Complex scripting/plugin - to create a component library

[Lersince1991]

Done
I think?

` ### PURGE UNUSED COMPONENTS
Sketchup.active_model.definitions.purge_unused

SETUP LIST OF NAMES

model=Sketchup.active_model
defs=model.definitions
cnames=[]
defs.each{|d|cnames << d.name}
cnames.sort!

f='P:\02 General\Resource Library\People\JPEG'
cnames.each{|name|
d=defs[name]
bb=Gem::Boundingbox.new
d.entities.each{|e|bb.add(e.bounds)}

ADD IMAGE TEXTURES

img=d.entities.add_image(File.join(f, File.basename(f, ".*")+".jpg"), [-1.mm,-1.mm,0], bb.width+2.mm, bb.height+2.mm)
img.explode
togos=[]
d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup::Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
d.entities.erase_entities(togos)
d.entities.each{|e|e.reverse! if e.is_a?(Sketchup::Face) && e.normal!=Z_AXIS}

STAND COMPONENT CONTENTS TO VERTICAL

tr=Geom::Transformation.rotation(ORIGIN, X_AXIS, -90.degrees)
d.entities.transform_entities(tr, d.entities.to_a)
}

FACE ME

cnames.each{|name|
defs[name].save_as(File.join(f, File.basename(f, ".*")+".skp"))
}

REMOVE OUTER EDGE LEFT FROM EXPLODED IMAGE

img.explode
togos=[]
d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup::Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
d.entities.erase_entities(togos)

REMOVE HOLES

faces=[]
d.entities.each{|e|faces << e if e.is_a?(Sketchup::Face)}
(faces.length-1).times{
for face in faces
if face.valid?
for edgeuse in face.outer_loop.edgeuses
if not edgeuse.partners[0] ### outermost face
faces = faces - [face]
loops = face.loops
for loop in loops
for fac in faces
if fac.valid? and (fac.outer_loop.edges - loop.edges) == []
faces = faces - [fac]
fac.erase! if fac.valid?
### fac abutts kept face so it must be erased...
end #if fac
end #for fac
end #for loop
end #if outermost
end #for edgeuse
end #if valid
end #for face
}#times`

[TIG]

Needs testing - but looks reasonably convincing...
Indent the various parts of the code to make it 'readable'...
[Get Notepad++ - recommended for code editing etc]
Put your code inside a module thus:

module LukeR
  def self.importer()
    ### add your code here
  end
end

Usage: in the Ruby Console type LukeR.importer + <enter>

Change its name[s] as desired...

Later you can add your own new methods too like LukeR.discombobulator

[TIG]

Last couple of points.
Using jpeg images as textures allows the faces to display received shadows [provided the containing object is set to do so too].
Using png images means they don't take shadows at all - the advantage is that they can have a transparent background so small 'holes' will be 'see-through' even if the face has no corresponding small hole.

The other issue is hiding the edges of the faces within the component.
This easily done by adding a block of code near the end of each definition's processing...
d.entities.each{|e|e.hidden=true if e.is_a?(Sketchup::Edge)}
Only the component's faces are visible.
If View > Hidden Geometry is set ON the edges display as 'dotted' lines

[Lersince1991]

Managed to use a batch action in illustrator to successfully ungroup/explode all the components so that issue is solved.

Just tried saving the file as a .rb in the plugins folder and got and error. I am really not sure what I sould really do? Does the file name matter?

module LukeR
  def self.importer()

### PURGE UNUSED COMPONENTS
Sketchup.active_model.definitions.purge_unused

### SETUP LIST OF NAMES
model=Sketchup.active_model
defs=model.definitions
cnames=[]
defs.each{|d|cnames << d.name}
cnames.sort!

