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    • Dan RathbunD Offline
      Dan Rathbun
      last edited by

      integer arguments are PC ONLY:

      @unknownuser said:

      (http://forums.sketchucation.com/memberlist.php?mode) in Google toolbar: get position":2lfu275a]Hi all, do you know how can I call the get position (the 1st command in Google Toolbar) via API?
      I looked around and found that SU5 had some script for manage the Google Earth input/ouput.

      use: Sketchup.send_action( *numarg* )

      Sketchup ver 7.x, where *numarg* is:

      <span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">send_action</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> numarg </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Sketchup ver 7.x<br /># PC ONLY ; numargs for the Google Toolbar;<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  139  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Get Current View"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  140  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Toggle Terrain"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  145  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Place Model"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">21988  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Get Models"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">21989  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Share Model"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">24188  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Upload Component"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  </span>

      Sketchup ver 8.x, where *numarg* is:

      <span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">send_action</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> numarg </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Sketchup ver 8.x<br /># PC ONLY ; numargs for the Google Toolbar;<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  139  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Add Location..."<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  140  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Toggle Terrain"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">24209  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Add New Building..."<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">24210  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Photo Textures"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  145  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Preview Model in Google Earth"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">21988  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Get Models..."<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">21989  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Share Model..."<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">24188  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Share Component..."<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Cross-Platform String arguments;<br /></span><span class="syntaxstring">'addBuilding;'</span><span class="syntaxdefault">     </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Add New Building..."<br />'getPhotoTexture;'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Photo Textures"<br />'getModels;'</span><span class="syntaxdefault">       </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Get Models..."<br />'shareModel;'</span><span class="syntaxdefault">      </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Share Model..."</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">**<br /></span><span class="syntaxstring">'uploadComponent;'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Share Component..."</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">**<br />**(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">brings up login dialog if not logged in</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">   </span>

      Updated 2011-09-05 : show the cross-platform strings for ver 8+.

      I'm not here much anymore.

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      • S Offline
        Shoff
        last edited by

        @unknownuser said:

        # Cross-Platform String arguments;
> 'addBuilding;'     "Add New Building..."
> 'getPhotoTexture;' "Photo Textures"
> 'getModels;'       "Get Models..."
> 'shareModel;'      "Share Model..." **
> 'uploadComponent;' "Share Component..." **
> **(brings up login dialog if not logged in.)

        The Cross-Platform String arguments don't work for me on a Mac with SketchUp 8.

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        • S Offline
          Shoff
          last edited by

          Realized I need to clarify. Those arguments return true, but nothing happens. Dialogs don't show up, etc. Do they work on a PC?

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          • Dan RathbunD Offline
            Dan Rathbun
            last edited by

            @shoff said:

            Realized I need to clarify. Those arguments return true, but nothing happens. Dialogs don't show up, etc. Do they work on a PC?

            Yes they work on PC.. same as if you clicked the corresponding button on the Google Toolbar.

            I'm not here much anymore.

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            • Dan RathbunD Offline
              Dan Rathbun
              last edited by

              Bug Report filed for Sketchup Ruby on Apple OSX (this topic referenced.)

              I'm not here much anymore.

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              • J Offline
                Jim
                last edited by

                Here's an updated list of send_action() arguments for SketchUp 8 M2.

                • Undocumented
                  ! Broken on Mac
                
addBuilding; !
copy; *
cut; *
editDelete; *
editHide;
editRedo;
editUndo;
editUnhide;
fixNonPlanarFaces;
getCurrentView; *
getModels; *!
getPhotoTexture; !
newDocument; *
openDocument; *
pageAdd;
pageDelete;
pageNext;
pagePrevious;
pageUpdate;
paste; *
placeModel; *
printDocument; *
renderHiddenLine;
renderMonochrome&#058;
renderShaded;
renderTextures;
renderWireframe;
saveDocument; *
select3dTextTool; *
selectArcTool;
selectAxisTool;
selectCircleTool;
selectDimensionTool;
selectDollyTool;
selectEraseTool;
selectExtrudeTool;
selectFieldOfViewTool;
selectFreehandTool;
selectImageIglooTool;
selectLineTool;
selectMeasureTool;
selectMoveTool;
selectNorthTool;
selectOffsetTool;
selectOrbitTool;
selectPaintTool;
selectPolygonTool;
selectPositionCameraTool;
selectProtractorTool;
selectPushPullTool;
selectRectangleTool;
selectRotateTool;
selectScaleTool;
selectSectionPlaneTool;
selectSelectionTool;
selectTextTool;
selectTurnTool;
selectWalkTool;
selectZoomTool;
selectZoomWindowTool;
selectionZoomExt; *
shareModel; *!
showRubyPanel;
uploadComponent; *!
viewBack;
viewBottom;
viewFront;
viewIso;
viewLeft;
viewPerspective;
viewRight;
viewShowAxes;
viewShowGuides; *
viewShowHidden;
viewTop;
viewUndo;
viewZoomExtents;
viewZoomToSelection;

