nope, I have not copied, create the object there.
There are also problems when making copies when it is inside a group or component nonorthogonal...
is very strange behavior you describe

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Has anyone reproduced this error?

Hi all, I am watching an error when I try to create a group or component inside an nonorthogonal instance

I do not know if this behavior is known and I do not know if it has been reported to Trimble..
(I tried it on Sketchup 8 2014)

problem.skp

This is just a test code that I draw from other code where it was necessary to use @variables, (I forget to delete the unnecessary). This is a slightly better version:

def change_text(sel,text,view)
  if (sel.is_a?(Sketchup;;Group) || sel.is_a?(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance))
    text.set_text "Position; #{sel.transformation.origin}"
    text.point = sel.bounds.center
  else
    text.set_text ""
  end
  view.invalidate
end

def show_textinfo(time)
  t = Time.now
  mod = Sketchup.active_model; 
  sel = mod.selection[0];
  ent = mod.entities; 
  view = mod.active_view
  tools = mod.tools; 
  mod.start_operation("position",false,false,true)
  text = ent.add_text "", [0,0,0]
  my_id = UI.start_timer(0.1, true) {
    Sketchup.send_action "selectSelectionTool;" unless tools.active_tool_id == 21022
    unless sel == mod.selection[0]
      sel = mod.selection[0]
      change_text(sel,text,view)
    end
    (UI.stop_timer(my_id); text.erase!; mod.commit_operation) if Time.now-t > time
  }
end

show_textinfo(25) # will run for 25 seconds

however is better the prospect of creating a tool
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probably also will need to add dictionaries to your "nodes" with something like

entity.set_attribute "dictionaryName", "keyName", ["data", 23, "house"]

another option using start_timer and stop_timer

time = 60 # seconds (will be deactivated in x seconds)

t = Time.now
mod = Sketchup.active_model 
ent = mod.entities 
view = mod.active_view
@text = ent.add_text "", [0,0,0]
@my_id = UI.start_timer(0.1, true) { 

  sel = mod.selection[0]
  if (sel.is_a?(Sketchup;;Group) || sel.is_a?(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance))
    @text.set_text "Position; #{sel.transformation.origin}"
    @text.point = sel.bounds.center
  else
    @text.set_text ""
  end
  view.invalidate
  (UI.stop_timer(@my_id); @text.erase!) if Time.now-t > time
}

this code does what you need (if I understood well)
just need to add the details that all code must have (star_operation, stop_operation put in a definition, ...)
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Anton_S your code is very interesting (highlight_picked_body.rb), I have never used Start and stop operation inside a custom tool, I like the result, I am studying this code

thank you very much Jolran, view.screen_coords is very useful,
Initially I did this:

class DibujaCubo3d
  def activate
    @size = 60
    @tr = Geom;;Transformation.new([20,10,30])
  end
  def transformar(pts,axis_num)
    pts = pts.map{|p| [p.z,p.x,p.y]} if axis_num == 0
    pts = pts.map{|p| [p.y,p.z,p.x]} if axis_num == 1
    pts = pts.map{|p| p.transform! @tr}
  end
  def draw_square(view, axis_num, size, alto)
     pts = [[0,0,alto],[size,0,alto],[size,size,alto],[0,size,alto]]
     pts = transformar(pts,axis_num)
    
     view.drawing_color = [0,0,0]
     view.draw GL_LINES, pts
     view.drawing_color = [0,255,0]
     view.draw GL_QUADS, pts
  end
  def draw(view)
    3.times{|i| draw_square(view, i, @size, 0)}
    3.times{|i| draw_square(view, i, @size, @size)}
  end
end

