@dave r said:

Check this out.

There's a command for Center Selection which would probably get you started. On my PC I have his toolbar set up so Zoom Extents zooms to a selection if there is one.

Thanks!
The plugin from Jim's website (Is it the same Jim?) works!! It zooms to the selected item no matter how far or where it is.
The plugin can be found here:
https://sites.google.com/site/jimfoltz/my-sketchup-plugins/zoom-selection-extents

I got it now 😳 !

I am pretty sure it's a tool state that cannot be relied upon. I discussed this with Google some time ago. While it does seem to work for some tools, it completely doesn't for others.

For instance, the line tool. State 1 might be a down and release of the LMB, and state 2 might be the second click to complete the line after you've moved the mouse. However, you can also down left click, move the mouse, and release the mouse to draw the line, in which case, the (hypothetical) state rule above does not apply.

The net of it all is that right now, we cannot depend on the tool state flag for anything, either because we don't have enough additional information to go along with it (like how the line tool is being used), or, it's simply residual information that is being push over through the API and is meaningless. (And that fact that "we're not supposed to be using it - it wasn't put in for us mere mortals")

Perhaps in the future it can be relied upon.

Todd

@cphillips said:

@jim said:

Is there a plugin to select only geometry that can be seen on the screen?

Edit: Including the backfaces. Maybe select visible is a bad description. How about select all within the field of view?

Cant you just use select and drag across the whole window? That does the same thing.

Yes, but wanted to do it using Ruby.

But when visiting Mateo, I'll be quite close as well...
😄

Thanks, Jim!

Dave,

A vector EPS can be converted into DWG in Illustrator, and that can be inserted into SU. Using the right (free) plugins, the same feat ought to be possible in the free Ghostscript app too-I haven't tried it for a long time.

Anssi