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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
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      PolygonMesh.add_polygon

      The example shows how to use the add_point method.

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      • thomthomT Offline
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        Wish we had red pens to scribble on the docs. πŸ˜„

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          Jim
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          @thomthom said:

          Wish we had red pens to scribble on the docs. πŸ˜„

          Great idea, really. I'm sure there are browser plugins that allow social sharing of sticky notes, or comments on web pages.

          Hi

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
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            Oh, yea... at least for Firefox. I mean to remember something like that.

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              Could this be something? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2792
              Anyone tried it? Or got better solutions?

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              • Chris FullmerC Offline
                Chris Fullmer
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                Point3d.project_to_plane:

                http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/point3d.html#project_to_line

                Shows the wrong example code (uses from project to line). and I know I gave the link for project_to_line. Its so you can see both methods simultaneously and see the error better. Thanks!

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                • Chris FullmerC Offline
                  Chris Fullmer
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                  So far I am really truly enjoying the new docs. They feel much better, thanks for the efforts to get them to where they are. I'm also excited that changes might be able to happen faster now too, that is great.

                  I'm noticing that sometimes in the methods list, when I click on a method, it takes me to the class index for that method. Other times it willtake me directly to the entry for that method within the class. I prefer the latter. But I don't know why sometimes it does one thing and sometimes it does another,

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
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                    Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

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                    It doesn't mention how to allow drop-down options by using a third array with strings separating each option with a pipe | character.

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                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                      Chris Fullmer
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                      You can do a dropdown box?

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                      • thomthomT Offline
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                        UI.inputbox ['Hello'], ['World'], ['Mars|Pluto|World|Monkeys'], 'Title'

                        "Global Material Changer" and "Component Spray" uses it. That's the only way I knew it was possible.

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                          Jim
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                          @chris fullmer said:

                          You can do a dropdown box?

                          Sure, and I made this to ease the pain a little: http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2008/03/inputbox-class.html

                          Hi

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
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                            Nice one Jim.

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                            • Chris FullmerC Offline
                              Chris Fullmer
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                              http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/point3d.html#z=

                              It says:

                              Point3d.z=
                              
                                  The y= method is used to set the z value of a 3D point.
                              

                              That second line should say "The z= method..."

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                              • thomthomT Offline
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                                Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

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                                Face.area actually takes an optional argument. I'm not sure what the argument is. It accepts pure numbers which then seems to be a scale factor. But it also accepts Transformation objects.

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
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                                  Same applies to Edge.length

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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    Point3d.project_to_plane
                                    The example uses project_to_line

                                    
                                     plane = [Geom;;Point3d.new(0,0,0), Geom;;Vector3d.new(0,0,1)]
                                     point = Geom;;Point3d.new 10,10,10
                                     projected_point = point.project_to_line line
                                    
                                    

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                                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                      Chris Fullmer
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                                      Tool - onMouseMove example has a bad local variable.
                                      http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/tool.html#onMouseMove

                                       def onMouseMove(flags, x, y, view)
                                         puts "onMouseMove; flags = " + key.to_s
                                         puts "                 x = " + x.to_s
                                         puts "                 y = " + y.to_s
                                         puts "              view = " + view.to_s
                                       end
                                      

                                      The variable "key" should be replaced with "flag" I think. That makes the example work.

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
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                                        http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/face.html#get_UVHelper

                                        The code example:

                                        
                                         model = Sketchup.active_model
                                         entities = model.active_entities
                                         pts = []
                                         pts[0] = [0, 0, 0]
                                         pts[1] = [9, 0, 0]
                                         pts[2] = [9, 9, 0]
                                         pts[3] = [0, 9, 0]
                                        
                                         # Add the face to the entities in the model
                                         face = entities.add_face pts
                                         tw = Sketchup;;TextureWriter.new
                                         uvHelp = face.get_UVHelper true, true, tw
                                        
                                        

                                        This will return the error:

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        Error: #<TypeError: (eval):95:in `get_UVHelper': wrong argument type (expected Sketchup::TextureWriter)>
                                        (eval):95

                                        Instead of tw = Sketchup::TextureWriter.new, the method tw = Sketchup.create_texture_writer will work.
                                        Which leads to another questions: why can't tw = Sketchup::TextureWriter.new be used as in the example?

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
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                                          ModelObserver.onPlaceComponent
                                          http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/modelobserver.html#onPlaceComponent

                                          The manual claims that a Model is passed on as the argument, but instead it's the ComponentInstance. I have not tested the rest of the ModelObserver events to see if they also match.

                                          onPlaceComponent FIXED

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                                          • scottliningerS Offline
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                                            @thomthom said:

                                            ModelObserver.onPlaceComponent
                                            http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/modelobserver.html#onPlaceComponent

                                            The manual claims that a Model is passed on as the argument, but instead it's the ComponentInstance. I have not tested the rest of the ModelObserver events to see if they also match.

                                            Thomas, you rock.

                                            I'll double check all of the modelobserver arguments. Thanks!

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