[Code] Sketchup.send_action() : Arguments to

TIG

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 !

thomthom

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

driven

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...

TIG

@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: *

driven

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...

Mythos

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

TIG

@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...

Dan Rathbun

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

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

Dan Rathbun

@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.

driven

it's been a while and maybe everyone has lost interest, but I found a few more for the mac list...

the big question is, how many of these run on a PC?

single # denotes a Menu Title, ## Item Title, ### hard coded shortcut combo...

# SketchUp
  Sketchup.send_action('showAboutBox;')  ## About SketchUp
  Sketchup.send_action('showSketchUpPreferences;')  ## Preferences...
  Sketchup.send_action('manageLicenses;')  ## License...
  Sketchup.send_action('checkWebUpdate;')  ## Check Web for Update...
  Sketchup.send_action('hide;')  ## Hide SketchUp  ### ⌘H
  Sketchup.send_action('hideOtherApplications;')  ## Hide Others  ### ⌘H
  Sketchup.send_action('unhideAllApplications;')  ## Show All
  Sketchup.send_action('terminate;')  ## Quit SketchUp  ### ⌘Q
# File
  Sketchup.send_action('newDocument;')  ## New  ### ⌘N
  Sketchup.send_action('openDocument;')  ## Open...  ### ⌘O
  Sketchup.send_action('clearRecentDocuments;')  ## Clear Menu
  Sketchup.send_action('performClose;')  ## Close  ### ⌘W
  Sketchup.send_action('saveDocument;')  ## Save  ### ⌘S
  Sketchup.send_action('saveDocumentAs;')  ## Save As...  ### ⇧⌘S
  Sketchup.send_action('saveCopy;')  ## Save A Copy As...
  Sketchup.send_action('saveAsTemplate;')  ## Save As Template...
  Sketchup.send_action('revertDocumentToSaved;')  ## Revert
  Sketchup.send_action('sendToLayOut;')  ## Send to LayOut
  Sketchup.send_action('importFromGoogleEarth;')  ## Add Location...
  Sketchup.send_action('clearLocation;')  ## Clear Location
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleTerrain;')  ## Show Terrain
  Sketchup.send_action('browse3DWarehouse;')  ## Get Models...
  Sketchup.send_action('shareWithGoogleEarthCommunity;')  ## Share Model...
  Sketchup.send_action('runImporter;')  ## Import...
  Sketchup.send_action('runPageLayout;')  ## Page Setup...  ### ⇧⌘P
  Sketchup.send_action('runDocumentSetup;')  ## Document Setup...
  Sketchup.send_action('printDocument;')  ## Print...  ### ⌘P
# Edit
  Sketchup.send_action('editUndo;')  ## Undo  ### ⌘Z
  Sketchup.send_action('editRedo;')  ## Redo  ### ⇧⌘Z
  Sketchup.send_action('cut;')  ## Cut  ### ⌘X
  Sketchup.send_action('copy;')  ## Copy  ### ⌘C
  Sketchup.send_action('paste;')  ## Paste  ### ⌘V
  Sketchup.send_action('pasteInPlace;')  ## Paste In Place
  Sketchup.send_action('editDelete;')  ## Delete
  Sketchup.send_action('eraseConstructionGeometry;')  ## Delete Guides
  Sketchup.send_action('selectAll;')  ## Select All  ### ⌘A
  Sketchup.send_action('deselectAll;')  ## Select None  ### ⇧⌘A
  Sketchup.send_action('editHide;')  ## Hide  ### ⌘E
  Sketchup.send_action('editUnhide;')  ## Selected
  Sketchup.send_action('editUnhideLast;')  ## Last
  Sketchup.send_action('editUnhideAll;')  ## All  ### ⇧⌘E
  Sketchup.send_action('editLock;')  ## Lock
  Sketchup.send_action('editUnlockSelected;')  ## Selected
  Sketchup.send_action('editUnlockAll;')  ## All
  Sketchup.send_action('makeComponent;')  ## Make Component...  ### ⇧⌘G
  Sketchup.send_action('makeGroup;')  ## Make Group  ### ⌘G
  Sketchup.send_action('closeGroupOrComponent;')  ## Close Group/Component  ### ⇧⌘G
  Sketchup.send_action('intersectWithModel;')  ## With Model
