@bmike said: [image: banghead.gif] yeah, kind of like that. Thanks, Mike.

@regular polygon said: Unfortunately, I couldn't download the K-set Tilable Surfaces paper from the ACM. You either have to purchase a membership, or purchase the article. I have that covered... just pm.

@chris fullmer said: Or better yet, join the free plug-in writing task force. It is free to join Quote of all quotes, Chris..... A well deserved thank-you to all you writers out there. I download the ones I need; free or fee.

@dave r said: Paul, no one could accuse you of being long-winded. So if you are able to speed up drawing the tabs or box joints, would manually laying the parts out flat be a problem? LOL, No, not really, I just thought it would quicker to output the parts, nest them and the cut the parts.

Thanks, That should do the trick!

Hi Mike, I guess you missed the help we offered earlier. It was sort of hidden in a thread on another topic. Check it out here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=30023&p=263719#p263719 It would probably be best to respond here in this thread though, so we can keep things organized. So check out those answers and hints given there, see if anything helps. And then please respond in this thread if it worked, or if you still need more help. Thanks! Chris

Depends what you intend. If you mean when an OSX user swap between model windows - then no, there is no such observer. But there is an observer that informs you when the user opens or makes a new model: http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/appobserver.html

@unknownuser said: Oh... thank You for the advice on the TimeTrack ruby. But to be honest i was hoping that someone will take my idea and write a script that does the things i was writing about. Guess i'll have to use TimeTrack... even if it's not entirely thing i was looking for. /me turns around pretending to be ready to walk away yet hoping that someone will stop /me with words "Wait! I can do this!" Hi, For the Bezier and non Bezier curves, see BezierSpline Your idea of automatic tracking time by model is excellent. This is not so simple with the current Ruby API, but it can be done. Fredo

well, yeah, that's what i do sometimes.. definitely not a single click process though.. and even then, i don't do it as often as i should.. seems like i usually end up resorting to the toolbar because stopping to set up a shortcut kills the workflow.. thing is, i'm often left trying to find the icon on the toolbar etc.. i dunno, it's just an idea that i'm throwing out there.. i'm not expecting someone to actually write this thing

I re-downloaded the zip file, unzipped & it's there. What a great plugin. Thank you, Glenn

Thank you Tig, works like a charm !!!!! Glenn

Updated as new tool set here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=264130#p264130

Yea, never found the Extension that useful my self. Imagine - if all plugins where extensions. It'd be very hard to find the right plugin in the list. No search filter, and the list box is very small. Doesn't scale well.

Ah! Yes. I don't think I mentioned that in the manual. I'll see if I can update it with more info. And possibly make a FAQ section so it's easier to find.

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[image: 3812424367_f424ff6a5c.jpg] [/url] Is this the sort of think you're after? I did this before ThomThom probably even thought of Vertex Tool. His tool might make it easier to do but I haven't tried to do it with that. If this is the sort of thing you're after, I can post a link to the tutorial I did.

Well I guess I will have to get off my butt and post the answer to my own question: # clear everything out Sketchup.active_model.entities.clear! # add the parent group group1 = Sketchup.active_model.entities.add_group # set parent’s transformation group1.transformation = Geom;;Transformation.translation(Geom;;Point3d.new(10.m, 0, 0)) # add some points to the parent group group1.entities.add_cpoint(Geom;;Point3d.new(0.m, 0.m, 0.m)) group1.entities.add_cpoint(Geom;;Point3d.new(5.m, 5.m, 3.m)) # add the child group group2 = group1.entities.add_group # set child’s transformation group2.transformation = Geom;;Transformation.translation(Geom;;Point3d.new(0, 10.m, 0)) # add some points to the child group group2.entities.add_cpoint(Geom;;Point3d.new(0.m, 0.m, 0.m)) group2.entities.add_cpoint(Geom;;Point3d.new(5.m, 5.m, 3.m)) # group transformations are now correct puts Sketchup.active_model.active_path puts group1.transformation.to_a.join(', ') puts group2.transformation.to_a.join(', ') puts Sketchup.active_model.edit_transform.to_a.join(', ') # from top level active_path = nil group1.transformation = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 393.700787401575, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] group2.transformation = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 393.700787401575, 0.0, 1.0] edit_transform = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] # open group1 active_path = [group1] group1.transformation = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] group2.transformation = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 393.700787401575, 393.700787401575, 0.0, 1.0] edit_transform = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 393.700787401575, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] # open group2 active_path = [group1, group2] group1.transformation = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] group2.transformation = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] edit_transform = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 393.700787401575, 393.700787401575, 0.0, 1.0]

TIG, Thanks for the code! I haven't had a chance to implement it yet, just had a new addition to the family and have been busy since 24th Jul. No time for SU, and this is the first chance I've had to view the forums in weeks.

Oh Hi Mike, I missed your question here in this thread, if its ok with you, I might split it out into its own topic, with a title that describes what you want - help with shapbender. You can upload your model you are working with and I'll look at it. Probably the real problem is that you probably have it installed wrong. When you unpackaged the zip file, it probably messed up all the files that go along with shape bender. You should have a clf_shape_bender_loader.rb script in your plugins folder. And a slf_shape_bender folder that has a series of other files in it. Please verify that too. Thanks, Chris

@starling75 said: Menger in the field Abstract art at its best.