Allright, Got it partly working, But I Cant get the Attribute-Inspectors to show the Values, I guess I dont really understand how to set the Formulas correctly to get the corresponding Values by now. The DC Browser shows the Values (Lengths of the Piece in X,Y and Z) but everything else does not, this means no reporting so far. Can anybody push me a little in the right Direction Where do I have to set the DC Attributes Instance or Definition? and how could I set it to both if needed? I tried to set it to the Definition and the second time I run the Script the created Geometry has no Attributes at all, or at least nothing important. The unfinished Script, still buggy

Precision : you have just to rename the .asg in .zip unzip it for have a file .xlm

I'm glad it helped. What I said is true on Windows because there is ever only one Model. On a Mac you can have more than one model opened. But you still probably need to attach your observers when new models are created.

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=40172

@unknownuser said: I have no idea how you determine what @ptw1616 is but another option might be creating an array of the locations like this All the points are per-determined in my script. They relate to the user selected area. Various combination of points make a pattern of lights the user can choose from in the Light Array Type Dialog Box. Your understanding of Ruby has helped me tremendously. Furthermore I did not realize the importance of the last "}" .....which I originally thought might have been a typo........ Yikes!!!

i have to work to understand what you wrote, observers a re new for me thank you @dan rathbun said: Taking John's example cross-platform: > class MyModelObserver < Sketchup;;ModelObserver > > # ! If the DC extension is ever changed, this example could break ! > > def onPlaceComponent(instance) > return nil unless defined?($dc_observers) > # check if it's a DC in here; > if instance.attribute_dictionaries && > instance.attribute_dictionaries['dynamic_attributes'] > # then set Selection Tool and trigger the dialog; > Sketchup.active_model.select_tool(nil) > dc_class = $dc_observers.get_latest_class > if dc_class.configure_dialog_is_visible > dc_class.get_configure_dialog.bring_to_front > else > dc_class.show_configure_dialog > end > dc_class.refresh_configure_dialog > end > end > > end > This code is fragile, because it deals with someone's else's extension. They could change it (such as method names,) at any time in the future and this example will break.

You will need to create the face within the entities context of a group or component, as only they can be transformed. EDIT: Actually Whaat might have a better idea, here: http://forums.sketchup.com/t/i-want-to-align-face-normal-to-an-edge/35033/2

Or perhaps top_face = entitiestb1.add_face(topcircle) top_face.reverse! if top_face.normal.samedirection?(topbaredges[0].line[1] status_top_bar = top_face.followme(topbaredges)

Its working great now, I'm using Chrome as my browser and zipping the files with Windows 7.

@dan rathbun said: @Gábor: I think they meant DAE format. Yes, thank you for the correction. I could imagine a server-side software pack what does convert the .skp at server-side to a webgl digestible format and creates the html for it. But it won't be a free solution for sure. Exporting the file at client-side to a format what already has ready made webgl loader or using an include of an already existing web viewer is probably the most cost-effective for small firms. Though a little bit more labor intensive than a ready-made custom tailored server-side pack. May I ask the original poster why is it so important to host it on their own server?

Dan, right on the money. I have been programming for 53 years but I am new to Ruby. I have done JS/CSS work but not a lot. Assembler is my game and that is where I am very comfortable.

@medeek said: Are there any more gotchas I should be aware of with layers? Yes, SketchUp layers are not really layers at all. They do not "own" geometric collections of entities (like they do in most CAD applications.) In SketchUp, layers are display behavior property sheets, that can be shared with multiple entities. So in SketchUp, each object descended from Sketchup::Drawingelement has a layer property that can be assigned to point at one of these property sheets (that were misnamed "layers" by the developers.) So, in reality you assign a SketchUp object to "use" a layer, not put an object upon a layer. @paul russam said: ... could you please precede your layers with your/your plugin name this way they will remain unique, ... If you did the same with any component and material names your plugin(s) creates it would be very helpful too. This also applies to Attribute Dictionary names. They should be prefixed with the name of your author name and extension name in some way, so there will not be any clashing of dictionary names. (For example, we all cannot have dictionaries named "Properties".) Something like "Medeek_TrussMaker_TrussProperties" or whatever.

No sure where it would fit in the docs. Maybe we can add a Wiki section on the GitHub repo that host the new docs. This scenario is so common though that a face.coplanar_with?(other_face) might be a nice addition.

Seems like the site is back up and running! The link about "Adding Functions" seems to have changed to this: http://cfcl.com/twiki/bin/view/Projects/SketchUp/Cookbook/DA_Adding_Functions

I can get some command ID numbers from menu items and buttons etc. by using a resource inspector utility. Currently I am using one named "Inspect Object" that comes with Microsoft Windows SDK, that can inspect GUI objects in realtime of all running applications. P.S. - command ID integers only work on the Windows platform.

Of course !! Thanks Tig

I usually use a timer in this scenario, to check when the file exists, then cancel the timer and call the post processing method. @tid = UI;;start_timer(0.5,true) { if File.exist?(@filepath) UI;;stop_timer(@tid) post_process(@filepath) end } EDIT(Add): Also, I would usually have a counter variable that gets incremented each timer loop, and a max number of trys, if the file never becomes "ready" then I also exit the timer and somehow display a warning or message that things did not work.

SU's FOV is by default the vertical (height) axes. Which is something that always tripped me up. Use the camera.fov_is_heigh? to determin if fov is vertical or horizontal: http://ruby.sketchup.com/Sketchup/Camera.html#fov_is_height%3F-instance_method You might have to take into account the aspect ratio of the SU viewport and your target viewport.

@thomthom said: Can you share this example? I can forward it internally for investigation. Sure. I also posted it yesterday on the Trimble forum and a fix was suggested by sage John (add autofocus to the input textbox in html). Haven't had time to test it thoroughly though. See more here: http://forums.sketchup.com/t/html-dialog-speed/33832/7

@driven said: @unknownuser said: ...it groups them together, moves the group, then explodes the group... exploding now deletes all references to the group entities, i.e. they all are 'deleted entities' after the explode... in one of mine I 'now' store the face.bounds.center.z and then after exploding re-find faces using that as a conditional... I believe the former ability to 'hold' the reference was a SU 'hack' and some of these are being 'put right'... john I discovered this in bug testing, can confirm. It kind of sucks, as it was nice to store a selection set in an object array, manipulate, then get your selection set back by selection.add(array) which you can't do now since it views the objects as 'deleted.' Alternately - and this may work well for your case, as even edges/faces/etc get these - each object now has a property called persistent_id, and by referencing back to that you wouldn't have to compare geometry (if I read your post right). My work around for now is to store the persistent_id's in an array, then go the the drawing objects and find the ones that have those id's when I need to reselect them. This is way, WAY slower than just being able to reference back to an array of entities, but I guess it is what it is... unless someone else knows of an easier way to get the selection set back.