How to pause a ruby script for 1 second

Jim

Mac issue ? on PC works even with 0.1

Are you sure? (Windows XP Pro SP2)


t1=Time.now; UI.start_timer(0.1) {p Time.now-t1} ==> 0.01
t1=Time.now; UI.start_timer(0.999) {p Time.now-t1} ==> 0.01
t1=Time.now; UI.start_timer(1) {p Time.now-t1} ==> 1.001
t1=Time.now; UI.start_timer(5) {p Time.now-t1} ==> 5.007

N Lindenthal

@TDB

Yes, Mac

select_comp_by_name("Fahrstuhl");Morisdov.transf_get("transf1");UI.start_timer( 0.99999, false) { Sketchup.active_model.selection.clear}

does not clear.
Perhaps »Morisdov.trasf_get("transf1")« needs exact 1 second, so it goes with 1 and with 1.01 seconds, but not with littlebit less (0.999).

On Mac on ruby console does not go:

t1=Time.now; UI.start_timer(0.1) {p Time.now-t1} ==> 0.01

Error is:

@unknownuser said:

t1=Time.now; UI.start_timer(5) {p Time.now-t1} ==> 0.01
t1=Time.now; UI.start_timer(0.1) {p Time.now-t1} ==> 0.01

Error: #<SyntaxError: (eval):202: compile error
(eval):201: parse error
t1=Time.now; UI.start_timer(5) {p Time.now-t1} ==> 0.01
^
(eval):202: parse error
t1=Time.now; UI.start_timer(0.1) {p Time.now-t1} ==> 0.01
^>
(eval):202

tbd

of course, ==> means what it should return and you must not type that

N Lindenthal

Yes, TDB, that I could know myself. Excuse me, please.

@Jim
Your times are the same with me.
How can I get ==> 0.5 or ==> 0.99?

Mac OS X 10.4.11

tbd

yup. my bad. I checked only visual and didnt do any time checks.

seems that it ignores decimals (0.1...0.9 = 0, 1.1 ... 1.9 = 1) - so we need to use that. for interface like clear selection doesnt matter that much anyway

N Lindenthal

To pause is a workaround. Would be better to ask how long

Morisdov.transf_get("transf2")

works and then clear without pause/delay.

Can ruby know how long the earlier line works?

AlexMozg

Here such variant:


time_limit = 0.2
@val_time = Time.now
@timer = UI.start_timer(0, true) do
	if Time.now - @val_time >= time_limit
		UI.stop_timer @timer
		Sketchup.active_model.selection.clear
		@val_time = @timer = nil
	end
end

It works

N Lindenthal

@AlexMozg

Unfortunately it does not work, if this line is before

Morisdov.transf_get("transf2")

Please try with proper_animation.rb and one selected component with Position 2

Morisdov.transf_get("transf2")
time_limit = 0.2
@val_time = Time.now
@timer = UI.start_timer(0, true) do
   if Time.now - @val_time >= time_limit
      UI.stop_timer @timer
      Sketchup.active_model.selection.clear
      @val_time = @timer = nil
   end
end

The selected component will stay selected.

tbd

welcome to thread synchronization fun - as you can see Morisdov.transf_get uses start_timer
so you need to sync with that (e.g. add global variable in transf_get end for example)

N Lindenthal

How?

tbd

btw, did you increased time_limit from AlexMozg example first ? to like 5 ?

AlexMozg

And it is possible and so:


...
...
def self.timer(proc, time_limit=0.5)
$val_time = Time.now
$timer = UI.start_timer(0, true) do
   if Time.now - $val_time >= time_limit
      UI.stop_timer $timer
      proc.call
      $val_time = $timer = nil
   end
end
end
...
select_comp_by_name("Fahrstuhl")
Morisdov.transf_get("transf2")
self.timer(proc{Sketchup.active_model.selection.clear})
...

Though it is possible to do without global variables.
But, I do not know that Morisdov.transf_get does.
;

N Lindenthal

def self.timer(proc, time_limit=0.9)
$val_time = Time.now
$timer = UI.start_timer(0, true) do
   if Time.now - $val_time >= time_limit
      UI.stop_timer $timer
      proc.call
      $val_time = $timer = nil
   end
end
end
select_comp_by_name("Fahrstuhl")
Morisdov.transf_get("transf2")
self.timer(proc{Sketchup.active_model.selection.clear})

With 0.9 it works for exactly one time, each next start lets Sketchup crash down.
With 0.2 SketchUp crashes immediately.

