Look through my RB scripts and see how this is done in detail...

for a simple menu item

SUBMENU=UI.menu("Plugins").add_submenu("Haujiet") #Or other menu by name e.g. 'Tools' SUBMENU.add_item("Add..."){Sketchup.active_model.select_tool(Haujiet_Tool.new())} SUBMENU.add_item("Settings..."){Haujiet_Module;;settings()}

for a command

CMD1=UI;;Command.new("Tool_name"){Haujiet_Module;;some_module_action()} CMD1.tooltip="How_to_use_tool..." CMD1.status_bar_text="How_to_use_tool..." CMD1.small_icon=File.join(FOLDER_path, 'icon.png') CMD1.large_icon=File.join(FOLDER_path, 'icon.png')

and for Toolbar

TOOLBAR=UI;;Toolbar.new("Haujiet...") TOOLBAR.add_item(CMD1) TOOLBAR.restore if TOOLBAR.get_last_state.abs == 1 #TB_VISIBLE/NEVER

for a context menu

UI.add_context_menu_handler{|menu| sub = menu.add_submenu("Haujiet...") sub.add_item(CMD1) # perhaps with tests to see if it should show - e.g. the selection is a group? }

See here...
http://ruby.sketchup.com/UI/Command.html
http://ruby.sketchup.com/UI/Toolbar.html

It is possible to have a plugin not only remind you, but to actually save the model as v2014 whenever the model is saved by normal methods (using File > save, or ctrl-s.)

I'll post something hopefully today.

One problem though is a doubling of the save time since the model will be saved once as the default version, then again as the v2014 version. So maybe this is not the best way.

sorry I wasn't clear...

what I was suggesting is you save the base geometry as a new separate component...

in the topo model it will still have layers, but not in the component...

you would need two components if water and land are separate entities...

if you upload a simple example we would understand your goal better...

john

Hi

It is possible to create components with ruby code, but i believe its much easier to use the ruby code to load a defined component and position it,

I will continue with the pipe line DC, I created earlier and develop that.

If you look at the cylinder code in the linetool example,

%(#000080)[vec = pt2 - pt1
length = vec.length
if( length == 0.0 )
UI.beep
puts "Cannot create a zero length cylinder"
return
end]

I used that as the starting point, initially changing the cylinder for a simple line.

I now need to load a component and scale, then rotate it to the line created.

%(#0000BF)[path = Sketchup.find_support_file('rod.skp', 'Plugins/su_examples/')
definitions = Sketchup.active_model.definitions
definition = definitions.load(path)]

to get a scaling factor I saved the pipe line DC with a length of 1 meter and used that to scale to the length of the line. I loaded that DC to the su_examples folder

http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.0/Math.html
gives the syntax for the maths

being a roof carpenter, I used my knowledge of the relationship between a rafter and a hip (bevel cuts, lengths) to create a transformation sequence for the rotation
searches in this forum helped to work out the method

then I deactivated the line as it was no longer required as a reference

added
dc_observers.get_latest_class.redraw_with_undo(componentinstance)
to redraw the scaled component (tig)

I have attached the amended rod.skp and linetool.rb, which can overwrite the existing in the C:\Users"computer name"\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2016\SketchUp\Plugins\su_examples

links

the base component

linetool.rb