Select an object based on its attributes

[Pauline01]

Hello,

In this code i associate an adress and a type for an object.

If i have 10 objects, 4 objects have as adress "9994" (in the dictionnary "MyDico", ZoneAdr="9994"), i want create a plugin to select all object with "9994" as adress.

It's possible?

thx

def setzone
prompt = ["Nom de la zone"]
  val = Sketchup.active_model.selection[0].get_attribute("MyDico", "ZoneAdr")
  default = [val]
  result = UI.inputbox prompt, default, "Enter le nom de la zone"
  adrresult = result[0].to_s

    adr = Sketchup.active_model.selection[0].set_attribute("MyDico", "ZoneAdr", adrresult.to_s)
    UI.messagebox ("@ ; " + adr.to_s + " saved")

  adrresult="5"
  adr = Sketchup.active_model.selection[0].set_attribute("MyDico", "ZoneType", adrresult.to_i)
end

[TIG]

@pauline01 said:

Hello,
In this code I associate an address and a type for an object.
If I have 10 objects, 4 objects have as address "9994" (in the dictionary "MyDico", ZoneAdr="9994"), I want create a plugin to select all object with "9994" as address.
It's possible?
thx

> def setzone
> prompt = ["Nom de la zone"]
>   val = Sketchup.active_model.selection[0].get_attribute("MyDico", "ZoneAdr")
>   default = [val]
>   result = UI.inputbox prompt, default, "Enter le nom de la zone"
>   adrresult = result[0].to_s
>     adr = Sketchup.active_model.selection[0].set_attribute("MyDico", "ZoneAdr", adrresult.to_s)
>     UI.messagebox ("@ ; " + adr.to_s + " saved")
>   adrresult="5"
>   adr = Sketchup.active_model.selection[0].set_attribute("MyDico", "ZoneType", adrresult.to_i)
> end
> 

You need to iterate through all of the model's entities [or a selection of things] and look for that attribute...
Here's an example...

model=Sketchup.active_model
entities=model.selection.to_a
### OR
entities=model.entities.to_a
### THEN
zoneAdrs=[] ### an array
entities.each{|e|
  if e.get_attribute("MyDico","ZoneType","")=="9994"
    ### it's a string - could be integer ==
    zoneAdrs << e
  end#if
### NOW zoneAdrs is an array of all entities with ZoneType == "9994"
}

[Pauline01]

thx TIG