I'm afraid that's a known limitation. We have an issue written up for it though. I'll add a reference to this thread to it.

I would love to see a Mac version too.

@lz said: Awesome renders. Those trees look perfect. Never heard of this before. Is Octane a seperate program that can import skp or is it implemented in sketchup like Vray? Hello there. Octane runs inside Sketchup rendering/editing in realtime. Octane has the StandAlone version that works with .obj files, but now we can model/edit/render all at same time inside Sketchup- Really great. You can see here a litle timelaps from that work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtOtQtQZklk%26amp;list=UUq7rgvAxgNEhYIVaXjV1avw facebook https://www.facebook.com/octane4sketchup?fref=nf overview http://render.otoy.com/manuals/Sketchup/?page_id=823 cheers resmas

This sound like a bleeding edge optimization - where you need to profile to get your answer. In general, try to create as few Ruby objects as possible. Reuse data. Make use of bulk functions if possible.

I would need the deltas, and know whether the material is HSL shifted or tinted - something the Ruby API doesn't expose right now. But we have an issue open to address that.

FYI, at the console: ts = Sketchup.active_model.tools %(#004000)[#<Sketchup::Tools:0x999fd98>] ts.active_tool_name %(#004000)[PaintMatchTool] ts.active_tool_id %(#004000)[21255] On the PC using the tool id does not seem to work (whilst it does for other native tools): Sketchup.send_action( 21255 ) .. nor does a action string: Sketchup.send_action "selectPaintMatchTool:" ?

Yeah, I can see this too. Thanks for reporting it. We've got it logged in our bug database now Chris

Afraid not. But I think it sounds like a useful thing. I'd recommend you file a feature request. (Please include use case - it helps so much more than just the technical request.)

good catch

@tt_su said: These snippets should work: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180%26amp;t=41211#p365380 Oh, cool! Thanks a lot!

I know what he meant.. my arg still stands. Sometimes "active" is appropriate.. other times "selected" is more appropriate. Still other times "current" may seem more appropriate. There is a difference between the terms. They are not direct synonyms.

It's a pseudo-code. The actual code implies that observer object is a class instance variable: class Scene attr_accessor(;observer) def initialize @observer = MyEntitiesObserver.new end def observe Sketchup;;active_model.definitions.each do |definition| definition.entities.add_observer @observer end end def unobservre Sketchup;;active_model.definitions.each do |definition| definition.entities.remove_observer @observer end end end

@chris fullmer said: ... suspend will tell you if the user has started using orbit or pan, ... Really? That is news to me. (The API docs do not say this.) AFAIK, a tool's suspend callback is called JUST BEFORE the tool becomes inactive, (so you can save stuff like your tool's state etc.,) and BEFORE the interruptor tool becomes active. Also.. because the Sketchup::Tools collection does not have Enumerable mixed in (and an each method defined,) there is no way to non-destructively read the last tool on the stack, nor even iterate the stack.

Thanks, Dan! Your idea worked out very well using "onTransactionCommit" event of the Model Observer. On every commit event I simply reset the "changed" flag and then do the rest as you proposed.

Ah, so simple Thank you guys!