Ruby Help for Components & Layers

[ktkoh]

I am trying to move a component created in a rb file to a new layer also created by that file. This code moves the enities so they are only visible on the new layer but when I check the Info the component is still on layer0. Is there a way to define the component layer knowing the name? Or is there a way to select the component knowing the name? (As I am able to change the layer of a selected component so I could make that work.)

model = Sketchup.active_model
model.start_operation "CreateBox"
name = "WebTest"
layerno = "01"

# Create new layer for Part Assembly
      layers = model.layers
      newname = "A" + layerno + "-" + name
      if layers[newname]
	 UI.messagebox("Layer \"#{newname}\" exists, exiting.")
	 return
      end
      layer = layers.add newname
      pb = layer.page_behavior = LAYER_IS_HIDDEN_ON_NEW_PAGES
      model.pages.each { |p| p.set_visibility( layer, false ) }    
    entities = model.active_entities

    group = entities.add_group
    entities = group.entities
      
    pts = []
    pts[0] = [0, 0, 0]
    pts[1] = [10, 0, 0]
    pts[2] = [10, 1, 0]
    pts[3] = [0, 1, 0]
    base = entities.add_face pts
    
    width = -4if( base.normal.dot(Z_AXIS) < 0 )
    
    # Now we can do the pushpull
    base.pushpull width
    
    # Put entities on layer named "newname"
    entities.each{|e|e.layer=newname}

    # Now we are done and we can end the operation
    model.commit_operation
    
    # If you want the group to be a Component try the following.
    component_instance=group.to_component  
    component_instance.definition.name=name
    
    model.commit_operation

Keith

[thomthom]

You never set the layer property for your group.

at where you got this line:
group = entities.add_group

add:
group.layer = layer

[thomthom]

And if you want to create components, then you use model.definitions.add "newCompName"
http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/definitionlist.html#add

And then place an instance of the definition. http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/entities.html#add_instance

Instead of making a groups and then converting the group.