Default save as v7?

Pixero

That means I'll have to continue with SU7 until SU has some features that can convince my boss to upgrade for all of us.

Dan Rathbun

Sketchup.active_model.method('save').arity returns 1 for the argument count, which is the save filename pathstring.

Dan Rathbun

... and model.export does not work with a .skp file extension.

Pixero

@dan rathbun said:

Sketchup.active_model.method('save').arity returns 1 for the argument count, which is the save filename pathstring.

Would you care to explain?
IS there a way of saving as SU7?

thomthom

Nope.

thomthom

@dan rathbun said:

The arity method tells us how many arguments a method has.

Does it work for methods implemented in C?

Dan Rathbun

@thomthom said:

@dan rathbun said:

The arity method tells us how many arguments a method has.

Does it work for methods implemented in C?

Well... since Ruby's internal methods are written in C, check this out:

Varible number of args:
Object.method('instance_eval').arity

-1

No args:
Object.method('id').arity

0

One arg:
Object.method('method').arity

1

Two args:
Object.method('instance_variable_set').arity

2

..and etc.

Dan Rathbun

@pixero said:

@dan rathbun said:

Sketchup.active_model.method('save').arity returns 1 for the argument count, which is the save filename pathstring.

Would you care to explain?

The arity method tells us how many arguments a method has.
Therefore the above call, shows us that no new arguments have been added in v8.

@pixero said:

IS there a way of saving as SU7?

Not automatically... but you can do so manually, thru the Save As... dialog.

And there seems to be a bug (in SU8
Dir.chdir( File.dirname( Sketchup.active_model.path ) ) Sketchup.active_model.save( File.basename(Sketchup.active_model.path) )

Does NOT save the model AT ALL in ANY version, regardless of what version the file is, or whether or not it has been modified, BUT stills returns true !
~

Pixero

Sorry for bringing this up again, but if I save as SU7 in SU8 and then after that press Save.
Will that continue to be a SU7 version or will it overwrite it back to SU8?

TIG

If you are working in a model that's been opened in 'v8' then whenever you 'save' it will be as in the 'v8' format.
Whenever you use 'save_as' it will be saved in the 'selected format' at the point you press OK: this defaults to 'v8' format every time: so you have to change it manually each time to another earlier version format - e.g. 'v7'...

Sorry, but your "dream" hasn't / won't come true...