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

Bill,

Were you ever able to save the .SKP where you wanted them?

I tried saving it with the base name (xxx.skp) and no path. I don't think it resaved it, althoug it returned true.

sname = File.basename(sfile)
model.save(sname)

I then saved it with new names using:

component_name = File.basename(sfile,".*")
sname = component_name + "_new.skp"
model.save(sname)

This seems to have worked (saving a new SKP in the original folder)

@unknownuser said:

TIG, that is great. Works like a charm. Just run it, then run purgeall and poof.

Thanks.

At least that works ! Now for Roof.rb glitches. Perhaps you should all go to church and retry it ?

I see, the methods listed in the File class are actually defined in the ftools.rb file. Also, the docs recommend using FileUtils.rb over ftools.rb.

Thanks. I was toying with the idea of cleaning up .skb and AutoSave files from the the user's model folder.

That's not a bad idea as an alternative, TIG. I've thought of something similar myself, though mine was admittedly less sophisticated. (I was just going to change the edge colours and throw away the original value.) I'll certainly add that to my growing list of fall-back plans.

Thanks again for all the input,

Kevin

Thanks guys, I'll give it a whirl. By the way, do you have any recommendations?

Mike

Your right, I dont think thats what I had in mind. There are times that I draw something only to find that the geometry is wrong when I change the view. So rather than scrap the piece all together, I start "undoing" what I did and backing out of the errors till I get back to where I can start again. There are only so many times that Undo will work, and yes, you think I would catch it before it gets that far, lol.

Thats why I was thinking I saw an Undo script that would back up many times.

Thanks for the response
Mike

that means that the user must export as OBJ first - not acceptable 😄

so I think I will use TextureWriter as there is no Ruby method that points to the .skm file to do a .zip parsing of .xml files. urgh 😄

thanks anyway

You need to use camera.set. The vector from the target to the eye is the direction.