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    • J Offline
      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
            thomthom
            last edited by

            Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

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            (code.google.com)

            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
              last edited by

              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
                  last edited by

                  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.

                  Chris

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
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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
                        scottlininger
                        last edited by

                        @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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                          SketchUp Software Engineer
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                        • R Offline
                          remus
                          last edited by

                          For Point3d.distance_to_line the docs give the same example as point3d.distance.

                          http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            I can't get the DefinitionObserver to trigger at all. http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/definitionobserver.html Neither the onComponentInstanceAdded or onComponentInstanceRemoved events. Are these the correct event names?

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                            • scottliningerS Offline
                              scottlininger
                              last edited by

                              I just had a big one reported to me... posting it here so folks are aware until the next fix.

                              The face.material method is entirely missing from the new docs.

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                                SketchUp Software Engineer
                                Have you visited the Ruby API Docs?
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                              • scottliningerS Offline
                                scottlininger
                                last edited by

                                There's a new update live that fixes (most of) the problems reported above. There were one or two that will require me to pound on it a bit more. Keep 'em coming!

                                I also posted a new tutorial on reading attributes.

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  Nice one Scott.

                                  I seem to have come across three observer events that doesn't work. It would probably be useful to mark these in the docs with a warning so that people won't waste a whole lot of time trying to get them work work. ..like I have...

                                  DefinitionObserver http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17631 (Completely busted)
                                  EntitiesObserver.onContentsModified http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17970 (Add and Remove event works though. Haven't tried the Erase event.)

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                                  • scottliningerS Offline
                                    scottlininger
                                    last edited by

                                    I also just got this one from a coworker:

                                    Sketchup.get_resource_path example fails. Looks like there's a required parameter that's not properly documented.

                                    -Scott

                                    • Scott Lininger
                                      SketchUp Software Engineer
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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      These failing observers is quite severe. I don't suppose there's a chance the dev team can push out an update outside the servicepack schedule? (I don't know what your schedule is, but seeing that we just got an servicepack I'm a bit pessimistic to when this might be addressed...)

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                                      • R Offline
                                        remus
                                        last edited by

                                        A semi related typo:

                                        in this tutorial pt4=[0,9,9] whereas it should be [0,9,0].

                                        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                          Chris Fullmer
                                          last edited by

                                          ::OFF TOPIC::
                                          All right Remus, come clean. Your always in the Ruby forum, you spotted a typo in tutorial, you answer questions once in a while....how much ruby do you know? Are you making plugins and selling them overseas for big money or something?

                                          Chris

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                                          • scottliningerS Offline
                                            scottlininger
                                            last edited by

                                            Just saw another one: the Sketchup.break_edges= example is the Sketchup.break_edges? example.

                                            Thom, step 1 with the observers is to confirm if it's the implementation that is broken or the documentation. Simone has filed A-list bugs against the observer problems you've found, and he and I have been chatting about it. Any fixes will have to wait until the next maintenance release.

                                            Feel free to PM me if you want to brainstorm workarounds for what you're trying to accomplish. I know a few tricks. 😉

                                            • Scott Lininger
                                              SketchUp Software Engineer
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