f='P;\02 General\Resource Library\People\JPEG'
cnames.each{|name|
	d=defs[name]
	bb=Gem;;Boundingbox.new
	d.entities.each{|e|bb.add(e.bounds)}
	### ADD IMAGE TEXTURES
	img=d.entities.add_image(File.join(f, File.basename(f, ".*")+".jpg"), [-1.mm,-1.mm,0], bb.width+2.mm, bb.height+2.mm)
	img.explode
	togos=[]
	d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
	d.entities.erase_entities(togos)
	d.entities.each{|e|e.reverse! if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face) && e.normal!=Z_AXIS}
	### STAND COMPONENT CONTENTS TO VERTICAL
	tr=Geom;;Transformation.rotation(ORIGIN, X_AXIS, -90.degrees)
	d.entities.transform_entities(tr, d.entities.to_a)
	}

### FACE ME
cnames.each{|name|
	defs[name].save_as(File.join(f, File.basename(f, ".*")+".skp"))
	}

### REMOVE OUTER EDGE LEFT FROM EXPLODED IMAGE
img.explode
	togos=[]
	d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
	d.entities.erase_entities(togos)

### REMOVE HOLES
faces=[]
d.entities.each{|e|faces << e if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face)}
(faces.length-1).times{
   for face in faces
    if face.valid?
      for edgeuse in face.outer_loop.edgeuses
         if not edgeuse.partners[0] ### outermost face
            faces = faces - [face]
            loops = face.loops
            for loop in loops
               for fac in faces
                  if fac.valid? and (fac.outer_loop.edges - loop.edges) == []
                     faces = faces - [fac]
                     fac.erase! if fac.valid?
                     ### fac abutts kept face so it must be erased...
                  end #if fac
               end #for fac
            end #for loop
         end #if outermost
      end #for edgeuse
    end #if valid
   end #for face
}#times

end
end

ERROR

LukeR.importer
Error; #<NameError; C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;17;in `importer'; uninitialized constant LukeR;;Gem>
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;17
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;15;in `each'
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;15;in `importer'
(eval);0

Nearly there now!
Thanks again TIG

[TIG]

Typo
bb=Gem::Boundingbox.new
should be
bb=Geom::Boundingbox.new

The error messages show what's wrong 'Gem' and the line number - here '17'...

[Lersince1991]

Ahh thank you. Will try again.
I looked there and thought it was the double "::" that was the issue

[Lersince1991]

I got the same error:

LukeR.importer
Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `new' for ;Boundingbox;Symbol>
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;17
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;15;in `each'
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;15;in `importer'
(eval);17

module LukeR
  def self.importer()

### PURGE UNUSED COMPONENTS
Sketchup.active_model.definitions.purge_unused

### SETUP LIST OF NAMES
model=Sketchup.active_model
defs=model.definitions
cnames=[]
defs.each{|d|cnames << d.name}
cnames.sort!

f='P;\02 General\Resource Library\People\JPEG'
cnames.each{|name|
 d=defs[name]
 bb=Geom;;Boundingbox.new
 d.entities.each{|e|bb.add(e.bounds)}

 ### ADD IMAGE TEXTURES
 img=d.entities.add_image(File.join(f, File.basename(f, ".*")+".jpg"), [-1.mm,-1.mm,0], bb.width+2.mm, bb.height+2.mm)
 img.explode
 togos=[]
 d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
 d.entities.erase_entities(togos)
 d.entities.each{|e|e.reverse! if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face) && e.normal!=Z_AXIS}

 ### STAND COMPONENT CONTENTS TO VERTICAL
 tr=Geom;;Transformation.rotation(ORIGIN, X_AXIS, -90.degrees)
 d.entities.transform_entities(tr, d.entities.to_a)
 }

### FACE ME
cnames.each{|name|
	defs[name].save_as(File.join(f, File.basename(f, ".*")+".skp"))
	}

### REMOVE OUTER EDGE LEFT FROM EXPLODED IMAGE
img.explode
	togos=[]
	d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
	d.entities.erase_entities(togos)

