Component Axis Display Option

ktkoh

I tried this code from the API in an attempt to find the Option name for controlling the component axis visibility but it does not run. There is a optionsmanager but the options.name line fails.

 model = Sketchup.active_model
 optionsmanager = model.options
 if (optionsmanager)
   # If an options manager is returned, iterate through each option
   # provider within the options manager and display its name.
   for option in optionsmanager
     name = options.name
     UI.messagebox name
   end
 else
   UI.messagebox "Failure"
 end

Is there a code method for controlling the component axis visibility?

Keith

Dan Rathbun

It is not in the options manager / provider hierarchy.

It is in the model or scene page rendering_options hierarchy.

object.rendering_options["DisplaySketchAxes"]= false

The object can be a Sketchup::Model or a Sketchup::Page instance.

Dan Rathbun

OR...

object.rendering_options["DisplayInstanceAxes"]= false

ktkoh

Dan that code controls the global axis. I am trying to control the individual component axis visibility.

Keith

thomthom

Sketchup.active_model.rendering_options['DisplayInstanceAxes'] = true

thomthom

Instead of using messageboxes to inspect the possible options I use these snippets:

Sketchup.active_model.rendering_options.each { |k,v| puts "#{k} - #{v}" }

Sketchup.active_model.options.each { |op| puts op.name; op.each { |k,v| puts "> #{k} - #{v}" } }

ktkoh

Thanks that's what I needed. I am always amazed at how quick I get answers on this forum. I would never be able to find these on my own.

Wouldn't it be nice if the examples in the Sketchup Documentation actually worked.

Keith

thomthom

@ktkoh said:

Wouldn't it be nice if the examples in the Sketchup Documentation actually worked.

+1

Dan Rathbun

@ktkoh said:

Dan that code controls the global axis. I am trying to control the individual component axis visibility.

And if you had read the NEXT post after THAT, before posting you would have seen I gave you the instance key as well.

Lesson: Read the whole thread before posting.