You wouldn't have to necessarily pick/label each part manually... Select the roof faces/edges [inside a component/group]. Run the script. It first we find all faces [selection.grep(Sketchup::Face)]. These are categorized by their properties: All faces with a normal that is 'up' are potential roof surfaces. All faces with a normal that is down are potential soffits [z==-1 in flat downwards] All those that are vertical are potential eaves/fascias/verges - the verges differ from the rest as their top bounding edge is not horizontal. The slope is the roof is easily got from the angle between the Z_AXIS and the face.normal converted from radians to degrees [or A:B if that's preferred]. Each can be given an attribute containing the data. Each of theses faces can be written to hash and eventually into a CSV file with type, slope, area, material etc. Now we'll look at all edges [selection.grep(Sketchup::Edge)]. Again these are categorized by their properties: If a line is horizontal then it's either a ridge, an eaves or a soffit-edge: if it's at its faces' bounds.max it's a ridge, an eaves's faces will either be just 1 or if 2 include a vertical face [the fascia] etc. If a line slopes then its either a hip-ridge, a valley or a verge: again some rules can work out which type - a verge's faces will include one vertical face, the angle between the hip/valley faces' normals can indicate a convex [hip] or concave [valley] form. Again these can be an attribute containing the data. Each of theses edges can be written to hash and eventually into a CSV file with type, slope, area, material etc. This would be a good Ruby project to cut-your-teeth on... why not try it yourself...

That's the ticket! Superb Solution. Thanks a bunch to Wikii ! Great Job. Thanks to all . . . . again. Nino

Hi, You can also save a style with each of your axes settings, like so: [image: tP8i_save_axis.jpg]

Aerilius thanks very much for this - that is a clever approach. I have tried running the module you have written. However it opens command prompt with an error message "The system cannot find the file specified. 0 file(s) copied". I have tried debugging through the ruby console (see attachment) and the script correctly identifies my custom template file and the path to my desktop. However line 8 returns 'false' when trying to copy the file. I don't understand why this would be the case. Do you have any ideas? Thanks Ross [image: BJDm_RubyConsole.jpg]

Many thanks, guys. Looks like I just needed that reminder about where to locate the .rb files. You're right, Dave R. What I did was try to install the .rb files using Install Extension button inside the Extensions page of the Preferences menu. I was able, using that to open another folder in my computer but it doesn't recognise any of the .rb or .rbz files in those other folders. Transferring the files into the right folder solved all the issues, .

What about: http://tomaszjaniak.wordpress.com/plugins-2/

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Sketchup knows it is part of a curve if edge.curve returns a curve entity and it knows it is an arc or circle if curve.is_a?(Sketchup::ArcCurve) returns true.

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I don't think the default layer color is accessible through a plugin at least I haven't been able to find anything in the API that allows it.

Merging vertices looks like it helps for that case. I can't check it for multiple holes though right now. Thanks

Pilou, you are awesome!!!! Thanks

I wrote this script to Perhaps what is in it and is not correct. But Ruby is well aware of it, let's string = File.join (File.dirname (FILE), "Моя папка")) string = encode_to_cp1251 (string) Dir.mkdir (string) -> works fine And as Sketchup 5 works great A Sketchup 6 7 8 only read but can not green triangle icon Encodes from cp1251 to utf-8 And a coding of utf-8 cp1251 (Cyrillic) In SketchUp 5 everything works fine encode_utf-8_cp1251

Precisely! Why didn't I think of the ol' 'layer ball' analogy? -Brodie

Thank you very much, Pilou! Apart from Zorro I think I'll be better off doing these tasks as I'm used to but those plugins are helpful nonetheless.

Jolran, ok, then a 3d text. But i asked if somebody knows about a plugin to add scene names as textual elements to the 3d window.

@niclasbladh said: Hi, I'm trying to creat grass blades with Sketchup 8 together with Maxwell render plugin. Using this tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ9CfuiuAiA, around 5 minutes in the guys hits "render" but when I do, Sketchup shuts down and a bugreport appears. Is there anyone that has experience creating grass that could help me? // Nicolas don't know anything about rendering, but it seems that this plugin http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28092 makes grass also

Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You guys are awesome. Thanks!

Controlled clipping. Might be possible using a Section Plane which is aligned to the camera with an Observer.