[Plugin] AMS Library 3.7.1b (29 May 2021)

pnickles · 7 Apr 2016, 15:35

Forgive me but I'm a newb who can barely work his way through/around Extensions.

I'm unable to get the MSphysics to load/run. It is registered under Plugins but I receive the following message when I open Sketchup2016. I've tried copying/pasting the "main.rb" file into every imaginable Plugin folder but it still fails to see/find the file.?

(I installed the AMS Library v3.2.2 AFTER I installed the MSphysics extension but the order of installation shouldn't matter, correct?)

I'm running Win8 via Parallels, SU2016.

Anton_S · 8 Apr 2016, 06:48

Pnickles, you got it into the correct plugins folder, but placed the content improperly.
I suggest deleteding whatever you placed in the plugins folder manually (including MSPhysics which is placed improperly based on your screenshot) and starting over with the following instructions. Download ams_Lib_3.2.2.zip, extract it, and place ams_Lib folder and ams_Lib.rb file into the plugins folder. Same applies to MSPhysics_0.5.0.zip. It should look something like this:

pnickles · 8 Apr 2016, 16:36

Different error messages now. See attached. Perhaps it's because I'm running Win8 via Parallels?

Bryan K · 16 Jul 2016, 03:57

Are there how to use instructions somewhere?

Anton_S · 16 Jul 2016, 10:06

Bryan, in case you're wondering if it's a plugin, well it's not. AMS library is more of a dependency for a few of my other plugins.

wikii · 16 Jul 2016, 13:40

How to get the version number?

AMS.ver ?

Anton_S · 16 Jul 2016, 16:16

Use AMS::Lib::VERSION It returns a string like "3.3.0".

Bryan K · 16 Jul 2016, 17:52

@anton_s said:

Bryan, in case you're wondering if it's a plugin, well it's not. AMS library is more of a dependency for a few of my other plugins.

Thanks Anton, but what I'm looking for is how to use it. It's installed without a problem but I need some kind of instructions or tutorial on how to use the controls.

Thanks.

Anton_S · 17 Jul 2016, 06:20

The first post contains a link to the library's documentation. I not particularly sure if that's what you desire though.

Bryan K · 3 Nov 2016, 06:51

Anton, thanks. I found some great video tutorials. https://www.youtube.com/user/samketner/videos?sort=dd%26amp;view=0%26amp;shelf_id=0

My new problem is that the UI menu is not displaying correctly nor or the contents.. There are no tabs and the menu window is not resizable so I cannot access the contents at the bottom of the screen.

Here is a screen shot.

Any ideas?

ladyquestio · 16 Jul 2017, 21:01

I keep getting this error. What is happening?

Anton_S · 16 Jul 2017, 23:04

Hmm. I'm not getting any errors in my SU8. Are you using the latest versions of both plugins? If not, try completely removing both and installing once again.

Edit: Actually I'm getting a similar error when I attempt to start MSPhysics simulation in SU8. I haven't been able to determine the cause, so try sticking to SU2013+.

Edit: I will ensure the compatibility with SU version prior to 2013 at some point.

ladyquestio · 23 Jul 2017, 14:55

Anton:
I removed all the files as per instruction. Defragged the HD. then reloaded SU8 . I have a video of what happens.
Watch and see. then Tell me what I did wrong.
https://youtu.be/nUL87J2N79A

Anton_S · 25 Jul 2017, 07:33

Sorry, I forgot to test it on Windows XP. It should be fixed now. Upgrade to AMS Library, version 3.5.2.

GalvinHRO · 14 Feb 2019, 16:20

with the AMS library i can get the name of the default tray but not the object itself or the child dialogs like "Materials" or "Entity Info" anybody knows if this feature exist or a workaround. If not is it possible to make one with the win32API?

Thanks

Anton_S · 16 Feb 2019, 06:53

Galvin,

The Tray window structure in SU2018 is as follows:

Provided that you have the handle of the tray, you can then obtain the first two levels of child windows, and then iterate through all windows of that child window to get all the dialogs.

With AMS Library, you can use the following function to get all trays:


trays = AMS;;Sketchup.get_active_dialogs.find_all { |handle|
  AMS;;Window.get_class_name(handle) =~ /Afx;MiniFrame/i
}

# => [133134]

Then once you have the trays, you can get the first two levels of child windows:


trays.each { |tray|
  c1 = AMS;;Window.get_related(tray, 5) # GW_CHILD
  next unless c1
  c2 = AMS;;Window.get_related(c1, 5) # GW_CHILD
  next unless c2
  dialogs = AMS;;Window.get_child_windows(c2, false, false)
  panes = dialogs.find_all { |dialog|
    AMS;;Window.get_class_name(dialog) =~ /CPanelHeader/i
  }
  panes.each { |pane|
    # First child window contains pane caption
    c3 = AMS;;Window.get_related(pane, 5) # GW_CHILD
    next unless c3
    puts AMS;;Window.get_caption(c3)
  }
}

# => Layers
# => Shadows
# => Fog
# => Materials
# => Soften Edges
# => Styles
# => Entity Info

Note that this will not work with sketchup versions prior to 14.

Anton