Topics created by Jim

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That was funny.

@morisdov said:

@jim said:

Please add your own "Do and Don't" recommendations for writing SketchUp Ruby code.

👍 DO wrap your plugin in a module (namespace) to avoid clashes.
👎 DON'T use another person's registry keys, namespaces, or attribute_dictionaries.

The problem is you dont know who might have used what "name" , there are far too many other people out there for one to research their obvious common sence choices of keywords.

NO .. it's actually easy. If you stay in YOUR namespace, you can have your Plugin module(s) be any name and they will not clash.

Then.. use the namespace nesting to construct a unique registry key:

module Author module Widget # Construct a registry key to save the plugin options under; # @@opt_key = "Plugin_#{Module.nesting[0].name.gsub(/(;+)/,"_")}" # Remove whitespace and non-word chars (just in case.) @@opt_key = @@opt_key.gsub(/\s+/,"_").gsub(/\W+/,"") # the key will be; "Plugin_Author_Widget" end end

Then you can use the registry key also as a prefix for any AttributeDictionary objects that this plugin uses:

module Author;;Widget @@dictFlags = "#{@@opt_key}_Flags" # create the dictionary @dict = ent1.attribute_dictionary( @@dictFlags , true ) # the dictionary will be; "Plugin_Author_Widget_Flags" end #module

Obviously,.. you replace the word "Author" with your own namespace identifier, and choose the name of your own plugin sub-modules, and their dictionary names.

Too bad, as I thought we had a method to provide a utility libraries based on operating system, but portable between PC and Mac.
I guess this is possible, but we just need to package to offer the same interface, even with different code and binaries underneath

Thanks anyway for this contribution. I'll try to have a closer look whenever I have some time left.

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[i:23sdyhrr]Ruby Libray Depot[/i:23sdyhrr]
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@cloverleaf said:

Jim, how do you use that?

It's specifically made to take advantage of nvidia hardware. I guess it's geared towards Maya and Max, as plugins are provided for these applications. But that also means a SketchUp plugin is a possibility.

As Lewis says, it's probably not practical to use with SketchUp at this time.

Hopefully this works

jf_custom_toolbars.zip

plot-paris: possible. is what Adam referred with radial menu

very interesting

Just out of curiosity, I created 3 sites - now it won't let me create the site I really wanted! It says you can't create any sites at this time, try again later. It's been a full day, so maybe I need to wait longer. 😠

There's a strange ...something... in SU that adds all kinds of non-geometric stuff to the selection set. Todd and I requested it be "fixed" (at least changed), to only add geometric objects to the selection set. After all, who wants to filter out loops, materials, etc., when all we really need to deal with are edges, curves, and faces?

So far, no internal fixes, so we're left to filter objects.

That error does not come from this download, but from "utilities/utilitiestools.rb" that comes with SketchUp. Probably it can't find some resources. You should have a file "…/Google SketchUp 8/resources/en-US/utilities.strings" (or different language code), does this file exist?

I think the issue is in the way a standard 'inputbox' handles the 'values'.
The last value always has focus, unless there are 'lists' in the values, then the last value that has a list has focus - irrespective of where it is !
It's a limitation of the standard API interface.

The 'Tab' will key step through the various values [and the two buttons] in turn starting at the first value, if that would be quicker than clicking the mouse in a dialog itself...
If a list has focus then typing the first letter of the desired item [the list jumps to that item] and/or using the up/down 'Arrow-keys' to step through the list from the current item can be useful if the list is too long to be fully displayed on screen in one go !

Thanks for the comments, everyone; and especially to TBD.

It seems obvious now, but the variable that is referencing the dialog is local to the method. When the method is finished, so is everything else in the same scope. And so sooner or later the variable will get cleaned up by Ruby's garbage collection, and the dialog "mysteriously" goes away. So for the code I posted, a global variable will solve the problem. You could also use an instance variable.

Please, correct any mis-understandings I have about what's happening.

@juju
thanks sir i appreciate ur concern....but if u get to know the name of that ruby please let me know

Dont know if this was what you were asking for, Jim, but to create objects that seems to be painted with different colors, you can do this:

Turn on "Color by layer", face style "Hidden line" and line color "By material" in your standard crayon style, and get a result like the one attached. As far as I know, this works with all styles, and I have this as my default style when working on floor plans and such (though not crayon style 😉 ), and each type of object in a separate layer (chairs in one, tables in another and so on).

// Olle

Crayons

Not that I am aware of.