AHA !!! thank you

jzer7, Thanks so much, but no luck. I going to post a section of the script i am parsing this data from, maybe it will help... import Blender from Blender import Camera, Object, Scene, NMesh from Blender import Mathutils from Blender.Mathutils import * cur = Scene.getCurrent() #Camera Parameters c0001 = Camera.New('persp') c0001.lens = 49.739047 o0001 = Object.New('Camera') o0001.name = "voodoo_cam1" o0001.setMatrix(Mathutils.Matrix([0.999938,0.001129,-0.011103,0.000000], [0.001072,-0.999986,-0.005202,0.000000], [-0.011108,0.005189,-0.999925,0.000000], [1.054297,1.571880,-8.966838,1.000000])) o0001.link(c0001) cur.link(o0001) c0002 = Camera.New('persp') c0002.lens = 49.739047 o0002 = Object.New('Camera') o0002.name = "voodoo_cam2" o0002.setMatrix(Mathutils.Matrix([0.999943,0.001132,-0.010635,0.000000], [0.001076,-0.999985,-0.005294,0.000000], [-0.010641,0.005282,-0.999929,0.000000], [1.071295,1.559580,-8.822482,1.000000])) o0002.link(c0002) cur.link(o0002) ################################################## # [snip] # many, many more cams are created and then comes # some IPO curve data ################################################# #Render camera animated with IpoCurves crender = Camera.New('persp') crender.lens = 35.0 crender.setDrawSize(1.0) orender = Object.New('Camera') orender.name = "voodoo_render_cam" orender.link(crender) cur.link(orender) cur.setCurrentCamera(orender) ipo = Blender.Ipo.New('Object','render_cam_objipo') orender.setIpo(ipo) locx = ipo.addCurve('LocX') locx.setInterpolation('Linear') locy = ipo.addCurve('LocY') locy.setInterpolation('Linear') locz = ipo.addCurve('LocZ') locz.setInterpolation('Linear') rotx = ipo.addCurve('RotX') rotx.setInterpolation('Linear') roty = ipo.addCurve('RotY') roty.setInterpolation('Linear') rotz = ipo.addCurve('RotZ') rotz.setInterpolation('Linear') camipo = Blender.Ipo.New('Camera','render_cam_camipo') crender.setIpo(camipo) lenscurve = camipo.addCurve('Lens') lenscurve.setInterpolation('Linear') locx.addBezier((1,o0001.LocX)) locy.addBezier((1,o0001.LocY)) locz.addBezier((1,o0001.LocZ)) rotx.addBezier((1,o0001.RotX*18/3.141593)) roty.addBezier((1,o0001.RotY*18/3.141593)) rotz.addBezier((1,o0001.RotZ*18/3.141593)) lenscurve.addBezier((1,c0001.lens)) locx.addBezier((2,o0002.LocX)) locy.addBezier((2,o0002.LocY)) locz.addBezier((2,o0002.LocZ)) rotx.addBezier((2,o0002.RotX*18/3.141593)) roty.addBezier((2,o0002.RotY*18/3.141593)) rotz.addBezier((2,o0002.RotZ*18/3.141593)) lenscurve.addBezier((2,c0002.lens)) ############################################ # [snip] # many more lines of IPO # the only thing left is "point cloud" data # which i am leaving out. # The last thing in the script is this... ########################################### # Scene Helper Object scene_dummy= Object.New('Empty','voodoo_scene') scene_dummy.setLocation(0.0,0.0,0.0) cur.link(scene_dummy) scene_dummy.makeParent([orender,ob]) scene_dummy.setEuler((-3.141593/2, 0.0, 0.0)) scene_dummy.SizeX=0.2 scene_dummy.SizeY=0.2 scene_dummy.SizeZ=0.2 Maybe this helps, maybe not ?? the lines don't wrap correctly in the code tags so it mucks up the code a bit

Tks, worked fine. Fernando.

Fantastic Thread! We can all learn from this. By the way, I think we need to say a big 'Thank You' to Didier Bur , as Sketchup wouldn't be the same without the Crai.fr ruby resource website. Next to 3D warehouse, it is one of the best features of Sketchup. Really! It is strange that Google themselves never set up their own ruby resource site, or did I miss that?

