@unknownuser said:

@glro said:

...
Is this a Pro feature? I looked for it in 8 and I don't see anything like it. Also I'm on a Mac... (missing feature on Mac?)

i use sketchup pro, i don't know if it exists in normal sketchup

you can check using window > preferences > extensions

if advanced camera tools is in the list, you can do it also

@tak2hata said:

...
#The ComponentDefinition named "BST_BASELINES" will add baselines to drawings.

The problem for me when i use section plans is that there is no inference; you can not set their position precisely

for a reinforced concrete structure, it may not be important; for a steel structure it is because you might have to be more precise

is there a way to paste a section plan precisely to a point, or a line, for example?

It is only a detail compared to all the work you have already done... congratulations...

it is possible to import keyboard shortcuts through the menu

window > preferences > shortcut > import

and then you are asked to choose a .dat file ...

it seems simple, but even that is difficult for some users...

would it be possible to write some code in ruby to do it automatically?

@tig said:

That's what I said; Sketchup returns some PC paths using \ but then needs / in some of its other methods, which is pretty illogical...

Your...
filepath=filepath.tr("\\","/")
can be done with a "change in place" '!', as I showed...
filepath.tr!("\\","/")
or as Thomthom says, you get the same results with...
File.expand_path( filename )
which also ensures all separators are /...

All three ways will give the same result.

yes, Ruby seems as powerful and confusing as human language...

thank you for your help

@thomthom said:

In ruby, always use / as path separator. Under Windows it will translate / to \ .

If you need to use \ within a string, escape it: "Hello \\ World"

Thank you for the answer

The problem is that i don't choose to use "", UI.savepanel does

I found the line of code that changes "" into "/"; and yes, "within a string, escape it"
it is: filepath=filepath.tr("\","/")

(www.sketchucation.com)

now it works

model = Sketchup.active_model
filepath = UI.savepanel("Save Model to","*.skp")
# transform "\" into "/"
filepath=filepath.tr("\\","/")
#save the file
Sketchup.active_model.save (filepath)  
#open a new file (that is close the one that has just been saved)
Sketchup.file_new
#open the file that has just been saved
Sketchup.open_file (filepath)

trying to save the current model, using

model = Sketchup.active_model
path = UI.savepanel("Save Model to","*.skp")
#this line retrieves the model path but with "\" instead of "/"
#so later, the path is not recognised
#how to change "\" into"/" in the path?
#?????
#save
#nomsauv = "??path with / instead of \??"
#Sketchup.active_model.save (nomsauv)  
#Sketchup.file_new
#Sketchup.open_file (nomsauv)  

"" is interpreted as an escape character, and i can't find a way to change it into "/"

Anybody has a solution?

@beavieb said:

Does anyone know of any scripts that allow you to mimic a certain camera lens? To be able to rotate views specific degrees while keeping the same x & y coordinates?
To have complete control if you want to upload animations?

Thanks,
BB

in the menu,
window>preferences>extensions

activate "advanced camera tools"

translated from french, i don't know eaxctly how it is in english

i use this plugin as an alternative to sketchup native component browser; but, even with only one subfolder in the component folder, it takes a lot of room on the screen

would it be possible to have a button, or a key shortcut, that would open a window with only the chosen folder in sketchup component folder; by clicking on this folder, it would show its content, and it would be possible to pick up a component; like this

less room on the screen, easier to follow the path to the chosen component with the mouse

@genma saotome said:

I can't figure out Ruby... even what should be simple Ruby stuff, and so I need to ask a favor, I think a small task:

I would like to have a plug-in that has two icons, with one issuing the command "Sketchup.break_edges=false" and the other doing "Sketchup.break_edges=true".

Most of the time my work is done with break_edges-false but every now and then I switch, do some work, and switch back. Having a plugin w/ a pair of icons will be handy.

Would someone here be so kind as to write this for me? I can do the icon art.

Many thanks in advance.

this is something simple enough for me to be able to do it

unzip the file in the plugin folder

it works on my computer

Glro#tbe.zip

@gaieus said:

Jim's custom toolbar plugin has such a button.

[attachment=0:381h7ksq]<!-- ia0 -->CustomToolbar.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:381h7ksq]
The one right to it will toggle endpoints - also a good thing when trouble shooting or connecting mesh.

thank you

yes, i realized it later, and that i could do it myself...

