@bentet said:

Can anyone give me some pointers on where I can start? I can write a few simple things in ruby, but this kind of functionality is somewhat beyond my scope at the moment. A tutorial link and a few pointers from more experienced developers would go a long way.

--> topic: SketchUp-Ruby Resources

Before you can use the SketchUp API with Ruby, you need to learn the basics of Ruby, including how to look up methods for the Ruby Base classes.