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    charltonjames
    last edited by 26 Aug 2010, 12:00

    HI,

    I would love to get involved in developing plugins for SketchUp. However, i have little to no knowledge on ruby scripting, so im in need of a beginner guide. I was wondering if you could suggest a website that can provide simple step by step guides that can help to start my knowledge on writing ruby script.

    I think i would like to begin by developing a plugin that can create a simple box..... basically one very similar to the box.rb that is available in the example plugins.

    Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated.

    Regards

    James

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      thomthom
      last edited by 26 Aug 2010, 12:05

      We have this thread with lots of SketchUp ruby resources: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10142

      However, are you brand new to Ruby in general? Or even scripting?

      You might find this book interesting: http://www.autosketchup.com/

      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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        pilou
        last edited by 26 Aug 2010, 12:13

        Books that you can download here as free PDF 😉

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
        My Little site :)

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          MartinRinehart
          last edited by 26 Aug 2010, 16:20

          My tutorial goes into Ruby scripting, starting in Chapter 11.

          Author, Edges to Rubies - The Complete SketchUp Tutorial at http://www.MartinRinehart.com/models/tutorial.

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            Dan Rathbun
            last edited by 26 Aug 2010, 22:05


            Before you can script using the Sketchup Ruby API,
            you really should learn the basics of Standard Ruby.

            I have posted a Ruby Links list at GoogleGroups: RUBY RESOURCES (Links)

            • Be sure to also check out the addendum post as well as the 1st post.

            • ie. Martin's tutorial is on the addendum.

            • There are 4 online tutorials listed at the top of the list, which you should go thru (probably in the order listed.)

            • There are at least 6 (six) free books (most downloadable as PDF,) that you should get and put on your system for reference.

            • You can get Ruby CHM help files: RUBY PROGRAMMING REFERENCES
              .

            I'm not here much anymore.

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              kyyu
              last edited by 3 Sept 2010, 11:15

              I got started, by watching Chris Fullmer's video tutorials on youtube. They helped me out alot, so I highly recommend them: http://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisFullmer#g/u

              -Kwok

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                Chris Fullmer
                last edited by 6 Sept 2010, 04:50

                My favroite is the tutorial by Chris Pine that Dan has a link to in his Ruby Resources post. Its a great tutorial for beginners:

                http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/&usg=AFQjCNF0pvft-53HqTk8UN0-dS6DVxUX0w

                Chris

                Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                All my Plugins I've written

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                  Dan Rathbun
                  last edited by 9 Sept 2011, 17:44


                  Ruby Newbie's Guide to Getting Started


                  I'm not here much anymore.

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