How to add texture on a plane into a script?

[sahi]

How to add texture on a plane into a script?

material = model.materials
base = entities.add_face(pts)
base.material = ????

[Jim]

From here: http://download.sketchup.com/OnlineDoc/gsu6_ruby/Docs/ruby-drawingelement.html#material=

material = drawingelement.material = material | "materialname" | color | "colorname"

The right-hand-side can be a Material object, a material name (String), a Color object, or a color name (String)

So...

base.material = Sketchup;;Color.new(255, 0, 0) # Color
base.material = 255 # Color
base.material = 0xff # Color
base.material = "red" # Color
base.material = "#ff0000" # Color
base.material = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0] # Color
base.material = [255, 0, 0] # Color

If you want to use a Material that is already in the Model, you can get it through the Materials object.

mat = Sketchup.active_model.materials["Material Name"]
base.material = mat

If you want to create a new Material from a image file:

mat = Sketchup.active_model.materials.add "New Material Name"
mat.texture = "c;\\path\\to\\texture\\image.png"
base.material = mat

Note this is from the API documentation and may contain inaccuracies.

[sahi]

mat = Sketchup.active_model.materials.add "New Material Name"
mat.texture = "c;\\path\\to\\texture\\image.png"
base.material = mat

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[sahi]

how to place texture on a center?

position_material  ????

[RickW]

Need to use a UVHelper - set the middle coordinate of the texture to be the same as the middle coordinate of the face (is one way).