Boom! You got it.
Well, I have no idea that such an instance definition existed. I guess it allows to control many components at the same time.
Also, I have no idea why the "sketchupattributemanager" plugin attaches the attributes to the component definition and not the component itself. But I found another plugin by Rick Wislon that attaches and retrieve at the "right" place...

Is there a plugin out there that manages component attributes, creates reports, ectc?

Thanks a lot for your help. I'll start reading about instance definition to make sure I understand what this is.

Also, thanks for your advise on debugging and syntax. I'll do just that.

This is driving me a little nuts...
It does not appear to be a case sensitive issue. I had this right.

The first test returns -666.66 (and I confirm...this is not the value )
The second test returns an error (and I confirm, I see the dict "Test" in the attribute manager)
The third test returns and error Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass> . This one...I am not sure what to think of.

I know I am doing something stupid, just don't know what yet. Maybe the attribute manager plugin I use is wrong. Also, I use the free version of Sketchup.

I tried everything in lower case...the problem stays. Seems to simple...but just can't get thru this.

I tried that. I create dict and name without capital letter, same thing. I am not sure if get_attribute is case sensitive, but I have another problem somewhere.

Hello,

For some reason, I can't retrieve attributes associated to a component. I have the following:

def fdarm

mod = Sketchup.active_model # Open model
ent = mod.entities # All entities in model
sel = mod.selection # Current selection
$entity = sel[0]
UI.messagebox($entity.get_attribute('Test', 'price').to_f)
end
fdarm

It returns "0.0". I select a component that has the value 3 for the attribute price in the dict "test".

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Frank