Thanks TIG,
Didn't think of that. Since you can scale and "scale to a fixed size" using the Sketchup tools I thought I was just missing the method.

Mark

Is it possible to change the size of a component to a fixed size along an axis? I know you can use transform! or transformation to scale it relative to its previous size but I want to set it to a fixed length regardless of previous size.

Thanks,

Mark

Thanks,
I was using what I thought was normal notation for colors i.e. 0xFF9900. Sketchup expects 0x0099FF. Who'd a thunk.

Mark

When I run this script I get a range of blue colors applied to the components. I'm trying to get a range of red colors. I've checked and double checked my colors to make sure I have the right hex code for them.

mod=Sketchup.active_model
ents=mod.entities
sel=mod.selection
my_colors=[0xFF3300,0xFF4719,0xFF5C33,0xFF704D,0xFF8566,0xFF9980]
i=0
ents.each do |e|
  if e.is_a? Sketchup;;ComponentInstance
       e.material = my_colors[i]
        i+=1   
  end
end

What am I missing?

Thanks,
Mark

Thanks Chris,
The info in your last post seems to be the type of info I'm looking for. I'll post this in a separate forum also, but do you have any recommendations as to where to start learning Ruby programming for Sketchup? About a hundred years ago I went to college for programming (pre-WWW days) but somehow ended up in the casino industry in a non-programming capacity. Wish I would have stayed with programming, I've always enjoyed it.

Mark

Chris,
I couldn't get the video to play in the linked topic. I don't know that it would matter though. I think this is beyond my knowledge. I didn't make it past the first paragraph before I got that look a dog gets when they hear an unfamiliar sound. Thanks just the same.

Mark

If I have a DC with a custom identifier attribute like ProductNum is it possible to import and set a different attribute, say LenZ based upon an external file? Basically I would like to use Sketchup to visualize performance data. An example file might be something like:
A34 3.5
B22 9
B33 7

Perhaps with a custom Ruby script?

Thanks,
Mark