Yup, works like a charm. Thanks! I was really hoping it was something as simple as switching "self" to "this", Chris

oops. thanks Adam. Fixed in OP.

Oh this stuff looks great guys, thanks! I'll probably get a chance to test it tonight, Chris

off subject and congrats on the new ride... but did I ever tell you I did the millwork in all the dorms at Cal Poly Pomona? Maple banded countertops and maple cabinets... did you by chance ever see any? saw your sig and it came to mind... back to the new ride I bet you're gonna save some money on gas.

Thanks mate, I know I know!!

Sounds like in the 19th century, somewhere at the western frontier... "When railroad arrives here, I will check out what's in town" Chris, I was once at the Festival of Lights in Lyon. Now that's incredible! http://www.google.com/search?q=lyon+light+festival&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=10E&rlz=1R1GGGL_hu___HU354&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=fOTQTc7DOs6c-wb36sV0&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CAsQ_AUoAQ&biw=1176&bih=603

With draw2d if the user orbits/pans and the draw isn't updated don't you get weird effects? Using draw.line would allow users to move around with colored lines overlaying the geometry consistently without need to redraw ?

That is great Dan, thanks so much. That is very helpful, and is finally all starting to soak in and make sense. I don't entirely understand where I would use some of this, but I'm sure at some point I'll come across good reasons for things like module methods and mix-ins. I'm just not there yet in my programming needs. But a big big thank you for taking the time to write this out. Its very helpful, Chris

I do it that way all the time.

@jp2009 said: How do you stop Sketchucation from downloading XML documents? It keeps doing this? There's an issue with the recently updated PluginStore Extension when used in Chrome. Disable that extension under Settings, until it is fixed... Breaking news... v1.3 of that Extension was released today, it should fix the issue, so install that to update things, and those xml errors should be no more...

Thanks guys! The Brady Bunch house might be just about right, though it might be a little over the medium/small-ish size I'm aiming for. I tried modeling my parents house, but they said it was a little too large. I'll go check out those homes in Davis. Now that you point it out, I might be in a neighborhood with a suitable house. The floorplan would be the best thing to start with though, so I don't have to approximate the insides - I know so little about architectural layout. Thanks for all the leads, Chris

Ohh ok ! i got it ! Thank you so much Pbacot and JQL for the help !

Hi Chris, This code snippet reads a binary 3ds file using Ruby and writes out an ascii .obj file.

Thanks everyone so far. The first series of links might be closest what I need. I could have been more prcise what I'm looking for. Here is an example of something almost identical: http://www.environmentsforliving.com/ click on "Take the Virtual Home Tour" Really 3d panos are just out, completely, no way to do that at this point. The client hates them with a passion. Also, this is a national scale project, and having the whole country have to download an extra plugin would not go over well. We might even be over optimistic by using flash honestly. I did make some progress with flash, and getting some basic buttons made that control animations. So I'll keep poking around to see if I can figure out how best to make menus and buttons and animations. Thanks, Chris

Subject: Winter time on | Summer time off @unknownuser said: ":21nzpyk7]Last night we (here where I live) changed back to Winter time. If you also changed and see that the board time does not reflect it, go to your User Control Panel > Board preferences and set it to Winter time (i.e. Summer time / DST off).

@chris fullmer said: Well there you have it! Glad you can test if they have Hide Rest of Model on or off. Just be aware that Scene (Pages) can also have their own RendingOptions hash instance.

Alright so I posted my results on the api but is it possible to edit it in case there is a mistake?(not that I've found one) Oh and it's posted as anonymous.... whatever.

Don't think you can. It's one of the several annoying limitations of the Tool class. (Why doesn't activate return an view argument?)

Here's a version cleaned up and made into a Mixin module. Added Class Variables declarations: # CLASS VARIABLES @@relative_instructor_path = '' @@temp_instructor_folder = false @@tool_filepath = '' # must be redefined in the Tool class for rbs files Added method definitions: public def relative_instructor_path return @@relative_instructor_path end def temp_instructor_folder return @@temp_instructor_folder end private # initialize() # # Likely to be redefined in the Tool class definition. # We define it here just in case the Tool author does not. # def initialize help_setup() end # help_setup( instructor_folder=false, temp_folder=false ) # # Sets up and inits some instance variables used for # the tool's Instructor help system. # # ** Must be called by the Tool's initialize() method. ** # def help_setup(instructor_folder=false, temp_folder=false) # if @@tool_filepath.empty? if __FILE__ != '(eval)' && File.exist?(File.expand_path(__FILE__)) @@tool_filepath = __FILE__ else raise(ScriptError,"#{self.class.name}; @@tool_filepath class variable error. @@tool_filepath must be declared for rbs files!") end else unless File.exist?(File.expand_path(@@tool_filepath)) raise(ScriptError,"#{self.class.name}; @@tool_filepath class variable error. File '#{@@tool_filepath}' does not exist!") end end # if instructor_folder @instructor_folder = instructor_folder else @instructor_folder = getDefaultInstructorFolder() end if temp_folder @temp_folder = temp_folder elsif RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/i # on a Mac @temp_folder = @instructor_folder else @temp_folder = getDefaultTempFolder() end # @@relative_instructor_path = returnRelativePath() # end #def help_setup() and: # getInstructorContentDirectory() # # Callback for tool to give Sketchup the relative path # to the tool's help directory. # def getInstructorContentDirectory unless @@temp_instructor_folder # copy help files copyInstructor() @@temp_instructor_folder = returnTempInstructorFolderName() end return @@relative_instructor_path end #def I did not make any changes to the "engine" methods, except: getDefaultInstructorFolder() changed all __FILE__ to @@tool_filepath returnTempInstructorFolderName() inserted a 'short circuit' as the first line, for Macs return @temp_folder if @temp_folder == @instructor_folder File Removed - Get the latest version in Niall's [ code ] topic: [ code ] Load Instructor I also wonder if there should be an AppObserver instance that deletes the temp/instructor file at the end of the session ??

Me too. Looks like a nice city, Boulder. Love them mountains I've seen in a few pics. In a few years, okay?