Subdivide and smooth is on my computer at work, and I won't be back there till next. I'll post some screen shots then if thats ok. However from memory I have placed the main folder in the plugins folder, and to clarify there appears to be 2 plugin folders on the mac osx format. One that can be reached by (right)context clicking the SketchUp icon in the Mac HD/Applications/Google Sketchup 6/ heirarchy and clicking on "show package contents". Inside this folder is a file named "Contents" which has a "Plugins" folder in it. I have learned from experience that putting rubies in here doesn't appear to work. So I placed it in the MacHD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 6/SketchUp/ Plugins folder. In order to get the dialogue box to appear in my Sketchup Preference/Extensions panel I had to take the "subsmooth_loader.rb" out of the Subsmooth folder and place it just in the general Plugins folder. I thought I would have to do this with the other rb. file (I can't exactly remember it's name but I think it was "subsmooth_load.rb") but when I restart after doing this an error dialouge appears, and I'm sorry Iknow it refers to the suddivide rb. but I can't remember precisely what it says. Thanks for the Help

From what i remember of max, I think what your looking for is referred to as intersect with model, if you want to cut a shape into one with other, then right click on the one shape you wish to carry out the cut making sure it is inside the group of the target shape. I hope this helps, i've just made it sound far more complex than it actually is, this is a very powerful and often over looked function of SU. all the best Matt

@dave r said: Thank you Adam. I ran the resolution at 2cm and still had sharp edges on the bench cushion. 1cm worked better. Does adjusting the size of the light component have any impact on the light? Sorry DaveR, missed your post. The Point Light component is not affected by its size because the light emenates from a single point of 0 area/volume. Area lights are effected by their size (ie area) so a larger area gives more light. Adam

view.show_frame(1) # optional delay This line uses an optional 1 second delay. What happens if you set it to zero?

If you export to OBJ (SU has a setting to triangulate all faces) it will do that, you can then just import the file into SU again.

If I were you I'd have a look at what Smustard has on offer. I have a great many of their scripts and they're quite useful. You'll also find some of the scripts you mentioned there.

sorry, i made a mistake, i meant "puts Sketchup.constants.sort" for the language part i succeed with "Sketchup.get_locale" and i found what i want in the directory "Ruby\docs" in sketchup 5. Anyway, i'll look deeper in the constants Thanks a lot

Ok thank you all for your excellent answers !

Drop doesn't appear in the plugins, it appears in the context menu (right click) of selected geometry.

Qui! Now your script runs, Matt666. My component is selected by name/definition. As it is selected, I can »Get Position - X« (Proper_animation.rb from RichW). Matt666, you have my elevator model with arrow buttons. With Links.rb the arrow up buttons will select the elevator and »Get Position - 2«. The arrow down buttons will select the component elevator and then »Get Position - 1«. But my question is, whether I can start a ruby.rb script by clicking a button.

@ampa said: http://libspiro.sourceforge.net/ LibSpiro is an Open Source implimentation of the Spiro algorithm. It should be possible to see how it all works from the example / source code. Also... http://www.levien.com/spiro/ is the site of the inventor. I had a quick look, but it is very complex to understand, and I guess to reproduce. And the theory underneath is quite abstruse, based on clothoids (curves to make highway junctions), holonomic curves, and other nice mathematical theory, which however were all set out by mathematians from the 18th century (bernouilli, Euler, Fresnel, and others). So if someone wants to give it a try....and then publish it as an extension of BezierSpline!! As a consolation, I just realize that the Courbette allows to draw an arc of circle between 2 points which also includes a 3rd point.

Hey Dave, I don't know if it's dyslexia or my own stupidity but I got confused about halfway through the instructions. Anyway, could you do a small tut on this method?? Or is there one already in existence that I missed?! I know that this question has been asked before and some fellow members are in the process of developing a ruby to serve that exact purpose (aimed at cabinet makers and woodworkers). Have a great day Mike RL

Morisdov, You are right. I tried from another computer and it works fine. Must be the firewall I have on my laptop. Thanks Fredo

Pixero, Another solution is simply to draw the cursor as a circle with the method view.draw2d available in View class at the position of the cursor (this is how I do for my protractors). You just adjust the size of your circle based on your current parameters. To make the Sketchup cursor disappear, I guess the best would be to have an 'empty' png file (or a cross or whatever you want to design the hot spot) Fredo

That does. I guess I misunderstood '+' from the start. Thanks again.

In your Plugins/Examples folder, there is a script named animation.rb. It is a good reference for using the Animation class.

ah you are a life saver thank you very much it works great now. i dont understand how the bracket got deleted though. i used the same zip file that i use on my other computer and that one works fine too.

Don't thank me. Thank the ruby peeps and monsieur Bur.

@unknownuser said: . . . first manually subdivide the geometry yourself . . . I thought that was the reason for getting the script, so it would do that for you? SketchUp allows me to do whatever I want pretty quick, so, it's no problem. I need to figure out how to use this fantastic script the right way - I'm still finding the script to be fascinating, providing me a very quick way to define complex geometry with ease. Happy Sketching, Brad (hey, I have my own emoticon now, thanks)

Adam, I have sent you a PM. Mike