[Code] encapsulate instance into group

[Dan Rathbun]

(By request)

This snippet meant to be wrapped inside your own module namespace (or in one of it's sub-namespace classes or submodules.) Please do not run it at the toplevel, except for testing.

def encapsulate( instance, into_group )

  if instance.is_a?(Sketchup;;Group)
    itype = 'group'
  elsif instance.is_a?(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance)
    itype = 'component'
  else
    raise(TypeError,"group or component instance argument(#1) required",caller)
  end
  unless into_group.is_a?(Sketchup;;Group) ||
  ( into_group.is_a?(Sketchup;;ComponentDefinition) && into_group.group? )
    raise(TypeError,"group argument(#2) required",caller)
  end
  
  model = instance.model

  if model.active_path != nil && model.active_entities != instance.parent.entities
    model.close_active until model.active_path == nil ||
      model.active_entities == instance.parent.entities
  end

  if model.active_entities != instance.parent.entities
    msg ="Current editing context & instance's parent context\n"<<
    msg<<"do not match!  Cannot encapsulate #{itype} instance."
    puts(msg) if $VERBOSE
    UI.messagebox(msg)
  else
    begin
      ###
      model.start_operation("Encapsulate #{itype.capitalize}",true)
        #
        if instance.is_a?(Sketchup;;Group)
          definition = instance.entities.parent
        elsif instance.is_a?(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance)
          definition = instance.definition
        end
        transform = instance.transformation
        newbie = into_group.entities.add_instance( definition, transform )
        if newbie
          # copy the old instance's properties;
          unless instance.material.nil?
            newbie.material = instance.material
          end
          unless instance.name.nil? || instance.name.empty?
            newbie.name = instance.name
          end
          unless instance.description.nil? || instance.description.empty?
            newbie.description = instance.description
          end
          newbie.casts_shadows= instance.casts_shadows?
          newbie.receives_shadows= instance.receives_shadows?
          newbie.hidden= instance.hidden?
          newbie.locked= instance.locked?
          newbie.layer= instance.layer
          unless instance.attribute_dictionaries.nil?
            dset = instance.attribute_dictionaries
            dset.each {|d1| 
              d2 = newbie.attribute_dictionary(d1.name,true)
              if d1.size > 0
                d1.each {|key,val| d2[key]= val }
              end
            }
          end
          # delete old instance;
          instance.locked= false
          instance.parent.entities.erase_entities(instance)
        end
        #
      model.commit_operation()
      ###
    rescue => e
      model.abort_operation()
      msg ="Warning... the #{itype} instance could not be copied!\n\n"
      msg<<"Modeling operation was aborted due to error;\n"
      msg<<"#{e.class.name}; '#{e.message}'"
      puts(msg) if $VERBOSE
      UI.messagebox(msg)
      return false
    else
      # Caution, the original instance reference is now invalid !!
      msg ="Success. The #{itype} instance was copied into\n"
      msg<<"the group, and the original instance was erased."
      puts(msg) if $VERBOSE
      UI.messagebox(msg)
      return newbie
    end
  end

end # encapsulate()

Updated (2014-03-16) to copy properties of old instance to the new one.
Updated (2014-03-17) to fix line 57, dset was misspelled dest.

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encapsulate.rb

[Dan Rathbun]

Updated (2014-03-16) to copy properties of old instance to the new one.