### REMOVE HOLES
faces=[]
d.entities.each{|e|faces << e if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face)}
(faces.length-1).times{
   for face in faces
    if face.valid?
      for edgeuse in face.outer_loop.edgeuses
         if not edgeuse.partners[0] ### outermost face
            faces = faces - [face]
            loops = face.loops
            for loop in loops
               for fac in faces
                  if fac.valid? and (fac.outer_loop.edges - loop.edges) == []
                     faces = faces - [fac]
                     fac.erase! if fac.valid?
                     ### fac abutts kept face so it must be erased...
                  end #if fac
               end #for fac
            end #for loop
         end #if outermost
      end #for edgeuse
    end #if valid
   end #for face
}#times

end
end

[TIG]

If you read it although it's the same line of code it is ANOTHER error!
Another daft typo!
It should actually be Bounding**B**ox
NOT
Boundingbox
So the line should be
bb=Geom::BoundingBox.new

I didn't spot that either...

Incidentally the double :: is used to show the Module::Class
A . shows the method [def] thus:
Module::Class.method()
You can also have a Module.method()
Sketchup and its related modules, like Geom, have both classes/methods and methods...

The 'o' was simply missed out of the 'Geom' module's name, causing the error...
When testing a script the line references in errors are very useful [Notepad++ will display line numbers under one of it's Settings...]
A , instead of a . [or vice versa], a missing ( or } etc, a simple spelling error etc, can mess everything up big time... But if you know the line you can usually find the error easily...

[Lersince1991]

Ah ok Thankyou, I didn't realise it was case sensitive on commands! Will try again

[Lersince1991]

Can't work this one out:

LukeR.importer
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;21; warning; Could not create Image for P;/02 General/Resource Library/People/JPEG/JPEG.jpg

Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `explode' for nil;NilClass>
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;22
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;15;in `each'
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;15;in `importer'
(eval);0

module LukeR
  def self.importer()

### PURGE UNUSED COMPONENTS
Sketchup.active_model.definitions.purge_unused

### SETUP LIST OF NAMES
model=Sketchup.active_model
defs=model.definitions
cnames=[]
defs.each{|d|cnames << d.name}
cnames.sort!

f='P;\02 General\Resource Library\People\JPEG'
cnames.each{|name|
 d=defs[name]
 bb=Geom;;BoundingBox.new
 d.entities.each{|e|bb.add(e.bounds)}

 ### ADD IMAGE TEXTURES
 img=d.entities.add_image(File.join(f, File.basename(f, ".*")+".jpg"), [-1.mm,-1.mm,0], bb.width+2.mm, bb.height+2.mm)
 img.explode
 togos=[]
 d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
 d.entities.erase_entities(togos)
 d.entities.each{|e|e.reverse! if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face) && e.normal!=Z_AXIS}

 ### STAND COMPONENT CONTENTS TO VERTICAL
 tr=Geom;;Transformation.rotation(ORIGIN, X_AXIS, -90.degrees)
 d.entities.transform_entities(tr, d.entities.to_a)
 }

### FACE ME
cnames.each{|name|
	defs[name].save_as(File.join(f, File.basename(f, ".*")+".skp"))
	}

### REMOVE OUTER EDGE LEFT FROM EXPLODED IMAGE
img.explode
	togos=[]
	d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
	d.entities.erase_entities(togos)

### REMOVE HOLES
faces=[]
d.entities.each{|e|faces << e if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face)}
(faces.length-1).times{
   for face in faces
    if face.valid?
      for edgeuse in face.outer_loop.edgeuses
         if not edgeuse.partners[0] ### outermost face
            faces = faces - [face]
            loops = face.loops
            for loop in loops
               for fac in faces
                  if fac.valid? and (fac.outer_loop.edges - loop.edges) == []
                     faces = faces - [fac]
                     fac.erase! if fac.valid?
                     ### fac abutts kept face so it must be erased...
                  end #if fac
               end #for fac
            end #for loop
         end #if outermost
      end #for edgeuse
    end #if valid
   end #for face
}#times

end
end

[TIG]

It's because it's another typo !
Line#21 should read
img=d.entities.add_image(File.join(f, File.basename(**name**, ".*")+".jpg"), [-1.mm,-1.mm,0], bb.width+2.mm, bb.height+2.mm)
sorry...

