[Code] ComponentInstance-add_entities v1.9

[HPW]

I run into a problem when I use add_entities from a startup-ruby.
The code line:

@kombi_group_sel_def.instances[0].add_entities(@kombi_group_list)

throws an error : undefined method `parent' for nil:NilClass

My ruby (zAutostart.rb) loads after the ComponentInstance-add_entities.rb

When I disable the call in my ruby and start the command from the console it runs without problems.

[thomthom]

Are you sure you have an instance of that definition in your model?

[HPW]

@thomthom said:

Are you sure you have an instance of that definition in your model?

Yes, because when I outcomment my call and type it in the console after start-complete it works.

Therefor I build just a workaround:

 wsh = WIN32OLE.new('Wscript.Shell')
 if wsh.AppActivate(skpbasename+".skp - SketchUp")
  sleep(1)
  wsh.SendKeys('{F2}')
  sleep(1)
  wsh.SendKeys('convert_acad_import{ENTER}')
 end

Seems that ruby's on startup have problems to use other stuff from other startup-rubys.

[thomthom]

@hpw said:

Seems that ruby's on startup have problems to use other stuff from other startup-rubys.

Hm.. maybe you're calling a ruby that isn't loaded. Have you added an require statement for all the rubys you depend on?

[HPW]

Cannot be true, because the error come from inside the add_entities-code.
Otherwise the error would tell about unknown method.

[thomthom]

Maybe things aren't ready immediately when SU loads the plugins...
Have you tried using a timer to delay the execution of your script instead of having to send keystrokes`?

[TIG]

require 'toggleWindows.rb' ?

[HPW]

@thomthom said:

Maybe things aren't ready immediately when SU loads the plugins...
Have you tried using a timer to delay the execution of your script instead of having to send keystrokes`?

I tried a 'sleep' with some diferent values without any success.

@tig said:

require 'toggleWindows.rb' ?

I had it yet for closing the outliner.
With my workaround it is working fine now.
(Automated DWG-Creation and SKP-Conversion(Acad-Blocks to SU-DC with non-editable prop) in a Batch process.)

[thomthom]

@hpw said:

I tried a 'sleep' with some diferent values without any success.

sleep prevents everything else to process. If you use a timer you allow the rest to continue processing.

[TIG]

v1.7 is now available - now any Attribute Dictionaries the Definition might have are kept when the Definition is reworked with the new entities...

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=145009#p145009

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[HPW]

Using 1.7 instead of 1.6 gives me this error:

@unknownuser said:

convert_acad_import
Error: #<NoMethodError: C:/Programme/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/ComponentInstance-add_entities17.rb:188:in add_entities': undefined method each' for nil:NilClass>
C:/Programme/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/ComponentInstance-add_entities17.rb:188

[TIG]

I've check it out...
School boy error ! Now fixed with v1.8...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=145009#p145009

[HPW]

Thanks for the quick fix.
Working correctly again!

[TIG]

Here's v1.9 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=145009#p145009
Copies over Instance Attributes if copy making set...