As an alternative to buttons, i like to use keyboard shortcuts; so i slightly modified Jim's plugin to assign a key to it

Here is the code, without any garantee; it works with me, but i only copied and pasted, cannot explain what i did in detail ...

require 'sketchup.rb'

# Add a menu item to launch our plugin.
UI.menu("PlugIns").add_item("colored_edges") { colored_edges }
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def colored_edges

mod = Sketchup.active_model # Open model
ent = mod.entities # All entities in model
sel = mod.selection # Current selection
 
ro = Sketchup.active_model.rendering_options
  ecm = ro["EdgeColorMode"]
  if ecm != 2
    ecm = 2
    Sketchup.set_status_text "Egde Color Mode; by Axis"
  else
    ecm = 1
    Sketchup.set_status_text "Egde Color Mode; Default"
  end
  ro["EdgeColorMode"] = ecm

  end
  
def axisedge_validation_proc
  if Sketchup.active_model.rendering_options["EdgeColorMode"] == 2
    return MF_CHECKED
  else
    return MF_UNCHECKED
  end
end

Insert a component far from the origin 0 0 0, and give it the right orientation, is difficult because the global axis are not visible in the window

you have to memorize where they are, or zoom out to see it, and then zoom in again to insert the component precisely

Sketchup gives the possibility to color the objects edges according to their direction, which is great because this way, you always know where the main axes are, even if you are far from the origin

Would it be possible to write a plugin that would toggle the edges color to the main axes, just by pressing a key on the keyboard?

@unknownuser said:

Il n'y a pas un mode de style qui n'affiche que les couleurs des arrêtes orientées sur ces axes ?
(il se peut aussi que je ne comprenne pas la question
[attachment=0:29zyt0ut]<!-- ia0 -->stylervb.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:29zyt0ut]

oui, c'est ca; mais pour y acceder, il faut cliquer plusieurs fois

je me demandais s'il y aurait moyen de faire un programme en ruby pour y arriver; en parametrant une touche au clavier...

j'ai regardé l'API sketchup, je n'ai rien vu qui correspond, mais je suis loin de tout connaitre en ruby...

Existerait-il un moyen de le faire d'une touche au clavier?
Par un plugin auquel on associerait une touche?

quand on veut introduire un composant, et que la fenetre n'affiche pas les axes principaux, ca serait bien utile, parce que ca eviterait d'avoir a prendre du recul pour voir comment sont ces axes...

@hfm said:

okay, very nice script... but could you please also make it work on X and Y axis? And make it so that you can select a shortcut for the tools?

Tried to edit it myself but my knowledge of ruby is lacking
[did get the 15 degrees to work though ]

I don't know much about ruby either, but here is a simplified version of the plugin:

rotate around the component origin instead of center
only around z axis and 90 degrees
no context menu, a line in the plugin menu instead (so you can add a keyboard shortcut (pop up menu, window>preferences>shortcut

require 'sketchup.rb'
##
## Rotate selected component instance 90 degrees around Z axis
##
##  Copyright (c) 2010 Clark Bremer (aka daiku)
##  Northern Lights Timber Framing
##  clarkb@northernlightstimberframing.com
##
## 05/02/12; rotation autour de l'origine du composant, axe z seulement, acces menu deroulant ou raccourci clavier
## 9/10/2010;	Multiple Groups/Comps 
## 5/17/08;  All 3 axes.  Input from Matt666
## 4/24/08; Use center as rotation point instead of CI origin.  Also works on groups now.
##

# Add a menu item to launch our plugin.
UI.menu("PlugIns").add_item("rotation90z") { rotate90z }
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------


 def selected_comps_and_groups
     mm = Sketchup.active_model
     ss = mm.selection
 	return nil if ss.empty?
 	ss.each do |cc| 
 		return nil if not ((cc.instance_of? Sketchup;;ComponentInstance) or (cc.instance_of? Sketchup;;Group))
 	end	
    ss
 end

