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    • Dan RathbunD Offline
      Dan Rathbun
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      Model.add_note

      The note is not displayed unless there are entities in the model. If you add a note first thing in a new model, it is invisible but .visible? on the note object still returns true.

      As soon as you draw something, the note appears.

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      • J Offline
        Jim
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        Thanks Dan - yet more never-seen-before docs coming to light.

        Hi

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          I have the mental image of Scott drowning in printouts from this thread... πŸ˜’ πŸ˜†

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          • J Offline
            Jim
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            Oh, I think there is a completely undocumented UTM class in there somewhere under Geom.

            Hi

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              @jim said:

              Oh, I think there is a completely undocumented UTM class in there somewhere under Geom.

              hm.. all I can find out about that one is:
              Geom::UTM.instance_methods.sort.join("\n") (eval):894: warning: instance_methods: parameter will default to 'true' as of 1.8.1 to_a to_latlong to_s x y zone_letter zone_number

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              • J Offline
                Jim
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                View.show_frame

                Documentation for this method contains some poorly-parsed html tags.

                Hi

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                • Dan RathbunD Offline
                  Dan Rathbun
                  last edited by

                  @thomthom said:

                  @jim said:

                  Oh, I think there is a completely undocumented UTM class in there somewhere under Geom.

                  hm.. all I can find out about that one is:
                  Geom::UTM.instance_methods.sort.join("\n")... snip ...

                  from Wikipedia search on "UTM":
                  Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system, a grid-based method of mapping locations on the surface of the Earth.
                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Transverse_Mercator_coordinate_system
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                  • Dan RathbunD Offline
                    Dan Rathbun
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                    Model.get_product_family
                    http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/model.html#get_product_family

                    @unknownuser said:

                    Returns a constant number which indicates the product family of the installed SketchUp application.

                    This is an Application related attribute, why is it part of the Model class?

                    This should be a method of the Sketchup module as in: Sketchup.get_product_family
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                    • Dan RathbunD Offline
                      Dan Rathbun
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                      Model.export
                      http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/model.html#export

                      @unknownuser said:

                      options_hash______ A hash containing the COLLADA (.dae) export options.

                      The options listed in the hash example is missing the option for hidden geometry.
                      The Registry Attribute Name is "ExportHiddenGeometry", but what is the options hash key?

                      • hiddengeometry ?* hidden_geometry ?
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                      • Dan RathbunD Offline
                        Dan Rathbun
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                        Set class
                        http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/set.html

                        This class is defined in the Objectspace and should be listed under "Core Ruby Classes" (along with Array, Length, Numeric and String.)

                        Instead it's buried under "App Level Classes" and listed with all those classes that are defined inside the Sketchup module.
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                        • Dan RathbunD Offline
                          Dan Rathbun
                          last edited by

                          OptionsProviderObserver.onOptionsProviderChanged
                          http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/optionsproviderobserver.html#onOptionsProviderChanged

                          @unknownuser said:

                          The onOptionsProviderChanged method is invoked when an element is added to an Pages object.

                          Should read, "The onOptionsProviderChanged method is invoked when an option is changed for an OptionsProvider object."
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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            Entities.add_curve
                            http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/entities.html#add_curve

                            Returns an array of edges - not a Curve object.

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              @thomthom said:

                              Entities.add_curve
                              http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/entities.html#add_curve

                              Returns an array of edges - not a Curve object.

                              Ita's the same as add_circle which returns an array od edges and to find the just made curves curve you use edges=entities.add_curve(array_of_points) curve=edges[0].curve
                              But strangely not with add_arc which returns an ArcCurve ?

                              It would be unadvisable to change what the API does with these add_ methods - rather it we should keep it as is and fix the API's Guide to reflect it properly - too many scripts already get the curve from the edges array and would fail if it were updated to return the curve not the curve's edges...

                              TIG

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @tig said:

                                But strangely not with add_arc which returns an ArcCurve ?

                                Nope, also returns an array.

                                @tig said:

                                It would be unadvisable to change what the API does with these add_ methods

                                Agree.

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  @thomthom said:

                                  @tig said:

                                  But strangely not with add_arc which returns an ArcCurve ?

                                  Nope, also returns an array.

                                  @tig said:

                                  It would be unadvisable to change what the API does with these add_ methods

                                  Agree.

                                  Perhaps I meant to say, "... add_arc which says it returns an ArcCurve wrongly!" πŸ˜’

                                  TIG

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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    Sketchup.write_default
                                    Sketchup.read_default
                                    http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/sketchup.html#write_default
                                    http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/sketchup.html#read_default

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    [..] the string associated with a value within the specified sub-section section of a .INI file or registry (within the Software > @Last Software > SketchUp section).

                                    Is it really stored under @Last any more?

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @thomthom said:

                                      Sketchup.write_default
                                      Sketchup.read_default
                                      http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/sketchup.html#write_default
                                      http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/sketchup.html#read_default

                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      [..] the string associated with a value within the specified sub-section section of a .INI file or registry (within the Software > @Last Software > SketchUp section).

                                      Is it really stored under @Last any more?

                                      No, / Google / Sketchup 7 / etc... πŸ˜‰

                                      TIG

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        Group.move!
                                        http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/group.html#move!

                                        .move! moves to an absolute point. Worth noting in the manual.

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                                        • Dan RathbunD Offline
                                          Dan Rathbun
                                          last edited by

                                          Geom::Point3d.+
                                          http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/point3d.html#+

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          The '+' operator is a fast way to add to the current x, y and z values of a point, or to set the values of a point by adding to other points together.
                                          The end of the sentence should read, "...by adding **two** other points together."

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          Returns:
                                          vector a Vector object
                                          There is no defined object named 'vector'. If we follow the example the class of the result is given as Geom::Point3d.

                                          pt2 = Geom;;Point3d.new(100,200,300)
                                          pt3 = pt2 + [1,1,1]
                                          >> Point3d(101, 201, 301)
                                          pt3.class
                                          >> Geom;;Point3d
                                          

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          Arguments:
                                          point2 A Point3d object.
                                          An ArugemtError exception is raised if point2 is a Point3d object.
                                          Valid argument classes are: Array or Vector3d. This means to use a Point3d as an argument, you must convert to Array. Example:

                                          pt3 = pt1 + pt2.to_a
                                          

                                          This method needs to be fixed to take a Point3d object and internally convert it to an Array...

                                          # internal to + method
                                          if arg[0].is_a? Point3d { arg[0]=arg[0].to_a }
                                          

                                          ...or a Vector3d:

                                          # internal to + method
                                          if arg[0].is_a? Point3d { arg[0]=[0,0,0].vector_to(arg[0]) }
                                          

                                          either way. The current implementation is clumsy.

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                                          • Dan RathbunD Offline
                                            Dan Rathbun
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                                            **Geom::Point3d.-**
                                            http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/point3d.html#-

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            Returns:
                                            vector a Vector object
                                            There is no defined object named 'vector', but there IS one named ' Vector3d'. If we follow the example the class of the result is given as Geom::Vector3d.

                                            pt2 = Geom;;Point3d.new(100,200,300)
                                            pt3 = pt2 - [1,1,1]
                                            >> Vector3d(99, 199, 299)
                                            pt3.class
                                            >> Geom;;Vector3d
                                            

                                            It seems a bit strange that + returns Point3d, but - returns Vector3d.

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