shame there is none, would speeds up some processes.
It was just an example. It is close to impossible to use the entity-ids as an identifier for an entity since they can change each time you open the file.
In our case we use the (self-defined) entity-id's as a unique identifier of the entity in a database.
i must have missed this topic, sorry saiscience83
To hide objects in there pre-active stage, you just delete that material.
Let's say for example you want buildings that are going to be constructed hidden before the construction starts.
Then you just have to delete the material 'Construction_pre' from the materials library.
It's a speed question.
For example.
From all Sketchup entities i want that entity which has a certain entity-id
Off course i can do this by looping all model entities and comparing the entity-id of each with the supplied entity-id. If those match then i have the solution.
But is it not possible to let Sketchup just pick that one without looping through all of them?
True, but some sites refer to it as usable in JS (which it is in fact)
Example:
http://www.tizag.com/javascriptT/javascriptvoid.php
I have spend a serious amount of time figuring out why some of my buttons in javascript did not work.
It was due to the void(0) parameter which can be set.
Example:
<a href="JavaScript:void(0);" ondblclick="alert('Well done!')">Double Click Me!</a>
Hope this helps anyone.
Pout
A bit like the outliner in Sketchup.
But, instead of a list based upon hierarchy/type of entity, the Sketchup entities are organized in another way (like Building 1-level 1 slab, Building 1-Level2 slab,...)
So if you click on the text 'Building 1-level 1' in a window it highlights those entities.
A clickable list.
When you click on an item of the list one or more Sketchup entities are highlighted (added to the selection)
What is easier/preferable:
Hide all the other Sketchup entities
or
Leave the other Sketchup entities visible
Extra option:
In my opinion it would be ideal if the other entities are shown like when you enter a group for editing (they receive some kind of 'fog')
Is this do-able?
Thx!
i don't think there is a bug since i can easily read the data from the dictionary.
I don't have a example at hand (since they are all way to big)
But this is what is added to each entity :
e.set_attribute 'libraryname', 'suid', variable (number)
e.set_attribute 'libraryname', 'mat_or', name of the original material (text)
when a face;
e.set_attribute 'libraryname', 'matback_or', name of the original material (text)
e.set_attribute 'libraryname', 'typestatus', name of a material (text)
the amount of entities is alot: 350K
the data is simple:
the name of the original color of the entity (like listed in the materials list)
and one other short piece of text
When adding information in the dictionary of Sketchup entities the filesize is growing very fast.
I have added information to all entities of a 25Mb model and this results in a 75Mb model...
Does Su not handle well that information or is this normal?
@tig said:
Alternatively use a webdialog - but that's another story...
Owkee, thx.
That's the path i'll take
Can someone confirm this?
I have an observer attached to my scenes which changes things in the scenes when the scenetab is clicked of the secen is selected in the scene-window.
Now when i do Export-->Animation the changes are not shown in the resulting video
I have an dropdown inputbox in Sketchup which contains a lot of values.
It is created like this:
list=_readable_milestones.join("|") dropdown=[list] prompts=["Milestones: "] #set the initial value in the dropdown list to the first date values=[_readable_milestones[0]] #show the selection window results= UI.inputbox prompts, values, dropdown, "Select a Milestone"
The problem is that the dropdown box does not show an arrow or anything so i can scroll in it.
Is this a common problem or is there somthing wrong with my script?
regards
is there an opposite of this plugin?
one that just keeps the group/component materials but deletes the geometry materials inside it?
regards
maybe this can be interesting for you:
http://www.modelur.com/home
besides that, i don't know if it is possible to load a php instead of a html file in a webdialog?
If so, you can get the data from a database with php and send it to Sketchup with javascript
we had a similar thingie with rotation an object in AutoCAD and then exporting it to VRML.
I see if i can get a descent answer from a developer
@jim said:
Yes, that is right. The time is in seconds, and the script will stop if it time out.
Do have a particular script in mind?
Not specific yet.
The global idea is that you can just hit a button (in a webdialog or in Sketchup itself) that immediately stops the ongoing script (like you said probably with the start and end_operation method)
If I understand your idea correctly, you will use an external button that will trigger the timeout, that one will countdown from 5 seconds and then execute the end_operation function?
With your idea i did some tests. The problem is i can't hit anything, not in a webdialog, nor in sketchup itself.
I have another function that is build like this:
execute script/start a timer
the timer checks each 2 seconds if the script has been executed
if so: execute the script again with different parametres
now like that i sometimes do have the possibility to hit a stop button i created (after each loop).
Here is the script:
def COMMON.play_timeintervallist #Automatically plays the whole Time Interval list
# set the play status to 1
$playing=1
#go forth one milestone to initiate the movie
COMMON.milestones_forward
#execute the milestones_forward command each 2 seconds
$playertimer=UI.start_timer(2, true) {
# first check if the previous milestones forward has finished, if so, go to the next milestone, continue counting till it is finished.
if $milestones_forward_exe==1
COMMON.milestones_forward
end
#stop the timer when $selected_delphidate= last date in milestoneslist
if $selected_delphidate==$milestones[-1][1]
COMMON.stop_timeintervallist
end
}
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
def COMMON.stop_timeintervallist #Stops the Time Interval list play
UI.stop_timer $playertimer
$playing=0
end
and a second part:
def COMMON.milestones_forward #Milestone navigation forward
#not yet executed (used in COMMON.play_timeintervallist)
$milestones_forward_exe=0
#if the milestoneslist had not been generated yet
if $milestones == nil
COMMON.create_timeintervallist
end
#get the current date
c_date=$selected_delphidate
#get the next milestone
#loop through the milestones list and see what date is higher then c_date
i=0
while i < $milestones.size
#split milestones[i] in 2 dates
_normaldate=$milestones[i][0]
_delphidate=$milestones[i][1]
#if c_date is smaller then a milestone delphidate then this milestone is the milestone to be shown
if c_date < _delphidate
$selected_date = _normaldate
$selected_delphidate = _delphidate
CreateConnection.call
ShowToDate.call($selected_delphidate)
DestroyConnection.call
#flag that it is initiated from milestone selection
$datefrommilestone=1
SHOW.showdate
break
end
i+=1
end
#executed (used in COMMON.play_timeintervallist)
$milestones_forward_exe=1
end
maybe it is possible to use something simular?
Jim, i did not see the script previously.
Doesn't the timeout function require an amount of seconds?
So if the script is not finished within this amount of seconds it is cancelled automatically?