I guess I would recommend using it without the do, since ruby syntaxd seems to think its redundant (which I do find odd as it does not fit their other loop syntaxes).

Or if it helps, I learned the array.each do |e| ... endmethod first and I was able to understand it fairly quickly. And I hve zero programming experience outside of Ruby for Sketchup.

Another bonus to teaching that method is that all the API uses it, as apposed to the for in end loop. So it might help readers transition into the API smoother. But that is just a thought,

Chris

ThomThom, you rock! That took care of the issue on this model. Thank you so much and have a Happy Thanksgiving! C

On OSX - the window is actually just hidden. The embedded WebBrowser object is created as you add the HTML to the WebDialog object - as oppose on PX, where it's rebuilt on evvery .show....

@martinrinehart said:

Google didn't help me find the killer stairs Ruby I was looking for. Is there one?

what about this? coming soon.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMWwlmsmNAs

regards stan

hello can you please make a step by step guide on how to make this work properly because it only work once after i installed it and shows a blank html after i restart skp... i make c:sketchup directory and just installed both and cant understand the following intructions cuz im not used to it 😞

@jsteacy said:

Everyone, here is the fixed vismap2, hopefully it ends up on the plugin store someday. It runs in 2020 so I assume it's backwards compatible.

Martin Reinhart is the original programmer but moved on, he gave me permission to find someone to fix it and repost. Turns out my brother-in-law was able to do just that but he doesn't want to be named/credited. All usage/modification should follow Martin's original licensing which I guess is just freeware.

I'm not a coder, so all I can tell you is how to use it and that the errors went away when I started using the attached script.

Definitely a great one. Would highly recommend.

Got it can confirm its working on SU19 I did have to got in and manually remove old versions first.

Thanks Gents. Appreciate it.

Martin,
I've found your VisMap Tool really useful.
.........
However, I've hit a possible bug when running it on one particular (massive) model.
This model contains 174 Layers, 46 Scenes
(Large No of Layers Mainly Due to XRef'd Components).
...........
Error messages attached.
I'm using the latest VisMapPro version, but I also get the same error message with the previous version of VisMap
.........
I'm running this script after opening the file - no scenes / layers have been edited so its nothing to do with scenes not being updated.
Initially I thought it might be a conflict with Xref'd Components (TIGs wonderful script).
But I've eliminated that as I can get VisMap to run with other skp files that have Xref'd components.
..........
Unfortunately, it won't be possible for me to send u a copy of the troublesome skp file, but if you get the chance to have a look at attached error msg files, or if you've come across this with other skp files I'd be interested.
Anything you can do, much appreciated.
..........
Thanks once again for producing your fantastic script.

Regards
Howard Leslie

Err_Msg.jpg

Debug_Msg.jpg

Got another 'jewel' for the WebDialog list of treasure's:

If you want to have the nice XP styled 'themed' controls (buttons, scrollbars, tabs, etc.), instead of the old ugly Win 3.x style, there's a META tag to put in the HEAD section.
This 'formally' is known as MS Common Controls ver 6 (where the old ver was 5.) These controls are housed in comctl32.dll, which shipped with XP. (Look at properties to see product ver, not file version.)

here's the tag:

<!-- This tells the HTML frame to use MS Common Controls ver 6+ if available --> <!-- (also known as XP style themed controls.) .HTA files always NEED this. --> <META HTTP-EQUIV="MSThemeCompatible" CONTENT="Yes">

For more info, see Using Visual Styles with HTML Content on page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997646.aspx#xptheming_topic11

..and BTW if ya' wonderin' why SU doesn't use ver 6 controls in their dialogs, it's because they didn't turn them 'on' (as a dependant assembly,) in the Sketchup.exe manifest. A holdover from preXP days I imagine. I'm running SU with them ON, but there are some display issues with the brown buttons on the left of the status bar (no images,) as well as few other things. [See post in Google groups, Technical Issues if interested. Have forwarded a 'bug' report to Google as well. Perhaps the next version, they'll have all the controls updated seeing as how they only support XP and higher.]
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@unknownuser said:

i might be misunderstanding so...

Nice tutorial! You understood.

Actually, I'm working on my tutorial's Ruby section and I want to suggest that this is a good example of a deceptively simple drawing that is really helped by having a Ruby.

Using this is easier:

roofster.gif

Yup. I used the name VisPro with a detailed description so the user would know its origin.

I guess you could delete the Proxy Scene at the tail end of the script. Not sure creating and deleting would slow things down tho.

@chris fullmer said:

yes.

Headline, today's NY Post:

Previous Post Pockets Prestigious Polonius Prize!

brevity == wit.soul

IE doesn't play nice with pixel values. It refuses to scale the text then. It only scales relative units.

The default font size of pretty much all browsers are 16px. So it's common to set the font-size of html to 62.5% - so that the base font size is 10px. Then you can use em values easier: 1.2em becomes 12px.

@martinrinehart said:

If you find a tool that actually lets you step through the states of the browser, it would be invaluable.

... for whom?

"This is commercial, for-profit work. At some point there will be a send-me-money feature added. At this point (mid-summer, 2009) that feature does not exist. The whole price right now is feedback. Tell me what works and what's unclear. Major mistakes and minor typos." [source]

Free content/editing from feedback seems as bad as free designs from competitions (much despised around here - example).

@unknownuser said:

The Mac requires a complete <body> section before it will do anything. If your actual body depends on getting data from Ruby, this is a problem. The trick is to have bogus HTML that displays a "Start" button. Call the Ruby when the button is pressed. (And wait for it to call back, as above.){tutorial}

This may well be true but the reason I used a start button solution was that cgScenes immediately examines the model for the current scene and list of all, and as I understand there is no **Sketchup.active_model when the Ruby scripts are first loaded.

BTW I would question whether the notice "© 2009, Martin Rinehart" in "SketchUp Ruby Interface to JavaScript" is appropriate given the contributions of SCF members.

** edited 1400 gmt for clarity

@martinrinehart said:

Your class names are not protected, even though your classes are defined in the module.

Absolutely and totally WRONG ! A module namespace protects evrything inside it. It can have it's OWN constant of the same name as another constant in a higher namespace. The same for variables and method names. YOUR module can have a class Matrix, and MINE can have a class Matrix, and they are different.

@martinrinehart said:

By the way, your "xxx.rb" file provides a namespace wrapper for its variables. Next time you see Matz, ask him why its just for variables.

Clarification: Only local_variables NOT instance_variables (@var), class_varaibles (@@avr) or Constants ( MSG, Value etc.)

Running unwrapped code corrupts the ObjectSpace, with:
Constants will be left behind in Object and become globally available.
@vars will be left behind in Object and even when set nil, GC does not clean them up.
@@vars will be left behind in Object and even when set nil, GC does not clean them up, AND worse... every class inherits them.

I think this can help to understand modules. Since a few hours ago, I did not had any idea about what modules are. This gave me a clue.
I hope others will find it enlighting too. 💭
http://www.rubyfleebie.com/an-introduction-to-modules-part-1/

I think the most important criteria: which ones will let the .execute_script be synchronous?

Yea - File size isn't a good scale for a "light" component. Textures alone can make a simple model be very heavy in file size - since they store the original size - not the 1024x1024 that SU actually use.

Max 100Kb & 1000 faces? (Maybe a couple of thousands more?) What's it's going to be used for?