Best way to create ruby addon in sketchup

[Okimi]

Hello !!!

I would like to develop sketchup's addon. Can you give me informations about tools to use for edit, execute and debug Ruby scripts for SketchUp ?

Thanks

[thomthom]

Hello and welcome!

Google Sketchup FAQ: http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/faq.html
The API manual: http://code.google.com/intl/nb/apis/sketchup/docs/index.html

More links and info in the Stickies in this forum section - such as this one: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10142

Some other tips:

• Wrap your code in a module to avoid conflicts with other scripts.
• Don't modify base classes - as other scripts might rely on their original behaviour.
• Beware observers - many are bugged.