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      charltonjames
      last edited by

      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
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        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 β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          pilou
          last edited by

          Books that you can download here as free PDF πŸ˜‰

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

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            MartinRinehart
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            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 RathbunD Offline
              Dan Rathbun
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              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
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                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 FullmerC Offline
                  Chris Fullmer
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                  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:

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                  All my Plugins I've written

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                  • Dan RathbunD Offline
                    Dan Rathbun
                    last edited by


                    Ruby Newbie's Guide to Getting Started


                    I'm not here much anymore.

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