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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      When you call it from the console, use "stein" not comp_name, which is the name of the variable. So:

      Sketchup.active_model.definitions["stein"]
      
      

      Your code looks correct. Here it is with the test on existence of the component

      
      def select_comp_by_name(comp_name)
         model = Sketchup.active_model
         sel = model.selection
         sel.clear
         compdef = model.definitions[comp_name]
         if compdef  #There is a component
            sel.clear
            sel.add compdef.instances
         else
            UI.beep
         end
      end
      
      

      Are you sure you have a component called "stein" in your model? Check with the Windows>Components. By the way, I wonder what you call "an Object named "stein"", as in Sketchup, you only give a name to Components or Groups, but there is nothing like an 'object'.

      Note also that Sketchup is not case sensitive with the name of components.

      Fredo

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      • N Offline
        N Lindenthal
        last edited by

        @unknownuser said:

        …
        I wonder what you call "an Object named "stein"", as in Sketchup, you only give a name to Components or Groups, but there is nothing like an 'object'.
        …

        Please excuse me, I have a group named "Stein", no object.

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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
          last edited by

          Then, this is the source of your error.
          You must have a Component, not a Group for your Ruby code to work.
          In Sketchup, use the command Make Component(shortcut 'G') instead of Make Group

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          • N Offline
            N Lindenthal
            last edited by

            @Fredo6
            Now my model has no group "Stein", but one component "Stein". But I have no luck. To select my component "Stein" by script in ruby console does not work. Did you try your script lines and you could select your component by name?

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            • fredo6F Offline
              fredo6
              last edited by

              Which error do you get?

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              • N Offline
                N Lindenthal
                last edited by

                @Fredo6

                This is my ruby script »Aar_Select_comp_by_name.rb« in the Plugins folder:

                @unknownuser said:

                def select_comp_by_name(comp_name)
                   model = Sketchup.active_model
                   sel = model.selection
                   sel.clear
                   compdef = model.definitions[comp_name]
                   if compdef  #There is a component
                      sel.clear
                      sel.add compdef.instances
                   else
                      UI.beep
                   end
                end
                #def select_comp_by_name(comp_name)
                #@sel = Sketchup.active_model.selection
                #@sel.clear
                #@sel.add Sketchup.active_model.definitions[comp_name].instances
                #@sel
                #end

                If I repeat loading by ruby console:

                load "Aar_Select_comp_by_name.rb"
                

                then come the following notes
                @unknownuser said:

                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 6/SketchUp/Plugins/Aar_Select_comp_by_name.rb:6: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 6/SketchUp/Plugins/Aar_Select_comp_by_name.rb:7: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 6/SketchUp/Plugins/Aar_Select_comp_by_name.rb:7: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 6/SketchUp/Plugins/Aar_Select_comp_by_name.rb:8: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 6/SketchUp/Plugins/Aar_Select_comp_by_name.rb:8: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 6/SketchUp/Plugins/Aar_Select_comp_by_name.rb:8: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 6/SketchUp/Plugins/Aar_Select_comp_by_name.rb:10: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 6/SketchUp/Plugins/Aar_Select_comp_by_name.rb:10: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                true
                … but also »true«.

                Now with ruby script line

                Sketchup.active_model.definitions["Stein"]
                

                I get
                @unknownuser said:

                nil

                and with

                > select_comp_by_name("Stein")
                

                @unknownuser said:

                Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method ` ' for main:Object>
                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 6/SketchUp/Plugins/Aar_Select_comp_by_name.rb:2
                (eval):197

                … nothing is selected.

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                • M Offline
                  Matt666
                  last edited by

                  Hi !
                  Your script works fine here... Be careful with case of the definition name... I found no error in your script...
                  Perhaps some parenthesis

                  sel.add(compdef.instances)
                  

                  and unnecessary duplication

                  sel.clear
                  

                  Erase the second duplication.
                  😄

                  Frenglish at its best !
                  My scripts

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                  • N Offline
                    N Lindenthal
                    last edited by

                    @Matt666
                    Thanks for your corrections.
                    When your script runs fine, in the end you have the component "Stein" selected?