[Lersince1991]

Got some more issues TIG
Its getting there!

1. It was rotating them the wrong angle so I change "-90" to "90" - so this is solved.

2. The result is just one component left - dont know where everything else went

3. For the one component that is left the face me doesnt seem to be working

4. I don't think it likes the img.explode on line 39

LukeR.importer
Error; #<NameError; undefined local variable or method `img' for LukeR;Module>
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;39
(eval);0

module LukeR
  def self.importer()

### PURGE UNUSED COMPONENTS
Sketchup.active_model.definitions.purge_unused

### SETUP LIST OF NAMES
model=Sketchup.active_model
defs=model.definitions
cnames=[]
defs.each{|d|cnames << d.name}
cnames.sort!

f='P;\02 General\Resource Library\People\JPEG'
cnames.each{|name|
 d=defs[name]
 bb=Geom;;BoundingBox.new
 d.entities.each{|e|bb.add(e.bounds)}

### ADD IMAGE TEXTURES
 img=d.entities.add_image(File.join(f, File.basename(name, ".*")+".jpg"), [-1.mm,-1.mm,0], bb.width+2.mm, bb.height+2.mm)
 img.explode
 togos=[]
 d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
 d.entities.erase_entities(togos)
 d.entities.each{|e|e.reverse! if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face) && e.normal!=Z_AXIS}

### STAND COMPONENT CONTENTS TO VERTICAL
 tr=Geom;;Transformation.rotation(ORIGIN, X_AXIS, 90.degrees)
 d.entities.transform_entities(tr, d.entities.to_a)
 }

### FACE ME
 cnames.each{|name|
	defs[name].save_as(File.join(f, File.basename(f, ".*")+".skp"))
	}

### REMOVE OUTER EDGE LEFT FROM EXPLODED IMAGE
 img.explode
	togos=[]
	d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
	d.entities.erase_entities(togos)

### REMOVE HOLES
faces=[]
d.entities.each{|e|faces << e if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face)}
(faces.length-1).times{
   for face in faces
    if face.valid?
      for edgeuse in face.outer_loop.edgeuses
         if not edgeuse.partners[0] ### outermost face
            faces = faces - [face]
            loops = face.loops
            for loop in loops
               for fac in faces
                  if fac.valid? and (fac.outer_loop.edges - loop.edges) == []
                     faces = faces - [fac]
                     fac.erase! if fac.valid?
                     ### fac abutts kept face so it must be erased...
                  end #if fac
               end #for fac
            end #for loop
         end #if outermost
      end #for edgeuse
    end #if valid
   end #for face
}#times

end
end

---

[TIG]

I would have thought -90.degrees was the correct angle... but if +90 works use it

I'm not sure how you are adding the initial components - importing as dxf/dwg outline ?
Before you add the images to their matching components made from the CAD files... do you have one of every type of component in the model ?? Remember this code is just to add an image to each preexisting component with the same name...

You have a spurious img.explode line of code at line#39 remove it: it must have got copied down from where it's used earlier... and I'd not noticed it before...

There's currently no code to make each component a 'faceme' type...
If you want that, then in the block {} that's processing the definition 'd' add a line
d.behavior.always_face_camera=true

[Lersince1991]

@unknownuser said:

I'm not sure how you are adding the initial components - importing as dxf/dwg outline ?
Before you add the images to their matching components made from the CAD files... do you have one of every type of component in the model ?? Remember this code is just to add an image to each preexisting component with the same name...

