Posts made by NewGuy

I am not too worried about making this super accurate. I think this will provide a nice general idea of what people use SketchUp for. I would be interested to know how many use SketchUp in Construction vs Architecture/Design.

It looks like I can't update a live Poll. So hopefully "Other" will cover what I missed.

I am curious to see what everyone uses SketchUp for. I use SketchUp in the Construction industry.

I will create a poll if one does not exist.

Has anyone posted a poll to see what industries SketchUp is being used in? I would be curious to see who is using SketchUp in Construction and Architecture vs Art and Multimedia.

Thanks Dan. That was my Plan B. Thank you for confirming the pain I am about to go through.

Thanks again for checking.

I am trying to figure out the link between a text object and the group, line or face it was associated to when first created. When you add a text object to a group it picks up the group's name as the text field. I found that the text continues to be associated to the object even though the text field is not dynamically associated. When the object moves the text moves with it. I am trying to find a way to have the text dynamically update based on changes to the object, such as group name change or some other attribute.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Guys,
Thanks for your help! Great insight.

I am using Pro but I am more interested in mass dumping attributes to objects that users using Pro can see. I am able to add the attributes using set_attribute but they show up as "User cannot see this attribute". How can I add an attribute so a user can see it or edit it?

Thanks,

Is there a way to toggle the attribute so that "Users can edit as a textbox" in the Component Attributes panel?

I think set_attribute is what I was looking for.

Is there a way to add attributes to a group's "dynamic_attributes" dictionary? I am try this concept below:

selection[0].attribute_dictionary("dynamic_attributes").keys.push "attributename"

I am trying to do this because I want to add the same attribute and sometimes the same value to multiple groups and the component attributes interface only lets you do one object at a time.

Thanks,
NewGuy

Good point.

Thanks

"model.start_operation"

That was it! Layers was my plan B. Thanks for the quick response.

I am looking for the fast possible way to toggle the visibility of a lot of individual groups or components. I am currently using Set (selection sets) to remember what objects need to be turned on and off, but it is still a little slow when I use the script below on a 100+ groups:

$set.each { | item | item.visible = true }

Any way to speed this process up? Or is this the only way?

Thanks,
NewGuy