#def rotate90(sel, axis)
def rotate90z
	sel = selected_comps_and_groups
#	axis == "z"
	rv = Geom;;Vector3d.new(0,0,1)
#	rv = Geom;;Vector3d.new(0,0,1) if axis == "z"
#	rv = Geom;;Vector3d.new(0,1,0) if axis == "y"
#	rv = Geom;;Vector3d.new(1,0,0) if axis == "x"
	ra = 90.degrees
	#rt = Geom;;Transformation.rotation(rp, rv, ra) #autour du centre de la boite enveloppe 
	sel.each do |ent|
		# rp = Geom;;Point3d.new(ent.bounds.center) 		#rotation point
		rp = Geom;;Point3d.new(ent.transformation.origin)
		ent.transform!(Geom;;Transformation.rotation(rp, rv, ra))
	end	
end



#if( not file_loaded?("rot90.rb") )
#   UI.add_context_menu_handler do |menu|
#		if menu == nil then 
#			UI.messagebox("Error setting context menu handler")
#		else
#			if (sel = selected_comps_and_groups)
#				sbm = menu.add_submenu("Rotate 90")
#				sbm.add_item("Around Red") {rotate90 sel, "x"}
#				sbm.add_item("Around Green") {rotate90 sel, "y"}
#				sbm.add_item("Around Blue") {rotate90 sel, "z"}
#			end
#		end
#        
#	end
#end


#file_loaded("rot90.rb")

@jim said:

@hfm said:

okay, very nice script... but could you please also make it work on X and Y axis? And make it so that you can select a shortcut for the tools?

Tried to edit it myself but my knowledge of ruby is lacking
[did get the 15 degrees to work though ]

I always wanted to make a rotator that is sensitive to the view. For example, it would rotate the selection around the axis that is closest to the axis from the camera to the target. If you wanted ro rotate around the Z, you could select the entities, go to Top view and press the shortcut. If you wanted to rotate around the Y axis, select the entities, go to the Front view and use the same shortcut.

What do you think?

My idea is that, having to change the view would take away the advantage of having the rotator sensitive to the view

I have another suggestion: Rot90.rb rotate the component around (ent.bounds.center); would it be possible to rotate around the origin instead, as you did in your mover2.rb plugin?

@thomthom said:

hcal.to_f doesn't modify hcal, it returns a float. So you need to write it like so: hcal = hcal.to_f

thanks to both you...

yes, both codes work nicely; i spent 3 hours to look for a solution, and i get 2 different, in a few minutes, on sketchucation...

learning ruby on the internet is an exciting experience

i want to read a number from a text file on my hard drive, containing only this number

i wrote this

hcal = IO.read("C;\\...txt").chomp
hcal.to_f

but when i check

hcal.class

hcal is still a string, not a float...

can you tell me where is my mistake?

@tig said:

You can't add 'arguments' to a UI.openURL() - it's a 'path' only tool.
BUT you can write a cmd/bat file with the needed data and then open that [it 'executes'] and that can pass/use arguments written into it thus...

START mailto;"someone@somewhere.com?subject=The%%20Title&cc=%%20&bcc=%%20&body=Hello%%20testing%%20123

See here for more details http://www.robvanderwoude.com/email.php or http://www.paulsadowski.com/wsh/cmdmail.htm

There are ways to escape the used special characters if you want...
Just compile the message File.write to a temp file called say 'C:/Temp/emailer.cmd' then
UI.openURL('file:///C:/Temp/emailer.cmd') to run it.
You can even make it erase it self as it ends...

i am not familiar with batch programs, but i shall try to understand the way to do it; thank you!

this code launches the email program on the computer

UI.openURL("mailto:???@???")

Is there a way to add automatically a file?

i didn't find anything here http://code.google.com/intl/fr/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/ui.html#openURL

@voljanko said:

Please help me find the solution for this bug:
-when one solid is a subcomponent and a subgroup in a component, the plugin can't find the penetration.
I know the problem is in line 132 def1=solid1.entities.parent ,but don't know what to do about it.
Thanks

EDIT:SOLVED

i cannot help you concerning the ruby programming, but i tried your plugin on the model included in your post, and it worked perfectly; event when i made a component from the component and the group

i tried it also on the file included; components with solids inside, it worked, but in a strange way; i would like to know which are the components that interfere, but the information vanishes when the program stops...

where are the components that intersect?