Disabling advanced camera tools causing error

halroach

When disabling "Advanced Camera Tools" both in Sketchup 2015 and in 2016 (maybe further), it causes an undefined method error with scripts that use 'get_attributes' (with the S) on a component definition.

The error:
" Could not load xxx.rb:
undefined method 'get_attributes' for
#Sketchup::ComponentDefinition0x000000.... "

I usually disable the 'Advanced Camera Tools' extension (It may cause all sorts of scene problems in some models), but I guess I'll have to live with this one when I want to run a certain script...

Does this happen to anyone else?
I can't seem to find 'get_attributes' (with the s) in the Sketchup API, nor in the Ruby Docs... ?

Good Day

Yoni

driven

it's a Dynamic Components method...

do you have a model and a code snippet that generates the error...

john

halroach

You can test it with your DC encrypter decrypter.

driven

I'll have a look, it was a test...

ok I can reproduce it with a new model with any DC and this code...

     m = Sketchup.active_model
    m.definitions.each do |d|
      if defined? d.attribute_dictionaries
      next unless d.attribute_dictionaries && d.attribute_dictionaries['dynamic_attributes']
      if defined? d.get_attributes
        p d.name
        d.get_attributes('dynamic_attributes').each do |a|
          p a
        end
     else
       p d.name.upcase
     end end end

Run with ACT off and you get the UPCASED definition names, turn ACT on and run again, you get the list...

I only tested on mac, v2017...

it 'looks' like get attributes is defined in ACT...

john

driven

it definitely part of ACT...

and is the equivalent of this attribute_dictionaries['dynamic_attributes'].entries.to_h...

proof:

    m = Sketchup.active_model
    m.definitions.each do |d|
      next unless d.attribute_dictionaries && d.attribute_dictionaries['dynamic_attributes']
       p d.name
       p d.attribute_dictionaries['dynamic_attributes'].entries.to_h == d.get_attributes('dynamic_attributes')
      end

solution:

do a search and replace in any plugin that uses get_attributes('dynamic_attributes')... [untested]

john

halroach

Thanks John!
That definitely clears up a lot of things I couldn't understand.

When I was analyzing your decrypter, 'get_attributes' fit in so well it looked like it's part of the API. Maybe it should be?!

driven

when I write 'quick and dirty' tests I tend to check for methods using Ruby :methods method...

that can expose 'undocumented' methods that I have no idea of the owner of...

I must of had ACT on when I first wrote this one [ I don't normally ]...

good thing you found it, I'll find and change my snippet...

john