I have a similar workflow to what your describing but I use photo match and no ruby scripts. Set the view you want, save it at the screen resolution, edit it, then start a Photo Match session using the new image. Everything should line up perfectly as long as nothing has changed. Finally, just project the photo onto the elements of the model using the option on the Photo Match Dialog.

Just wanted to be sure you guys were alert..... 😳 😒

@unknownuser said:

Jon,

It is relatively easy to perform the check of whether the version on the web (and then comare with the one currently installed locally).

The real difficulty is to download the file and install it when it is in binary format (for instance a Zip file). It is possible for a .rb file which is plain text however.

Fredo

PS: I would use Whaat's method, which is to check periodically, even letting the user set the next date. If all scripts do their check at each SU statup, then it would take too long.

You are right on with the downloading difficulty. I originally wanted to have each 'dependent' represented in the version string so I could only download the file that needed updating. Unfortunately, I could not find a clean way to initiate a download of a .rb or .rbs file into the plugins directory. I have resorted to having the link point directly to a download of an installer (.exe) and the installer is handling the file moves to the plugins folder. It is an acceptable solution for me.

I have changed my script so that the update is user initiated through the plugin commands. Again, thanks to all for the help.

Jon

I can't seem to get this to work - tried both csv and html and I just get "Item, Descriptio etc" but no content

Scott Lininger left Trimble/SketchUp several years ago to start his own company. (He is unlikely to see or reply to your question. Ie, this topic thread is at least 7 years old!)

There are more recent threads on making custom DC functions (but you should not publish any custom changes.)

See this thread:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=67235

Jon,

I don't know much about Ruby, or components.

I do know that the "generate report" function of pro version is a ruby script by google, and that it (for the most part) can read this problem. That being said, since this is the weekend and I only have my free version here, take my dynamic flange model (posted in the dynamic components section of these forums), which has multiple, multiple embeded copies as a test model. Run the "generate report" function on that model - I believe it will tell you what the X,Y,Z of each component is - and it will give you the same information as you've been getting. Not much help.

So, that's what the attribute dictionary is getting. By searching, however, you can pull out information about the copies function (i.e. copy number). You can also find the formula for X,Y,Z by finding _X_Position_Formula (or something similar). Using the direct formula, you could in theory look for the word "copy" in the Position formula, and find out what X SHOULD BE by doing the math yourself.

Not pretty, but that's the only thing I can think of until I play around with my pro version at work.

You need to keep applying ' parent.transformation' to it...

If it's being edited the ' model.edit_tranform' helps...