Load Sketchup file from URL or Specific Diretory

[vhiguita]

Hi,

I am implementing a ruby code that loads me a sketchup file(skp), this is my code:

point = Geom::Point3d.new 10,20,30
transform = Geom::Transformation.new point
model = Sketchup.active_model
entities = model.active_entities
path = Sketchup.find_support_file "chimney.skp",
"C:/Users/usuario/Downloads/pluginsketchUp/Sketchup/org.dworks.suide_1.0.0/exe/"
definitions = model.definitions
componentdefinition = definitions.load path
instance = entities.add_instance componentdefinition, transform
if (instance)
UI.messagebox instance
else
UI.messagebox "Failure"
end

How could I do, the file loads of a different path to "Components/Components Sampler/" or maybe of a specific url?.

Thanks in advance.

[chrisglasier]

@vhiguita said:

Hi,

I am implementing a ruby code that loads me a sketchup file(skp), this is my code:

point = Geom;;Point3d.new 10,20,30
>  transform = Geom;;Transformation.new point
>  model = Sketchup.active_model
>  entities = model.active_entities
>  path = Sketchup.find_support_file "chimney.skp",
>    "C;/Users/usuario/Downloads/pluginsketchUp/Sketchup/org.dworks.suide_1.0.0/exe/"
>  definitions = model.definitions
>  componentdefinition = definitions.load path
>  instance = entities.add_instance componentdefinition, transform
>  if (instance)
>    UI.messagebox instance
>  else
>    UI.messagebox "Failure"
>  end

How could I do, the file loads of a different path to "Components/Components Sampler/" or maybe of a specific url?.

Thanks in advance.

See this topic for similar idea.

(Suggest you use code block as above in your posts.)

[TIG]

Just set the path as a string
path = "C:/Users/Usuario/then_any/valid_path/to a/Folder/MyLovelyPony.skp"
If you use / as the file separator the path can be inside '' or "".
But if it's \ then use '' ... OR escape the \ as \ inside ""...
Loading from a file-path or from a url are handled different as set out in the API docs...
Note you can use File methods to find the model's folder or a file's basename or filetype...
model_path=File.dirname(model.path) model_name=File.basename(model.path, ".*") model_ext=File.extname(model.path)
You can also make new file-paths using
output=File.join(model_path, "MyOutputFile.txt")
For example this would make a txt file with the model, into which you could write some data...