Heck, I can NEVER pass up Lupe's! Next week is fine by me. Let me know when as my week is open (for now )

I would think this needs to be a material. I have actually done this the hard way in several different solid modeling programs. It works but it slows things WAY DOWN. The same goes for threads on screws... Chris

you need win32ole.so for that example. ... but you still need another file to access process identification (win32ole or win32api)

better than that, i will post the files. [image: BOARD01.JPG] [image: WOO003.JPG] [image: ratty_wood.jpg] [image: garden_wood_slats_color.jpeg]

Wouldn't that work only for realtime play? I'm looking for a way to step through an animation frame by frame. (not scenes/pages) I want to be able to access certain frames to fix possible errors.

SU gives you weird horizontal camera angles if you resize the SU window to an elongated horizontal rectangle. The SU camera angles are calculated vertically, so they are not directly equivalent to 35 mm cameras, where the angle is determined diagonally across the image. So on a normal screen, the horizontal camera angle is bigger than the value you type into the VCB box. Anssi

perfect, thanks Jim! [lekonna]

Thanks Anssi, Yes too many edges not joined was the problem. Haven't used it in awhile and forgot about this. Thanks again!

This is interesting. I'll have a try with FileMaker Pro. I can make it calculate nice squares or even cubes out of the required area data. I'm all for using a text file format like CSV, it can be written in many ways, in emergency even by hand with Notepad. Anssi

Hi TBD, I am surprised there is no such a method. The PNG testing will be helpful for me. Thank you! Tomasz

There is a rotaPushPull.rb on Didier's site here: http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/em_edi_page.htm Yet it only does this in one direction (so Pedro's problem over the thread could not be solved by it).

ahhh thanks...

@burkhard said: I have another question. Remember the calc.rb can be open from the Plugins menu. But if I close Sketchup the calculator does not automaticly close with. Is this fiasible ( viable,contrivable or whatever )? Burkhard On Windows, you can use AppObserver.onQuit to set up the observer, and WIN32API to find (by name) and close the calc.exe window. See my Ruby Toolbar plugin for using WIN32API window functions. I learned it from SketchyPhysics creator Chris Phillips.

@agrazdi said: 1 - Is there a ruby that can be added to the BOX.rb and be able to select the initial point < like you do with the wall ruby > ?? instead of the origin or an x,y,z coordenates? 2 - Last one, is there a way to get with a Ruby the size of groups and components ? Thanks in advance agraz Yes, it's possible. Look into using a PickHelper or a InputPoint object to select the initial point. It depends on what you mean by "size"? Look up the bounds method for Groups and Components. A BoundingBox is a 3D box aligned to the global axis, and includes all the entities inside the Group.

I haven't tested the option yet, but the SU2Fryrender has a function like that to get their instancing going. It's not exactly the same but the complex component gets substituted by a low poly version so SU doens't choke on it. At render export it will render the Hi poly version

It's Coen, according to the profile.

thanks Rick - perhaps 4 options: by node fixed by node rotated by spacing fixed by spacing rotated (don't like much dialog boxes - you can't give them shortcut keys)

I'll look into it, thanks.

Thank you John. A very useful link. [digby dart]

Works well here. Thanks a lot TIG. These credits are yours Burkhard