Adding dynamic attributes to multiple objects
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Didn't realise one could set attributes like that.
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Yeah, it wouldn't actually be too hard to create a DC editor for non-pro users.
I was considering doing a specialized one just for animating doors and windows.
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I meant the way you added items to AttributeDictionaries. I've always used the explicit
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set_attribute and get_attribute are probably better to use in the long run, if changes were ever made internally they would likely still work.
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heeeey? where was that comment of being able to remove attributs using set_attribute? mind trixies!
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It was wrong! I was thinking of something else. There was what I thought an odd way to delete an attribute, but I think it was an odd way to delete the entire dictionary.
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set_attributecan potentially kill the whole dictionary?? -
Ok, this is what I was remembering:
delete_attribute can delete the entire dictionary if the value param is not used.
http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/entity.html#delete_attribute
@unknownuser said:
Entity.delete_attributeSketchUp 6.0+
The delete_attribute method is used to delete an attribute from an entity. If only the dictionary_name is given, then it deletes the entire AttributeDictionary. Otherwise, delete_attribute deletes the attribute with the given key from the given dictionary. -
@jim said:
Ok, this is what I was remembering:
Entity.delete_attribute can delete the entire dictionary if the value param is not used.
AGREED !
There should have been (should be,) an explicit Entity.delete_dictionary method (even if it calls the other one with 'secret' parameters. Of course the safest way is to rename and then override the delete_attribute method, so only a call to a delete_dictionary method would do the deletion.
Which may actually be how things work with delete_attribute, ie if num args == 1 then it calls the Entity.attribute_dictionaries.delete(arg) method. ) -
Guys,
Thanks for your help! Great insight.
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