what is the different between these two
` list = ["6'|8'|10'|Custom","2'|4'|12"","5'|7'|9'","Blue|Red|Green"]

list = [["6'|8'|10'|Custom"],["2'|4'|12""],["5'|7'|9'"],["Blue|Red|Green"]]`
second one doesn't work on Sketchup 2014 but works in sketchup 8.

Thanks TIG for the alternative way for finding price this code works awesome you don't need
require 'CSV'.

I test following code in sketchup 8 works fine. but in Sketchup 2014 gave error. I tried
some change in code works now here is the code comment out the one i changed.I think Array of Array problem.

<span class="syntaxdefault">require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'sketchup.rb'<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">class Testbox<br />def initialize</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">()<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">           <br />        model </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br />        ent </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">entities <br />    group </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> ent</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_group<br />    ent </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> group</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">entities<br />        <br />        <br />    prompts </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">  </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Width"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Depth"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Height"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Colour"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        defaults </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">"8'"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxstring">"12\""</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxstring">"7\'"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Blue"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        list </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">"6'|8'|10'|Custom"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxstring">"2'|4'|12\""</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxstring">"5'|7'|9'"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Blue|Red|Green"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    </span><span class="syntaxcomment">#list = [["6'|8'|10'|Custom"],["2'|4'|12\""],["5'|7'|9'"],["Blue|Red|Green"]]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    results </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> inputbox prompts</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> defaults</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> list</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Test_Box"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    </span><span class="syntaxcomment">#results = inputbox (prompts, defaults, list, "Test_Box")<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        return nil if not results<br />        <br />        w </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> results</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        if w </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Custom"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        results_w </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> inputbox </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Enter Width;"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">],</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">"1'"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">],</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Custom Size"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        return nil if not results_w<br />        w </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> results_w</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">].</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_l<br />        else<br />        w </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> w</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_l<br />        end<br />        <br />        wid </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> w<br />        dep </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> results</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">1</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">].</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_l<br />        hei </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> results</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">2</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">].</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_l<br />        color </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> results</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">3</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        <br />        pts </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">],</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">wid</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">],</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">wid</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dep</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">],</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dep</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        <br />        base </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> ent</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_face pts<br />        hei </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">-</span><span class="syntaxdefault">hei if </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">base</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">normal</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dot</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Z_AXIS</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword"><</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        base</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">back_material </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> color        <br />        base</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">material </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> color<br />        mat </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> base</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">material<br />        mat</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">alpha </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 0.1<br />        base</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">reverse</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">!<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        base</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pushpull </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">-</span><span class="syntaxdefault">hei<br />        <br />        part_NO </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"600181"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        <br />        box_1_qty </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> 1<br />        <br />        <br />    group</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">set_attribute</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">'dynamic_attributes'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'name of material'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Test Box"</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    group</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">set_attribute</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">'dynamic_attributes'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'partnumber'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> part_NO</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    group</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">set_attribute</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">'dynamic_attributes'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'quantity'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">box_qty</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    <br />    <br />        <br /> end<br />end<br /><br /><br />if </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">not $Testbox_menu_loaded</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  <br />  UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">menu</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Tools"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_item</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"TEST_BOX"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Testbox</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">new </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> <br />  <br />  $Testbox_menu_loaded </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> true<br />end</span>

` require 'CSV'
def pricelookup(my_part_number)

csv = CSV.read('C:\price_lookup.csv', :headers => true)
price = csv.find {|row| row['Part No'] == my_part_number }['Price']

return price

end`
Above code works fine as long as partnumber exist in price_lookup.csv
file. If partnumber doesn't exist it crash my sketchup project. how do I
handle this with out crashing my sketchup project.

Thanks for the info.

Hi someone help me how to disabled or grayed some field in inputbox. For example I have drop down to choose for door and window in Inputbox. When user choose door then window field need to be disabled or grayed. how do i can do that? please see my attachment.

Thank you so much TIG for you response. I tried the way you said but It gives an error on ruby console like this

Error: #<Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - Price_lookup.csv>
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CSV_Test.rb:24:in read' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CSV_Test.rb:24:in csv_Test'
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CSV_Test.rb:35

here is the code help me please.

<span class="syntaxdefault"><br />  require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'sketchup.rb'<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  </span><span class="syntaxcomment">#  require 'csv'<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    def csv_Test<br />     <br />            model </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br />            ent </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_entities<br />            folder</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dirname</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">__FILE__</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">            csvfile</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">folder</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'Price_lookup.csv'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">            csv_text </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">read</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">'Price_lookup.csv'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">            csv </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> CSV</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">parse</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">csv_text</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">headers </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault"> true</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">            csv</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each do </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">row</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">            result </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> csv</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">find </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">row</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> row</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">'PARTNO'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'600181'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">     <br />            UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">messagebox </span><span class="syntaxstring">"You Output #{result}"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">            end<br />    end<br /><br />    if </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">not $csv_Test_menu_loaded</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      <br />      UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">menu</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Tools"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_item</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"CSV_TEST"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> csv_Test </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> <br />      <br />      $csv_Test_menu_loaded </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> true<br />    end<br /></span>

When I took out require 'csv'nothing happening on sketchup. suppose to diplay message You output 492.01 but when I open ruby console I got error It says like this
Error: #<Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - Price_lookup.csv>
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CSV_Test.rb:9:in read' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CSV_Test.rb:9:in csv_Test'
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CSV_Test.rb:20

but I have Price_lookup.csv file in plugin folder what could be problem here???

hi guys I am trying to compare some data so I create one file name called "Price_lookup" in notepad then saved in plugin folder "Price_lookup.csv".
Price_lookup.csv contain like below

"PARTNO", "PRICE"
600157,402.20
600163,424.16
600169,445.00
600175,468.96
600181,492.01
600187,516.69

then I wrote small ruby script for testing. when I start the sketchup It's gives an error as follows "Error Loading File CSV_Test.rb no such file to load -- csv". any idea what I am doing wrong here???? thank you

here is my code.

<span class="syntaxdefault"> <br />require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'sketchup.rb'<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'csv'<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">def csv_Test<br /> <br />        model </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br />        ent </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_entities<br />        <br />        csv_text </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">read</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">'Price_lookup.csv'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        csv </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> CSV</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">parse</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">csv_text</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">headers </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault"> true</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        csv</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each do </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">row</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        result </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> csv</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">find </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">row</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> row</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">'PARTNO'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'600181'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault"> <br />        UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">messagebox </span><span class="syntaxstring">"You Output #{result}"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">        end<br />end<br /><br />if </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">not $csv_Test_menu_loaded</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  <br />  UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">menu</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Tools"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_item</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"CSV_TEST"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> csv_Test </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> <br />  <br />  $csv_Test_menu_loaded </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> true<br />end<br /></span>

Hope this explains my requirement a little better.

I have a sunroom comprised of many groups: corner post, floor channel, door, window etc.

I want the user to select their sunroom color by clicking the model. In order to do this I need to gather all the sunroom groups into a parent group where I will use the onClick function to change the Material attribute. I expect the Material change will automatically cascade to the sub-groups but if not I can easily set the Material of the sub-groups to something like=Parent!Material

The question is how do I wrap all of my groups into this parent group?

Thom Thom thank you for the advice regarding start opertaion, but I do not need undo for this model, the user is starting with a blank canvas and will simply delete top level group if they have to start over

Is it possible to change ItemCode according to the onclick color change if it is how do I can do?