[Code] Sketchup.send_action() : Arguments to

Dan Rathbun · 7 Feb 2011, 16:21

Sketchup.send_action() : Arguments to

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Dan Rathbun · 5 Sept 2011, 05:47

integer arguments are PC ONLY:

@unknownuser said:

(http://forums.sketchucation.com/memberlist.php?mode) in Google toolbar: get position":2lfu275a]Hi all, do you know how can I call the get position (the 1st command in Google Toolbar) via API?
I looked around and found that SU5 had some script for manage the Google Earth input/ouput.

use: Sketchup.send_action( *numarg* )

Sketchup ver 7.x, where *numarg* is:

<span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">send_action</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> numarg </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Sketchup ver 7.x<br /># PC ONLY ; numargs for the Google Toolbar;<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  139  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Get Current View"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  140  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Toggle Terrain"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  145  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Place Model"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">21988  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Get Models"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">21989  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Share Model"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">24188  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Upload Component"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  </span>

Sketchup ver 8.x, where *numarg* is:

<span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">send_action</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> numarg </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Sketchup ver 8.x<br /># PC ONLY ; numargs for the Google Toolbar;<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  139  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Add Location..."<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  140  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Toggle Terrain"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">24209  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Add New Building..."<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">24210  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Photo Textures"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  145  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Preview Model in Google Earth"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">21988  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Get Models..."<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">21989  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Share Model..."<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">24188  </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Share Component..."<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Cross-Platform String arguments;<br /></span><span class="syntaxstring">'addBuilding;'</span><span class="syntaxdefault">     </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Add New Building..."<br />'getPhotoTexture;'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Photo Textures"<br />'getModels;'</span><span class="syntaxdefault">       </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Get Models..."<br />'shareModel;'</span><span class="syntaxdefault">      </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Share Model..."</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">**<br /></span><span class="syntaxstring">'uploadComponent;'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Share Component..."</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">**<br />**(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">brings up login dialog if not logged in</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">   </span>

Updated 2011-09-05 : show the cross-platform strings for ver 8+.

Shoff · 5 Sept 2011, 23:12

@unknownuser said:

# Cross-Platform String arguments;
> 'addBuilding;'     "Add New Building..."
> 'getPhotoTexture;' "Photo Textures"
> 'getModels;'       "Get Models..."
> 'shareModel;'      "Share Model..." **
> 'uploadComponent;' "Share Component..." **
> **(brings up login dialog if not logged in.)

The Cross-Platform String arguments don't work for me on a Mac with SketchUp 8.

Shoff · 5 Sept 2011, 23:56

Realized I need to clarify. Those arguments return true, but nothing happens. Dialogs don't show up, etc. Do they work on a PC?

Dan Rathbun · 6 Sept 2011, 01:38

@shoff said:

Realized I need to clarify. Those arguments return true, but nothing happens. Dialogs don't show up, etc. Do they work on a PC?

Yes they work on PC.. same as if you clicked the corresponding button on the Google Toolbar.

Dan Rathbun · 8 Sept 2011, 08:32

Bug Report filed for Sketchup Ruby on Apple OSX (this topic referenced.)

Jim · 24 Dec 2011, 09:36

Here's an updated list of send_action() arguments for SketchUp 8 M2.

Undocumented
! Broken on Mac


addBuilding; !
copy; *
cut; *
editDelete; *
editHide;
editRedo;
editUndo;
editUnhide;
fixNonPlanarFaces;
getCurrentView; *
getModels; *!
getPhotoTexture; !
newDocument; *
openDocument; *
pageAdd;
pageDelete;
pageNext;
pagePrevious;
pageUpdate;
paste; *
placeModel; *
printDocument; *
renderHiddenLine;
renderMonochrome&#058;
renderShaded;
renderTextures;
renderWireframe;
saveDocument; *
select3dTextTool; *
selectArcTool;
selectAxisTool;
selectCircleTool;
selectDimensionTool;
selectDollyTool;
selectEraseTool;
selectExtrudeTool;
selectFieldOfViewTool;
selectFreehandTool;
selectImageIglooTool;
selectLineTool;
selectMeasureTool;
selectMoveTool;
selectNorthTool;
selectOffsetTool;
selectOrbitTool;
selectPaintTool;
selectPolygonTool;
selectPositionCameraTool;
selectProtractorTool;
selectPushPullTool;
selectRectangleTool;
selectRotateTool;
selectScaleTool;
selectSectionPlaneTool;
selectSelectionTool;
selectTextTool;
selectTurnTool;
selectWalkTool;
selectZoomTool;
selectZoomWindowTool;
selectionZoomExt; *
shareModel; *!
showRubyPanel;
uploadComponent; *!
viewBack;
viewBottom;
viewFront;
viewIso;
viewLeft;
viewPerspective;
viewRight;
viewShowAxes;
viewShowGuides; *
viewShowHidden;
viewTop;
viewUndo;
viewZoomExtents;
viewZoomToSelection;

