Add a face to my edges

[TIG]

You'll need Pro ?
http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/model.html#import
Sketchup.active_model.import(path_to_file.dxf, false)

[nics]

is there any way to turn it into a surface without redrawing one of its edges ? thanks

[honoluludesktop]

Should work, I imported the first dxf file in your folder (ExtJamb.dxf), exploded the component, then turned it into a face.

[honoluludesktop]

You could ask me to do it for you at $1.00 per byte per file. But seriously, any line touching any entity will do it, or you could write a ruby, but running it that would take as much time as inserting the line. Unless you batch it. Exactly what is it that you want to accomplish? If its simple, maybe Chris or TIG can bang one out for you.

[nics]

no don't worry, I was just wondering if there was other way of doing it ...

its gonna be in my scrip ... what I wanna do is to load the dxf file on the fly, place the profile inside just beside a door that I created on the fly and then do a followme around it.

[TIG]

If you import the dxf you should get a component named after the dxf file - e.g. "myfile.dxf".
Let's assume you have a name as name="myfile.dxf" ...
You can find that in

defn=nil
model.definitions.each{|d|(defn=d;break)if d.name==name}

In passing - you can also insert or manipulated instances of that definition...

tr=Geom;;Transformation.new(Geom;;Point3d.new(0,0,0))
inst=model.active_entities.add_instance(defn, tr)

We have found the definition [ defn] so we can now change it's entities...

defn.entities.to_a.each{|e|e.find_faces if e.class==Sketchup;;Edge}

Now all of your edges that can have faces should have got them.
If you want the faces to look 'up' [SUp always makes faces 'down' when z=0 !] use this...

defn.entities.to_a.each{|e|e.reverse! if e.class==Sketchup;;Face}

[Jean Lemire]

Hi folks.

Maybe this trick is a bit off topic and well known to seasonned SU users, especially those that are at the level of writing scripts, but it may help newbies reading this thread.

To be able to fill many shapes in one operation, see attached SU file for ideas.

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Filling many shapes in one operation.skp

[nics]

Thanks for all .. it works fine but my transformation doesn't seem to work .. what I did wrong ? thanks

require 'sketchup.rb'

model = Sketchup.active_model

Sketchup.active_model.import("G;/download/installation temporaire/SU-Ruby/pineprof/Wm41.DXF", false)

name="Wm41.DXF"
defn=nil
model.definitions.each{|d|(defn=d;break)if d.name==name}

tr=Geom;;Transformation.new(Geom;;Point3d.new(6,6,6))
inst=model.active_entities.add_instance(defn, tr)

#defn.entities.to_a.each{|e|e.find_faces if e.class==Sketchup;;Edge}

#defn.entities.to_a.each{|e|e.reverse! if e.class==Sketchup;;Face}

#new_transformation = Geom;;Transformation.new([20,20,20]) 
#inst.transform(new_transformation)

rv = Geom;;Vector3d.new(0,0,1)
inst.entities.transform!(Geom;;Transformation.rotation(Geom;;Point3d.new(inst.entities.bounds.center), rv, 45.degrees))

[TIG]

You want to transform the instance NOT it's entities ?
inst.entities.transform!(Geom::Transformation.rotation(Geom::Point3d.new(inst.entities.bounds.center), rv, 45.degrees))
should be
inst.transform!(Geom::Transformation.rotation(Geom::Point3d.new(inst.entities.bounds.center), rv, 45.degrees))
Probably a lot clearer to make tr=(Geom::Transformation.rotation(Geom::Point3d.new(inst.entities.bounds.center), rv, 45.degrees)
and then inst.transform!(tr) too...
If you want to 'transform entities' there use something like entities.transform_entities(entities_or_array_of_entities) method .
There's also a entities.transform_by_vector(array_of_entities, array_of_vectors) method...
These are useful foe move geometry and vertices etc inside a group's entities etc etc

[nics]

I want to rotate on the Component Instance since I want to retate the whole thing ... rotate entities would be if I want to rotate only part of the instance no ?

the rotate doesn't not work .. do I need to commit something ?

here's my code again thanks

require 'sketchup.rb'

model = Sketchup.active_model

Sketchup.active_model.import("G;/download/installation temporaire/SU-Ruby/pineprof/Wm41.DXF", false)

name="Wm41.DXF"
defn=nil
model.definitions.each{|d|(defn=d;break)if d.name==name}

tr=Geom;;Transformation.new(Geom;;Point3d.new(6,6,6))
inst=model.active_entities.add_instance(defn, tr)


rv = Geom;;Vector3d.new(0,0,1)
tr1=(Geom;;Transformation.rotation(Geom;;Point3d.new(inst.bounds.center), rv, 45.degrees))
inst.transform! (tr1)

[TIG]

rv = Geom;;Vector3d.new(0,0,1)
pt = Geom;;Point3d.new(inst.bounds.center)
tr = Geom;;Transformation.rotation(pt, rv, 45.degrees)
inst.transform!(tr)

Should work - note no space between .transform!(tr) whereas without the parenthesis it needs to be .transform! tr - the first way is recommended...
This should turn inst about its center 45 degrees ??
Test by adding 'puts ' in front of the variable setting line e.g. puts pt = Geom::Point3d.new(inst.bounds.center) and it prints the result in the Ruby Console - this lets you see what is getting set or error msgs...

[nics]

ok it works, my zoom was really high and my instance was out of my screen. Now I see the rotated ComponentInstance and the ComponentDefinition. I tried the remove the definition by doing defn.remove! but I have this exception : (eval):22:in `erase!': Cannot determine parent of entity

getting better .. ill try to figure out how to delete thanks for all appreciated

[TIG]

@nics said:

ok it works, my zoom was really high and my instance was out of my screen. Now I see the rotated ComponentInstance and the ComponentDefinition. I tried the remove the definition by doing defn.remove! but I have this exception : (eval):22:in `erase!': Cannot determine parent of entity
getting better .. ill try to figure out how to delete thanks for all appreciated

inst.erase! erases an instance.
group.erase! erases a group.
or to 'remove' a defn completely erase! all of it's entities inside a start_operation..commit..