@dan rathbun said: Bookmark that page. Done, thanks for the link. I remember doing the tutorials when DC's first came out but have forgotton the majority of what I learned so I guess I will be spending some time there first.

thx a lot

It worked for me after I moved it all to another place in the space, randomly , not specifically to any place . I thought it could give you a clue . Thanks for answering .

This code works for me: model = Sketchup.active_model materials=model.materials Adds a material as an in model material m = materials.add "Test Color" begin Returns nil if not successful, path if successful path=Sketchup.find_support_file "1.jpg","\Plugins\" # m.texture = "1.jpg" m.texture = path m.texture.size = 666 rescue UI.messagebox $!.message end

Glad it helped. I spend a loong time on that - I just couldn't warp my head around what was going on. The key was the quote from the Wiki article. Everything makes so much more sense now. Figured I'd post it here to remind myself.

It sounds more like you want to create a tool. See the UI::Tool class in the API. Then read through and understand the "linetool.rb" script in the "Plugins/Examples" directory. Keep in mind that scripting within a GUI application's process, is event-driven programming, not a linear sequential exercise. You write a class with callback methods, that the application calls, in response to UI input, mouse movements, key presses, etc., from the user.

@dan rathbun said: Can I use a selector path like in CSS? Exactly! @dan rathbun said: OK so what does it return if nothing found ?? null ? http://api.jquery.com/jQuery/ @unknownuser said: If no elements match the provided selector, the new jQuery object is "empty"; that is, it contains no elements and has .length property of 0. <span class="syntaxdefault"><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">if&nbsp;(&nbsp;$(</span><span class="syntaxstring">'body#someid'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">length&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">>&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)&nbsp;{<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<br />&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"></span>

I thot maybe a <![CDATA[ block, but the editor lexer does not indicate it will work.

<span class="syntaxdefault"><br />model </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br /><br />modeltime </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">shadow_info</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">'ShadowTime'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">unless modeltime</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">utc</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  time </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">shadow_info</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">'ShadowTime'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">].</span><span class="syntaxdefault">getutc<br />  tz_offset </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">shadow_info</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">'TZOffset'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">*</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 60 </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">*</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 60&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">/&nbsp;-</span><span class="syntaxdefault">1<br />  modeltime </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Time</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">at</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> time</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_i </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">+</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> tz_offset </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end<br /></span>

@driven said: @Jim, how about changing the topic title to just SFC_Forum_SyntaxHighlighter and include other browser versions in your top post. A one-stop shop ?

Thanks I will make use of that. Keith

Have you tried https://developers.google.com/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/image#path ?

Everyone wants this functionality. Some work has been done. ExtendSketchUp has this goal. Fredo6 created a web-based update checking feature. (Do a search.) Others have done it with a UI::WebDialog You will likely need to use the functionality in the SketchupExtension class for installed versioning. Unfortunately.. the community has not yet agreed upon a file manifest format to track installed file locations. (So an uninstaller can remove them.)

@unknownuser said: Is the “.rb” extension really necessary when using for example “require (“sketchup.rb”)? The answer is not very simple. You should read the method dictionary for Kernel.require(), Kernel.load(), Sketchup.require() and Sketchup.load(). These methods act differently: depending on the arguments (absolute or relative paths) depending upon the Ruby version depending whether a file extension is given The require() methods push successful paths into the $LOADED_FEATURES array, but may not add the actual extension of the file that was loaded. (This could cause confusion later.) The overridden methods in the Sketchup module do not act exactly the same as the global Kernel methods. (return values and filenames in Exception messages.) We almost need a complicated decision tree with all the permutations... to decide when to use a extension and when not to. It is recommended NOT to use a file extension with the Sketchup module overrides. (This also helps in development, as the same loader script can load both rb and rbs files, after scrambling.) Also be aware that the SketchupExtension class uses these overides. This is really an issue for it own topic thread (and perhaps there already is one?)

The native MoveTool can move the note.

Thanks everyone for the replies. @Dan using the draw in a tool's view method looks like a plausible option. Let me dig into it and get back. Thanks again.

@dan rathbun said: I'll see if I can cobble up a better example, perhaps I'll post it in a new [ Code ] topic (so it can be indexed with the Code Snippet indexer.) Done! [Code] AnimateSelection Example v1.0.0 .

Thanks! That should work for most cases. (But it still would be nice to have a second argument with the file path, since the model.path is not necessarily linked with the location where the file (a copy) was saved.)

To simulate typematics, it is preferable to use the animation API. Tricky, but works fine in the end (I used it in ThruPaint) Fredo

Note that there is component instance name and component name. Component instance name is the same as a group's name.