SketchUp 15

= removed

= added


-addBuilding;
+selectArc3PointFitTool;
+selectArc3PointPieTool;
+selectArc3PointTool;
+selectClassifierTool;
+selectionZoomExt;
+selectRectangle3PointTool;
-selectionZoomExt;
+showExtensionStore;

driven · 24 Dec 2011, 18:54

is this an exception? [as in a mac thing...]

> Sketchup.send_action('viewPerspective;')
true
> !Sketchup.send_action('viewPerspective;')
false

john

Edit:
I've been looking for a replacement for Sketchup.send_action('viewParallelProjection:') which returns True, but doesn't 'switch views' on mac.
**!**Sketchup.send_action('viewPerspective:') does, I'm wondering if it also 'switches views' on PC or would I need to have both in a cross platform script.

EDIT Edit: Sketchup.send_action('viewParallelProjection:') is working now?
it not on the list, but I had tried it... maybe I had a typo...

So does Sketchup.send_action('viewParallelProjection:') work on PC's... john

ktkoh · 29 Dec 2011, 23:44

Sketchup.send_action('viewParallelProjection:') does not work on the PC. It returns true or false but does not change the view.

Sketchup.active_model.active_view.camera.perspective = false This command will change based on the true or false value

Keith

thomthom · 3 Apr 2013, 18:28

No action for the Follow Me tool? (That works on both platforms.)

driven · 3 Apr 2013, 23:06

@thomthom said:

No action for the Follow Me tool? (That works on both platforms.)

don't know what works on a PC, but since your probably missing the mac one...

Sketchup.send_action('selectExtrudeTool;')

I'll add this to my list...
I've got a osascript test runner, for running the lot if you want it...
john

thomthom · 4 Apr 2013, 07:31

Excellent! I didn't realise that was it's internal name. Doh!

Yea, run the lot and see what you get.

TIG · 4 Apr 2013, 09:47

I think early versions of SketchUp called it the 'Extrude Tool', later it was renamed 'FollowMe' but the original 'coded' name remains - which is like 'Scenes' are really 'Pages', 'Guides' are really 'Clines' etc, and other foibles that you can probably list too !

thomthom · 4 Apr 2013, 10:15

Yea - there's lots of legacy strangeness to discover when traversing the API.

driven · 22 Jun 2013, 01:14

possibly new for v2013 on mac at least

Sketchup.send_action('closeDocument;')

Sketchup.send_action('newDocument;')

Sketchup.send_action('saveDocument;')

Sketchup.send_action('openDocument;')

Sketchup.send_action('printDocument;')

@Dan, thanks for the trigger to test them...

TIG · 22 Jun 2013, 09:04

@driven said:

possibly new for v2013 on mac at least

Sketchup.send_action('closeDocument;')
> 
> Sketchup.send_action('newDocument;')
> 
> Sketchup.send_action('saveDocument;')
> 
> Sketchup.send_action('openDocument;')
> 
> Sketchup.send_action('printDocument;')
>

