Saving components so they "open" nicely?

[RichMorin]

I have a plugin which saves the component it has been working on in a file, as:

comp_def.save_as(out_path)

All of the saved components import nicely, but some of them don't "open" well. For example, they might not show the entire model, show the model in too large a space, etc.

In some cases, things get really extreme: I have to scroll waaaay out (or use "Camera > ZoomExtents") to see the model properly.

I have tried doing a ZoomExtents inside the plugin, as:

Sketchup.send_action('ZoomExtents;')

or

  am    = Sketchup.active_model
  av    = am.active_view
  av    = av.zoom_extents

or

Sketchup.active_model.active_view.
  zoom(Sketchup.active_model.entities)

but this has no effect on the saved file. HOWEVER, the window adjusts itself as desired if I open the saved file and type the command into the Ruby Console, as:

Sketchup.active_model.active_view.zoom_extents

My impression is that zoom_extents is working, but that the extents aren't getting saved by the save_as method.

Help?

[jessejames]

@richmorin said:

My impression is that zoom_extents is working, but that the extents aren't getting saved by the save_as method.

Help?

I don't know anything about saving components as i've never needed to do that, however there is somewhere a method like "update_thumbnail" or something like that? It might be useful to you...? If i find the correct method i'll edit my post. But remember i'm just purely guessing at this point

[RichMorin]

It looks like refresh_thumbnail does the trick; thanks! I'll report back when I have done further testing...

-r

[RichMorin]

Indeed, it turns out that calling refresh_thumbnail after the call to zoom_extents and before the call to save_as clears up the problem.