Function "Command" From lisp

[Matt666]

Hello AdamB !

@adamb said:

Sketchup.active_model.entities.add_line([0,0,0], [3,1,4])

yes, I know these methods.

"Command" function can use ALL the existing commands... AND also user commands... Very interesting !

@unknownuser said:

Sketchup.active_model.entities.add_text "Allez Les Bleus", [5,6,7]

For example How can you add a dimension...

Thank you for your answer !

[Didier Bur]

Hi Matt,
Pas possible d'ajouter des cotes (no way to add dimensions).
Regarde la méthode send_action pour le peu qu'on peut faire (take a look at send_action method)

Sketchup.active_model.send_action soccer.delete[Netherlands,Italy,Romania]

[Matt666]

Hello Didier !

@unknownuser said:

Regarde la méthode send_action pour le peu qu'on peut faire (take a look at send_action method)

Sketchup.send_action 21410

But I can't control the action process !
For example, to find the dimension between 2 points given by the program... Not by the user !

Any idea ?

[Didier Bur]

Hi,
In fact, send_action just performs an action which doesn't need any user input, or selects a tool (afaik).
If you want to get the distance between 2 points, you don't need dimensions for that (d=p1.distance p2). If you want your script to draw a dimension, I think this is impossible.
I hope I'm wrong...

[Matt666]

Grmbl
Ok ! Thank you Didier !

[Matt666]

an "entmake" in lisp ! Ok, thank you ! I will try it, even if I don't know the method !

thank you TIG !

[Wo3Dan]

@didier bur said:

......Sketchup.active_model.send_action soccer.delete[Netherlands,Italy,Romania]

Hi Didier, is this going to be your next (and shortest) SU ruby plugin to get rid of us before we even started? -->

Wo3Dan

[TIG]

@didier bur said:

Hi,
In fact, send_action just performs an action which doesn't need any user input, or selects a tool (afaik).
If you want to get the distance between 2 points, you don't need dimensions for that (d=p1.distance p2). If you want your script to draw a dimension, I think this is impossible.
I hope I'm wrong...

Getting distances between two points is easy as stated...
You CAN'T make dimensions direct from Ruby, BUT you can make a dimension-component.skp (or a set of various ones) that are stored in a Plugins sub-folder - these have a 'base' length, your script then has you pick two points - it places the component at p1 and rotates it to towards p2 and also scales it by the required factor p1_to_p2 : base... Point p3 could be an offset and scale approproiately for this...

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[Matt666]

Hello !
It's strange Ruby can't answer to a Sketchup pending command !

I would like to create a tool for continuous dimension. Acad like !
1- Draw a simple dimension
2- Retrieving the last basis point of the first dimension
3- draw a dimension with the first basis point already given.

If I understand, we must re-program dimension tool ??

[Matt666]

Can I do smt with the observer tools ?

When a user action is done, the observer returns the action ??? And we just have to send the action to the tool... no ?

[Matt666]

Sketchup.active_model.send_action coach.delete[Raymond Domenech]...

[toxicvoxel]

The blokes at HQ would make life a lot simpler if they could provide simple GET functions (GETPoint,GetAngle,GetDistance etc.) - quite difficult and probably beyond many to do in Ruby with a tools class. If only they would apply the Sketchup 'simplicity' ethos to the API.

[Didier Bur]

@unknownuser said:

The blokes at HQ would make life a lot simpler if they could provide simple GET functions

I agree 1000%

[Matt666]

+1...