bmike, your details are as good as they need get, the color makes them better. A set of plans probably cost more, but are probably worth the added expense. Guess you don't do a lot of interior elevations noting finishes, fixtures, detail references, etc. Did you do the production drawings in SU, and then present them in Layout? How do you coordinate production drawing revisions? Do you update the 3d drawings along with, say a revision to the building sections? At my current state, once the model is used to present the design, and the job moves into production drawings, the 3d model is abandoned, and the various floor, reflected ceiling, lighting, etc plans only retain a bare amount of common information. While revisions are far better them by pencil drafting, in my case at least they are far from automatic. Do you have a better handle on this kind of drawing coordination?

Wow, Sketchup.read_default and Sketchup.write_default were easy to implement. Attaching the defaults to individual models can also be advantageous, and I will have to think about the best way to save user defaults. Thanks guys. a_values=[] s_value="" s_value = Sketchup.read_default "honoluludesktop","values","None:Inches:Model:to Faces:by Number" a_values = s_value.split(":") . . results = inputbox prompts,a_values,enums,my_file_name+" Options" . . a_values = ["None",scale_sel,origin_sel,dface_sel,material_sel] s_value = a_values.join(":") result = Sketchup.write_default "honoluludesktop","values",s_value

All this time I labored under the belief that only old programs up to Win98 ran in the command window, and didn't ever try.

tt, and cf, Thanks. Got it to work as follows: my_definition.entities.transform_entities(t,my_definition.entities.to_a) Off and on for 4 days, this has got to be the longest time I've spent getting a single line of code right. Hopefully I'm getting better.

I unzipped a skm to see what it contained. If I learn enough, maybe working with skm's is something I can attempt to tackle a year from now?-)

It is...Thanks. Guess it always worth a second look after I make something work the first time. I'll bet my code could shed 25% of its weight if I knew what I was doing

Right again: my_instance = @master_group.to_component my_definition = my_instance.definition my_definition.name = my_file_name my_instance.erase! repeat = false model.place_component my_definition, repeat Can I just say that I must have been sleep deprived.

Thanks, Gai.

Thanks, Tom. I've corrected the original post.

RVS, thanks for help with the snippit. I have another use for it. tt, finally got to it, shoot, that was too easy: my_def = definitions.add "My Selection" my_inst = @master_group.to_component my_def.entities.add_instance(my_inst.definition, my_inst.transformation) my_inst.erase! repeat = false model.place_component my_def, repeat

The algorythm in your posted .doc file looks sound - it's just that you need to create a PolygonMesh from scratch - not via a Face.

Thanks, masterlaws! I followed the modification using "vi" on my Mac and didn't see the updated version until after I had it working.

Tom, Thanks, I previous looked at that page, and tried to correct my code, but couldn't make it work. Guess it's another case where I am asking the wrong question. It's late, I will take another stab at it tomorrow. Except for speed, parsing, layers, block names, and nested blocks the plugin is (beta) usable. [image: Mkj1_temp09.jpg] This is a import of a Dxf file. The coding is very basic, but modular enough to add other Dxf features in the future.

OK, thanks.

Tom, thanks.

And class variables @@.

Add Sketchup.send_action "showRubyPanel:" into the start of your script just after require 'sketchup.rb' BUT remember to ### it out when you are done!

It is safer in any case - as you don't risk your edges/faces merging with stuff it should not merge with.

@runnerpack said: @thomthom said: Use the bitwise And operator to combine flags: Messagebox with Yes/No button and question mark icon: UI.messagebox('Hello World', MB_YESNO | 32) That's actually the Or operator... but you knew that Doh! I swear there's a little brain-gnome that intercepts and swaps words before they reach the hands...

Well, I spent the day looking at the way various applications read and write dxf files, as well as the differences between Acad versions. My own Cad program outputs a dxf that is no longer compliant with Acad v 11 (maybe not even since 2000). But fortunately, it hasn't affected my work. I have been writing a SU plugin to modify my Cad2Dxf output in order to improve its performance. As long as I was doing this, I thought I might be able to post a DxfIn for SU-free users, but have discovered that there are too many considerations, requiring rewriting my code to accomplish even a very basic version of this. Good thing for me that my Cad2Dxf is easy to understand. Thanks for the support everyone, hopefully I will finish soon:-)