@Dan, thanks for the trigger to test them...
Some of those have been around BUT 'undocumented' for some time [v8M2].
The 'saveDocument:' is particularly useful because calling model.save(model.path) does NOT save the model BUT returns 'true'.
So if you want to ensure the model is saved before saving it as another name, that send_action is needed...
Here's a list that I have for those v8M2 changes - some were documented but * == undocumented & ! == broken on MAC:
addBuilding: !
copy: *
cut: *
editDelete: *
getCurrentView: *
getModels: *!
getPhotoTexture: !
newDocument: *
openDocument: *
paste: *
placeModel: *
printDocument: *
saveDocument: *
select3dTextTool: *
selectionZoomExt: *
shareModel: *!
showRubyPanel:
uploadComponent: *!
viewShowGuides: *

driven · 22 Jun 2013, 13:45

This is my latest list, some may be mac only, some new, some missing


Sketchup.send_action('addBuilding;') #!   dosn't work on mac
Sketchup.send_action('getPhotoTexture;') #!   dosn't work on mac

#/
Sketchup.send_action('closeDocument;')
Sketchup.send_action('newDocument;')
Sketchup.send_action('openDocument;') # dialog drop-down sheet
Sketchup.send_action('printDocument;') # direct print of current view  @current settings
Sketchup.send_action('saveDocument;') # dialog drop-down sheet

#/
Sketchup.send_action('editHide;')
Sketchup.send_action('editRedo;')
Sketchup.send_action('editUndo;')
Sketchup.send_action('editUnhide;') #!   dosn't work on mac
Sketchup.send_action('editUnhideAll;') #*  does work on mac
Sketchup.send_action('editUnhideLast;') #*  does work on mac

#/
Sketchup.send_action('fixNonPlanarFaces;')

#/
Sketchup.send_action('pageAdd;')
Sketchup.send_action('pageDelete;')
Sketchup.send_action('pageNext;')
Sketchup.send_action('pagePrevious;')
Sketchup.send_action('pageUpdate;')

#/
Sketchup.send_action('renderHiddenLine;')
Sketchup.send_action('renderMonochrome&#058;')
Sketchup.send_action('renderShaded;')
Sketchup.send_action('renderTextures;')
Sketchup.send_action('renderWireframe;')

#/
Sketchup.send_action('selectAll;') #NEW?  does work on mac but not('editSelectAll;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectArcTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectAxisTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectCircleTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectDimensionTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectDollyTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectEraseTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectExtrudeTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectFieldOfViewTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectFreehandTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectImageIglooTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectLineTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectMeasureTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectMoveTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectNorthTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectOffsetTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectOrbitTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectPaintTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectPolygonTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectPositionCameraTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectProtractorTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectPushPullTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectRectangleTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectRotateTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectScaleTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectSectionPlaneTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectSelectionTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectTextTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectTurnTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectWalkTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectZoomTool;')
Sketchup.send_action('selectZoomWindowTool;')

#/
Sketchup.send_action('viewBack;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewBottom;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewFront;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewIso;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewLeft;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewParallelProjection;') #* does work on mac •toggle
Sketchup.send_action('viewPerspective;') #* does work on mac •toggle
Sketchup.send_action('viewRight;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewShowAxes;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewShowAxes;') #*  does work on mac •toggle
Sketchup.send_action('viewShowGuides;') #*  does work on mac •toggle
Sketchup.send_action('viewShowHidden;') #*  does work on mac •toggle
Sketchup.send_action('viewTop;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewTwoPointPerspective;') #* does work on mac
Sketchup.send_action('viewUndo;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewZoomExtents;')
Sketchup.send_action('viewZoomToSelection;')

#/
Sketchup.send_action('showRubyPanel;')

#/
Sketchup.send_action('cut;')

#/
Sketchup.send_action('copy;')

#/
Sketchup.send_action('paste;')

#/
Sketchup.send_action('pasteInPlace;')

#/
Sketchup.send_action('editDelete;')

forgot the bottom one, and I think I have a few others... somewhere...

Mythos · 23 May 2014, 08:08

Is there any action to edit a group/component (similar as double clicking on a group)?

TIG · 23 May 2014, 08:58

@mythos said:

Is there any action to edit a group/component (similar as double clicking on a group)?
No.
I have PM'd you a suggestion with a method using view.pick_helper.path_at[-2], to select the picked object's container, then using the [forced open] Outliner to open that now selected group/instance for editing...

Dan Rathbun · 5 Sept 2015, 03:38

Has anyone found a cross-platform string to send the model to Layout ?

On the PC only this works:
Sketchup::send_action( 23051 )