  Sketchup.send_action('intersectSelected;')  ## With Selection
  Sketchup.send_action('intersectWithContext;')  ## With Context
# View
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleToolPalette;')  ## Large Tool Set
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleSolidModelToolPalette;')  ## Solid Tools
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleGoogleToolPalette;')  ## Location
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleWarehouseToolPalette;')  ## Warehouse
  Sketchup.send_action('togglePageTabsDsiplay;')  ## Scene Tabs
  Sketchup.send_action('viewShowHidden;')  ## Hidden Geometry
  Sketchup.send_action('sectionToggleDisplay;')  ## Section Planes
  Sketchup.send_action('sectionToggleActivation;')  ## Section Cuts
  Sketchup.send_action('viewShowAxes;')  ## Axes
  Sketchup.send_action('viewShowGuides;')  ## Guides
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleShadows;')  ## Shadows
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleFog;')  ## Fog
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleDisplayEdges;')  ## Edges
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleDisplayBackEdges;')  ## Back Edges
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleProfiles;')  ## Profiles
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleDepthQue;')  ## Depth Cue
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleExtensions;')  ## Extension
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleGlobalTransparency;')  ## X-ray
  Sketchup.send_action('renderWireframe;')  ## Wireframe
  Sketchup.send_action('renderHiddenLine;')  ## Hidden Line
  Sketchup.send_action('renderShaded;')  ## Shaded
  Sketchup.send_action('renderTextures;')  ## Shaded With Textures
  Sketchup.send_action('renderMonochrome&#058;')  ## Monochrome
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleHideRestOfModel;')  ## Hide Rest of Model
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleHideSimilarComponents;')  ## Hide Similar Components
  Sketchup.send_action('pageAdd;')  ## Add Scene
  Sketchup.send_action('pageUpdate;')  ## Update Scene
  Sketchup.send_action('pageDelete;')  ## Delete Scene
  Sketchup.send_action('pagePrevious;')  ## Previous Scene
  Sketchup.send_action('pageNext;')  ## Next Scene
  Sketchup.send_action('slideshowStart;')  ## Play
  Sketchup.send_action('pageOptions;')  ## Settings
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleToolbarShown;')  ## Hide Toolbar
  Sketchup.send_action('runToolbarCustomizationPalette;')  ## Customize Toolbar ...
# Draw
  Sketchup.send_action('selectLineTool;')  ## Line  ### ⌘L
  Sketchup.send_action('selectFreehandTool;')  ## Freehand  ### ⌘F
  Sketchup.send_action('selectArc3PointTool;')  ## Arc  ### ⌘J
  Sketchup.send_action('selectArcTool;')  ## 2 Point Arc
  Sketchup.send_action('select3PointFitArcTool;')  ## 3 Point Arc
  Sketchup.send_action('selectArcPieTool;')  ## Pie
  Sketchup.send_action('selectRectangleTool;')  ## Rectangle  ### ⌘K
  Sketchup.send_action('selectRectangle3PointTool;')  ## Rotated Rectangle
  Sketchup.send_action('selectCircleTool;')  ## Circle
  Sketchup.send_action('selectPolygonTool;')  ## Polygon
# Camera
  Sketchup.send_action('viewUndo;')  ## Previous
  Sketchup.send_action('viewRedo;')  ## Next
  Sketchup.send_action('viewTop;')  ## Top  ### ⌘1
  Sketchup.send_action('viewBottom;')  ## Bottom  ### ⌘2
  Sketchup.send_action('viewFront;')  ## Front  ### ⌘3
  Sketchup.send_action('viewBack;')  ## Back  ### ⌘4
  Sketchup.send_action('viewLeft;')  ## Left  ### ⌘5
  Sketchup.send_action('viewRight;')  ## Right  ### ⌘6
  Sketchup.send_action('viewIso;')  ## Iso  ### ⌘7
  Sketchup.send_action('viewParallelProjection;')  ## Parallel Projection
  Sketchup.send_action('viewPerspective;')  ## Perspective
  Sketchup.send_action('viewTwoPointPerspective;')  ## Two-Point Perspective
  Sketchup.send_action('cameraMatchNewPhoto;')  ## Match New Photo...
