[Plugin] Recall last tool v1.2

simon le bon

Bravo Matt !!
at the very beginning of my learning SketchUp, I was surprised not to have this feature at disposal. And then I was accustomed to always recall my tools. And Here comes your ruby. It is as if suddenly we had won a great lightness. (F2 is great)

it already belongs to my toolbox. simon

Matt666

Merci Simon !

@pecan said:

On different OS's, even the same OS with different menus, that magic number will have changed.
Hi pecan! Are you sure of that? I use only two different numbers in my code. The rest is a recall of the last number used.
But there's a biiig problem with Mac... On Mac, function "send_action" does not accept integers. Only strings!

@edson said:

It did not work. i had done it that way before. below is the ruby console reading.
Thank you Edson!
Ouch. I will try to find a solution. Can you test this code below, please?

Sketchup.send_action("21022")

Edson

it looks good!

Picture 30.png

Matt666

Ok. But if you have rectangle tool called, when you copy and validate the code, is the selection tool activated?

Edson

i drew a rectangle, then pressed the space bar, then used the script from the menu. the result is in the picture.

Picture 31.png

Matt666

Sorry Edson, and all mac users. But I can't do anything with this bug. Function 'send_action' doesn't accept integers (so tool IDs) on Mac.

pecan

Result from SU ruby console

(eval)
result = Sketchup.send_action "selectSelectionTool:"
true

I was in error suggesting it was a num.

pecan

Using the tool name should work:


def onActiveToolChanged (tools_object, toolname, toolid)
        print tools_object, toolname, toolid
		@@Matt_Model_Toolid = @@Matt_Model_Toolid2 if @@Matt_Model_Toolid2
		#@@Matt_Model_Toolid2 = toolid if not([21022,10508].index toolid)
		@@Matt_Model_Toolid2 = "select#{toolname};";
		puts "1; #{@@Matt_Model_Toolid} 2; #{@@Matt_Model_Toolid2}"
	end

pecan

@pecan said:

Using the tool name should work:


> def onActiveToolChanged (tools_object, toolname, toolid)
>         print tools_object, toolname, toolid
> 		@@Matt_Model_Toolid = @@Matt_Model_Toolid2 if @@Matt_Model_Toolid2
> 		#@@Matt_Model_Toolid2 = toolid if not([21022,10508].index toolid)
> 		@@Matt_Model_Toolid2 = "select#{toolname};";
> 		puts "1; #{@@Matt_Model_Toolid} 2; #{@@Matt_Model_Toolid2}"
> 	end
>

Well... almost.

"selectCameraOrbitTool:" doesnt work.
It's action name is simply OrbitTool.
So maybe a hash of returned tool names and the send_action name.

sendActionToolName = {"CameraOrbitTool", "OrbitTool", } etc.
Or maybe a hash of just the exceptions.

Its a shame SU has to be so inconsistent.

pecan

Here's a list of the send_actions and the actual tool name returned by the observer.

howRubyPanel;
viewBack;
viewBottom;
viewFront;
viewIso;
viewLeft;
viewRight;
viewTop;
viewPerspective;
viewShowAxes;
viewShowHidden;
viewZoomExtents;
viewZoomToSelection;
viewUndo;
selectOrbitTool; (CameraOrbitTool)
    ok  selectPositionCameraTool;
selectDollyTool; (CameraDollyTool
selectTurnTool;
selectWalkTool; (CameraWalkTool)
selectZoomTool; (CameraZoomTool)
selectFieldOfViewTool; (CameraFOVTool) <=== inconsistency
selectZoomWindowTool; (CameraZoomWindowTool)
pageAdd;
pageDelete;
pageUpdate;
pageNext;
pagePrevious;
renderWireframe;
renderHiddenLine;
renderMonochrome&#058;
renderShaded;
renderTextures;
    ok  selectArcTool;
selectAxisTool; (SketchCSTool)
    ok  selectCircleTool;
    ok selectEraseTool;
    ok  selectFreehandTool;
selectLineTool; (SketchTool)
    ok  selectMeasureTool;
    ok  selectMoveTool;
    ok  selectOffsetTool;
    ok  selectPaintTool;
selectPolygonTool; (PolyTool)
    ok  selectProtractorTool;
    ok  selectPushPullTool;
    ok  selectRectangleTool;
    ok  selectRotateTool;
    ok  selectScaleTool;
    ok  selectSectionPlaneTool;
    ok  selectTextTool;
    ok  selectDimensionTool;
    ok  selectExtrudeTool;
    ok  selectSelectionTool;
editUndo;
editRedo;
editHide;
editUnhide;
fixNonPlanarFaces;

axes is returning SketchCSTool
3d text is returning 3DTextTool
plugins return RubyTool
orbit return CameraOrbitTool
pan returns CameraDollyTool
zoom returns CameraZoomTool
field of view returns CameraFDVTool
zoom window returns CameraFOVTool
zoom extends return CameraZoomWindowTool
walk return CamerWalkTool
look returns CameraPanTool
line returns selectSketchTool

Except for "selectFieldOfViewTool: (CameraFOVTool)" you can remove "Camera" from the observer reported name and prefix "select".
Special cases are PolyTool, Line tool, and axis tool.