I think I have to ask Morisdov by PM.

AlexMozg

@n lindenthal said:

...
I think I have to ask Morisdov by PM.

Ask me, and I shall try to answer.

N Lindenthal

@alexmozg said:

… Ask me, and I shall try to answer.

Here is my »Fahrstuhl«, english elevator.

My script selects the "Fahrstuhl“, puts it to another position (here position 1 and 2), and then clears the selection:

select_comp_by_name("Fahrstuhl")
Morisdov.transf_get("transf1")
UI.start_timer(1, false) {Sketchup.active_model.selection.clear}

Position 1

select_comp_by_name("Fahrstuhl")
Morisdov.transf_get("transf2")
UI.start_timer(1, false) {Sketchup.active_model.selection.clear}

Position 2

To get the script work, the following .rbs must be installed:

select_com_by_name.rb

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 + " gesuchte Dinger gefunden.")
		end
	end
end

proper_animation.rb

My question is, how to select the "Fahrstuhl/elevator" without selection marks.

So I tried to use the following script:

def self.timer(proc, time_limit=1)
$val_time = Time.now
$timer = UI.start_timer(0, true) do
   if Time.now - $val_time >= time_limit
      UI.stop_timer $timer
      proc.call
      $val_time = $timer = nil
   end
end
end
select_comp_by_name("Fahrstuhl")
Morisdov.transf_get("transf2")
self.timer(proc{Sketchup.active_model.selection.clear})

Would be a wonder to get the arrows in model be buttons, which start the elevator scripts.

Fahrstuhl = Elevator

AlexMozg

@unknownuser said:

My question is, how to select the "Fahrstuhl/elevator" without selection marks.

The simplest - to make changes to a script "Morisdov".
Somehow here so:


def Morisdov.transf_get(dict_key, ss=nil)
  model=Sketchup.active_model					
  ents=model.active_entities
   if ss
     @ents = ss
   else
     @ents=[]
     model.selection.each {|e| @ents.push(e)}
   end											
  @ents.freeze
  model.selection.clear
....
....
end

And completely to get rid from selection.

Where I can find "following.rbs"?
I shall think...

N Lindenthal

@alexmozg said:

@unknownuser said:

…And completely to get rid from selection.

Where I can find "following.rbs"?
I shall think...

Yes, rid from selection …

… but how? This way?

select_comp_by_name("Fahrstuhl")
def Morisdov.transf_get(dict_key, ss=nil)
  model=Sketchup.active_model               
  ents=model.active_entities
   if ss
     @ents = ss
   else
     @ents=[]
     model.selection.each {|e| @ents.push(e)}
   end                                 
  @ents.freeze
  model.selection.clear
end

(my poor english) Which "following.rbs" you need?

AlexMozg

@unknownuser said:

Yes, rid from selection …

… but how? This way?


def select_comp_by_name(comp_name)
   model = Sketchup.active_model
   if compdef = Sketchup.active_model.definitions[comp_name]
      sel = compdef.instances
   else
      sel=[]
      Sketchup.active_model.active_entities.each do |d|
         if d.typename == "ComponentInstance"
         sel << d if d.name==comp_name
      end
   end
      if sel.count == 0
         UI.beep
      else
         UI.messagebox(sel.count.to_s + " gesuchte Dinger gefunden.")
      end
   end
sel
end

def Morisdov.transf_get(dict_key, ss=nil)
  model=Sketchup.active_model               
  ents=model.active_entities
   if ss
     @ents = ss
   else
     @ents=[]
     model.selection.each {|e| @ents.push(e)}
   end                                 
  @ents.freeze
  model.selection.clear
  ...
  ...<<original code>>...
  ...
end

Use:

ss = select_comp_by_name("Fahrstuhl")
Morisdov.transf_get(dict_key, ss)

@unknownuser said:

(my poor english) Which "following.rbs" you need?

Here this:

@unknownuser said:

...Position 2
To get the script work, the following .rbs must be installed:

????

Chris Fullmer

I know this is old, but I was needing an answer to something similar today, and this thread over-complexificated the issue for me. I just wanted to add a short .2 second delay before carrying on with my script. This is what I've come up with and it worked for me. No need to invoke the UI.timer

time_mark = ( Time.now + 0.2 )
while time_mark > Time.now
end

Hopefully thats helpful if anyone stumbles on this thread,

Chris

tbd

Chris: i hope your code is called only by the user and not in an Observer or right click menus, because it will stop Ruby thread and if you call this several times it will block a lot of things.