Open dialog box

[sandbox_4]

Hello,

I need a ruby function to call the open dialog box and then load the selected skp file.
I tried with UI open panel function but it doesnt load the selected skp file.
I just need to open skp files.

Thank You

[TIG]

Try something like this

skp = UI.openpanel("SKP?", "", "*.skp")
return nil unless skp
if ! File.extname(skp).downcase == ".skp"
  UI.messagebox("Choose a SKP file !")
  return nil
end
UI.openURL("file;///#{skp.tr("\\","/")}")

[Dan Rathbun]

or this one-liner:

Sketchup.send_action( "openDocument:" )

[Dan Rathbun]

But if you want the model inserted into the current model (called an import

skp = UI.openpanel("Choose model to import", "*.skp")
status = Sketchup.active_model.import( skp ) if skp

On Windows if you use only 2 arguments, and the 2nd is just "*." and extension, then Windows uses the User's Most Recent path for that extension that is automatically saved in the registry.

[TIG]

The alternative to tt's methods to ' open' a SKP is my UI.openURL("file:///#{path}") - which I posted earlier - that will always open the chosen SKP in a new SketchUp window - if desired, because on a PC the tt code Sketchup.open_file(path) will open the chosen SKP in the current SketchUp window... unlike a MAC - which I think uses a new window for every SKP it opens ? ...
Please note that it's NOT .openfile(), but .open_file()... typo!

[tt_su]

To open it as you would via File > Open:

<span class="syntaxdefault">skp_file </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">openpanel</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">'Choose model to import'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'*.skp'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">open_file</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">skp_file</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span>

To load it as a component and let the user position it:

<span class="syntaxdefault">skp_file </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">openpanel</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">'Choose model to import'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'*.skp'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">unless skp_file</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">nil</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  model </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br />  definition </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">definitions</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">load</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">skp_file</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">place_component</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">definition</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end</span>

To load it as a component and insert at ORIGIN:

<span class="syntaxdefault">skp_file </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">openpanel</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">'Choose model to import'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'*.skp'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">unless skp_file</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">nil</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  model </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br />  definition </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">definitions</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">load</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">skp_file</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  tr </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Geom</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Transformation</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.new<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_entities</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_instance</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">definition</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> tr</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end</span>