New API doc - typos and questions

[Dan Rathbun]

@thomthom said:

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

@unknownuser said:

Returns:
ray a ray

"a ray"? Without testing this I#m guessing either a vector or line.

see this...

@unknownuser said:

Model.raytest
A ray is a two element array containing a point and a vector [Geom::Point3d(), Geom::Vector3d()]. http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/model.html#raytest
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[thomthom]

Yea - I tested it later that day. It's what the Geom module describes as a line.

[Dan Rathbun]

@thomthom said:

Yea - I tested it later that day. It's what the Geom module describes as a line.

Shouldn't the API have a definition for Line and/or Ray as a class (under the Geom module) ?

something like:

class Geom;;Ray < Array
  def new(*args)
    Array[Geom;;Point3d().new, Geom;;Vector3d().new]
    super()
  end
end

[thomthom]

Line and Plane? hm... maybe... thought of that myself. but never really felt the need for it to make a request. works fine as it is.

Dealing with them as Arrays works ok. They are simple structures.

[Dan Rathbun]

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.

[Jim]

Thanks Dan - yet more never-seen-before docs coming to light.

[thomthom]

I have the mental image of Scott drowning in printouts from this thread...

[Jim]

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

[thomthom]

@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

[Jim]

View.show_frame

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

[Dan Rathbun]

@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 Rathbun]

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 Rathbun]

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 Rathbun]

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 Rathbun]

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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[thomthom]

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.

[TIG]

@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...

[thomthom]

@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.

[TIG]

@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!"

[thomthom]

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?