Newbie
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Good day,
I am a newbie to sketchup development, ( I have knowledge in other languages, Visial Basic, C++,and javascript but new to ruby scripts)
I am busy working through the examples and documentation, and am looking for more help and a community that is friendly and willing to help newbies.
Is this the right place to be?
Best Regards,
Jakesie
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Welcome.
There are loads of examples, guides and other helpful posts here.
Read others' scripts to see how they do it.
Learn to code and test using the Ruby Console to copy/paste bite-sized chunks, or to output info as you code processes, it'll make debugging less traumatic !Ask clear questions, trying to separate out different issues etc, and use [ code ] tags to keep the formating when posting code snippets for our comments...
I recommend Notepad++ for your script-writing - but there are other ways too...
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Hi TIG,
Thanks! I have Notepad++
Use it for years now. I will do as told above -
Welcome!!!
I am glad to see more new people around here and this is indeed the right place to learn. Having other languages under your belt is going to help you get started...also check out the SKetchUp API website; http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/developer/docs/classes.php
Cheers!
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Here's some getting started tips to SketchUp Extension development: http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/01/golden-rules-of-sketchup-plugin-development/
Check out the rest of the blog for more articles.
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