Code to eyedrop

[djrique]

Hi guys, my name rique, i've started to learn .rb and i would like to use eyedrop in my plugin to select a material in sketchup workspace and the material open in window with some datas about it...but i don't know what code i can use. Plz, somebody can help me?

[Pixero]

Maybe this from the api:

    The current method is used to get the current material, i.e. the material that the user has selected in the Materials dialog.

    Returns;

    material
        a Material object.

     current = Sketchup.active_model.materials.current

[kaas]

@djrique said:

Hi guys, my name rique, i've started to learn .rb and i would like to use eyedrop in my plugin to select a material in sketchup workspace and the material open in window with some datas about it...but i don't know what code i can use. Plz, somebody can help me?

That's quite a challenge to start learning ruby.

Use google-search to find in the SketchUp Ruby API code about:

• making a tool -> all the code you need for starting a plugin, moving the mouse, refreshing the view, stopping the tool etc
• making a custom cursor -> for changing the cursor to a custom eyedropper icon
• pick_helper -> for picking the material from a face
• webdialog -> for opening a window to display your data

[thomthom]

I got a simple tool to pick materials in Material Replacer: https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/material-replacer/overview

You can use that as reference.