oh, ok, great. thank you!

hallo!

i tried to delete that text-object:

taganzeige=ents.add_text "Tag"+status.woche.to_s, [0,0,0]

with the following line:

taganzeige.erase

but it didn't work...

how do i have to delete an entity-object?

thanks for your time.
tim

Hallo!

Which command opens the ruby console?

Thanks for your time.
Bye Tim

Works!
Thank you!

Hallo!
You might laugh because of that post, but I'm not able to find the reason why it doesn't work...

I just want to create an infobox and safe the input to some variables...

Here is the code and Sketchup's comment in the debugger:

prompts = ["Bildhöhe", "Bildbreite", "Bilder pro Sekunde", "Filmdauer in Sekunden", "Ausgabename"] 
default = [  "800",         "800",           "25",                  "60",             "Ablauf" ]
aufnahmebox = UI.inputbox prompts, default, "Ablaufsimulation mit statischer Ansicht"
hoehe = aufnahmebox[0].to_i
breite= aufnahmebox[1].to_i
fps=aufnahmebox[2].to_i
dauer = aufnahmebox[3].to_i
name = aufnahmebox[4]

load "C:/Users/tim/Desktop/array.rb"
Error: #<SyntaxError: (eval):4:in `load': C:/Users/tim/Desktop/array.rb:1: syntax error, unexpected tCONSTANT, expecting ']'
...pts = ["Bildhöhe", "Bildbreite", "Bilder pro Sekunde", "Film...
^
C:/Users/tim/Desktop/array.rb:1: syntax error, unexpected tCONSTANT, expecting $end
...ldhöhe", "Bildbreite", "Bilder pro Sekunde", "Filmdauer in S...
^>
(eval):4
(eval):4

Thanks for your time.
Tim

works . thanks a lot.

The translation should be done with the elments of the array @bauabschnitte exept the first one.
So y_text is set to 0 at the beginning an gets raised every time the code passes the "each" part.

Here is the error-message that appears in sketchup every time I load the code:

Error: #<TypeError: C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/klasse_ausgabe.rb:253:in transform_entities': wrong argument type (expected Sketchup::Entity)> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/klasse_ausgabe.rb:253 C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/klasse_ausgabe.rb:253:in balkendiagramm'
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/klasse_ausgabe.rb:249:in each' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/klasse_ausgabe.rb:249:in balkendiagramm'
C:/Users/tim/Desktop/test_balkendiagramm.rb:5
(eval):0:in `load'
(eval):0

The first 3d-text is created at the origin. So I don't know what to do.

Hallo!
I'm trying to write a script that creates a list of 3d texts. One 3d text should be diplayed, then it should be moved (in negative y-direction), then the next 3d text should be created and so on.
With my code the Translation of the text doesn't work.
Here is the code:

y_text=0
zaehler=0 #counter
textarray=[]
@bauabschnitte.each{|b|
                     tr = Geom;;Transformation.new [0,y_text,0]
		     anzeige =  b.getname #the text the should be displayed by the 3d text
                     textarray[zaehler]=ents.add_3d_text anzeige, TextAlignRight,"Arial",false,false,10,5,0,true,1
		     ents.transform_entities tr, textarray[zaehler] #here the 3d text should be moved...
		     y_text = y_text-15
		     zaehler = zaehler+1
		    }

Thanks for your time.
Tim

Ok, great. thank you. I'll change it this weekend. Hope you have a nice one
Bye.
Tim

Hallo!

I want to declare a material in a method, but before it's declared it should checked wether the material already exists to avoid overloading the memory with tons of the same material. Here is the code i used but it doesn't work so far...

def status_anzeigen 
  mod = Sketchup.active_model
  ents = mod.entities 
  sel = mod.selection 
  mats = mod.materials
  unless mats.include?("im_bau")
    bau_mat = mats.add "im_bau"
    bau_mat.color = [255,127,38] 
    fertig_mat = mats.add "fertig"
    fertig_mat.color = [211,211,211] 
    inplanung = mats.add"noch_nicht_angefangen"
    inplanung.color = [176,196,222]  
    inplanung.alpha = 0.3 
  end

#and so on

it works. thanks a lot, once more

tommorow t'll try to declare the material in the constructor of the class anyway, to avoid putting all the trash in the memory.

bye.

tim

it was my mistake. the materials were declared in a tool as a local variable. every time the tool was invoken, the materials werde declared. so to the materials name was a number added, because the material already existed in the materials container. when you only once invoke the tool everything is fine. one more an it didn't work.

is it possible to declare a material as a constant or to declare it with an "@" in a class to avoid that?

me again...

i don't know why, but the attribut "ablauf", "material" always receives a new value, even if the face's material is included in the array called invalid_material. i'll post the code, because i realy don't know how to fix it.