  Sketchup.send_action('editPhotoMatch;')  ## Edit Matched Photo
  Sketchup.send_action('selectOrbitTool;')  ## Orbit  ### ⌘B
  Sketchup.send_action('selectDollyTool;')  ## Pan  ### ⌘R
  Sketchup.send_action('selectZoomTool;')  ## Zoom
  Sketchup.send_action('selectFieldOfViewTool;')  ## Field of View
  Sketchup.send_action('selectZoomWindowTool;')  ## Zoom Window
  Sketchup.send_action('viewZoomExtents;')  ## Zoom Extents
  Sketchup.send_action('viewZoomToSelection;')
  Sketchup.send_action('viewZoomImage;')  ## Zoom to Photo
  Sketchup.send_action('selectPositionCameraTool;')  ## Position Camera
  Sketchup.send_action('selectWalkTool;')  ## Walk
  Sketchup.send_action('selectTurnTool;')  ## Look Around
  Sketchup.send_action('selectImageIglooTool;')  ## Image Igloo
# Tools
  Sketchup.send_action('selectSelectionTool;')  ## Select
  Sketchup.send_action('selectEraseTool;')  ## Eraser
  Sketchup.send_action('selectPaintTool;')  ## Paint Bucket
  Sketchup.send_action('selectMoveTool;')  ## Move  ### ⌘0
  Sketchup.send_action('selectRotateTool;')  ## Rotate  ### ⌘8
  Sketchup.send_action('selectScaleTool;')  ## Scale  ### ⌘9
  Sketchup.send_action('selectPushPullTool;')  ## Push/Pull
  Sketchup.send_action('selectExtrudeTool;')  ## Follow Me
  Sketchup.send_action('selectOffsetTool;')  ## Offset
  Sketchup.send_action('selectOuterShellTool;')  ## Outer Shell
  Sketchup.send_action('selectUnionTool;')  ## Union
  Sketchup.send_action('selectDifferenceTool;')  ## Subtract
  Sketchup.send_action('selectDifferenceNDTool;')  ## Trim
  Sketchup.send_action('selectIntersectTool;')  ## Intersect
  Sketchup.send_action('selectBooleanSplitTool;')  ## Split
  Sketchup.send_action('showSolidModelToolsMenu;')  ## Split
  Sketchup.send_action('selectMeasureTool;')  ## Tape Measure  ### ⌘D
  Sketchup.send_action('selectProtractorTool;')  ## Protractor
  Sketchup.send_action('selectAxisTool;')  ## Axes  ### ⌘F
  Sketchup.send_action('selectDimensionTool;')  ## Dimensions
  Sketchup.send_action('selectTextTool;')  ## Text
  Sketchup.send_action('doThreeDText;')  ## 3D Text
  Sketchup.send_action('selectSectionPlaneTool;')  ## Section Plane  ### ⌘Y
# Window
  Sketchup.send_action('performMiniaturize;')  ## Minimize  ### ⌘M
  Sketchup.send_action('performZoom;')  ## Zoom
  Sketchup.send_action('showModelPropertiesPanel;')  ## Model Info  ### ⇧⌘I
  Sketchup.send_action('entityProperties;')  ## Entity Info  ### ⌘I
  Sketchup.send_action('orderFrontColorPanel;')  ## Materials  ### ⇧⌘C
  Sketchup.send_action('showComponentBrowser;')  ## Components
  Sketchup.send_action('showStyleBrowser;')  ## Styles
  Sketchup.send_action('showLayerPanel;')  ## Layers
  Sketchup.send_action('showOutliner;')  ## Outliner
  Sketchup.send_action('showPagePanel;')  ## Scenes
  Sketchup.send_action('orderFrontFontPanel;')  ## Show Fonts  ### ⌘T
  Sketchup.send_action('showRubyConsole;')  ## Ruby Console
  Sketchup.send_action('showShadowsPanel;')  ## Shadows
  Sketchup.send_action('showFogSettingsPanel;')  ## Fog
  Sketchup.send_action('showPhotoMatchPanel;')  ## Match Photo
  Sketchup.send_action('showSoftenEdgesPanel;')  ## Soften Edges
  Sketchup.send_action('showInstructor;')  ## Instructor
  Sketchup.send_action('browse3DWarehouse;')  ## 3D Warehouse
  Sketchup.send_action('browseExtensionStore;')  ## Extension Warehouse
  Sketchup.send_action('toggleInspectors;')  ## Hide Dialogs
  Sketchup.send_action('getPhotoTexture;')  ## Photo Textures !!!!!!!!!!!! not working
  Sketchup.send_action('arrangeInFront;')  ## Bring All to Front
# Help
  Sketchup.send_action('showWelcomePanel;')  ## Welcome To SketchUp…
  Sketchup.send_action('showOnlineHelpCenter;')  ## Knowledge Center
  Sketchup.send_action('contactUs;')  ## Contact Us
# Orphans
  Sketchup.send_action('fixNonPlanarFaces;') ## Model Info >> Statistics >> Fix Problems

I may have missed some...

john