Component Ruby question

rhinocat · 19 Oct 2008, 22:45

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I have done a prety good search on the forum and internet.

How do you make a component like you would use the group = entities.add_group. Is there a way to make a component instead of a group and asign it a name in a ruby script?

Thanks

Matt

TIG · 20 Oct 2008, 10:01

http://download.sketchup.com/OnlineDoc/gsu6_ruby/Docs/ruby-definitionlist.html#add - adds a Definition to the Model then...
http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/developers_guide/index.html - lets you manipulate the definition's entities...
Then you have to add instances etc...

Alternatively I'd make the Group, do the entities etc and then use...

group.to_component

to get the component definition and instance.

rhinocat · 20 Oct 2008, 12:22

TIG,

Thanks so much, I don't know why I could not find this, but I am new to Ruby. It seams very easey, can I ask what is the editor of choice when scripting in Ruby for Sketchup?

Thanks,

Matt

TIG · 20 Oct 2008, 13:40

I use "Notepad++.exe" with appropriate ruby settings for .rb files - BUT there are many other apps...

scottlininger · 21 Oct 2008, 22:45

On PC, I prefer EditPlus . You can get a ruby syntax highlighter from their website, too.

-Scott Lininger
Google SketchUp Engineer

todd burch · 21 Oct 2008, 23:02

Welcome to the forum Scott.