i think i know where the problem is.. it only works in SketchUp 8. i just tried it really sorry about that. i was using 7 before that

MAN U R Genius

You could also try to see if using the UI.start_timer block method works for you. This with execute the block immediately, and not repeat: UI.start_timer(0.0,false) { my_calc_method() }

hi guys, situation is the same with sketchup 2014? i want to make a toolbar with organises approx. 50 tools (each tool is simply the link to a dynamic component). A drop-down menu in the toolbar would be I think best solution. Just like the one what appear in "Getting Started" toolbar. I dont want to make the equivalent in webdialogs, it is possible but i think it would be a mess. please, any ideas?

i now my idea sounds insane but it could be a good way for those who model building as boxes with no details inside them. But really thank you for all the great help

Reread my previous post. Then readup on Components and Dynamic Components (which are actually Components with special Attribute Dictionaries.) What you really need to do is create a Building Component Manager plugin. But the buildings themselves will have to be Components, and/or Dynamic Components (which will likely have a "Building" Attribute Dictionary attached to them, with keys and values that your manager will use to keep track of and organize them.) Now.. it IS possible that within your manager namespace, you can have a class Building, whose instances hold a reference (instance variable,) to a Component Instance that is actually in the model. The SKP file format has an embedded thumbnail image, which if you have that file in a link in the browser (I'm talking webdialog,) then the thumbnail should display just as if you had any other image filetype on a webpage. It may be possible to drag and drop from the webdialog into the Sketchup client area. (We know we can do this from a folder explorer window.) Do a search for other topics on "Warehouse" as others have discussed making a webdialog or website similar to Google's 3DWarehouse. You may pick up some ideas in those threads.

Great, it does the job for me. Thanks again

Tig you are right, using AttributeDeictionary is the right way to go and does exactly what i need. Thank you

Hi, morci429: Perhaps this recent development from honoluludesktop? http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=32088#p283327

If you make them components you can find them by name, or attributes you might attached to the definition or instances etc... Using >=6 connected faces [as a 'solid'] could return almost anything from a box of paper-clips, through a TV set or Bed to a 20 storey office building ? Please be a bit more explicit with what is is you are trying to do...

Mission accomplished Thanks to you all Geniuses

If you want to round it as output [as astring] then you can use var_string = sprintf("%.1f", var) for 1 dp etc

@thomthom said: Look at model.options http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/model.html#options OptionsProvider http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/optionsprovider.html OptionsManager http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/optionsmanager.html Remember to use the keys to access the options as indexes vary from version to version. To print out all available options for a given version, use this on-liner: <span class="syntaxdefault"><br />Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">options</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">keys</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">key</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> p key</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">options</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">key</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">].</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">k</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">v</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> puts </span><span class="syntaxstring">"> #{k} - #{v}"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. it worked