Save As Plugin

rossthompson

Hi,

I was wandering if anyone can help me - I am looking for a ruby script to perform the following:

Open a fresh window of SketchUp (leaving all the currently open windows as they are)
Save the newly opened blank model to the desktop as 'temp.skp'

Is this possible with the API?

I know it only takes a few seconds to do these actions manually, but I am required to do this so often a script would be very valuable.

Thanks

Ross

GWD

mac of pc?

rossthompson

PC

Aerilius

The hardware shouldn't matter, but whether it's the Windows or OS X version of SketchUp.

The OS X version can open multiple documents in the same SketchUp application, whereas in the Windows version you have to launch a new instance of the application. This new instance then doesn't know whether you opened it or whether it is supposed to be the temp.skp.

Let me suggest a different perspective on the problem: You want a new SketchUp model, based on a template and saved on your desktop. Basically we copy your template to the desktop and open it.

module Ross
  def self.new_file_on_desktop
    template = File.expand_path(Sketchup.template)
    home = ENV["HOME"] || ENV["USERPROFILE"] || ENV["HOME"]
    home = File.expand_path(home)
    target = File.join(home, "Desktop", "temp.skp")
    #FileUtils.cp(template, target)
    system("copy #{template.inspect} #{target.inspect}")
    UI.openURL(target) if File.exists?(target)
  end
  UI.menu("File").add_item("New file on desktop"){ Ross.new_file_on_desktop }
end

rossthompson

Aerilius thanks very much for this - that is a clever approach.

I have tried running the module you have written. However it opens command prompt with an error message "The system cannot find the file specified. 0 file(s) copied".

I have tried debugging through the ruby console (see attachment) and the script correctly identifies my custom template file and the path to my desktop.

However line 8 returns 'false' when trying to copy the file.

I don't understand why this would be the case.

Do you have any ideas?

Thanks

Ross

Ruby Console.jpg