Hi all. I am trying to use deflate compression in a ruby plugin and not sure how to get it to work. From what I understand the best thing would be to use zlib. Along with that from what I understand zlib should be available as part of ruby development in sketchup. Also tryed 'requiring' zlib compiled version in plugin directory, but that doesn't work either.

Anyway know how I can accomplish this?

The ultimate thing I need to do is generate a PNG image file, being able to 'paint' each pixel. Already studied PNG documentation for what I need. That's simple enough. The compression seems to be the tough thing.

Thanks!

Hi everyone. I am fairly new to Sketchup and am running into some things I can't figure out.

I was trying to make a suspended gypsum board ceiling with recessed lights.
The light components contained "faces" or components themselves that emitted light for a rendering program.

The problem was I created a separate component for the ceiling itself. The emitting part of the light didn't work then because the face of the ceiling blocked the light.

In this case it seems best to have separate components for light and ceiling. Otherwise I would be exploding both the light and the ceiling. When they are "glued" together then I could delete the intersecting face at the light.

What is the best way to go about this??

Any help is appreciated.