    
ents.each{|e|
          if e.typename == "Face"
             start = e.get_attribute "ablauf", "baubeginn"
             ende = e.get_attribute "ablauf", "bauende"
             if (e.material)
               invalid_materials = ['bau_mat', 'fertig_mat', 'inplanung']
               unless invalid_materials.include?( e.material.name )
                 mat_vorher = e.material.name
                 e.set_attribute("ablauf", "material", mat_vorher)
               end
             end
                     
                     
          if @woche.to_i >= start.to_i && @woche.to_i < ende.to_i
            e.material = bau_mat
          end
          if @woche.to_i >= ende.to_i
            e.material =fertig_mat
          end
          if @woche.to_i < start.to_i
            e.material = inplanung
          end
       end
                     
        }
   

    #now the code that reloads the material

    def mat_back
       mod = Sketchup.active_model
       ents = mod.entities
       mats = mod.materials
       default_mat = mats.add "standardwert"
       default_mat.color = [50,250,50]
       ents.each{|e|
                  if e.typename == "Face"
                    if (e.get_attribute "ablauf", "material")
                      mat_temp=e.get_attribute "ablauf", "material"
                      e.material=mats[mat_temp]
                    else
                      e.material=default_mat
                    end
                  end
                 }


    end

me again...

i don't know why, but the attribut "ablauf", "material" always receives a new value, even if the face's material is included in the array caled invalid_material. i'll post the code, because i realy don't know how to fix it.

ents.each{|e|
            if e.typename == "Face"
                 start = e.get_attribute "ablauf", "baubeginn"
                 ende = e.get_attribute "ablauf", "bauende"
                 if (e.material) 
                   invalid_materials = ['bau_mat', 'fertig_mat', 'inplanung']
                   unless invalid_materials.include?( e.material.name )
                     mat_vorher = e.material.name
                     e.set_attribute("ablauf", "material", mat_vorher)
                   end
                 end
                 
                 
                 if @woche.to_i >= start.to_i && @woche.to_i < ende.to_i 
                   e.material = bau_mat
                 end
                 if @woche.to_i >= ende.to_i 
                   e.material =fertig_mat
                 end
                 if @woche.to_i < start.to_i 
                   e.material = inplanung
                 end
            end
                 
           }
end

#now the code that reloads the material

def mat_back 
   mod = Sketchup.active_model
   ents = mod.entities 
   mats = mod.materials
   default_mat = mats.add "standardwert"
   default_mat.color = [50,250,50] 
   ents.each{|e|
                  if e.typename == "Face"
                    if (e.get_attribute "ablauf", "material")
                     mat_temp=e.get_attribute "ablauf", "material"
                     e.material=mats[mat_temp]
                    else
                     e.material=default_mat 
                    end
                  end
                 }


end

thank you so much.

hallo again!
saving to an attribute and reloading works

but now another problems appears. i only want the materials name to be stored in the attribute if it is not the name of one of the materials bau_mat, fertig_mat or inplanung.

i tried to realise it with the following code, but it seems to be stored every time, even the assigned material is one of the before mentioned:

 if e.material.name != bau_mat.name && e.material.name != fertig_mat.name && e.material.name != inplanung.name
          mat_vorher = e.material.name
          e.set_attribute "ablauf", "material", mat_vorher
 end

oh, ok, when i wrote my last post yours wasn't uploaded. i'll test it tommorrow because it's meanwhile hard to hold the eyes open. thanks once more for the great help.
good night.
tim

first of all i got to thank you fpr the time youre spending.

i wrote the last script to test wheter it is possible to assign a material to an entitiy in that way. i wanted to execute it with only one face selected that has a material (the one looking like wood). the name of the material should be saved in the variable mat.

that should be realised with

sel.each{|e|
mat=e.material.display_name
}

after that i wanted to assigne every entity in the model with the same material with that part of the code

ents.each{|e|
e.material = mats[mat]
}

i still don't know how to acces a material, to save an reload it. using the diplay_name and saving it as an attribut didn't work so far.

i used some of the materials looking like wood. do they belong to the default materials that return nil?

another opportunity could be to save the whole model in the script, then to do something in the script an after that to load the old version that was saved before.

ok, i assigned a material to a face with the tool in sketchup that is invoken by the icon with the color bucket. after that i loaded a script with the following code (only the face with the material was selected)

<span class="syntaxdefault">mod&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br />ents&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mod</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">entities&nbsp;<br />sel&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mod</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">selection<br />mats&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mod</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">materials<br />mat</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxstring">""<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">sel</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mat</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">material</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">display_name<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br /><br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">ents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">material&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mats</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mat</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"></span>

the debugger says: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `display_name' for nil:NilClass>

somehow the material doesn't seem to stored in the materials array...
that can't be true, or?