Is there some way to retrieve the "File -> Import..." file name that the user selects in the Import Browser? Perhaps some observer would have access to that name?

My goal is to import a dxf file into Sketchup, and then run a script that parses that dxf text file, to obtain more information from it. I cannot use "model.import" directly though, because the user must have access to the Options dialog in the Import Browser. Also, Sketchup.send_action(21112) does not work for me. Even though send_action returns true, no Import Window appears.

80% of the time, if I selected Sketchup Pro 8 "File -> Import...", I immediately got the Bugsplat, and Sketchup would close. If I kept relaunching Sketchup, and selecting Import, eventually the Import Browser would remain open and allow me to import the dwg or dxf file. I figured it might be due to my Autocad 2006 program (which is technically incompatible with Windows 7, even though it does seem to work okay), so I uninstalled Autocad 2006. Now I no longer get the Bugsplat. I installed Autocad 2006 on a different machine than the machine that I run Sketchup on.

Of course, that solution is also a work around, because it would be better to be able to run both applications on the same machine. I have been looking around for a newer Autocad version (Windows 7 compatible) to see if that will help, but it sounds like you all are saying that the Bugsplat will still occur, and that Trimble (and Autodesk?) will need to fix the bug.

Is it possible to activate one tool by right-clicking a toolbar button, and to activate a different tool by left-clicking the same button?

Thanks,
Lester

Well, since "Draw -> Shapes" is a plugin, my wish is to include SketchUp API Group subclasses of common 3D shapes (Box, Cylinder, etc). Those subclasses would be able to return the shape's current size and location, even after transformations and scaling take place.

Retrieve the location and dimensions of any Group shape created from "Draw -> Shapes", even after it has been moved or resized.