Attribute dictionnary

[Matt666]

Hi all !

Juste one little question : How can I find name of a dictionary in ruby ?
I tried that :

ent.attribute_dictionary

But a name is required... And I don't know dictionnary name...

Thank you !

[fredo6]

Matt,

You can get the dictionnary, via the model (either existing or to create a new one)

model = Sketchup.active_model
attributedictionary = model.attribute_dictionary name, create

This is described in the Ruby doc.

Be careful to choose your own name to avoid interfering with other dictionaries used by some scripts.

Fredo

[Matt666]

Salut Fredo !

Ce que je veux c'est regarder les dictionnaires existants, par en créer un...
I just want to get information from an existing dictionary, not to create it !

Et pour regarder, il faut connaitre le nom....

Merci à toi !

[Al Hart]

If you want to see what dictionaries are already on an entity use:

model = Sketchup.active_model
entity = model.selection[0] # get selected entity
entity.attribute_dictionaries.each { |dict| puts dict.name}

If you want to see what attributes are stored on a component definition, use:

model = Sketchup.active_model
entity = model.selection[0]
entity.definition.attribute_dictionaries.each { |dict| puts dict.name}

[fredo6]

Matt,

Then, you just need to loop through the collection of dictionaries of the model

model = Sketchup.active_model
list_dico = model.attribute_dictionaries     # List of all dictionaries
list_dico.each do |dico|
   dico.each_pair do |key, value|
       #do what you want with the key and value
   end
end

[Didier Bur]

Salut,

Attr dictionaries list (attached to model, not to a particular entity), along with keys and corresponding values, output in the console:

def list_ad 
  ads=Sketchup.active_model.attribute_dictionaries
  if ads
     ads.each do |ad| 
      puts "Dict; " + ad.name + "\n"
      puts ad.keys
      puts ad.values
     end
  else
     UI.messagebox("No dicts in model")
  end
end

Dicts are hash, thus Hash.methods can be used.
Les dicts sont des Hash. Les méthodes de Hash peuvent donc être utilisées.

[Matt666]

Ok thank you all for your excellent answers !