[Plugin] Colour N-Gons v1.0 (17/4/12)

Rich O Brien

Thanks for the code.

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Rich O Brien

How do I enter this in the console? I tried but I'm getting errors....

(eval);438
for face in Sketchup.active_model.selection
Error; #<SyntaxError; (eval);438; compile error
(eval);438; syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting kDO_COND or ';' or '\n' or ';'
for face in Sketchup.active_model.selection
                                           ^>

thomthom

Ah, it was just general code.

Here is a one-liner:

Sketchup.active_model.selection.each{|e|e.material='red' if e.is_a?(Sketchup::Face) && e.edges.length==4}

Khai

ohh I can really use this

I wish I knew how to give it a UI - so you could select edge count (3,4,5,etc) and colour...

Rich O Brien

You're reading my mind Khai. This is beyond my ability but I'll have a stab at it.

TIG

Easy-peasy... see the part that says e.edges.length==4
Just change it to any value between 3 and 1000000+
e.edges.length==3 for triangulated faces
e.edges.length==6 for hexagonal faces
etc...

Khai

I get that Tig.. it's having the code handy all the time and where do I enter it?

TIG

A 'one-liner' needs to be copied+pasted+<enter> into the Window > Ruby Console to do its stuff.
In this case it works on the current Selection, and changes the material of all selected faces that have the given number of edges...

Rich O Brien

does this thing need a module/class etc?

Also does it need a def? All this is still greek to me

TIG

A 'one-liner' stands as it is - it's just like typing any commands into the Ruby Console.
Of course you could make it a 'module' that has a 'menu' item and a 'dialog' for the number of faces etc etc...

Rich O Brien

let's not go there. As much as I need to highlight quads I don't want to tear my hair out. There's not much left after last time

thomthom

<span class="syntaxdefault"><br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment"># First yeh need this - you just do - so do it!<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'sketchup.rb'<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Then yeh need a module to group your plugins<br /># so it doesn't fekk up everyone else's.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">module ROB<br />  <br />  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Then a smart-arse name for the actual plugin.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  module ColorByNGon<br />    <br />    </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Add your menu items here, but make sure it's<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># not added multiple times.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    unless file_loaded</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">basename</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">__FILE__</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Fetch yourself a handy top-level menu...<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      menu </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">menu</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'Plugins'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># ...sprinkle with some menu items...<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      menu</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_item</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'Colour N-Gons'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        self</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">colour_ngon<br />      </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    end<br />    <br />    </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># You deffo want to add some methods.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    def self</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">colour_ngon<br />      </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Lets ask the user for colour and number<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># of sides in the n-gon;<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      prompts  </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'Colour'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'N-Gon Sides'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      defaults </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'Red'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 4 </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      title    </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'Colour N-Gons'<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      result </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">inputbox</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> prompts</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> defaults</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> title </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      return if result </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> false </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># User cancelled - the bugger!<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Do the magic trick!<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      color</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> ngon </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> result </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Extract the user input from the results.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      model </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Get yourself a reference to the model.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">start_operation</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'Colour N-Gons'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> true </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Because you like a tidy Undo stack<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      for face in model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">selection<br />        next unless face</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">is_a</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Face </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        next unless face</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">edges</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">length </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> ngon<br />        face</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">material </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> color<br />      end<br />      model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">commit_operation </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Can you commit - can you?!???<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Profit???<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    end<br />    <br />  end </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># module ColorByNGon<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># module ROB<br /><br /># Mark this file as loaded.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">file_loaded</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">basename</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">__FILE__</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span>

Rich O Brien

Do I delete the orange? cause it ain't firing?

thomthom

@unknownuser said:

Do I delete the orange? cause it ain't firing?

The orange is just comments - they do nothing.

I didn't test it before posting - because now I can 'fix' it for a grand fee!
Gimme the error message and a wallop of money!

Rich O Brien

error message below....

There's none?

thomthom

Ah - found a typo: def self.self.colour_ngon - should be def self.colour_ngon. I updated my post.

Rich O Brien

That little fella was highlighted in Notepad++. So it finds the errors for you.

Rich O Brien

Updated first post with plugin.

Thanks Thom

JClements

Ah, neophyte question, what is the defintion of an Ngon?

Rich O Brien

a polygon with n sides

a quad is a 4-gon

a tri is a 3-gon

etc....

Hi John