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  • T Offline
    TIG Moderator
    last edited by 13 Apr 2009, 22:40

    @iceman said:

    I've only been using the API for a couple of days now, and I can see that dimensions aren't accessible from it.

    You can work-around this dimensions_not_being_API_accessible issue...
    Make a component-dimension one_unit long and save it
    In the script insert it at the first picked point, then transfoem it...
    Rotate it to the angle given by the second picked point and scale it in its X to match the distance_between_the_two_points : one_unit
    The dimension numbers should change to match, which the ticks and leaders remain fixed.
    You could have a third picked point to locate the text and scale it in the Y to suit ?
    You could then explode that instance if appropriate...

    TIG

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    • J Offline
      JClements
      last edited by 13 Apr 2009, 22:57

      If its not going to be part of the core program, then a way to export as a Flash Animations.

      A means to use object tweening within a scene or between scenes [ie., apply a name to a group ie., Object1<TweenBegin> in Scene1, and on Scene2 place a copy of that object with a name of Object1<TweenEnd> ]. Any transformations to Ojbect1<TweenEnd> such a scale, position, and rotation would be tweened between Scene1 and Scene2 at whatever frame rate the user designate to the properties of objectname<TeenEnd>.

      John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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        billbell52
        last edited by 1 May 2009, 14:12

        Maybe I am thinking about this wrong but I think a good idea is to develop a rubygem that exposes the SketchUp Ruby API to a standard ruby install. You can continue to develop the embedded Ruby capability but a lot of existing Ruby capability/code/gems can be put to immediate use. The relieves the pressure to urgently add capability that exists someplace else. For example I may want to couple SketchUp to a RubyOnRails environment. I don't expect you to embed ROR into SketchUp. I would have the capability of doing it on my own if I could access the Ruby API from a standard Ruby install.

        Also, as I understand the Sketchup Ruby API is based on 1.8.0. Exposing the Ruby API to an external Ruby environment would allow users to use a more current release.

        Does this make any sense?

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        • B Offline
          buk2noy
          last edited by 5 May 2009, 05:59

          @daiku said:

          This is music to my ears, Scott. Here's another vote for ruby control of dimension objects. CB.

          nice post!
          ok, how about this my officemate send me a cad file to be SU, problem is when i import them to SU the lines in 2d are not they seem to be.. they are in different axis can SU place it in one axis, ❗

          (is this an existing ruby script?
          if so kindly send to me) 🤣

          seeking for peace of mind

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          • T Offline
            trottolino
            last edited by 28 May 2009, 16:24

            @jadema said:

            How about a method to refresh the SketchUp display when executing long scripts? Today the interface looks like it is frozen when you change focus to another window and then back to SketchUp. The display gets refreshed only when the script completes or a dialog box that requires user input is displayed.

            I'm experiencing the same problem with a routine that generates thousands of faces. The calculation is sometimes very long, but with the screen locked is impossible to understand the percentage of completion and when the calculation will end.
            You have found a solution in the meantime?

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            • M Offline
              mpowell1234567890
              last edited by 2 Jun 2009, 18:38

              I have a SketchUp RUBY API Wishlist:

              1. A ruby script that coverts multiple lines to 1 whole line.
              2. A ruby script that speeds up shadow rendering.
              3. A ruby script that ables a follow-me tool to cross multiple lines "For example: a cross using any shape"
              4. A ruby script that Measures a volume of a model in Gallons, Liters etc..
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                remus
                last edited by 2 Jun 2009, 18:47

                @mpowell1234567890 said:

                I have a SketchUp RUBY API Wishlist:

                1. A ruby script that coverts multiple lines to 1 whole line.

                Have a look at weld.rb http://www.smustard.com/script/Weld

                @unknownuser said:

                1. A ruby script that speeds up shadow rendering.

                That would need to happen in the core SU code i.e. google needs to do that.

                @unknownuser said:

                1. A ruby script that ables a follow-me tool to cross multiple lines "For example: a cross using any shape"

                Hard to know what you mean without more details. Could you post a pic in a new thread?

