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    Gaieus
    last edited by 15 Apr 2009, 00:09

    Hi Scott, I have sent you a PM, too, about it. The mods have also be informed to welcome you in the team.
    πŸ˜†

    Gai...

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      thomthom
      last edited by 15 Apr 2009, 06:36

      @unknownuser said:

      @thomthom said:

      ToolObservers? How are they related to onClose and onOpen?

      I meant to say, InstanceObservers. πŸ˜›

      In any case, they fire fine for me.

      Hmm... When I tried to implement it in my plugin the onClose never fired. I also tried Jim's observer test script: http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2008/03/plugin-oberver-tests.html - and that never fired either. Could you post a working sample where onClose fires? (The onOpen always works though.)

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        scottlininger
        last edited by 15 Apr 2009, 17:20

        @thomthom said:

        Could you post a working sample where onClose fires?

        Give this a go... Could be that we're seeing a sneaky bug...

        class MyInstanceObserver < Sketchup;;InstanceObserver
           def onOpen(instance)
             UI.messagebox("onOpen; " + instance.to_s)
           end
        
           def onClose(instance)
             UI.messagebox("onClose; " + instance.to_s)
           end
        end
        
        model = Sketchup.active_model
        model.definitions[0].instances[0].add_observer(MyInstanceObserver.new)
        
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          thomthom
          last edited by 15 Apr 2009, 17:47

          Nopes. Doesn't work.

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            Jim
            last edited by 15 Apr 2009, 20:03

            Works for me...

            Hi

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              thomthom
              last edited by 15 Apr 2009, 20:08

              Scott just found out that it works if the script loads when SU loads. But if you put it a subfolder for instance, and then manually load it, it won't work.
              Jim's Observer tests never fire the event in SU7. However, in SU6 it works fine.

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                Jim
                last edited by 15 Apr 2009, 21:11

                Just wondering if you have Dynamic Components on, and what happens if you turn them off?

                Hi

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                  thomthom
                  last edited by 15 Apr 2009, 21:32

                  @jim said:

                  Just wondering if you have Dynamic Components on, and what happens if you turn them off?

                  Well I'll be! After disabling DCs the onClose even works!

                  btw, the DefinitionObserver works in SU6. But not SU7. Noticed that when I tested this observer in SU6.

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                    scottlininger
                    last edited by 20 Apr 2009, 21:18

                    Self note: need to add an explanation of how add_face works in relation to which "side" of the face is inside vs. outside, and document the exception where faces drawn at z=0 are always drawn with inside facing upward.

                    πŸ˜„

                    -Scott Lininger

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                      scottlininger
                      last edited by 20 Apr 2009, 21:26

                      From Didier's post:

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                      Need to add an FAQ for getting to installation directory of SU, for folks trying to build installers (and find out a mac equivalent.)

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                        avariant
                        last edited by 22 Apr 2009, 03:05

                        BoundingBox.valid?

                        text says

                        status
                            true if the bounding box is valid (not empty), false if it is not valid (empty)
                        

                        but the code example has it exactly the opposite:

                         bbox = Sketchup.active_model.bounds
                         status = bbox.valid?
                         if (status)
                           # If true, bounding box is empty.
                         else
                           # If false, bounding box contains entities.
                         end
                        
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                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by 27 Apr 2009, 01:13

                          The introduction to RenderingOptions class states:

                          @unknownuser said:

                          The majority of the rendering information returned exists in the Model Info > Display section of SketchUp.

                          There is no longer a Model Info > Distplay section of SketchUp. I suppose it should say its in the styles inspector or something like that.

                          http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/renderingoptions.html#introduction

                          Also, the API doesn't list these:

                          DisplayQueWidth
                          DisplayDims
                          DisplaySketchAxes
                          DisplayText
                          DisplayWatermarks
                          DrawDepthQue
                          DrawLineEnds
                          DrawProfilesOnly
                          DrawUnderground
                          EdgeType
                          FogEndDist*- listed as FogEnd in the API*
                          FogStartDist - listed as FogStart in the API
                          HideConstructionGeometry
                          LineEndWidth
                          LockedColor
                          SectionTransparencyMode
                          ShowViewName

                          And the API lists these which don't appear to be valid:
                          DisplayFogEdges
                          FogDensity
                          FogEnd - appears to actually be FogEndDist
                          FogStart*- appears to actually be FogStartDist*
                          FogType

                          I tried to be thorough, but perhaps I missed something. It might not be bad to double check my work πŸ˜„

                          Chris

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                            Chris Fullmer
                            last edited by 4 May 2009, 04:27

                            http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/tool.html#onReturn

                            the onReturn method is showing an example for onMouseLeave

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                              Chris Fullmer
                              last edited by 9 May 2009, 09:27

                              http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/view.html#zoom_extents

                              Does not give an example of view.zoom_extents. It gives an example of view.zoom

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                                thomthom
                                last edited by 11 May 2009, 18:42

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

                                @unknownuser said:

                                The onExplode method is invoked whenever a component anywhere in this model is exploded. This is an easier way to watch explode events vs. attaching an InstanceObserver to every instance in the model.

                                The docs in InstanceObserver http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/instanceobserver.html doesn't mention any explode event. All though, I imagine there used to be. ModelObserver.onExplode is new to SU7, and I'm sure there was an explode related event in SU6. But it's MIA atm.

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                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by 12 May 2009, 12:10

                                  Face.position_material
                                  http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/face.html#position_material

                                  Doesn't explain the difference between using 2,4,6 or 8 points.

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                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by 13 May 2009, 12:39

                                    Vector3d.samedirection?
                                    http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/vector3d.html#samedirection?

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    vector = Geom::Vector3d.new 0,0,1
                                    vector2 = Geom::Vector3d.new 0,1,0
                                    status = vector.sime_direction? vector2

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                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by 13 May 2009, 14:24

                                      Face.mesh
                                      http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/face.html#mesh

                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      The mesh method creates a polygon mesh that represents the face. See the PolygonMesh class for more information.

                                      Valid flags are:

                                      * 0: Include PolygonMeshPoints,
                                      * 1: Include PolygonMeshUVQFront,
                                      * 2: Include PolygonMeshUVQBack,
                                      * 4: Include PolygonMeshNormals.
                                      

                                      Add these numbers together to combine flags. A value of 5 will include all flags, for example.

                                      No example given.

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                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by 13 May 2009, 17:21

                                        UVHelper.get_front_UVQ UVHelper.get_back_UVQ
                                        http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/uvhelper.html

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        a Point3d containing the UV coordinates where the X value is the U value, the Y value is the V value and the Z value is a Q value (which is not used).

                                        I does appear that the Q value is used. At least when you have a warped texture. (Texture mapped not as a rectangle or parallelogram.) See this thread for further details and sample data: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=19041

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                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by 13 May 2009, 17:21

                                          And I'd also wish there was info about projected textures.

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