Yes, view.invalidate is designed to work with Tools.

Since you are getting it when right clicking on a axis, then the failing code is most assuredly a proc for displaying a right click context menu for a script. You can narrow your search down to any scripts you have that generate context menu selections.

Fixed [flash=425,344:3qp1491i]http://www.youtube.com/v/TL8q17qSKrk[/flash:3qp1491i]

@remus said: I had a quick look at the website, and the rd edition deals with ruby 1.9, perhaps SU uses 1.8? Exactly. Sketchup uses a real old Ruby (1.8.0). Most of the Ruby programmers use 1.8.6 (or 1.8.7) at the moment. Betwenn 1.8.6 and 1.8.7 they made some changes influenced by the development of 1.9.0 (and 1.9.1). But alos betwenn 1.8.7 and 1.9.0 (1.9.1) there are a lot changes. azuby

It's released. http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=15538&p=120193#p120193

errh... The what what? ... ...can't believe I didn't notice those methods...

Wow visit.

Didier Bur posted his Extrude Line plugin here: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=1523 (Thanks, Extension Index!)

Yes the explode works as well. Thanks Chris

Thanks a lot Phil, Although i may try to write a flight path script myself. I am very interested in completing my study of the Ruby API, and things are coming along faster every day! I love this program!

Hi and Welcome italian, Is this for a SketchUp extension? I didn't know you could use FxRuby for SketchUp dialogs. Why not use a WebDialog, or wxSU?

I use Kerkythea, which happens to have a nice exporter (SU2KT). You can install the exporter (without needing Kerkythea) and then look at the code. Basically, it looks at all entities in your Sketchup model and exports them as an XML file. One challenge I see is that Sketchup entities are edges and faces. I would assume that you need volumes to perform the FE analysis. Once you are done with your analysis, to put elements back into SU, you might be able to use something like the Cloud V6 plugin, which represents data as x,y,z points. There is also an STL format but I am less familiar with it. Juan

thanks a lot, a friend of mine did it for me yesterday.

@azuby said: Use an instance variable. At the moment, your code should be in a class. Initialize your instance variable (i. e. @clicks - the @ is neeeded) in the initialize method of your class and use the variable in the code which is executed by clicking on your button. azuby Thanks, but this is too complex for me, I started studying Ruby yesterday, I'm still at "copy&modify&paste" level... This is my source: def MoveLeft model = Sketchup.active_model entities=model.active_entities sp=entities[1] plane=sp.get_plane pos += 1 plane=[Geom;;Point3d.new(pos,0,0),Geom;;Vector3d.new(1,0,0)] sp.set_plane plane end def MoveRight model = Sketchup.active_model entities=model.active_entities sp=entities[1] plane=sp.get_plane pos -= 1 plane=[Geom;;Point3d.new(pos,0,0),Geom;;Vector3d.new(1,0,0)] sp.set_plane plane end pos=0 toolbar = UI;;Toolbar.new "Sections" cmdSectionLeft = UI;;Command.new($tStrings.GetString("Test")) { MoveLeft } cmdSectionLeft.tooltip = $tStrings.GetString("Move section to left") cmdSectionLeft.status_bar_text = $tStrings.GetString("Move section to left") cmdSectionLeft.menu_text = $tStrings.GetString("Move left") toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmdSectionLeft cmdSectionRight = UI;;Command.new($tStrings.GetString("Test")) { MoveRight } cmdSectionRight.tooltip = $tStrings.GetString("Move section to Right") cmdSectionRight.status_bar_text = $tStrings.GetString("Move section to Right") cmdSectionRight.menu_text = $tStrings.GetString("Move Right") toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmdSectionRight toolbar.show How do I hold value for I among various button presses?

thanks a lot, I'll try it.

@wikii said: Thank you very much for the info, AI! Is it possible to show me a little demo rb_file about how to use RpTools.dll to load a dcl file? Pardon me,if you feel my request is unreasonable,for I want to know more about it eagerly. I put some samples on the Render Plus Forum if you want to try some things out: