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Thanks Mitch your code worked very well once I figured out the transformation I needed. The code also left the component entities on Layer0 which was a problem for my code.

The forum is an amazing source of info thanks to the many people who are willing to share their knowledge.

Keith

Currently the tools plugin details most wood working joints on components drawn and placed in the assembled position. Dovetails, Box Joints, Dowel, Mortise & Tenon, Loose Tenon, Domino, Biscuit, and Clearance holes for screws.

The Open_Close lets you add a vector outside a door or drawer and then will rotate the door or move the drawer to open and close.

The Component2LayerScene provides Layer control for parts and scenes of a part or parts for Shop Drawings. With rev4 when you add dim to the drawing scene the drawing layer is automatically assigned to the dim.

Furniture parts which I have only started will make complete assembles. So far I have Stile and Rail flat panels working with several different joints. This is not ready for publication yet. Plans are for Cope and Stick joints, Raised panel, drawer boxes, Post and Rail.

Thanks Dan for the explaination. I had tried other terms than clear that was just the last version. I will let the user take care of deleting the old panel def if they need to remake the same panel. The neW panel will automatcaly get the new #diget Sketchup adds to components with the same name. Now I know why I couldnt delete def. Never saw the purge unused.

THANKS AGAIN ans. with exp are very helpful.
Keith

It already is available here. I am making some more changes before updating it here.

Keith

Thanks for the comments. This looks like a much more involved solution than my problem is worth. I think I will just stay with the requirement that component joint face needs to hahe 2 edges, common vertex and intersect at 90 degrees to work with my joint tool plugin. I was thinking of a plugin that would add a rectangular face on the existing face to be used for joint detail then deleted when finished. This worked for parts aligmed to the globel axis but not with rotated parts.

Keith

This is the first time I didn't get a response on a code question. However by making this test plugin I did find out what was wrong with the results on the counter clockwise edge selection and this has led to a much simpler work around to clean up the push pull results. I am running a code that looks for edges with 0 or 1 face attached and removing them then loop thru again as the first loop exposes additional edges with 0 or 1 face only. I still think the code is correct and there is a bug in SketchUp API when a pus pull face intersects the outside edge. I have seen this in other code I have written.

Keith

@ktkoh said:

As such I am looking for the absolute min config that will run 2017 make. I have been happy with the performance with graphics acceleration turned off in ver 8 thru 2016. However I am having disc errors so computer is no longer reliable.

swapping the disk maybe replacing by a much nimbler SSD isn't a big thing... but why not simply stick with SU Make 2016?

The program I used as a model when starting used that method. However as I added more functions it became almost impossible to find how to get out to the end of the mouse click down def.

Keith

I'm glad it helped.

What I said is true on Windows because there is ever only one Model.

On a Mac you can have more than one model opened. But you still probably need to attach your observers when new models are created.

in connection with an integrated/shared (= lame) intel HD series graphics subsystem - which btw was never made nor thought to use with an OpenGL-based 3D modeler - a driver version higher than 10.18.10.4061 needs to be installed to run SU 2017, otherwise the required OpenGL functionality (as e.g. advanced transparency) is not available or faulty.

You may want check if your system is compatible with the new SketchUp 2017 CheckUp tool.

Check for the latest driver too by visiting the Dell support webpages resp. running the Dell System Detect support application. If no recent version avail you may also want to check if the recent orig. driver form intel can be installed... which often fails because of mods concerning power saving resp. heat emission made by the notebook maker.

Thanks that worked and after seeing it correct it makes sence.

KeitH

Example: appspy_w_fco.rb

# encoding; UTF-8 module Author   module PluginName        class AppSpy < Sketchup;;AppObserver       @@attached = false unless defined?(@@attached)       def self.attached?()         @@attached ? true ; false       end       def attach()         detach() if @@attached         Sketchup;;add_observer(self)       end       def detach()         Sketchup;;remove_observer(self)         @@attached = false       end       def initialize()         @fco = nil         @watched = []         @@attached = attach()         return self       end       def expectsStartupModelNotifications         return true       end       def frameChange(fromPage, toPage, percent_done)         # Actual code here.       end       def ignore_frames()         if @fco           Sketchup;;Pages;;remove_frame_change_observer(@fco)           @fco = nil         end         @watched.keep_if {|model| model.valid? rescue false }       end       def ignore_model(model)         @watched.delete(model)         ignore_frames() if model == Sketchup.active_model       end       def watch_frames(model)         ignore_frames() if @fco         @fco = Sketchup;;Pages;;add_frame_change_observer(self)         @watched << model unless @watched.include?(model)       end       def watching?(model)         @watched.include?(model)       end       # AppObserver Callbacks here can call the above methods.       def onActivateModel(model) # Mac only         if watching?(model)           watch_frames(model)         else           ignore_frames()         end       end       def onNewModel(model)         watch_frames(model)       end       def onOpenModel(model)         watch_frames(model)       end       def onQuit()         ignore_frames()       end       def onUnloadExtension(extension_name)         ignore_frames()       end     end # AppSpy     PluginSpy = AppSpy;;new unless AppSpy.attached?      end # extension module end # toplevel module  

You do not need sorted = [], as grep makes a new array, then sort makes another new array.

Save yourself some grief. Use puts or pp output to the console, rather than UI.messagebox, for testing. ( UI.messagebox can fail silently if the C WinAPI functions do not like the string passed to them.)

Thanks for the help I just got to part of the program where this is needed. I visulized 6 to10 lines of code knowing that unique would work directly.

Keith

Thanks TIG and Dan

I applied the code to the Tails part of my Dovetail Tool and now the result is a part with tails that is still a solid. No left over edges or faces.

The strange thing was that when selecting the component edges if you selected them clockwise (edge1 to edge2) the part was clean but selecting in a counter clockwise direction there were left over faces. Now thanks to your help edge selection direction works either way.

Thanks
Keith

A bit shorter ...more brute force.
The any? enumerable method returns boolean and stops on the first true result:

return unless obj.respond_to?(;manifold?) ents = obj.entities rescue obj.definition.entities any = ents.any? {|e| e.is_a?(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance) } exp = any ? "Yes" ; "No"

Thanks for the help. I'll try your suggestions.

Keith

It would be nice. It's never been a feature in past versions, though.

I used it as an opportunity to get rid of some tools that I never use. Since I almost never use Dimensions or the text tools so I freed up some real estate.