Sketchup.active_model.select_tool DibujaCubo3d.new

and this is the best that I can get for now

class DibujaCubo
  def activate
    @size = 60
    @tr = Geom;;Transformation.new([20,10,30])
  end
  def transformar(view,pts,axis_num)
    pts = pts.map{|p| [p.z,p.x,p.y]} if axis_num == 0
    pts = pts.map{|p| [p.y,p.z,p.x]} if axis_num == 1
    pts = pts.map{|p| view.screen_coords(p.transform!(@tr))}
  end
  def points_square(view, axis_num, size, alto)
    pts = [[0,0,alto],[size,0,alto],[size,size,alto],[0,size,alto]]
    pts = transformar(view,pts,axis_num)
  end
  def draw_shapes(view, tipe, size, color)
    view.drawing_color = color
    3.times{|i| view.draw2d tipe, points_square(view, i, size, 0)}
    3.times{|i| view.draw2d tipe, points_square(view, i, size, @size)}
  end
  def draw(view)
    draw_shapes(view, GL_QUADS, @size, [0,255,0])
    draw_shapes(view, GL_LINES, @size, [0,0,0])
  end
end

Sketchup.active_model.select_tool DibujaCubo.new

always shown ahead of all geometry!

thanks for answering, I do not mean to have two tools running simultaneously, what I want to do is create a clone of the scale tool to add additional features, I do not understand is how to draw a cube in front of sketchup instances, or draw a cube in 2d consistent with the perspective

thanks for replying, I mean that the OpenGL geometry not hide because of the entities in the model,
use 2d drawings is an option but it seems a bit complicated for something with back and front part, in my case the object has shape of a cube
(sorry for any errors in translation)

Hi all, I want to ask how can I bring to the front drawing openGL?,
something like this:

I do not know how to do this, in advance I appreciate your help
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Dan thanks for replying, I found a recommendation yours here

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180%26amp;t=55722%26amp;p=505915%26amp;hilit=units+vcb#p505915

which led me to the article by thomthom

Dealing with Units in SketchUp

There are extensions to the base classes in SketchUp’s Ruby API which often new SketchUp plugin developers overlook. If you aren’t aware of them you might find yourself reinventing many…

Procrastinators Revolt! (www.thomthom.net)

I only have problem for receiving angles values ​​with comma as decimal separator, then I am forced to use the following

text_input.sub!(',','.') text_input.to_f.degrees

I do not know if there is a better method

hi all, I want to ask If at the SketchUp API
Is there a way to interpret a length inserted through the VCB,
as when the translation tool is used?
for example: when the user is working on fractional inch format
and enter something like 10 1/2 or you're working in centimeters and enter something like 15.3 cm
my question is:
Does the API has some input interpreter for a length or should be built?
Thanks in advance for your help
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sorry for my silly mistake, thanks Sdmitch

hi all, I'm playing around with the method closest_points
and I'm getting unexpected results, this is the code:

line1 = [Geom::Point3d.new(10,10,10),Geom::Point3d.new(1,0,0)] line2 = [Geom::Point3d.new(20,30,50),Geom::Vector3d.new(2,1,0)] r = Geom.closest_points line1,line2

with this I expected the two closest points between the two lines, in my case should be
(-20,10,10),(-20,10,50)
but I get
(43.7681, 47.5201, 47.5201),(46.0225, 43.0113, 50)
Am I missing something?
by the way, if any of the two lines coincide with the coordinate axes I get the expected result
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Hello, I am developing a tool and I find undesired behavior, when I select my tool, I hold down the left mouse button and I approach a limit of viewport, the position of the view changes (click the image to see the gif)

I would like to control this behavior, does anyone have any idea how?
I have thought that maybe I can use onMouseLeave but I suspect it would not work
thank you very much in advance for the help
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is a shame..., I hope this to be improved for the next version of Sketchup
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Jim thank you very much for the answer, it is what I needed

I have another question related to text, how I can increase the font size when use draw_text?

Create text in the viewport

Hi, I have a question, how to create text in the viewport using ruby? Like that (sometimes) appears when using SketchyPhysics

This text does not disappear by selecting different tools, so it does not seem to be done with draw_text in advance I appreciate your help

.

I have the following error

I use windows 7 and tried this plugin in sketchup 8 and sketchup 2014