hallo!

i tried to save the current material of an entity object in an attribute to be able to assign the material to the entity later in the skript with the following code which isn't working so far:

<span class="syntaxdefault"></span><span class="syntaxcomment">#to&nbsp;savi&nbsp;it&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;attribute<br /></span><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 />mats&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mod</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">materials<br /><br />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;if&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">typename&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Face"<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">if&nbsp;(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">material</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#checks&nbsp;wheter&nbsp;a&nbsp;material&nbsp;is&nbsp;assigned&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;face<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mat_prev&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">material</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">name<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">set_attribute&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxstring">"time"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxstring">"material"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mat_prev<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;end<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;end<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment">#to&nbsp;reassign&nbsp;it&nbsp;later<br /><br /></span><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 />mats&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mod</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">materials<br />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;if&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">typename&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Face"&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mat_temp</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">get_attribute&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxstring">"time"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxstring">"material"<br />&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</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mats</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">mat_temp</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#before&nbsp;that&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;checked&nbsp;wether&nbsp;the&nbsp;attribute&nbsp;isn't&nbsp;nil<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">end<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"></span>

thanks for your time.

tim

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should be abel to save the images first and after that to invoke a programm that puts them together to a little movie, right?

hi Gaieus,

the normal animation export is good enough, but i dont know how to create scenes and to invoke the export in a ruby script.
is that possible?

hi!

is possible to create an avi file of a sketchup animation with a ruby
skript?
thanks for your time.
bye.

tim