@paguthrie said:

10 Years later... this script almost does exactly what I need, but as Antiever pointed out it just does one from a selection. Anyone know how to fix this behaviour?

Hopefully Matt666 wont mind me editing his plugin. Tested in SU2017 in model with and without selections.

C2G.rb

@medeek said:

Normally I add a group of entities (groups and components in an array) to my large assembly group with this single line of code:

@maingroup = Sketchup.active_model.entities.add_group(@all_trusses)

Instead I would like to add my array of entitities “@all_trusses” to an existing group that has already been created and is essentially empty except for a small place holder entity in it to prevent it from being garbage collected.

How about

@existinggroup.entities.add_group(@all_trusses)

@jonfar said:

thanks guys, I'll try those plugins

the intersect grid with surface solution would be ideal, but when I do that some faces dont get properly created and then this happens:

strange, right?

A common problem when trying to sub-divide a face using edges. You might give my Mesh Maker plugin on my blog page a try. Or better yet Fredo6's ner Face Triangulator!

@einstein said:

Hi! I think I had the same problem as c3dx and gizeh33 - nothing happened when I clicked the toolbar button. Now I downloaded the latest version from http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/ and it's working. Please update the newest version into Plugin Store if you can.

The plugin store and blog versions are the same.

@einstein said:

Hi!

It works really nice. But if I replace many components and want to undo, I have to undo all changes one by one component. Could it be all the changes are done within one step only? Could somebody modify the script or give me a hint how to modify it? (I have no clue about coding - the only thing I can do is to replace some part of code in Notebook )

And... if it also worked with groups... that would be gorgeous.

Anyways, great thanks for the Creators!

The latest version of that plugin is Component Replacement on my blog. It has a one step Undo. Sorry but it does not work with groups only components. Groups have some component characteristics but can not assign a definition to a group like you can to a component.

@garystan said:

Hi everybody :

                When using SANDBOX /FROM SCRATCH,  how do I adjust the distance between lines.  In Sketchup 8, looks like the default is 10 feet.   Question :  wouldn't a smaller distance allow for a smoother terrain ?

                                                    garystan

After selecting From Scratch, keyin the desired cell size then define the grid. Certainly smaller would mean smoother. Just means a lot more edges and faces to deal with.

@gizeh33 said:

doesnt work on sketchup 17 mac os. it is installed but starting the tool results in nothing

Any errors output to the Ruby Console?

When you click on it does the entire line get selected or just the segment you clicked on. It matters because curves have to be adjusted differently.

In this example, I use a 10 degree polynomial regression on the curve that is the top side of the face.

@sk8er6 said:

a close up of the problem, mutiplied by 7.

http://s147.photobucket.com/user/sk8er6/media/Help%20Ex%202.png.html

Is this edge to be smoothed a curve or segments?

@pilou said:

Ask to Sdmitch!
He loves very specific localized problem!

Please disregard the above endorsement!

@skastafari said:

I just found this...

Handling "Include in animation" flag in Scenes

I am wondering if there is a way to handle the “Include in animation” flag from the API. I can’t see any related method in Sketchup::Page, so I guess it is not possible at all. Any hint? It would be useful to define whe…

SketchUp Community (forums.sketchup.com)

I guess this is as close as I am going to get to the status of Dan's request.

Using the page.name==page.label would certainly work. I'm still trying to solve the transition problem. I found this in the API but I have yet to get it to be recognized. Perhaps it has been removed or never implemented.

@tig said:

The transitions etc between pages is pre/re-set under various option settings ?
The page.delay time transition_time etc etc...

If i select a scene in a model, the transition time is applied but, if I select that same scene from a script, there is no transition and no delay unless I use sleep(). Entering the same script statement in the Ruby Console works just like selecting the scene in the model. The closest I have come is setting the view camera to the page.camera and refreshing the view but this bypasses the transition.

Tig, is there a way to access the "Include in animation" and "Play" from a script?

@chippwalters said:

@juju said:

Goldilocks can probably help you out, has an edge density feature/inspector.

Thanks for the thought. Just checked it out and it can't give me correct stats on just selected. Plus it doesn't do roll ups either. I'll keep looking

Here is an oldie of mine from 2011 which counts things in a selection including vertices.

Enity Counter.rb

@pilou said:

Best will be a plugin who special join 2 any faces by the common edges starting the chamfer (or fillet) and kill them!

This was my first thought as well.

@medeek said:

Is there a simple way to draw a hexagon with the API, I'm not seeing it. I would like to specify a center point and radius similar to what you do to add a circle.

entities.add_ngon(center,normal,radius,sides)

@rv1974 said:

Quick Align preselected object to a target one (origin to origin*).
Could someboby make it please?
Most simple silentone, no confirmations and extra optoins.

• if 2 'pivotless' groups are involved, then bottom center would be a rule.
  ** optional (with say Cnrl key) rotation matching would be nice.

How do you identify the 'target' in pre-selected objects?

What does 'pivotless' mean?

@scuzza said:

Hi, I'm pretty sure this isn't possible does anybody know of a way to create/insert more segments in a circle once it's been created ?

Right click on the circle and choose Entity Info. Change the "Segments" value to what ever you want.

@jql said:

I see a lot of possibilities here.

Fake beveling at render time?

Please Sam?

Sorry guys but I see no possibilities. In fact it is impossible. Why, because the 'offsets' only work if all the angles at a 'corner' are the same. Plus, what do you with 'concave' angled corners?

I can see partial automation but, for total automation, you might look at ValliArchitects Instant Roof.