Export selection as jpg?

john2

Is there a plugin that enables me to export a selection as jpg image?

sdmitch

Is there a plugin that enables me to export a selection as jpg image?

This should do it.

mod = Sketchup.active_model
ent = mod.active_entities
sel = mod.selection
vue = mod.active_view
ent.each{|e| sel.toggle e}
tmp = sel.to_a;sel.clear
tmp.each{|e| e.hidden=true}
vue.zoom_extents
vue.write_image "test.jpg"
tmp.each{|e| e.hidden=false}
vue.zoom_extents

john2

Plugin ruby file.. How can I make from this?

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TIG

@john2 said:

Plugin ruby file.. How can I make from this?
You don't need to.
Just copy+paste all of those lines in one go, into the Ruby Console + <enter>
On MACs or PCs using at least v2014 multi-line entries are allowed.

sdmitch

@john2 said:

Plugin ruby file.. How can I make from this?

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As simply as wrapping it in a def and end statement and copying it to the Plugins folder. Hiding/un-hiding can be a little slow.

module SDM
 def self.expsel2jpg
  mod = Sketchup.active_model
  ent = mod.active_entities
  sel = mod.selection
  vue = mod.active_view
  @name ||= "expsel2.jpg"
  inp=UI.inputbox(["Image Name;"],[@name],"Export Selection to jpg")
  if inp
   @name=inp[0];@name += ".jpg" if File.extname(@name)==""
   Sketchup.set_status_text "Toggling the selection";vue.refresh
   ent.each{|e| sel.toggle e}
   tmp = sel.to_a;sel.clear
   Sketchup.set_status_text "Hiding non-selected";vue.refresh
   tmp.each{|e| e.hidden=true}
   vue.zoom_extents
   vue.write_image @name
   Sketchup.set_status_text "Un-hiding non-selected";vue.refresh
   tmp.each{|e| e.hidden=false}
   vue.zoom_extents
  end
 end
end
UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("Export Selection to jpg"){SDM.expsel2jpg}

TIG

Not forgetting... that the file you add into the Plugins folder, must be called something like " SDM-expsel2jpg**.rb**" - in order for it to auto-load as SketchUp starts... AND also, equally importantly, it must be encoded as " UTF-8_without_BOM".
On a PC - Notepad.exe will NOT do this - it will be encoded as ANSI, this will break SketchUp >v8 !
But if you have a free tool installed like Notepad++.exe - then that will either encode its as you need [depending on the app's settings], OR you can at least change the file's encoding to suit using menu items.
On a Mac, TextEdit/ TextWrangler should pre-encode the file as you need...