I start Sketchup 6. I usually just click it off, as I have not had time to really utilize the plugin. mitcorb ps I hope you were able to contact ArchitectBoy, ref: skin.

I think I could also have used Point3d.offset http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/point3d.html#offset, generating an transformation from the offset point, but it doesn't look like the code would be any shorter...

while searching for k-tools, i came across 2Dfillet (fillet.rb) that's exactly what i wanted http://www.ohyeahcad.com/download/ [edit] oh, and TIG.. are you talking about 1001bit tools instead of k-tools? http://1oo1bit.com/

Big thanks. Will test it now.

Whaat, its taken me some time to get back to this, but a HUGE thank you! This does the trick quite well. I send it a face and it gives me back all connected faces. I then can remove those faces from my selection set so as to not re-examine them. Absolutely brilliant. This will get written into my components onto faces script. Hopefully have it done and updated tonight. Thanks a million, Chris

BTW, you can hold down shift while using smoove to solve your first problem. it will move (smoove) in the direction of normals.

Actually, I think I said it returned a vector... ... ...I'm going to go to bed now. Wires are getting crossed again...

@mhp said: Okay, thanks. What's the name of the reliable one?? Same name... but without a '2' on the end - but might have been renamed with a '1' on some sites...

The, as yet, unstated downside of all of this is that there are virtually no methods in SUp Ruby to make or manipulate Dimensions anyway... There has been some work over the years using a unit length dimension component that is imported and scaled in its length to suit, and then perhaps exploded. You could also do things by grouping pre-existing dims etc... .

Hmm, thats a great idea. I'm excited to look at the script more now. This whole thread might almost be merged into that script thread with the valuable info your providing. Chris

The difference is explained here: http://www.smustard.com/script/ExtendCloseLines

We already have pushed some small updates since the initial release, and we're planning another in the next few days. So please post any typos or suggestions. Thank you, everyone! We also created a new homepage for the Google Developer's Group, which includes a link back here to Sketchucation: http://groups.google.com/group/google-sketchup-developers Cheers,

Bugs noted. Thanks, guys! We fixed some WebDialog mac bugs with 7.0, but there's obviously still work to be done. Cheers,

I'll be there. I went last year and it was incredibly fun. I'm not sure who else on the team will be going or what exactly we'll be presenting. But there are lots of fun and exciting things going on with Google APIs, and IO is a fun way to learn more. We don't know exactly what will be presented yet. We'll have a booth and there are always parties and stuff where you can hang out and network. -Scott

Try component_instance.transformation.to_a - it returns a 16 item array that has all of the stuff you need like scaling rotation and location. You really need to use all of these to compare distances between components etc as they might be rotated, scaled etc as well as moved in XYZ... The 16 item array has items 12,13,14 == x,y,z .

gimme ten mins

Thanks ANSII - very simple but effective. Can't see how the LenX and LenY values might be both changeable by scaling, as interlinking them gives a circular reference ! Presumably the name (nimi?) etc could also be represented as a piece of text in the DC centred on the surface, on it's own layer so you could switch it on/off etc etc... .

proper animation does just that, although the movement between scenes is linear and can not use a defined path. It's still a fantastic extension. http://morisdov.googlepages.com/

This is very possible in Ruby. Its also possible to a certain degree using Dynamic Components. I made a dynamic building that comes fully equiped with a fron yard, sidewalk, curb, backyard, different trims, colors, details, and more. Then when you scale it to make it wider, it actually makes copies of the buildin next to eachother. So you could scale it to 300' wide and you would end up with a 300 foot wide block of these buildings. I did not include a way to change the width of the buildings, but it is totally do-able. I made it so each one can change its height, basement, stairs, more and more. It was a project I did just to learn a lot of Dynamic componeont functions. Check it out here: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=14248 Sorry, I wasn't making videos of everything back when I made the DC so there is no video tutorial. I could make one to show how to interact with that model if you would like though. And if DC's don't have enough flexibility, Ruby can certainly do what you want. It is very capable. But the menu inputs might require you also learn a little bit javascript for webdialogs (still over my head). Chris

My apologies, everyone. My day job, night job, and family are keeping me very, very busy. I've been in contact with Max, and we are trying to work out a functional solution. UPDATE: I just sent Max a file to incorprate into his toolbars for testing. If everything works as I hope, an update should be right around the corner.