@jean lemire said:
Hi KSor, hi folks.
There is no need for guide line or axes changes.
See this SU file for ideas.
Ha, ha, but Jean I beleave the problem is "how to slide along an edge tha is NOT parallel to one of the axes" - that's for the bolt.
I beleave this "sliding along en edge" (if I only knew it !) can be used to move the arcs too.
some minits later ....
Oh, yeah I got it - that's better !
THX Jean !
Thx - I got it working now 
Both method will work but I think I prefere the one with the AXES-tool
THX !
I have some problems with this drawing, I want to:
both in the direction shown by the red arrow.
I could do it IF IT WAS ALONG one of the ORIGINAL axes - but it's not !!!!
How is it done ?
I saw a video on Youtube where a Hinge was controlled from the keyboard - in the UI dialogbox the field 'controller' was filled in with:
0.5-(righty)
and the UP/DOWN arrows could turn the Hinge.
Can anyone explain the formula or give me a link to en explanation ?
I mean, what has 'righty' with UP/DOWN to do - Y-axes or .. ?
@mptak said:
I'm glad to see Chris is still hanging around. SP and its elegant use of Ruby is way too cool to give up as this Sketchup Bus makes the connection at Trimbleville. Of course the Blender thing is also worth a look but here's hoping SP is rejuvenated.
As I understand Rich O Brien Blender is NOT an alternative to SP when I want to animate my SU drawings - right ?
I have tried some small samples and I think SP is just what I need !
Where is the manual that fits BEST the version 3.2 ?
I have tried:
https://sites.google.com/site/sketchyphysicstutorial/home
http://sketchyphysics.wikia.com/wiki/SketchyPhysicsWiki
none of them seems to fit 3.2 concerning the Controller-field in Hinges - I CAN*T insert anything in this field and I think thats why I don't get any slider in the ControlPanel when running the simulator.
BE HONEST - IS THIS PRODUCT DEAD - then delete it from the forum - if not: HEY YOU, speak up if you use SP !
Thx for beeing so honest ! (more people here should be that concerning Ruby ! 
)
But I see Blender as a VIDEO EDITING program - does it have some "physics for SketchUp too ?
IF so, where can I get it then ?
@rich o brien said:
Use Blender. SketchyPhysics creates more problems than it solves I'm afraid.
????? Are you saying NOT to use SketchyPhysics !
(Strange as an administrator of a forum for SketchyPhysics - I think !)
When I Google for Blender I get links to "Video editing program" - is that an alternative for SketchyPhysics
IF "Blender can be used instead of "SketchyPhysics" to animate SketchUp drawings, where can I then get "Blender" ?
TIG
We are not able to communicate with each other - I'm not exspecting any answers, but I think you should know:
You wrote:
"IF you tried making these three scripts you might find they do work !
IF they don't the Ruby Console WILL provide errors to explain why they failed == my typos!"
and here is what's comming up when starting SU:
Error Loading File KSORgoodbye.rb
undefined method `add' for #Sketchup::Menu:0x33a2430Error Loading File KSORhello.rb
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/KSORhello.rb:11: syntax error, unexpected kEND, expecting $end
end #module
^
That's why people should not accuse you af being a good teacher.
You WILL or CAN not imaging what's comming up in your students minds - but we can not be expected to provide more than our abilities permit - that goes for both teacher AND student !
Thx to Aerilius - very usefull explanation !
Oh, maybe I was not clear enough - of cause I FIRST run the first code - and it works fine !
Then I comment out the first code and made the new part of code with the SECOND code and when I run this I get the warning and error !
You write "The problem is that you earlier used temp1, temp2 = results"
I did NOT used the line 'temp1, temp2 = results' in combination with second code sample - it's commented out and I made a new line 'temp2 = results' as you can see in the second sample code.
I don't get what you mean by this:
@unknownuser said:
"> temp1, temp2 = 1,2
→ temp1 = 1; temp2 = 2temp1, temp2 = *[1,2]
→ temp1 = 1; temp2 = 2
temp1, temp2 = [1,2]
→ temp1 = 1; temp2 = 2But:
temp1 = 1
→ temp1 = 1
temp1 = *[1]
→ temp1 = 1
temp1 = [1]
→ temp1 = [1]
Do you see what works in both cases?"