New API doc - typos and questions
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Face.mesh
http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/face.html#mesh@unknownuser said:
Valid flags are:
[condensed: 0, 1, 2, 4 ]
Add these numbers together to combine flags. A value of
**5**
will include all flags, for example.I seem to get 7 (as shown in the example,) when I add all the flags.
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Some of the methods to access toolbars needs clarification.
UI.set_toolbar_visible UI.toolbar_names UI.toolbar_visible?
These only works on the native Sketchup toolbars. AndUI.toolbar_names
doesn't list all native toolbars.UI.toolbar
is used to return Ruby toolbars. But (!) it will never fail if you try to refer to a non-existent toolbar - it will create a new one. Have not found a way to detect if a Ruby toolbar exists or not. -
View.draw2d
http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/view.html#draw2dIn order to draw lines with an odd number thicksness without looking "fuzzy" - then you need to specify
.5
to all numbers. This is because the points makes up the centre line so the points for odd numbered thickness must then lie in the middle of the pixel. -
UI.inputbox
http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/ui.html#inputboxIt should be noted that the default value types you pass to the input box controls the return types.
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=23288&p=197300#p197298 -
http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/releases.html
The release notes says:@unknownuser said:
Cleaner, hash-based syntax for initializing
But there's nowhere any example of what the hash should look like, keys etc.
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Thom, you are right it needs to be documented.
This is from the webtextures_loader.rb. The constants are defined a little earlier in the code, but this gives some idea about the keys:
# Create our dialog. keys = { ;dialog_title => title, ;scrollable => false, ;preferences_key => WT_DIALOG_REGISTRY_KEY, ;height => WT_DIALOG_HEIGHT, ;width => WT_DIALOG_WIDTH, ;left => WT_DIALOG_X, ;top => WT_DIALOG_Y, ;resizable => true, ;mac_only_use_nswindow => true} @dialog = UI;;WebDialog.new(keys)
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Thanks Jim. Would probably be able to guess most - but...
What's unexpected there is
:mac_only_use_nswindow
- Same asWebDialog.navigation_buttons_enabled
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@thomthom said:
What's unexpected there is
:mac_only_use_nswindow
- Same asWebDialog.navigation_buttons_enabled
?Isn't 'nswindow' a base Cocoa (or Carbon) window class?
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@dan rathbun said:
@thomthom said:
What's unexpected there is
:mac_only_use_nswindow
- Same asWebDialog.navigation_buttons_enabled
?Isn't 'nswindow' a base Cocoa (or Carbon) window class?
hm... I Googled 'mac nswindow' seems that you might be onto something.
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSWindow_Class/Reference/Reference.htmlDoes it give any visible difference when it's set to
true
as oppose tofalse
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@thomthom said:
Does it give any visible difference when it's set to
true
as oppose tofalse
?I don't know. I don't have an Apple machine. [..wish I could install OSX of my 686 clone for devlopment. XCode looks like a neat IDE.] There are so many attributes, methods, etc. there it's hard to guess what the SU API is refering to.
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Edge.reversed_in?
http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/edge.html#reversed_in?
The reversed_in? method is used to determine if the EdgeUse object is traversed in the corresponding direction as its corresponding edge.Apart from the EdgeUse typo - what does the method really do. I don't understand at all from the description what it does.
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@thomthom said:
Edge.reversed_in?
http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/edge.html#reversed_in?
The reversed_in? method is used to determine if the EdgeUse object is traversed in the corresponding direction as its corresponding edge.Apart from the EdgeUse typo - what does the method really do. I don't understand at all from the description what it does.
I use it in my 'orient faces' method - although I agree that it all seems pretty arcane and badly explained. If an edge is reversed in a face it is going contrary to that face's logical loop direction. If you test an edge belonging to a selected face and that edge has that face face plus another one that both return as being either reversed or not-reversed then you know that this other face has the same 'orientation' as the selected face: if the other face has the opposite 'reversed-ness' to the selected face then it needs to be flipped over (reversed) so it orients the same way as the selected face...
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There's a logical orientation of the loops?
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@thomthom said:
There's a logical orientation of the loops?
If you get a set of vertices for a face's loop it's always listed as an ordered array: it will be rotating 'counter-clockwise' to the face's normal if it's an external loop, or 'clockwise' if it's an internal loop... If an edge's start/end vertices break this 'rule' I think it's said to be 'reversed in the face' ? That is the order of the edge's vertices don't follow the loops 'handed-ness' so are flagged thus...
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@unknownuser said:
Your help in finding typos/missing details are very welcome!
On http://code.google.com/intl/da/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/point3d.html#+ it says that the argument is a Point3d, but it should say a Vector3d.
Jarl
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Geom;;Point3d.new(10,10,10) + Geom;;Point3d.new(20,20,20) Error; #<ArgumentError; (eval);261;in `+'; Cannot convert argument to Sketchup;;Vector3d> (eval);261
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@jarl said:
@unknownuser said:
Your help in finding typos/missing details are very welcome!
On http://code.google.com/intl/da/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/point3d.html#+ it says that the argument is a Point3d, but it should say a Vector3d.
Jarl
If you add two pointstogether it returns a vector (or another point if it's taken as an array) ?
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Color
http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/color.htmlWhen creating a Color object you can specify an alpha value. Not mentioned in the examples.
Color.new
http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/color.html#new
The way the arguments are presented now it looks like they are all equal, but it's actually wither RGB(A) values or a String. It also takes Hex, array with Integers or Floats.Oddly enough, you can do:
Sketchup::Color.new(128)
and get a Red-ish color. But notSketchup::Color.new(128, 255)
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But the Color's Alpha value is always ignored anyway ?
Whereas Alpha value for the material is used ! -
@tig said:
But the Color's Alpha value is always ignored anyway ?
Whereas Alpha value for the material is used !Yea, that's what I've noticed as well. Confusing. Should be mentioned in the docs. I had hoped that the alpha channel would be used the the view.draw2d method, but alas - it does not. Wondering if it's by design or if it's a bug.
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