The .dwg files are imported into sketchup pro. But I used a batch import command I found elsewhere and it seems to work well. It will import every .dwg file in a selected folder, it imports all of these files into the current model - I used a new file so theres nothing else in it (apart from the default 2d woman!, but she got deleted). Each .dwg file is made into a component with the same name as the .dwg file. - so this should all match up with the file names of the jpegs in P:\02 General\Resource Library\People\JPEG
I have also attached an image that should help show what the sketchup model is like.
These components are all just outlines with no faces. just lines.

example:
0001 vyonyx_couple_001.jpg
goes with
0001 vyonyx_couple_001.dwg

Hope this helps.

@unknownuser said:

You have a spurious img.explode line of code at line#39 remove it: it must have got copied down from where it's used earlier... and I'd not noticed it before...

Ok will delete it.

@unknownuser said:

There's currently no code to make each component a 'faceme' type...
If you want that, then in the block {} that's processing the definition 'd' add a line
d.behavior.always_face_camera=true

Sorry I dont understand this
Shall I copy d.behavior.always_face_camera=true into the script? where does it go?

If it helps I have also found that it is creating a file in "P:\02 General\Resource Library\People\JPEG" called "JPEG.skp" - this is empty though.

If something is trying to save the components as .skp files, dont worry about this as long as they are in the same model I can just save all the components in the model via the components window.

Heres the current code:

module LukeR
  def self.importer()

### PURGE UNUSED COMPONENTS
Sketchup.active_model.definitions.purge_unused

### SETUP LIST OF NAMES
model=Sketchup.active_model
defs=model.definitions
cnames=[]
defs.each{|d|cnames << d.name}
cnames.sort!

f='P;\02 General\Resource Library\People\JPEG'
cnames.each{|name|
 d=defs[name]
 bb=Geom;;BoundingBox.new
 d.entities.each{|e|bb.add(e.bounds)}

### ADD IMAGE TEXTURES
 img=d.entities.add_image(File.join(f, File.basename(name, ".*")+".jpg"), [-1.mm,-1.mm,0], bb.width+2.mm, bb.height+2.mm)
 img.explode
 togos=[]
 d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
 d.entities.erase_entities(togos)
 d.entities.each{|e|e.reverse! if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face) && e.normal!=Z_AXIS}

### STAND COMPONENT CONTENTS TO VERTICAL
 tr=Geom;;Transformation.rotation(ORIGIN, X_AXIS, 90.degrees)
 d.entities.transform_entities(tr, d.entities.to_a)
 }

### FACE ME
 cnames.each{|name|
	defs[name].save_as(File.join(f, File.basename(f, ".*")+".skp"))
	}

### REMOVE OUTER EDGE LEFT FROM EXPLODED IMAGE
	togos=[]
	d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
	d.entities.erase_entities(togos)

### REMOVE HOLES
faces=[]
d.entities.each{|e|faces << e if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face)}
(faces.length-1).times{
   for face in faces
    if face.valid?
      for edgeuse in face.outer_loop.edgeuses
         if not edgeuse.partners[0] ### outermost face
            faces = faces - [face]
            loops = face.loops
            for loop in loops
               for fac in faces
                  if fac.valid? and (fac.outer_loop.edges - loop.edges) == []
                     faces = faces - [fac]
                     fac.erase! if fac.valid?
                     ### fac abutts kept face so it must be erased...
                  end #if fac
               end #for fac
            end #for loop
         end #if outermost
      end #for edgeuse
    end #if valid
   end #for face
}#times

end
end

---

[TIG]

You have got some of your coding steps in a tangle...
I'll fix it and post a working [hopefully] version soonest...

Incidentally, you don't need to open SketchUp with 'the 2d-woman' etc.
You can delete her, Model Info > Statistics > Purge Unused...
Then set other values exactly as desired - Units, number of dp's, no-snapping, no-unit-suffix, Text font/size, Dimension defaults etc.
Then under File > Save as Template. Under Preferences set that as your default template, thereafter every time you open a new SKP it will be empty and have the exact settings you prefer...

