It is in the release notes, but it still does seem somewhat obscure.

The error is telling you the variable hex_face is nil rather than a Sketchup::Face object. So your next step in debugging is to understand why hex_face is not a Face object.

For a short piece of code like this, simply inspecting the variables after each line might be helpful.

Layout.

Textures are embedded in the model but you have a couple options.

If you select an image editing app under Preferences > Applications, then you can right-click the material in the Material Browser and open it in your selected app right from SketchUp.

You could also right-click the material in the Material browser and select "Export Texture Image", and then edit it in an external app, then apply the editor material.

I don't have the answer, but one alternative to replace a sub-component in a DC is to right-click it and select "reload." Then choose a file from disc to replace the selected component. The current attribute set will be applied to the loaded component.

Updated to version 0.9.0 with support for SPLINE entities thanks to rsa.

Splines are added to the model as Bezier curve objects, and are editable through the right-click menu.

Update available through the SketchUcation Plugin Store.

I recommend the STL Extension by SketchUp, which appears in the File menu: File > Export STL.

If you do not have this menu item, then install the SketchUp STL extension from the Extensions Warehouse, and try again.

@rsa said:

Hi Jim,
I let myself to modify draw_spline methods.
I used bezier curve instead of lines for drawing splines.
Curves can be edit by "su bezier" plugin
If you interested I happy to send you code.

Yes of course. That would be great! Thank you.

@tomasz said:

It all works here. It works even better, because you don't need administrator rights anymore.

Not quite. The start.kst file is still being created in the Program Files folder which does require admin permissions.

Related.

http://github.com/fogleman/Tiling

@jedicharles said:

That did the trick, thanks for the help!

cool

Yeah sorry. Splines are added incorrectly as straight lines between points. I just have not figured out how to handle splines in the dxf yet.

It may help to convert the .dxf to an older version using this: http://www.opendesign.com/guestfiles/TeighaFileConverter

Try making the Groups into Components - Groups sometimes do not behave well in DC's.

@renaissance man said:

Using intersect faces constructs geometry where face intersection occurs. But it does not actually split faces or edges so that the intersection geometry is now split so that a single object now become multiple objects

From the image it appears the tubes are not in the same context as th eexternal face. Did you explode the tubes before trying to Intersect them?

Thumbnails have never worked on 64 bit Windows. Some folks use alternatives like xnview, or similar viewers.

@dan rathbun said:

So what would we gain ?

Cross-platform maybe. There are many "always on top" programs for Windows - is there for Mac also?

There are other settings like OpenGL and Styles in SketchUp that affect performance. You need to be more specific about what settings you use in order to get useful feedback. Perhaps specify a Style for testing purposes.

Is this what you are after?

mod = Sketchup.active_model # Open model
ent = mod.entities # All entities in model
sel = mod.selection # Current selection
wallGroup = ent.add_group

#face points
pt1 = [0,0,0]
pt2 = [0,10,0]
pt3 = [0,10,100]
pt4 = [0,0,100]

#line points
lpt1 = [0,0,0]
lpt2 = [150,0,0]
lpt3 = [100,150,0]
lpt4 = [0,100,0]

path = []

face = ent.add_face pt1, pt2, pt3, pt4
path.push ent.add_line lpt1, lpt2
path.push ent.add_line lpt2, lpt3
#the line below doesn't work with follow me
path.push ent.add_line lpt3, lpt4

#line = ent.add_line lpt4, lpt1

status = face.followme path

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

A single dialog showing together extensions and rb files if they are not extension loaders.
Loaders would not be displayed at all.

Good idea and would be a good implementation of the feature. User need not be concerned with the type (extension or file) of thing being disabled/enabled.

Just an idea for a feature.

It is to help differentiate between disableing an Extension in the Extension Manager dialog and disabling the extension loader file in the Plugins manager.

If an Extension is disabled in the Extension Manager dialog, could there be an option to toggle the visibility of the loader file in the Plugins Manager dialog?

Hopefully the image helps.