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    • L Offline
      Larsen
      last edited by

      Tons of snippets are lying around, but few have 3D-SU goals/concept. What I would tell is that SU is specific for concepts relating to 3D expressions. Such concepts would first be enumerated: concept of rotating , concepts of translation, and so on. A master of SU-Ruby (I am keen to tell Gouru for their overwhelming production under rbs label --with some exceptions--) would express a concept with easyness parcimony, not at the hand of a novice. And then the motivated novice, I am sure will test the snippet, rearrange it and ONE day childbirth (!) snippets which will became a plugin NOT rbs one.
      Cogitations or Hallucinations, it's up to you to judge.

      I am ashamed to tell thanks for my ignorance.

      [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        You seen this: http://www.martinrinehart.com/models/tutorial/?

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

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          Larsen
          last edited by

          Yes, I know the site of martinrinehart.

          Thanks.

          [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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            Larsen
            last edited by

            I stumbled upon this post:

            Ruby Script Video Tutorial - Multiple PushPull Script
            Postby Chris Fullmer on Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:53 am
            Hi, this video shows how to write a script the does a push/pull over many selected faces. Its about 10 lines of code, and I explain it in under 5 minutes. I could even be simplified down to 1 line of code really. But that is pretty dense code. So writing it in 10 lines is easier to read πŸ˜„

            I would not have said it better.

            Thanks Chris.

            [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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              Larsen
              last edited by

              Here another post by Chris who illustrate my idea (His idea).

              BEGIN
              Ruby Script Video Tutorial - add Construction Points
              Postby Chris Fullmer on Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:39 pm
              Ok, this is my first attempt at a real time, script writing tutorial. I might do another here shortly. I know some people are not fond of my videos, so I've done this to spite them πŸ˜„ And I've heard some people like the videos a lot, so those people are allowed to watch and listen.
              But I warn you, this is Ruby scripting in real time. So its not super duper exciting, unless you like Ruby or want to learn to script.
              It's only about 6 lines of code, so you can't get too confusedI hope.
              END

              You're RIGHT Chris.

              What else.

              [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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              • Dan RathbunD Offline
                Dan Rathbun
                last edited by

                Sorry, but I'm really good at lurking.. πŸ˜›

                Have you noticed my Ruby Newbie's Guide to Getting Started

                which points at RUBY RESOURCES

                I'm not here much anymore.

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                  Larsen
                  last edited by

                  I am not talking about RUBY RESOURCES, but about perception process. By the way, do you know from whom we inherited lurking?

                  [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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                  • Dan RathbunD Offline
                    Dan Rathbun
                    last edited by

                    @larsen said:

                    By the way, do you know from whom we inherited lurking?

                    @unknownuser said:

                    (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lurking)":27ob9p2a]

                    Origin:
                    1250–1300; ME lurken, freq. of lower2; cf. Norw lurka to sneak away

                    @unknownuser said:

                    (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search)":27ob9p2a]
                    ... probably from Scandinavian (cf. dial. Norw. lurka "to sneak away," dial. Swed. lurka "to be slow in one's work"), perhaps ult. related to M.E. luren "to frown, lurk"

                    So it probably came from Viking Norse, via Middle English, as a result of the Norse invasion into Britain (circa 875-950.)

                    I'm not here much anymore.

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      @dan rathbun said:

                      So it probably came from Viking Norse

                      😎 Grade 8 lurker

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

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                      • honoluludesktopH Offline
                        honoluludesktop
                        last edited by

                        Didn't read all of the above, how about this SketchUcation Topic? Been there lots of time to look at stuff. Thanks to Jim!!!

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                        • L Offline
                          Larsen
                          last edited by

                          Very interesting link.

                          http://jasonpaulgrant.co.uk/my-work/articles/42-is-lurking-a-problem.html

                          [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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                          • Dan RathbunD Offline
                            Dan Rathbun
                            last edited by

                            "snippet" does not mean 'small' ...

                            ... it means some code that you can 'cut and paste' into your own code project.

                            I'm not here much anymore.

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                              Cleverbeans
                              last edited by

                              @dan rathbun said:

                              "snippet" does not mean 'small' ...

                              If we're being pedantic then "snippet" is the diminutive of "snip" so it does in fact mean "a small portion of".

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                              • Dan RathbunD Offline
                                Dan Rathbun
                                last edited by

                                Ok fine.. I'll give ya that.

                                But he wants a word that is smaller than small (limited to 10 lines.)

                                How about pygmy code or pygmy snippet ??

                                I'm not here much anymore.

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                                • K Offline
                                  kwalkerman
                                  last edited by

                                  How about compiling a list of simple plugins that newbies can learn from? I find it is really helpful to learn from something that actually does something useful. We can develop a list of existing plugins, that are well-written, short, and accomplish something useful. I've learned alot from reading other people's code, and it definitely would've been useful to me to have a short list of plugins to download and learn from.

                                  I think that lots of people on this forum could develop a short list of their plugins that would help a beginner. This would provide an excellent resource without sapping TONS of time.

                                  --
                                  Karen

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                                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                    Chris Fullmer
                                    last edited by

                                    Thats not a bad idea. Many of my smaller scripts are simple. There are always questions about learning bad habits from others. I try hard, but I'm sure there are still things I do wrong. I'd hate for others to learn that from me.

                                    Also, am I the only one that finds the linetool.rb rather dense to read? I have not looked at it for a little while now, but when I was learning, I could not make heads or tales of that thing.

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

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      @chris fullmer said:

                                      Also, am I the only one that finds the linetool.rb rather dense to read? I have not looked at it for a little while now, but when I was learning, I could not make heads or tales of that thing.

                                      Yes. I think a cleaner linetool would be useful.

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

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                                      • K Offline
                                        kwalkerman
                                        last edited by

                                        I also found the linetool.rb pretty dense.

                                        @chris fullmer said:

                                        There are always questions about learning bad habits from others

                                        It would be helpful to have some other coders review the files and make suggestions for cleanup prior to submission to the thread. I will definitely volunteer my material selection plugin (http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=31378), but would definitely like some criticism regarding the coding and clarity prior to having someone learn from it!

                                        --
                                        Karen

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                                          Larsen
                                          last edited by

                                          Yes, a lot of good ideas.

                                          [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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                                            Larsen
                                            last edited by

                                            I am now sure that the concept of "Ruby Script Video Tutorial" formulated by Chris is the one I dreamed for.

                                            [Every form of thinking perish by excess of its basic principles.

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