Component definition name

[Casey]

Hi,

How to get the definition name from a selected component?
I tried the code below, assuming only one component selected which is correct. But this returns just the name not the definition name which is set when the component is created.

model = Sketchup.active_model; 
selection = model.selection

componentdef = selection[0]
UI.messagebox(componentdef.name)

[TIG]

You are making a reference to an Instance not a Definition.
An Instance can have a name separate from its Component's name...
Do it this way

model = Sketchup.active_model;
selection = model.selection
component_instance = selection[0]
component_definition = component_instance.definition
ci_name = component_instance.name
cd_name = component_definition.name
### to be clever count the instances too ;)
num = component_definition.instances.length.to_s
UI.messagebox("Component Definition Name = "+cdname+"\nComponent Instance Name = "+ciname+"\nThere are "+num+" Instances.")

[Casey]

Works great, thanks.