Current Year DC Attribute

hocha

Hi All -

Does anyone know of a way to reference the current year in the DC attributes? As in, right now I want to reference 2011, the current year, DC attribute formulas, but come January 1, 2012, the reference should automatically update to 2012. I know how to do this in Excel, but could not figure it out in Sketchup. Anyone know how to do this?

Adam

TIG

To add extra functions to a DC you can use this

# save as 'add_funcs.rb' in Plugins
require 'sketchup'
# Open SketchUp's Dynamic Component Functions (V1) class.
class DCFunctionsV1
  protected
  # provide access to a Ruby method
  # Usage in DC =date
  def date(a)
    return Time.now.to_s
  end
end

Gaieus

Displaying the date won't work on a SU install where this plugin is not installed though, will it?

I.e. if Adam wants to share such components, should also share the plugin...

TIG

Exactly... there is no built-in 'date' function BUT you can make a .rb file to add any 'missing' function you want...
BUT then others also need that file in Plugins...

hocha

Worked like a charm. Thanks, TIG!