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                    • M Offline
                      Matt666
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      When your script runs fine, in the end you have the component "Stein" selected?

                      I tried with a component called "essai" created before. I had five components, and they had been all selected in the end.

                      Can you upload an example I can test, please ?

                      Frenglish at its best !
                      My scripts

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                      • N Offline
                        N Lindenthal
                        last edited by

                        Matt, here is my model to select a component by name "Stein"


                        FahrstuhlF.skp.zip to selcect component by name

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                          Matt666
                          last edited by

                          Ok I understand your problem...
                          I have made a component called "test". Entity info window looks like this :C.jpg
                          With your component, entity info window looks like this :c1.jpg
                          The script search for component with definition as ["Stein"]. But your component definition is called "<gruppe#4> in the Skecthup database. His NAME is "Stein".

                          3 methods :

                          • Create a component directly, without create a group first. Your first ruby script will work.
                          • Change your ruby script, and don't change your method.
                            Try this in the ruby API :
                          Sketchup.active_model.definitions.each{|d|return d if d.name == "Stein"}
                          

                          This code returns the name of the component definition which called "stein"
                          And the ruby script :

                          def select_comp_by_name(comp_name)
                             model = Sketchup.active_model
                             sel = model.selection
                             sel.clear
                             compdef = Sketchup.active_model.definitions.each{|d|return d if d.name == "Stein"}
                             if compdef  #There is a component
                                sel.clear
                                sel.add(compdef.instances)
                             else
                                UI.beep
                             end
                          end
                          
                          • Add a line in ruby which control name of all component definitions if C definitions not found...
                            Like this :
                          def select_comp_by_name(comp_name)
                          	model = Sketchup.active_model
                          	sel = model.selection
                          	sel.clear
                          	compdef = Sketchup.active_model.definitions[comp_name]
                          	Sketchup.active_model.definitions.each{|d|return d if d.name == "Stein"} if not compdef
                          	if compdef
                                sel.clear
                                sel.add(compdef.instances)
                             else
                                UI.beep
                             end
                          end
                          

                          Not tested, but it sould work !
                          Tell me if you want more explanations
                          😉

                          Frenglish at its best !
                          My scripts

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                          • N Offline
                            N Lindenthal
                            last edited by

                            @Matt666
                            I did understand you. First changes did not delete my error. Hm? What could it be?

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                            • M Offline
                              Matt666
                              last edited by

                              Oops !! 😳 A little bug !!

                              In fact, name is linked to the component, not to the component definition.
                              So you have to search around all the component in the drawing to select component with specific name, if no component definition have this specific name....

                              Like this :

                              def select_comp_by_name(comp_name)
                              	model = Sketchup.active_model
                              	sel = model.selection
                              	sel.clear
                              	if compdef = Sketchup.active_model.definitions[comp_name]
                              		sel.add(compdef.instances)
                              	else
                              		Sketchup.active_model.active_entities.each do |d|
                              			if d.typename == "ComponentInstance"
                              				sel.add d if d.name==comp_name
                              			end
                              		end
                              		if sel.count == 0
                              			UI.beep
                              		else
                              			UI.messagebox(sel.count.to_s + " entities found.")
                              		end
                              	end
                              end
                              

                              Frenglish at its best !
                              My scripts

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                              • N Offline
                                N Lindenthal
                                last edited by

                                Qui!
                                Now your script runs, Matt666. My component is selected by name/definition. As it is selected, I can »Get Position - X« (Proper_animation.rb from RichW).

                                Matt666, you have my elevator model with arrow buttons. With Links.rb the arrow up buttons will select the elevator and »Get Position - 2«. The arrow down buttons will select the component elevator and then »Get Position - 1«.

                                But my question is, whether I can start a ruby.rb script by clicking a button.

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