Topics created by GWD

Well done! That is some great detail.

hi Guy,
not sure I can help here, but have some thoughts, I may disclose, with more info...
can you add a screenshot , to this post showing, the 'Outliner' window with as much structure of a failing .skp, showing as possible.

I have tried the standard instal ruby with some 'group sorting' problem scripts and it didn't appear to help, your milage my vary, but I think problems on the 'C' side...

So, other then the usual, general advice,
Close all supplementary windows, eliminate 'SU' trying to refresh the view, ie have it really small, on an empty scene.

If you can provide a snippet that fails more advice could be given,
john

@gwd said:

At Basecamp the people of 3skeng showed a way to connect netbeans to sketchup for using it as full working IDE for SU.Does somebody knows how to do it?

Hi Guy,

3skeng could have their own internal solution, you would need to ask them.

There is a possible way using TBD's "bridge" plugin. You would need to configure netbeans to execute the buffer using the sub.exe file in bridge. This is a Windows plugin and I see your profile says Mac so you may be out of luck.

http://labs.plugins.ro/

@bmike said:

i want sketchup to make me coffee and do my drawings for me while i go for a bike ride.
hasn't happened yet, and while i am on the pro version, i don't think there is a large enough upgrade cost to make that happen.

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@gwd said:

You can find the code on page 3

Hi,
after a lot of digging, it appears that your test code will run in 0.8[1..3] seconds on both Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion with free or pro SU v6, v7 or v8, UNLESS you have either of these in your preference list
%(#FF00BF)[<string>OutlinerController</string>
<string>ComponentGBrowserController</string>]
these have no ill effect, but add either of the others and you beach-ball...
%(#00BF00)[<key>OpenInspectors</key>
<array>
<string>PagePanelController</string>
<string>LayerPanelController</string>
<string>StyleBrowserController</string>
<string>SoftenPanelController</string>
<string>EntityInfoController</string>
</array>]
They actually fork the main Thread into a timer loop to make the thumbnails and will do that even if the ruby has run before you open the Inspector. i.e run test code without, then zoom, orbit, make new geometry, etc... turn on 'Components' or 'Outliner' and you'll get a beach-ball.
If 'Components' is run first 'Outliner' opens straight away.

john

Update for Sketchup 2014 :

require "Win32API.rb msg = "\000" * 36 peekMessage = Win32API.new('user32','PeekMessage' , 'PLIII', 'I') peekMessage.call( msg, 0, 0, 0, 0x0000 ) != 0

What i need is a quick check if the sectionplane cuts the solid. Because the .intersect_with is a very slow function i want first to check if solid wil be sectioned by the sectionplane to speed up the script. And the check with the bounding box works good except for nested solids. Anybody a tip for solving my problem?

I've been having troubles closing the files.
Everytime I close one it hangs and says the program does not respond (I work in spanish so I don't know the equivalent in english).
I'd say this started when I installed SU8 without deleting SU7. But I need them both!

Hello,

I wrote a small code to add a DC at a specific position and resize it.

So when Sketchup add an instance of a DC its position is 0,0,0. You need to define a transformation to place it where you want.

t1 = Geom;;Transformation.axes(...,...,...) newDC = Sketchup.active_model.entities.add_instance(Sketchup.active_model.definitions["MyDC"],t1)

To set the length I used the set_attribute method of the DC definition

len = 13 len2 = 12 newDC.definition.set_attribute "dynamic_attributes","_lenx_nominal",len.to_s newDC.definition.set_attribute "dynamic_attributes","_lenz_nominal",len2.to_s

@unknownuser said:

I agree. What we need is that everything what you can do with SU is also supported in the API. I don't know why there are some parts that aren't supported (sectionplanes, Export 2D graphic (dxf), ...)

Dimensions, several Material & Layer methods ... the list goes on... 😞

realSection isn't supported anymore.

An extension that is not 'signed' will probably still work.
Reset your Extension Manager's Loading Policy to 'Unrestricted' and restart SketchUp...
Many older extensions have not been updated as SketchUp versions evolved - however many older ones still work...
Provided that you only install RBZs from reputable sites like SketchUcation's PluginStore, EWH or respected authors' own sites there is no problem in loading older unsigned or sign-expired plugins...

Its usage notes in its 'more-info' link explain how it works... context-menu run NOT via the main menus or by toolbar...

@unknownuser said:

Usage:

Select solid Right-Click Context-Menu. If the solid is broken the option 'FIX SOLID' is present. If the option isn't present there are no problems with the solid. Select 'Fix Solid' You can set two options: Risky fix: if you choose a risky fix it's possible that a part of the solid will be deleted. This action can be undone with the normal SU undo function. The risky fix try to fix all problems, the normal fix only fixes problems with no risk. Fix coplanar faces: If you choose no, the edges between coplanar will not be removed.

Please note that there several newer and improved tools like this [it is over a decade old !].
Consider looking in the PluginStore for thomthom's SolidInspector² and Anton's ams_Fixit... [which can fix other things too]

Any news on pricing yet? I know a lot of Artlantis fans who would love this.

Try
Sketchup.active_model.options["PageOptions"]["TransitionTime"]
and
Sketchup.active_model.options["PageOptions"]["ShowTransition"]
returns the values - say 1.0 and true.
You can rest them thus:
Sketchup.active_model.options["PageOptions"]["TransitionTime"]=0.0
or
Sketchup.active_model.options["PageOptions"]["ShowTransition"]=false
🤓

Thanks, this was the link i was looking for!

+1

Better even if we were able to draw linestyles directly in Sketchup.

A work around I use (not often) is to use the SU eraser tool with shift/control modifiers and a style with hidden lines turned on. The problem is that In LO those linestyles are only displayed in raster mode...

For now, the best you can do is to nudge one model with the arrow tools and then align just by eyeballing it.

b