@thomthom said:

> module MyDialog > > # Use a module variable to store one reference to your dialog > @dialog = UI;;WebDialog.new("Show Google.com", true, > "ShowGoogleDotCom", 739, 641, 150, 150, true); > @dialog.set_url "http://www.google.com" > > def self.show_dialog > # Now you can use that variable to check if it's already visible or not > if @dialog.visible? > @dialog.show > else > @dialog.bring_to_front > end > end > > end >

Very good. I know not for me but thanks

Chris

I will add that the Definition name is different than the Instance name, but should work the same.

ins = entities.add_instance(cdef, transf) name = ins.definition.name name.gsub!(/#/, '/') ins.definition.name = name

@newone said:

If so, why does it renders buttons so old-way?

Sometimes Standards Compliant mode on MSIE turns MS Common Controls back to the old 'unthemed' set (they look like old Win 3.x ugly controls.)

See my post in the other WebDialog thread for a META tag that goes in the HEAD section.
Sometimes it can turn the 'XP themed' ver 6 controls back on.
I don't know if they work in Strict mode, but the tag should work for Tranistional mode.

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=22698#p196706

@newone said:

"...of a .INI file or registry (within the Software > @Last Software > SketchUp section)." This is what I read in documentation. I don't understand really where that .INI file has to be. Or can I set a path? 😒

You don't need to worry about 'where it is'... just write the details as set out in the guide and it's saved/read from the right place in the PC's Registry (or a Mac's ini)...

@chris fullmer said:

Your color is not a color at all though, its a material. Right? That's new to me if it is. I'll need to investigate.

Chris

Yes Chris... this is actually the trick! The color can be a material! And just in this second i have some ideas about how this feature can be exploited. 😄

You might want to think about using JSON. It's a bit more general, can be really light weight and if you know JavaScript you already know JSON. Example:

JSON array: comma-separated list of items enclosed in square brackets.

Sample: ['string one', 'string two']

It's a wee bit of extra work, but if you ever want to share data elsewhere ...

This will cope with files in a folder or its sub-folders...
It avoids the ./.. files...

path='C;\MyDir' Dir.foreach(path){|f| if f=='.' or f=='..' ### skip ./.. elsif File.directory?(path+"/"+f) Dir.foreach(path+"/"+f){|ff| if ff=='.' or ff=='..' ### skip ./.. else ###==file inside the sub-folder... ### maybe do stuff to File(path+"/"+f+"/"+ff) ### e.g. "if ff=~/\.txt$/ do this"... pseudo-coded !!! end#if } ### maybe do stuff to Dir(path+"/"+f) else ###==file inside the folder ### maybe do stuff to File(path+"/"+f) end#if }

extension = code in another language brought in Ruby world. for example, my dezip is an extension that brings unzip capabilities to SU Ruby

the egg and chicken problem - SU is an extension to Ruby 😮

Any of the listed colors http://code.google.com/intl/ro/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/color.html
usually typed in lowercase e.g. "red", but you could try the other formats too...

I'd also support any serious attempt to improve UV mapping in SU.

Thom, you know I love your UV Toolkit (that's also why I made that tutorial with it) but certainly some "more freedom" with UV mapping would really come handy.

NewOne's idea is great - not that I could tell how easy it would be to implement it. Maybe indeed you need to break that big face into pieces first, make every texture bit unique, bend the shape as wanted (or whatever) and finally somehow combine them as UV mapped?

Certainly (with a surface bending in all 3 dimensions like above) it would also need to involve some texture projection and such so I can imagine it is not that easy.

It's gonna be mess - open, scale up, save in different place, then open in SketchUP! But what if you don't have, say 3DS Max?

@dedmin said:

http://www.us.kohler.com/tech/cadsymbol/cadsymbol.jsp

Thanks!! this will be very helpfull in the future.
Lots of (free) models! but... I could not find what I need.

@andeciuala said:

thanks solo... one mor question, where did you maped those textures and maps, sketcup or maxuel?

Sketchup! Well, on some I worked a little, but in the end I did it...

@tig said:

or Matt666's PointTool.rb - here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=95648#p95648

thank you, TIG, this is the one! 😄

An xyz tolerance is possible for bbmax and bbmin... unfortunately I don't have time right now... Can someone else do this part ??? 😄

Just realised you can right-click and choose Edit Text from there.

PROBLEM SOLVED !
I have downloaded this tool http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php and modded the drivers from here http://www.driverheavendownloads.net/ati.htm. And now I can work in SketchUp on my laptop!

@newone said:

And if I delete the material, the image will remain and will feed the webdialog with wrong informations (the picture will show, but the related material will not exist).

Why not delete the image when the material is deleted?
And purge your temp folder when you create new model.

hmm... flash maybe?

@unknownuser said:

I've modified your code to work. I've tested it in Safari. Should work in Windows just fine.

Todd

(EDIT - you can remove the <form> tags.)

Wow! thanks 😄 I tried something like that (but not really alike) before posting the problem here... and of course it did not worked.
Thanks again. I will take a closer look to see where I did wrong...I know that I must love JS, but I still hate it 😄