[Lersince1991]

Ok Thank you!!!!!!!!

~~I have used sketchup for 5 years and never bothered to change the default style!
Thanks ~~
CHANGED!

[TIG]

Here it is:
I can't try it because I have no paired dwg/image sets...

### Usage; Ruby Console type LukeR.importer
require('sketchup.rb')
module LukeR
  def self.importer()
  
	model=Sketchup.active_model
	defs=model.definitions
	
	### PURGE UNUSED COMPONENTS [NOT NEEDED IF YOU DO IT MANUALLY FIRST]
	#defs.purge_unused

	### SETUP LIST OF NAMES etc
	cnames=[]
	defs.each{|d|cnames << d.name if File.extname(d.name).downcase == '.dwg'}
	cnames.sort!

	fj='P;\02 General\Resource Library\People\JPEG' ### for images
	ff='P;\02 General\Resource Library\People' ### for saved SKPs
	
	cnames.each{|name|
		
		puts name
		
		### SET UP defn etc
		d=defs[name]
		bb=Geom;;BoundingBox.new
		d.entities.each{|e|bb.add(e.bounds)}

		### ADD IMAGE TEXTURES
		img=d.entities.add_image(File.join(fj, File.basename(name, ".*")+".jpg"), [-1.mm,-1.mm,0], bb.width+2.mm, bb.height+2.mm)
		img.explode
		
		### REMOVE img's UNWANTED PERIMETER
		togos=[]
		d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
		d.entities.erase_entities(togos)
		
		### ENSURE FACES ARE 'UP'
		d.entities.each{|e|e.reverse! if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face) && e.normal!=Z_AXIS}

		### STAND COMPONENT'S CONTENTS TO BE VERTICAL
		tr=Geom;;Transformation.rotation(ORIGIN, X_AXIS, 90.degrees)
		d.entities.transform_entities(tr, d.entities.to_a)

		### MAKE IT A FACE-ME COMPONENT
		d.behavior.always_face_camera=true

		### REMOVE ANY 'HOLES'
		faces=[]
		d.entities.each{|e|faces << e if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face)}
		(faces.length-1).times{
		   for face in faces
			if face.valid?
			  for edgeuse in face.outer_loop.edgeuses
				 if not edgeuse.partners[0] ### outermost face
					faces = faces - [face]
					loops = face.loops
					for loop in loops
					   for fac in faces
						  if fac.valid? and (fac.outer_loop.edges - loop.edges) == []
							 faces = faces - [fac]
							 fac.erase! if fac.valid?
							 ### fac abutts kept face so it must be erased...
						  end #if fac
					   end #for fac
					end #for loop
				 end #if outermost
			  end #for edgeuse
			end #if valid
		   end #for face
		}#times
		
		### FINALLY... SAVE IT INTO 'PEOPLE' AS A' SKP'
		d.save_as(File.join(ff, File.basename(name, ".*")+".skp"))
		
	}#names
	
	end#def
end#module

[Lersince1991]

SO MUCH BETTER!

Ok its getting there!

Its not working fully.
I have deleted parts of the script and tried it again at various stages.
I think the deleting the img edges after exploding isnt working. I think the newly created face needs to be intersected with the rest of the outline (found that the whole rectangle is one face and currently ignores the outline).

Can we add an intersect just after ### ADD IMAGE TEXTURES?

[TIG]

The img.explode ought to auto-intersect the image's face and the rest of the edges [I assume that the component 'outline' consists of just edges ??]
However, as you suggest... the following code inserted immediately after the 'img.explode' line of code, should ensure proper intersection, if it's possible...
t=Geom::Transformation.new() d.entities.intersect_with(false, t, d.entities, t, true, d.entities.to_a)

Things that might stop this being always effective are:
that the outline edges are not quite coplanar and therefore don't split the newly added image face:
the outline contains edges that are tiny in length, and thereby the Sketchup intersect method fails as both ends are deemed to be coincident and therefore the edge is not recognized and therefore no full loop is made as needed to hold a face...
If that's the case we can try to 'heal' tiny edges... but let's first see how the current fix-up ideas work...

