@plot-paris said: for example, I copy(move) an object and type in the distance (lets say 50), then hit enter. but if I want to move it only one third of the distance I just type in 50 / 3 and the object is moved one third of 50. the same could work when drawing geometry like a line. The only problem with the VCB is that it does not work when you have decimalsin the numbers For instance, if your unit is Centimeters and you type in the Line tool: "50.0/3" will give 3 cm "50.0/3.0" will give 50 cm It's not very complex to supersede this in Ruby, but the trick is that you have to convert numbers to Float first. Otherwise, 50/3 will simply give 16, not 16.67. You can try in the Ruby console. So a straightforward #Eval() won't make it. I had to do it in my script PlaneShear for entering angles (in degrees, radians or as a tangent value)

@fletch said: j'espere que ne te casse pas les pieds, Matt666! No !! @unknownuser said: I believer Matt Frenglish is trying to ask how to get the units of the drawing. absolutely! @unknownuser said: Frenglish @unknownuser said: Then, try this def get_current_unit () case Sketchup.active_model.options[0][2] when 0 return "inch" when 1 return "feet" when 2 return "mm" when 3 return "cm" when 4 return "m" end end Thank you !!

@jim said: I know of 2 solutions for translating plugins: SketchUp ships with langhandler.rb in the Tools folder. Fredo6 has his LibTraductor.rb Or did you mean to make translations for SketchUp, not SketchUp plugins? Hallo Jim, What I meant was to have a possibility to let the Sketchup users translate the whole UI of Sketchup. It is possible in the Genopro program I mentioned in my first post.(check it out) It took 6 month to translate the user interface of this program for a great percentage, into more than 30 languages, mainly by the users of the program themselves. I came up with the idea, when I noticed that you where working on ''Custom toolbars'' and ''common UI API'', I thought that maybe this would be the best time to come up with this idea, so you could already incorporate this functionality or a part of it, into the ruby’s you are making. So perhaps the tooltips of the custom toolbars could already be translated. About the custom toolbars your making possible could you incorporate a function. that with a right+click on the tool button the help file of this tool would open. Incorporate in your rubyl the making of the tool-shortcuts. Make fly-out toolbars possible as a choice . To all developers ,thanks for shearing all your great ruby's Greetings, Bep van Malde.

What version of Windowizer are you using? If it isn't 3.0, get it from Smustard.

plot-paris: possible. is what Adam referred with radial menu

@unknownuser said: Chunky Bacon. Ok. This is seriously out there. Seriously. Thanks for the reference. While reading this little ditty, I found the Ruby Bride and the RDE, which I will try out. Chunky Bacon.... chris

I have SunStudy on my to-do list. There are some similar things out there, though.

Thanks, I have mine working now as well.

Ian, thanks again for putting things in perspective. Your info will be helpful in communicating with the fabricator. Regards, John

I've split the Custom Toolbars discussion off to a new topic: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10041

Simple as that thanks

To share, this is a post i found about it (by cphillips) Additionnal stuff: http://www.suwiki.org/suwiki/index.php?title=Ruby_Tutorial_-Dialog_Boxes_and_WIN32API%28Advanced%29 the Win32API.so link below wont work you can get Win32API.so from there After you install ruby into a folder, say c:\RUBY, then Win32Api.so will be in c:\RUBY\lib\ruby\1.8\i386-mswin32 the original post: http://groups.google.com/group/Ruby-API/browse_thread/thread/52ade11766148a57 -The function is called "cleanSlate()". -It will remove all the menus and the window boarder. -You need to manually disable any toolbars you dont want. -Requires win32API.so lib(attached). NOTES: -It works by looking for a window named "Sketchup - Untitled". Therefore it will only work when no model is loaded. You could change this by editing the ruby. -It wont fully work at startup because the "Plugins" menu gets created after the cleanSlate() function is run. Enjoy Chris http://groups.google.com/group/sketchup-Pro-Groups/web/win32API.so http://groups.google.com/group/sketchup-Pro-Groups/web/cleanSlate.rb <code> require "sketchup.rb" require "Win32API" def cleanSlate() #setup win32 calls. findWindow=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "FindWindow", ['P','P'], 'N') sendMessage=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "SendMessage",['N','N','N','P'], 'N') getMenu=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "GetMenu", ['N'], 'N') getMenuItemCount=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "GetMenuItemCount",['N'], 'N') getSubMenu=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "GetSubMenu", ['N','N'], 'N') deleteMenu=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "DeleteMenu", ['N','N','N',],'N') drawMenuBar=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "DrawMenuBar", ['N'], 'N') setWindowLong=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "SetWindowLong",['N','N','N'], 'N') #find the sketchup window pw=findWindow.call(0,"Untitled - Sketchup") #remove the menu menu=getMenu.call(pw) while(getMenuItemCount.call(menu)>0) menu=getMenu.call(pw) deleteMenu.call(menu,0,0x400) drawMenuBar.call(menu) end #force the layout to update. sendMessage.call(pw,0x0047,0,"") #remove the window boarders setWindowLong.call(pw,-16,0x00800000|0x10000000|0x00080000|0x00040000) end </code>

Yes, you definitely need to separate the geometry from the rest of the tube. If you paint the rest with the same colour you have in the outside of the logo part (white in this case), you can smooth the surrounding lines later; the image will stay separated.

i was wrong about "applyTo"(multiple ex/change)...it works, "applyTo" + Emmanuel's "select component instances"... need simple [web]dialog to get it features as api

Hi, I think the script "layers_materials.rb" will help you. What it does: "Manages layers and materials as the "color by layer" display mode does. 4 options to create layers or materials corresponding with materials and layers, to repaint faces based on their layer or to change their layer based on their materials." Download it here: http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/em_ren_page.htm Hope this helps

Dear Azuby, I have just had an opportunity to try out your script. Perfect!!! I like the undo hide-edge function too, and the right-click context menu is just SO HANDY. I use your script for cleaning up model elements. Suppose I am modelling an object with a 6-fold symmetry about the z-axis say. I model the object and then take a 1/6 slice, make it a component, and then rotate it about the z-axis. Using your Hide Edges script, I can click on the two bounding faces to hide the edges, then delete the faces before rotating. This saves a lot of time with the Eraser tool + shift, even in wire-frame mode. Thanks once again. Regards, Bob

@cadfather said: yes, but only if you already have extruded faces... True - you cannot do this with 2D geometry.

Site is back up for the link I posted a few days ago.

This is a Vista security problem - you need to have Admin rights and you can then delete, add and change files from within the Program Files folder structure. Otherwise you get 'compatibility file issues where things seem to change but when you look later they are back - or the old version !

gata, I hear you A couple of things you mentioned were already on my list, but it's good to hear from script users to verify/validate/change my ideas on what a script needs.