On second thought, a hash like {reportedObserverName, sendSelectName} might be the best bet.

pecan

The following seems to work, and you can add to the exceptions hash when you find 'em.

Hope this helps some...


# Supports Organizer.rb
=begin
Copyright 2009, Matt
All Rights Reserved

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

License;   Free

Author;     	Matthieu NOBLET
Organization;   Matt
Name;      		Recall_lst_tool
Version;   		1.0
SU Version;   	6 and 7
Date;      		17/02/2009
Description;   	Recall last tool used
Usage;      	If you want to have a shortcut, please try with native Sketchup shortcuts...
History;
	1.000   17/02/2009
			First version

	1.100	17/02/2009
			Global variables replaced by Class variables
=end

require 'sketchup.rb'

class Matt_Observer < Sketchup;;ToolsObserver
    def initialize
        @ToolExceptionsHash = {
           # observerName    send_actionName
            "FOVTool",       "FieldOfViewTool",
            "SketchCSTool",  "AxisTool",
            "SketchTool",    "LineTool",
            "PolyTool",      "PolygonTool"
        }
    end
	@@Matt_Model_Toolid = nil
	@@Matt_Model_Toolid2 = nil
	def onActiveToolChanged (tools_object, toolname, toolid)
        print tools_object, " ", toolname, " ", toolid, "\n"
        tname = toolname;
		@@Matt_Model_Toolid = @@Matt_Model_Toolid2 if @@Matt_Model_Toolid2
		# remove "Camera" prefix reported by ToolObserver"
		@@Matt_Model_Toolid2 = (tname[0,6]="" if (tname[0,6] == "Camera"));
		tname = @ToolExceptionsHash.fetch(tname, tname);
		@@Matt_Model_Toolid2 = "select#{tname};";
		puts "1; #{@@Matt_Model_Toolid} 2; #{@@Matt_Model_Toolid2}"
	end
	def self.recall_last
        puts "sending action #{@@Matt_Model_Toolid}" if @@Matt_Model_Toolid
		return Sketchup.send_action(@@Matt_Model_Toolid) if @@Matt_Model_Toolid
		return Sketchup.send_action("selectSelectionTool;")
	end
end

unless file_loaded?(__FILE__)
   file_loaded(__FILE__)
   Sketchup.active_model.tools.add_observer(Matt_Observer.new)
   $submenu ? (organizer = $submenu) ; (organizer = UI.menu("Plugins"))
   organizer.add_item("Recall last tool"){ Matt_Observer.recall_last }
end

Matt666

Hi pecan!
Sorry, I didn"t test your plugin, but I think it doesn't work with plugins. So Non native tools...
I will test it! Thank you for that Pecan!

Matt666

Hi Pecan! Your method does not work with ruby tools, as expected...
A new version has been posted in the first post. It fixes a bug found by Simon Le Bon. Thank you Simon!

simon le bon

Hi Matt,
Hip Hip! I've just installed your plug v 1.2 and it seems working very well (all tools are seemingly supported)! So cool!!
It's too young to see if it remain operative on duration, but i believe this is now fixed.

Many thanks for that tool dear Matt

I take it!

simon.

Edson

@matt666 said:

Sorry Edson, and all mac users. But I can't do anything with this bug. Function 'send_action' doesn't accept integers (so tool IDs) on Mac.

would the last update make it usable in macs?

Matt666

@unknownuser said:

I take it!

@unknownuser said:

would the last update make it usable in macs?
... Dear Edson... I'm so sorry! You (and all Mac users!)have some problems with many of my scripts... Included this one...
I can't be usable in mac. Mac has a bug with main function used in this script: Sketchup.send_action(ToolID). And I can't do anything.
Sorry again Edson...

Edson

matt,

no problem. several other plugins you created work without problems. let's hope this bug gets solved in the future.

plot-paris

great plugin, Matthieu.

just a thought: does it make sense to have a similar tool go through several previously used tools when pressing the shortcut key repeatedly?

Matt666

Hi plot_paris!

That's a good idea... I will give a try! I think we may go through 10 previously used tools, and may undo history (retrun to the last tool used) by activating selection tool.

Chris Fullmer

Hey, I was just thinking about a plugin that would cycle through tools on repeated pressing of a button.

So assign it to the spacebar. Hit the spacebar once and its select. Twice it move, 3 is rotate. But I quickly decided against the silly plugin when I started thinking about having to hit the spacebar 26 times to get to "place camera" or something

But in this context, I think it is quite a good idea,

Chris