[Lersince1991]

Yeah the components are just faces after being importer as dwg.
I tried just to add the textures them intersect them individually and that worked hence the suggestion of an intersect.
So that should work!

But I did this and got an error:

LukeR.importer
0001 vyonyx_couple_001.dwg
Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `transformation' for Geom;Module>
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;32
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;20;in `each'
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/component_import.rb;20;in `importer'
(eval);0

I obviously put them in wrong! Sorry

UPDATE: My guess is it needs a capital T on transformation
testing now

### Usage; Ruby Console type LukeR.importer
require('sketchup.rb')
module LukeR
  def self.importer()
  
   model=Sketchup.active_model
   defs=model.definitions
   
   ### PURGE UNUSED COMPONENTS [NOT NEEDED IF YOU DO IT MANUALLY FIRST]
   #defs.purge_unused

   ### SETUP LIST OF NAMES etc
   cnames=[]
   defs.each{|d|cnames << d.name if File.extname(d.name).downcase == '.dwg'}
   cnames.sort!

   fj='P;\02 General\Resource Library\People\JPEG' ### for images
   ff='P;\02 General\Resource Library\People\Sketchup People' ### for saved SKPs
   
   cnames.each{|name|
      
      puts name
      
      ### SET UP defn etc
      d=defs[name]
      bb=Geom;;BoundingBox.new
      d.entities.each{|e|bb.add(e.bounds)}

      ### ADD IMAGE TEXTURES
      img=d.entities.add_image(File.join(fj, File.basename(name, ".*")+".jpg"), [-1.mm,-1.mm,0], bb.width+2.mm, bb.height+2.mm)
      img.explode
      t=Geom;;transformation.new()
      d.entities.intersect_with(false, t, d.entities, t, true, d.entities.to_a)
      
      ### REMOVE img's UNWANTED PERIMETER
      togos=[]
      d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
      d.entities.erase_entities(togos)
      
      ### ENSURE FACES ARE 'UP'
      d.entities.each{|e|e.reverse! if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face) && e.normal!=Z_AXIS}

      ### STAND COMPONENT'S CONTENTS TO BE VERTICAL
      tr=Geom;;Transformation.rotation(ORIGIN, X_AXIS, 90.degrees)
      d.entities.transform_entities(tr, d.entities.to_a)

      ### MAKE IT A FACE-ME COMPONENT
      d.behavior.always_face_camera=true

      ### REMOVE OUTER EDGES LEFT FROM EXPLODED IMAGE
      togos=[]
      d.entities.each{|e|togos << e if e.valid? and e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Edge) and e.faces.length<2}
      d.entities.erase_entities(togos)

      ### REMOVE ANY 'HOLES'
      faces=[]
      d.entities.each{|e|faces << e if e.is_a?(Sketchup;;Face)}
      (faces.length-1).times{
         for face in faces
         if face.valid?
           for edgeuse in face.outer_loop.edgeuses
             if not edgeuse.partners[0] ### outermost face
               faces = faces - [face]
               loops = face.loops
               for loop in loops
                  for fac in faces
                    if fac.valid? and (fac.outer_loop.edges - loop.edges) == []
                      faces = faces - [fac]
                      fac.erase! if fac.valid?
                      ### fac abutts kept face so it must be erased...
                    end #if fac
                  end #for fac
               end #for loop
             end #if outermost
           end #for edgeuse
         end #if valid
         end #for face
      }#times
      
      ### FINALLY... SAVE IT INTO 'PEOPLE' AS A' SKP'
      d.save_as(File.join(ff, File.basename(name, ".*")+".skp"))
      
   }#names
   
   end#def
end#module

It didnt do that before I added the intersect command