                SketchUp 15

                • = removed
                • = added
                
-addBuilding;
+selectArc3PointFitTool;
+selectArc3PointPieTool;
+selectArc3PointTool;
+selectClassifierTool;
+selectionZoomExt;
+selectRectangle3PointTool;
-selectionZoomExt;
+showExtensionStore;

                Hi

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                • D Offline
                  driven
                  last edited by

                  is this an exception? [as in a mac thing...]

                  > Sketchup.send_action('viewPerspective;')
true
> !Sketchup.send_action('viewPerspective;')
false

                  john

                  Edit:
                  I've been looking for a replacement for Sketchup.send_action('viewParallelProjection:') which returns True, but doesn't 'switch views' on mac.
                  **!**Sketchup.send_action('viewPerspective:') does, I'm wondering if it also 'switches views' on PC or would I need to have both in a cross platform script.

                  EDIT Edit: Sketchup.send_action('viewParallelProjection:') is working now?
                  it not on the list, but I had tried it... maybe I had a typo...

                  So does Sketchup.send_action('viewParallelProjection:') work on PC's... john

                  learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                  • K Offline
                    ktkoh
                    last edited by

                    Sketchup.send_action('viewParallelProjection:') does not work on the PC. It returns true or false but does not change the view.

                    Sketchup.active_model.active_view.camera.perspective = false This command will change based on the true or false value

                    Keith

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      No action for the Follow Me tool? (That works on both platforms.)

                      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      • D Offline
                        driven
                        last edited by

                        @thomthom said:

                        No action for the Follow Me tool? (That works on both platforms.)

                        don't know what works on a PC, but since your probably missing the mac one...

                        Sketchup.send_action('selectExtrudeTool;')

                        I'll add this to my list...
                        I've got a osascript test runner, for running the lot if you want it...
                        john

                        learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          Excellent! I didn't realise that was it's internal name. Doh!

                          Yea, run the lot and see what you get.

                          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            I think early versions of SketchUp called it the 'Extrude Tool', later it was renamed 'FollowMe' but the original 'coded' name remains - which is like 'Scenes' are really 'Pages', 'Guides' are really 'Clines' etc, and other foibles that you can probably list too !

                            TIG

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              Yea - there's lots of legacy strangeness to discover when traversing the API.

                              Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                              • D Offline
                                driven
                                last edited by

                                possibly new for v2013 on mac at least

                                Sketchup.send_action('closeDocument;')

Sketchup.send_action('newDocument;')

Sketchup.send_action('saveDocument;')

Sketchup.send_action('openDocument;')

Sketchup.send_action('printDocument;')

                                @Dan, thanks for the trigger to test them...

                                learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  @driven said:

                                  possibly new for v2013 on mac at least

                                  Sketchup.send_action('closeDocument;')
> 
> Sketchup.send_action('newDocument;')
> 
> Sketchup.send_action('saveDocument;')
> 
> Sketchup.send_action('openDocument;')
> 
> Sketchup.send_action('printDocument;')
>

                                  @Dan, thanks for the trigger to test them...
                                  Some of those have been around BUT 'undocumented' for some time [v8M2].
                                  The 'saveDocument:' is particularly useful because calling model.save(model.path) does NOT save the model BUT returns 'true'.
                                  So if you want to ensure the model is saved before saving it as another name, that send_action is needed...
                                  Here's a list that I have for those v8M2 changes - some were documented but * == undocumented & ! == broken on MAC:
                                  addBuilding: !
                                  copy: *
                                  cut: *
                                  editDelete: *
                                  getCurrentView: *
                                  getModels: *!
                                  getPhotoTexture: !
                                  newDocument: *
                                  openDocument: *
                                  paste: *
                                  placeModel: *
                                  printDocument: *
                                  saveDocument: *
                                  select3dTextTool: *
                                  selectionZoomExt: *
                                  shareModel: *!
                                  showRubyPanel:
                                  uploadComponent: *!
                                  viewShowGuides: *

                                  TIG

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                                  • D Offline
                                    driven
                                    last edited by

