Select last entity

david_h

Is anyone aware of a selection ruby that allows one to select the Last Entity Drawn or Placed? similar to the selection option in . .. dare I say it. . .Autocad?

Thx,

David

Didier Bur

I wonder if it would be possible in Ruby to get the equivalent of "entlast" in Autolisp ???
I guess no

david_h

M. Didier. .. If there is anyone in the universe who could figure this out, it would be you. So, Hopefully. . ..

I was thinking. . .a script that Selects last, or Selects previous would be awesome. I have the Seelction Memorize tool and that works okay mosto f the time, but . .. anyway, think about it.

Thx

D

Matt666

Or (ssget "_p"), or tool "select", and Key "P" (in AutoCAD)...
You could do smth Perhaps with the last entity in the active entities selection list ?


def entlast
	model = Sketchup.active_model
	sel = model.active_entities
	ss = model.selection
	n = sel.length - 1
	ss.add(sel[n])
end

I have not tested yet...

Didier Bur

He Matt ça marche !!! (Hey it works !)

Matt666

david_h

okay. . . je suis perdu . . .comment ca marche?

Didier Bur

David,
Just wait until me or Matt makes it a usable script.
If you can't wait, open the ruby console and when you need to select last entity drawn or inserted, type "entlast" (no quotes).

rhankc

David,
Last year RickW(http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=370) wrote Selection Memory 2. Fantastic tool. Definite must have.

Matt666

Hi !
Here's the code !

entlast.rb

david_h

@rhankc said:

David,
Last year RickW(http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=370) wrote Selection Memory 2. Fantastic tool. Definite must have.

%(#0040FF)[yeah . .that's the one I was referring to. Got it. Thanks! ]
Didier and Matt!. . .Merci Mille Fois! I will give this one a test drive.

%(#801000)[Just as a side note, at the 05 basecamp I went to the Ruby Scripting class to hopefully learn somewhat how to do it. Was totally blown out of the room. So I am glad there are you guys around for us dum dums. ]

david_h

works great. Thank you!

Didier Bur

Here is another one, with context menu. Adds last entity to selection or select last entity only.

entlast.rb

RickW

You could also create this as a method for the Entities and Selection classes:

class Sketchup;;Entities
 def last
  return self[-1]
 end
end #class

class Sketchup;;Selection
 def lastent
  add Sketchup.active_model.entities.last
 end
 def lastentonly
  clear
  add Sketchup.active_model.entities.last
 end
end #class

then add your user interface/dialog/menu item, whatever.

This also allows the methods to be called by other scripts in a predictable manner.

Matt666

Wouah !!
I wanted to do same thing but I but I didn't know how to...
How can you do that : Sketchup.active_model.entlast please ???

Matt666

Like that ?

class Sketchup;;Model
	def entlast
		nb = self.active_entities.length
		
		return self.active_entities[nb-1]
	end
end

RickW

Or like this:

class Sketchup;;Model

def entlast
  return entities[-1]
end

end #class

Using entities or active_entities depends on whether you want the absolute last entity created, or the last entity created in that space (ie within a group or component).

msaryyev

This is quite useful for selecting the last object extension. Could there be a variation of this that selects and zooms into the last object?