Hello to Everyone,

In 2016 I began to script a little tool to create some Dynamic Components,
with added Information, for Edgebanding and different Materials,
In the first Iteration I just made a cube, which was then changed thru the
DC Component options to the needed Size, that worked as expected.

Recently I took a look at the Code and changed it, that the drawn Cube has the
right Size, as the User has to put them in an Inputbox-Prompt,
The Components are created using the Point-Method and then Pushpulled (in Ruby).

However, I dont get it why I cannot get the lenx, leny and leny to report in any
Ruby- driven Report-Script I tried, until some User-Interaction with the
Component-Options has been made,
(just clicking in the Inputbox of the DC-Settings-Dialog and applying the already correct Values)
since the Original Report-Feature can report these Values without this User-Interaction.

As far as I can see, the Variables are correctly set, since the DCs are working
as they should besides the Reporting-Thing.

attached is a drawing with some of the scripted Components

Has anyone a clue how I can make them readable to a script?

Thank you in advance!

script generated Components

Whow!

This seems to work,
Now I just need to take care of the units.
I will post a reply if I get the Script in a usable condition.

It would be nice if You could take a look at it then.

But I don't know when I'll get enough time for this.
Maybe tomorrow, I got 2go and make Dinner, my Girlfriend already has the knife in her hand
and I don't want her to use it on me.

EDIT:
I kept using the initial approach in setting the Lenx to _lenx_formula since
the other way it left me with an unscalable Component, or at best with a scalable component which doesnt show the correct measurements as the corresponding values in the
DC Dialog.
But Hey, Thank You anyway, maybe someone else has use for the Code for another
useful Plugin

Thank you Jim,

I think this is a step in the right direction,
bur with the Test code U posted I get the Values in red #
still not updating.
and in the Attribute Inspector it shows some weird errors.

Thank you very mouch,

But this doesnt seem to function properly,
In the Attribute Editor I get 0 instead of a self updating value

Hello to all !

After reading a lot of everything that Icould find
on the net which was related to Dynamic Components and Ruby,
and a good Hint from Dan Rathburn , I managed to add
Lenx, Leny and Lenz to a Component I created with Ruby.

But I cannot find out how to set the _lenx_formula,
_leny_formula and _lenz_formula correctly, which means
if I manually enter a value in the DC Dialog it works,
but not if I set the Values from Code thru a simple dialog box.

Any help would be very appreciated

Sample code:

#set the component dictionary
@Component_dictionary = 'dynamic_attributes'

First prompt for the dimensions. This is done using the inputbox

method. In this case, we will actually use a wrapper for UI.inputbox

that is defined in sketchup.rb which does some extra error checking

The first step is to create some arrays which contain the prompts

and default values.

prompts = [("Bemerkung"),("Artikel"),("Laenge"), ("Breite"),("Staerke"),("Kante_links"),("Kante_rechts"),("Kante_oben"),("Kante_unten"),("Belag_Vorn"),("Belag_hinten")]

values = ["BodenDecke","Material1", 600.mm, 400.mm, 19.mm,"Kante1", "Kante1","","","",""]

list = ["", "Material1|Material2|Material3|Material4|Material5|Material6", "", "", "","|Kante1|Kante2|Kante3|Kante4|Kante5|Kante6","|Kante1|Kante2|Kante3|Kante4|Kante5|Kante6","|Kante1|Kante2|Kante3|Kante4|Kante5|Kante6","|Kante1|Kante2|Kante3|Kante4|Kante5|Kante6","|Belag1|Belag2|Belag3|Belag4|Belag5|Belag6","|Belag1|Belag2|Belag3|Belag4|Belag5|Belag6"]

results = UI.inputbox(prompts, values, list, "Boden")

lenx_formula=laenge.to_f
leny_formula=breite.to_f
lenz_formula=staerke.to_f

comp1_def.definition.set_attribute @Component_dictionary,'lenx', '_lenx_formula'
comp1_def.definition.set_attribute @Component_dictionary,'_lenx_label', 'LenX'
comp1_def.set_attribute @Component_dictionary,'lenx', '_lenx_formula'

comp1_def.definition.set_attribute @Component_dictionary,'leny','_leny_formula'
comp1_def.definition.set_attribute @Component_dictionary,'_leny_label', 'LenY'
comp1_def.set_attribute @Component_dictionary,'leny','_leny_formula'

comp1_def.definition.set_attribute @Component_dictionary,'lenz', '_lenz_formula'
comp1_def.definition.set_attribute @Component_dictionary,'_lenz_label', 'LenZ'
comp1_def.set_attribute @Component_dictionary,'lenz', '_lenz_formula'

$dc_observers.get_latest_class.redraw_with_undo
(comp1_def_instance)

Allright, Got it partly working,

But I Cant get the Attribute-Inspectors to show the
Values, I guess I dont really understand how
to set the Formulas correctly to get the corresponding Values by now.

The DC Browser shows the Values (Lengths of the Piece in X,Y and Z)
but everything else does not, this means no reporting so far.

Can anybody push me a little in the right Direction

Where do I have to set the DC Attributes Instance or Definition?
and how could I set it to both if needed?

I tried to set it to the Definition and the second time I run the Script
the created Geometry has no Attributes at all, or at least nothing
important.

The unfinished Script, still buggy

Thank You very mouch for the Info,
I didnt know that there is a plugin that shows the normally hidden
Attributes.

Very useful, I guess I got some homework to do now

Hello To all !!
I am trying to create a useful Plugin for creating a simple Box
in Ruby via User Input, then storing the Input Informations to the "dynamic_attributes"
Dictionary.

As a starting-Point I took the Box.rb from the Examples-Plugin and extended it
a little.

So far everything worked beautifully, since there are Heaps of Example-Code
for this type of task and any Custom Attribute (info) that I store seems to be showing too.

However,what I would like to do now is to manually add the LenX, LenY and LenZ Attributes
to the Component (with Ruby) without setting a fixed Value aka "=Value" so that I can benefit from all the nifty observers that take care of auto-updating the corresponding Values thru a change.

That would be very helpful since I dont want to use the right click menu all the time
to add LenX, LenY and LenZ to every Part that is needed and I could also continue
to use FredoScale (one of my favs in everyday use) and at the same time get accurate results in the Report.

Sadly I didnt find any Very useful Code that explains how to handle the Formulas
that are used to store the actual Value of the coresponding Attributes inside the DC.
(besides the custom ones where a few snippets can be found (Sangs Color from Scott Lininger)).

Any Help would be very appreciated since I am starting to get crazy over this.

PS: I Apologise for my Bad English and I am Hoping anyone can help

Hello to all You Sketchup-Wizards and Code-Magicians

This is my first try to ask for a Hint, if somebody has
a Clue what I am doing wrong.
I started using some code-Snippets from SU Examples for
creating simple Geometry using Points and PushPull.
Then I rotated the createt geometry and redrawed it as new Instance.

Then I started adding custom Attributes to the
dynamic_attributes Dictionary (with Ruby, not with the GUI).

I need the attached Attributes for using with a Program
which we use for Calculating Cost, creating Cutlists,
managing Time etc.

The strange thing is that the DC Browser shows the Attributes but only some Values
and if I click the field where the Valuse should normally be listet I get the
error Message as attached.

The Attribute Editor from Julia Christina Eneroth shows all Attributes and their
corresponding Values.

My question is how do I get a report in CSV of the attached attributes??
A little Help would be mouch appreciated.

Thanks in Advance

Edit: Now I know what I did wrong, In Case anyone wants to klow what it was,
"Capitals" in the Attributes Name, now that I have written it in downcase
Letters everything works fine.