Ruby Script question re soften certain lines only

[pmolsen]

How hard would it be to write a Ruby Script that made all vertical lines in a model soft and smooth please?

[thomthom]

Easy.

model = Sketchup.active_model

model.entities.each { |e|
	if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) && e.line[1].parallel?(Z_AXIS)
		e.soft = true
		e.smooth = true
	end
}
model.definitions.each { |d|
	if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) && e.line[1].parallel?(Z_AXIS)
		e.soft = true
		e.smooth = true
	end
}

(Sorry - don't have time to wrap it up in menu system atm)

[pmolsen]

Hey, thanks a lot for that quick response.

Actually what I should really have asked is how do I select all vertical lines. Then I can do whatever I want with them.

[pmolsen]

Tried to finish it off but getting syntax error on the last line. Never created one before. Any ideas please? File is called softenv.rb and is in the plugins folder:

Soften all vertical lines in a model

require 'sketchup.rb'

def soften_vert

model = Sketchup.active_model

model.entities.each { |e|
if e.is_a?(Sketchup::Edge) && e.line[1].parallel?(Z_AXIS)
e.soft = true
e.smooth = true
end
}
model.definitions.each { |d|
if e.is_a?(Sketchup::Edge) && e.line[1].parallel?(Z_AXIS)
e.soft = true
e.smooth = true
end
}

if( not file_loaded?("softenv.rb") )
add_separator_to_menu("Plugins")
UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("Soften vertical lines") { soften_vert }

end

file_loaded("softenv.rb")

[pmolsen]

Ok, I think I was missing an "end" on the last if statement. Fixed that and now get no syntax errors but the option does not appear on the Plugins menu when I restart SU...

[pmolsen]

Shuffled things around a bit by copying other scripts and got the menu item to appear. Not sure how. But when I select the option nothing happens:

Soften all vertical lines in a model

require 'sketchup.rb'

def abc
model = Sketchup.active_model

model.entities.each { |e|
if e.is_a?(Sketchup::Edge) && e.line[1].parallel?(Z_AXIS)
e.soft = true
e.smooth = true
end
}
model.definitions.each { |d|
if e.is_a?(Sketchup::Edge) && e.line[1].parallel?(Z_AXIS)
e.soft = true
e.smooth = true
end
}

end

name = "softenv.rb"
unless file_loaded?(name)
UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("Soften verticals") { abc }
file_loaded name
end