Problem with color
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Apart from sloppy coding you are muddling up 'color' and 'material'.
You make a color and then try to assign it to a face as if it were a material - that won't work
Make a material.
Give that material a color.
Add the material to the face.
mat=model.materials.add("MyLovelyMaterial") mat.color=[255,240,187] face.material=mat
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@ Dan:
well unfortunately this doesn't help,
i have only one file with the aforementioned code.
And if i wrapped it in a namespace, the problem isn't fixed. The cuboid is drawn colorlessly. Only the sketchup-bridge in RDE draw it with color, but it should do that from the plungins folder. -
@chris88 said:
@ Dan:
well unfortunately this doesn't help,
i have only one file with the aforementioned code.
And if i wrapped it in a namespace, the problem isn't fixed. The cuboid is drawn colorlessly. Only the sketchup-bridge in RDE draw it with color, but it should do that from the plungins folder.Maybe you can't create geometry like that immediacy as SU starts?
What happens if you call your command from the Ruby Console, or activate it from a menu? Just a thought since your file calls your method as it loads with SU - maybe SU isn't ready. -
You are wrongly applying a color as if it were a material, if you'd reread my post!
On the question of it not working at startup why not add a test loop at the very start of your def, along the lines of
unless Sketchup.active_model;until Sketchup.active_model.active_entities;end;end
so it waits until there IS an active entities object to add geometry to ??? -
@tig said:
On the question of it not working at startup why not add a test loop at the very start of your def, along the lines of
unless Sketchup.active_model;until Sketchup.active_model.active_entities;end;end
so it waits until there IS an active entities object to add geometry to ???That that doesn't block the processing queue?
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Haven't tried it...
He could also try a timer to kick in after a few seconds from loading the code ? -
Maybe.
But maybe there's another way around this...
I think we need to step back and figure out the purpose of this exercise, and not get caught up in an issue that could be a non-issue if there are better alternatives.
Why is the method called upon startup? Is it to perform testing? Do you (Chris88) restart SU when you change your code?
If you do - then there is an alternative. Just type into the Ruby Console:load 'myrubyfile.rb'to reload the code without restarting SU. -
@chris88 said:
@ Dan: well unfortunately this doesn't help,
i have only one file with the aforementioned code.Sorry.. wrong issue. I saw
create_box()and assumed.. shame on me.
Quitting smoking and working on the dirty underside of my car males me grumpy, but I should not have "snipped" at you. My apologies.@chris88 said:
And if i wrapped it in a namespace, the problem isn't fixed.
True.. but you still need to write code in your own namespace.
@chris88 said:
@ Dan: well unfortunately this doesn't help,
I have only one file with the aforementioned code.Google installs the other two files.. which conflict with each other.
You would best chose another method name, if your going to define that method in the global Objectspace.
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Sorry i wasn't online the last days.
First of all thanks for your suggestions.
I don't prefer the method with the timer, because i have to close and
open SU many times in a row. But i like the method "load rubyscript.rb"
i will test it.
And thanks to TIG, your help me a lot.
@Dan It's ok -
This
unless Sketchup.active_model;until Sketchup.active_model.active_entities;end;end
and thisload 'myrubyfile.rb'are the solutions for my problem, well it's really so,
that SU isn't ready to load the color.
Thanks again.Can anyone say how to make the material transparent, please?
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@chris88 said:
Can anyone say how to make the material transparent, please?
http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/material.html#alpha=
Note that the Material object doesn't use the alpha channel of the Color object.
<span class="syntaxdefault">m </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">materials</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'MyMaterial'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">m</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">color </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">255</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">128</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">m</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">alpha </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 0.5<br /></span> -
Great!
Thank you, i like this forum more and more.Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all!
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