                                    This is my latest list, some may be mac only, some new, some missing

                                    
Sketchup.send_action('addBuilding;') #!   dosn't work on mac
Sketchup.send_action('getPhotoTexture;') #!   dosn't work on mac


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('closeDocument;')
Sketchup.send_action('newDocument;')
Sketchup.send_action('openDocument;') # dialog drop-down sheet
Sketchup.send_action('printDocument;') # direct print of current view  @current settings
Sketchup.send_action('saveDocument;') # dialog drop-down sheet


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('editHide;')
Sketchup.send_action('editRedo;')
Sketchup.send_action('editUndo;')
Sketchup.send_action('editUnhide;') #!   dosn't work on mac
Sketchup.send_action('editUnhideAll;') #*  does work on mac
Sketchup.send_action('editUnhideLast;') #*  does work on mac


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('fixNonPlanarFaces;')


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('pageAdd;')
Sketchup.send_action('pageDelete;')
Sketchup.send_action('pageNext;')
Sketchup.send_action('pagePrevious;')
Sketchup.send_action('pageUpdate;')


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('renderHiddenLine;')
Sketchup.send_action('renderMonochrome&#058;')
Sketchup.send_action('renderShaded;')
Sketchup.send_action('renderTextures;')
Sketchup.send_action('renderWireframe;')


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('selectAll;') #NEW?  does work on mac but not('editSelectAll;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectArcTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectAxisTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectCircleTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectDimensionTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectDollyTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectEraseTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectExtrudeTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectFieldOfViewTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectFreehandTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectImageIglooTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectLineTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectMeasureTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectMoveTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectNorthTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectOffsetTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectOrbitTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectPaintTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectPolygonTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectPositionCameraTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectProtractorTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectPushPullTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectRectangleTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectRotateTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectScaleTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectSectionPlaneTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectSelectionTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectTextTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectTurnTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectWalkTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectZoomTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectZoomWindowTool;')


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('viewBack;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewBottom;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewFront;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewIso;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewLeft;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewParallelProjection;') #* does work on mac •toggle
Sketchup.send_action('viewPerspective;') #* does work on mac •toggle
Sketchup.send_action('viewRight;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewShowAxes;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewShowAxes;') #*  does work on mac •toggle
Sketchup.send_action('viewShowGuides;') #*  does work on mac •toggle
Sketchup.send_action('viewShowHidden;') #*  does work on mac •toggle
Sketchup.send_action('viewTop;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewTwoPointPerspective;') #* does work on mac
Sketchup.send_action('viewUndo;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewZoomExtents;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewZoomToSelection;')


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('showRubyPanel;')


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('cut;')


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('copy;')


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('paste;')


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('pasteInPlace;')


                                    #/
Sketchup.send_action('editDelete;')

                                    forgot the bottom one, and I think I have a few others... somewhere...

                                    learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                                    • M Offline
                                      Mythos
                                      last edited by

                                      Is there any action to edit a group/component (similar as double clicking on a group)?

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        @mythos said:

                                        Is there any action to edit a group/component (similar as double clicking on a group)?
                                        No. 😞
                                        I have PM'd you a suggestion with a method using view.pick_helper.path_at[-2], to select the picked object's container, then using the [forced open] Outliner to open that now selected group/instance for editing...

                                        TIG

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                                        • Dan RathbunD Offline
                                          Dan Rathbun
                                          last edited by

                                          Has anyone found a cross-platform string to send the model to Layout ?

                                          On the PC only this works:
                                          Sketchup::send_action( 23051 )

                                          I'm not here much anymore.

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                                          • Dan RathbunD Offline
                                            Dan Rathbun
                                            last edited by

                                            @dan rathbun said:

                                            Has anyone found a cross-platform string to send the model to Layout ?

                                            On the PC only this works:
                                            Sketchup::send_action( 23051 )

                                            John confirmed that Sketchup::send_action("sendToLayOut:") works on Mac.

                                            So that gives us a cross-platform method

                                            <span class="syntaxdefault">def send_active_model_to_layout</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">()<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  return nil unless Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">is_pro</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  if </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">respond_to</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?(;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">platform</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">&&<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">platform </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">platform_win </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">||<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  RUBY_PLATFORM </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">!~</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">/(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">darwin</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)/</span><span class="syntaxdefault">i<br />    Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">send_action</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 23051 </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  else<br />    Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">send_action</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"sendToLayOut;"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end<br />end<br /></span>

                                            EDIT: inserted Pro only bailout statement to return nil if not SketchUp Pro.

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