Hej Thom, Then it sounds like I have to switch to Sketchup 2014

@rvs1977 said: @sdmitch said: I use Sketchup 8.0.15158 - Maybe thats why...? Yes.. as I said above, prior to SKetchUp 2014, we had to make sure ENV["HOME"] was set ourselves (as I showed above.) Ruby needs it set.

Great, this solved my problem! Thank you very much Dan!

I think Im calmed a little down for now...

Ok. hopefully there is a solution. If I find one I will return...

Ok thank you Dan. I will try that.

@rvs1977 said: I wonder why the eval-rescue solution has to be avoided? Is it slow? ALL String operations in Ruby 1.8.x are slow. eval() is the Ruby code parser.. so it is a very large method (actually a C-side function.) But I cannot see it being slower than the 2 iterator methods you are using, in addition to the type converter. But it works... and you understand how it works. If speed is not an issue, then go with it ... Also if you KNEW each numeric was separated by a "," then you also do: @YV_array = yv_array.split(',').map{|i| i.to_i}

Finally it works!!... BUT I had to move the rs_main.rb from the "\Plugins\as_plugins\as_rubyeditor\snippets"-folder to the "\Plugins"-folder, and then restart SU. At start up it showed the Alertbox "Helle World". BUT It won't work if I use the playbutton in AS-code editor. It seems like, when using modules, it has to be loaded into SU at startup. I wonder if there is a way to come around this? EDITED 1: It can be run directly from the snippet folder with ruby console (then SU requires no restart): load 'c:\path to the program\Google SketchUp 7\Plugins\as_plugins\as_rubyeditor\snippets\rs_main.rb' EDITED 2: in rs_main.rb require is changed to load. Then it updates the variables when its changed. So far so good! Thank you...

Thank you Dan. It worked I have started to go through the Ruby Resource as you suggested. And I also found the answer for my own question in there.

Hi Chris Thank you so much! This is exactly what I was looking for. Once again this forum has helped me out! I'm trying to make a wall tool, and have an idea that this will be very usefull. -Rasmus

I look for animated waves with buoyance build into sketchyphysics... that would be perfect, but I guess its hard to get.

http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/plugin_details.php?id=412 has an example for making CHS and RHS sections where it draws the two loops and erases the inner one If you are sure that you will only have 2 faces to check - e.g. a grouped set of geometry that is perhaps two concentric circles with faces; and you want to erase the inner 'disc' to leave a 'ring' then use something like this after you have added the edges/faces group.entities.each{|e| e.erase! if e.class==Sketchup;;Face and e.loops[1] } ### i.e. the ring has two loops but the inner circle only has one... There are several ways to add faces to entities sets and also to check which is the inner face etc if an edge has two faces...

well thanks TIG! I will study the script and hopefully get it

Great, thanks TIG! Now it works

You already know how to add objects to an '.entities' collection [i.e. for model/active_/definition/group]. Make a new definition, then use defn.entities.add_instances of the other three [already made] components as you wish... OR make the containing definition, then make gp=defn.entities.add_group() and add geometry etc to gp.entities, make the group into a component and then adjust its definition name etc as needed - repeat three times for the contained instances...

I get it... but I was looking for "something better" RVS