Curious dialog box

thomthom

Looking close at the various send_action commands. Come across a couple that caught my attention, but I couldn't work out what they do:

Haven't been able to make this do anything...

Nor this. Wonder if it's part of Fix Problems check - or if it does something else. Might try it when I get a model that starts to create overlapping faces.

tomot

interesting!

I wonder if there is a similar dialog box, that would allow a user to evaluate a simple division problem! instead of using the calculator?
for example:
total height 12' / no. of risers 18 = riser height 8 APPLY

Dan Rathbun

We've discussed this. Someone (I think Fredo6,) made an Arithmetic plugin I believe.

Here's quick and dirty inputbox:

def query_for_riser()
  value = ""
  title = "Riser"
  begin
    input = UI.inputbox(['input riser (or calc)  '],[value],title)
    return nil unless input
    riser = eval(input[0]).to_l
  rescue
    value = input[0]
    title = "Riser (Try again)"
    retry
  end
end # def

Type in "18.feet / 18" (without quotes)

Dan Rathbun

@dan rathbun said:

We've discussed this. Someone (I think Fredo6,) made an Arithmetic plugin I believe.

Ok I found the link:

[Code] Parsing arithmetic formulas (Fredo6)

Dan Rathbun

@thomthom said:

Nor this. Wonder if it's part of Fix Problems check - or if it does something else. Might try it when I get a model that starts to create overlapping faces.

Sketchup.send_action 21476 # PC only
is the equiv. of:
Sketchup.send_action "fixNonPlanarFaces:" # cross-platform

And is defined on a utility menu (which is not implemented in the release,) as "Fix Non Planar Faces".

This is separate from "Validity Check" id 21124 (which doesn't have a cross-platform string that I know of... or I just don't know what it is.)
The 21124 is what happens when you click the "Fix Problems" button on the "Statistics" panel of the "Model Info" dialog.

Aerilius

thomthom

@aerilius said:

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??

Where did you find that?

Aerilius

It's defined in the exe (contains interesting old lumber). I didn't find a send_action code yet.

TIG

I thought...
20008 Macro
or
21082 Test Macros
but neither do anything except return true ?

Dan Rathbun

It could be just something that the MSVC++ application wizard adds to a new project, or it's in the default project template, etc.

Ask the SketchUppers ??

thomthom

@aerilius said:

It's defined in the exe (contains interesting old lumber). I didn't find a send_action code yet.

You extracted it from the EXE?

Dan Rathbun

Yes TT it is a resource in the exe file. I myself have also seen it. They are ALOT of dialog designs in there, and some have likely been orphaned, forgotten about etc.

You dont need to actually extract them, you can view any of them with the resource viewer/editor in MSVS.

Aerilius

Another interesting secret menu:

Note: the " %(#000000)[BugSplat Test]" shows a submenu which lists action codes 21560–21571. And 21910 screws... up!

Dan Rathbun

@aerilius said:

Another interesting secret menu:
Which is no longer secret.

@aerilius said:

Note: the " %(#000000)[BugSplat Test]" shows a submenu which lists action codes 21560–21571. And 21910 screws... up!
Yea.. there is so much stuff in there, many on the SketchUp staff don't know about some of it. I actually had to inform one of the team members of those test "Splat!" send actions... to test a certain bug.

Chris Fullmer

The Macro box that someone posted - SketchUp used to have a macro recorder in it. I think that was the interface for that tool.

Dan Rathbun

@chris fullmer said:

.... SketchUp used to have a macro recorder in it.
That must have been back in the days before they integrated Ruby as a scripting engine ?

Chris Fullmer

Yeah it was back before version 4 I think. It recorded the mouse position on the screen and mouse clicks. So if you re-positioned your SU window, the whole macro broke!