Sounds like the only way to check it, is to run the app on both platforms?

Thanks Tom, I really did try to find it.

You could do this automatically by adding the above statement to the end of the Tools/dynamiccomponents.rb file (after the statement that registers the DC extension.) IF the extension is OFF then the extra class methods would be defined. IF the extension is ON, the file may get reloaded, but no harm should be done.

Tig, thanks.

Done, Thanks Dan. Haven't gotten back to working on this part of the code yet.

I recommend the following snippet: (Assume a boolean constant PC is set (see 2nd snippet.) <span class="syntaxdefault">    </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># show the toolbar<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    delay </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">version</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_i </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">>=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 8 </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 0.3 </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 1.0 </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    state </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">@@</span><span class="syntaxdefault">toolbar</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">get_last_state <br />    if </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">state </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> TB_VISIBLE</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">@@</span><span class="syntaxdefault">toolbar</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">restore<br />      </span><span class="syntaxcomment">#<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Per bug 2902434; resize regression on PC<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">start_timer</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">delay</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> false</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">@@</span><span class="syntaxdefault">toolbar</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">restore </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> if PC<br />      </span><span class="syntaxcomment">#<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    elsif </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">state </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> TB_NEVER_SHOWN</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">&&</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> PC<br />      </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># We DONT want to show them until the user wants them,<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># but we cannot leave the state as TB_NEVER_SHOWN, as<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># there is a PC bug that inserts phantom empty toolbar<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># windows up near the menubar, if state is -1.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      if Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">version</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_i </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">>=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 8<br />        </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># We show it, then hide it so it will float later.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">@@</span><span class="syntaxdefault">toolbar</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">show<br />        UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">start_timer</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">delay</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> false</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">@@</span><span class="syntaxdefault">toolbar</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">hide </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      else </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># vers 6 & 7<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">@@</span><span class="syntaxdefault">toolbar</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">hide  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Sets last_state to TB_HIDDEN initially.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Users may still contend with "toolbar shuffle" later.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      end<br />    end<br /></span> If there are any LoadErrors in any startup script.. the toolbars will not resize unless the user closes the LoadError dialog before the delay fires the UI.start_timer block. Setting platform constants: MAC, OSX, PC, and WIN (This snippet can be inside your module or class, making them local constants, or you can paste them into the 'Tools/sketchup.rb' file so they get defined as global constants.) <span class="syntaxdefault">  unless defined</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Object</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">MAC</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> <br />    Object</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">MAC </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Object</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">RUBY_PLATFORM </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=~</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">/</span><span class="syntaxdefault">darwin</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">/</span><span class="syntaxdefault">i </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> true </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> false </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end<br />  unless defined</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Object</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">WIN</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> <br />    Object</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">WIN  </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> not Object</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">MAC </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end<br />  Object</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">OSX </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Object</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">MAC unless defined</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Object</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">OSX</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Object</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">PC  </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Object</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">WIN unless defined</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Object</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">PC</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault">  </span>

Well Tig, took the plunge. I just installed this on SketchUp 2016. Works as perfect as ever! Just renamed the .zip file to .rbz. I used to use this one a lot for renders. HonoluluDesktop would be very happy this lives on♫♪♫♪... .. .

@honoluludesktop said: am drawing the icons in Sketchup, and sizing them down with a Win2000 utility. Hmmm...think that's the problem? I will try a high end image editor. Possibly (even likely.) There may be several settings to chose from when resizing the image; some designed for speed, others for quality. That may be all you need.

Many of the settings associated with Styles are stored in the RenderingOptions. Many of the keys are obvious, some not so much. http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/renderingoptions.html http://code.google.com/p/skx/wiki/RenderingOptions

Jim, Thanks again:-)

OK, thanks. Btw, how did you learn this stuff? Am I not studying the API sufficiently? Addenda: OK, I get it, in OPPS, the child inherits the parents DNA:-)

Well, better late then never. Not as difficult as I thought. First point, then rotate: ` comp.transformation=Geom::Transformation.new(comp.transformation.origin,point_vector) comp.transform! Geom::Transformation.new(comp.transformation.origin,comp.transformation.zaxis, (Math::PI*3)/2)` Thanks everyone.

Didier, Thanks, This will speed up access to one of my tools. Addenda: Wow, that was too easy to do.

Added current selection of components to all components in the model in this update along with an improved user interface.

Well, I am a user of Allplan for fifteen years or more and I can say Allplan is a great peace of junk. It's very expensive, it's complicated und there is only a rudiment of a virtual building. The best about Allplan is the money they spend in advertising. So, why I'm so rude? Very easy! Yes, you can build a virtual model and feed it with data. But all functions to get a benefit out of your model are only half developed. There are a lot of known bugs which are not fixed for years and after a main release there are certain new bugs in functions, which worked properly before (e.g. in version 2008 the dimensioning tool was fine, in version 2009 it took a service release to fix it). In the german nemetschek allplan forum are a lot of dissapointed users. They all stay with Allplan, because they paid so much money (and my boss, too) until now and they all HOPE that the bugs get fixed in the next main release. From my point of view I can say: Allplan is far away from a modern BIM-based CAD. The only usable and payable BIM-based CAD I know are ArchiCAD and Revit. Torben

Thanks, fellows. Sometimes it's not as simple as I think, then after I'm done, its simpler then I think:-) Tig, That's neat, didn't know I could do that. The reverse face application requires the faces to be in Sketchup.active_model.entities. The faces are picked in terms of it's pixel location on the monitor. Maybe I first have to group the loose entities, then process all the groups, and components one at a time. Sometimes I write this stuff, just to see if I can. It doesn't take that much more work to open each component manually, and run the plugin Reverse_Backfaces each time.

Thanks, gotit. Hope I don't forget!-)

I like it!good!

Got it, thanks. The relationship between faces, and edges are not as obvious as I thought they are. [image: mat0_Temp00.jpg]

@gbterstal said: Thanks so much Honoluludesktop. Just for the record... HonoluluDesktop died a few years ago... August 5th 2011 in San Francisco... http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=40819