                @unknownuser said:

                1. A ruby script that Measures a volume of a model in Gallons, Liters etc..

                There are a couple of volume scripts out there at the moment. Id guess it would be a fairly simple task to convert their output to litres/gallons. This would be a good place to start: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=3188

                p.s. I think this thread is meant more for wishes regarding the ruby API itself, rather than individual scripts.

                http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                • T Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by 3 Jun 2009, 10:26

                  My Volume scripts already let you select the results in gallons [US and UK] and litres as well as most other volume units...

                  TIG

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by 17 Jun 2009, 08:43

                    Being able to set Layer colour.

                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by 23 Jun 2009, 08:48

                      • Being able to set Material name.
                      • Being able to delete materials.
                      • Being able to delete ComponentDefinitions

                      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      • T Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by 23 Jun 2009, 09:20

                        You can delete a definition's instances and then that individual definition from the component-browser thus:

                        model.start_operation("Delete Instances and Definition")
                          definition.instances.each{|instance|instance.erase! if instance.valid?}
                          # this 1st step is optional since all instance become nil anyway when the definition is emptied
                          definition.entities.erase_entities(definition.entities.to_a)
                        model.commit_operation
                        

                        Assumes you have set model and definition... It empties a definition and therefore it disappears off the browser listing. It must be inside an operation to work.

                        PS: You can delete a material BUT it's pretty convoluted. I'll publish a script for it shortly...

                        TIG

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by 23 Jun 2009, 09:30

                          I've not had 100% success with deleting definitions like that. I seemed to run into bugsplats. But I'll do new tests.

                          As for materials, I seen how V-Ray for Sketchup renames and deletes materials:
                          Deleting: iterate the whole model and remove the material - then apply unused materials to dummy groups and purge.

                          Rename: Create new material identical to old with new name - iterate and replace the old material with new. Then run the Delete method.

                          Ugly hacks which I'd rather not use. When model grows in size this just bogs down.

                          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          • T Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by 23 Jun 2009, 10:51

                            I've also made the equivalent layer.delete method here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=166985#p166985 ...

                            TIG

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                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by 23 Jun 2009, 10:51

                              http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=166978#p166978 has material.delete method - I've streamlined it as much as possible ???

                              TIG

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                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by 24 Jun 2009, 13:38

                                I've also made a material.name="new_name" method here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=167219#p167219 ...

                                TIG

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                                • T Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by 26 Jun 2009, 09:12

                                  material.name="new_name" method now v1.1 - here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=167219#p167219
                                  Temp folder fixed for Mac users...

                                  TIG

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                                  • N Offline
                                    narongwit12
                                    last edited by 14 Jul 2009, 02:57

                                    Be able to track the shadow area on each face. This could make the calculation of shading possible for energy simulation.

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                                      BTM
                                      last edited by 28 Aug 2009, 15:03

                                      • to have the 5th (optional) argument for write_image as 'Transparent Background' if the file type is .png

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                                      • Dan RathbunD Offline
                                        Dan Rathbun
                                        last edited by 9 Feb 2010, 13:51

                                        Sketchup::load

                                        The Sketchup::load method does NOT expose the wrap argument, so we can specify wrap=true for rbs scripts.

                                        For some unknown reason, the Google team defeated, or just didn't pass the 2nd argument (wrap) on to the aliased standard load, when they overrode it to handle rbs decrypting.

                                        Please fix this!
                                        _

                                        I'm not here much anymore.

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                                        • P Offline
                                          Pout
                                          last edited by 7 May 2010, 09:34

                                          Here is my list:

                                          • Tig, although your solutions on material.name=, layer.delete, material.delete are good, it seems to me it would be much easier to just have them in the API. So i second the proposals of ThomThom

                                          • Also i second the proposal of Morisdov concerning the add_framechange_observer not firing when creating movies or when working in layout. It should fire there to.

                                          • make the entity.id consistent throughout different SU sessions (it changes now from time to time)

                                          • it would be great if you could just select an entity based on a parameter (eg. entity.id) without looping all the entities in the model

                                          • being able to access the font/size and other parameters of a text

                                          • make a difference between the execution of scripts and the interface so it is possible to incorporate a 'stop script' button for example. Now the interface freezes as long as scripts are running. This makes users believe the execution of the script has halted and Sketchup has stopped working.

                                          • ...more to come

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