Help inserting a skp into a model.

[honoluludesktop]

The only method I have found to import a skp into my model is model.import "my_file_name.skp". However, this method places the import on the tip of my pointer, not in the model. How do I import a skp, to a specific point in the model independently of a pointing device?

If I can import the skp as a definition, or instance to the model, then I could do something like definition.insertion_point=Geom::Point3d.new(x,y,z). But I have not figured out how to do that. Any ideas?

[Dan Rathbun]

try Entities.add_instance

[thomthom]

Entites.add_instance requires the instance to exist.
What you want to use is model.definitions.load
http://code.google.com/intl/no/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/definitionlist.html#load

Then you can use model.active_entities.add_instance

[Dan Rathbun]

Yes and the code example under Entities.add_instancehas all that.

[thomthom]

Gotcha - didn't notice that.

[honoluludesktop]

Thanks guys.