Beginners Guide??
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HI,
I would love to get involved in developing plugins for SketchUp. However, i have little to no knowledge on ruby scripting, so im in need of a beginner guide. I was wondering if you could suggest a website that can provide simple step by step guides that can help to start my knowledge on writing ruby script.
I think i would like to begin by developing a plugin that can create a simple box..... basically one very similar to the box.rb that is available in the example plugins.
Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated.
Regards
James
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We have this thread with lots of SketchUp ruby resources: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10142
However, are you brand new to Ruby in general? Or even scripting?
You might find this book interesting: http://www.autosketchup.com/
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Books that you can download here as free PDF
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My tutorial goes into Ruby scripting, starting in Chapter 11.
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Before you can script using the Sketchup Ruby API,
you really should learn the basics of Standard Ruby.I have posted a Ruby Links list at GoogleGroups: RUBY RESOURCES (Links)
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Be sure to also check out the addendum post as well as the 1st post.
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ie. Martin's tutorial is on the addendum.
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There are 4 online tutorials listed at the top of the list, which you should go thru (probably in the order listed.)
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There are at least 6 (six) free books (most downloadable as PDF,) that you should get and put on your system for reference.
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You can get Ruby CHM help files: RUBY PROGRAMMING REFERENCES
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I got started, by watching Chris Fullmer's video tutorials on youtube. They helped me out alot, so I highly recommend them: http://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisFullmer#g/u
-Kwok
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My favroite is the tutorial by Chris Pine that Dan has a link to in his Ruby Resources post. Its a great tutorial for beginners:
Chris
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