coujld you explain in a bit more detail what your goal is. if what you are looking for is getting your models online we have done that exact thing.

I am actually quite suprised at how hard this is turning out to be I thought it would be a simple one line code hideing a toolbar

I also just found this page that might help. http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/material.html

I am using googles box.rb example to generate a floor I have managed to set up the Width and Depth functions properly. however now I want it so they can select a material from a drop down list. either grass or concrete or bark. this is the current code I am using

   prompts = [$exStrings.GetString("Garden Width"), $exStrings.GetString("Garden Height")]
    values = [6.feet, 4.feet]
    results = inputbox prompts, values, $exStrings.GetString("Your Garden Size and Material")
    return if not results # This means that the user canceld the operation   
    width, depth = results    
    model = Sketchup.active_model
    model.start_operation $exStrings.GetString("Create Box")    
    entities = model.active_entities
    group = entities.add_group
    entities = group.entities    
    pts = []
    pts[0] = [0, 0, 0]
    pts[1] = [width, 0, 0]
    pts[2] = [width, depth, 0]
    pts[3] = [0, depth, 0]
    base = entities.add_face pts      
    model.commit_operation

any ideas on how I can add a materials prompt that will fill this box with a material.

@chris fullmer said:

Yup, look at the AppObserver.

http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/appobserver.html

Chris

I just had a look at that and it seems to be what I am looking for but when I put

 def onQuit()
   UI.messagebox("onQuit; ")
 end

into my .rb file nothing seems to happen no messagebox appears

@adamb said:

I'm with Jim on this. Sounds a like a disaster to allow plugins to impose their view on how the GUI should work.
why do you not simply create your own toolbar for this?

well tbh I am changing the look of the GUI. I am handing out a copy of sketchup to our clients and it is going to have all of our 3d models in the components panel however we dont want them to be able to edit the components which we know some of them will end up doing with things like the draw tool. so we have built our own toolbar that exports the model as a jpg and can also add it to a shopping cart.

I am in touch with abe from hypercosm and he seems to of done this with his viewer so maybe he can give me some insight

@martinrinehart said:

Has anybody sorted out what works and what doesn't here?

it seems like quite a few people are having this problemg

I am making a few posts atm but thats because im hurrying to meet a deadline

this problem is that I want my components panel to close when sketchup closes. is there an on event close function that I could use?

@jim said:

The closest I've gotten to that is this:

UI.toolbar_names.each{|n| UI.toolbar(n).hide}

but it doesn't work.

hmm I have posted on some ruby forums to however I dont want to hide all of the toolbars. only one if we could get the syntax for the getting started toolbar it would be much easier

Ok I have built a plugin that automaticly loads the components panel when sketchup loads this is the code I am using.

status = UI.show_inspector "Components"

now is there one of these that I can make that will hide the getting started toolbar on load. maybe somthing like,

status = UI.hide_toolbar "gettingstarted"

@tig said:

Sorry - I made a typo, try this... there was loose ) after entities !

Sketchup.active_model.active_entities.each{|e|e.explode if e.class==Sketchup::ComponentInstance}

wewt! thanks man that worked a dream. ive spent so long on this thanks

well what I am doing it editting sketchup to hand out to our clients. and we dont ned to show them the layers panels etc only the components panel.

I have just been playing around with the bomb.rb plugin however this does explode it but it explodes it completly and I only want it to explode once. This is the code that explodes all the components complely.

Sketchup.send_action(21101)
def bomb_groups
	model = Sketchup.active_model
	defs = model.definitions
	return nil if UI.messagebox("Are You Finished Building Your Climbing Frame This Will Colapse The Model", MB_YESNO) == 7
	if Sketchup.version[0,1].to_i >= 7
		model.start_operation("bomb groups",true)
		puts "Using enhanced speed mode"
	else
		model.start_operation "bomb groups"
	end
	defs.each do |d|

 		puts "exploding #{(itotal = d.instances.length)} instances of #{d.name}"
		d.instances.each do |e|
			e.explode

		end
		Sketchup.set_status_text "Collapseing Your Action 3D Model"
	end
	model.commit_operation
	Sketchup.set_status_text("Your Model Has Been Collapsed And You Can Now View The Models Price") 
	UI.messagebox("Your Model Has Been Collapsed And You Can Now View The Models Price",MB_OK) 
end

unless file_loaded?("bomb.rb")
# BEGIN CHANGES BY organizerEdit.rb
	file_loaded("bomb.rb")
	if $submenu!=nil
		$submenu.add_item("Bomb All") { bomb_groups }
	end
# END CHANGES BY organizerEdit.rb
end
bomb_groups

@dave r said:

What about the other ones though?

What do you mjean by the other ones, I have set it so that only the components panel can show then I am going to disable to windows panel at the top so that they cannot set anything else to apepar. I have also built my own toolbars customized to what I am doing.

OK I was wondering if it would be possible to make a plugin that will lock the components panel so that it is always open maybe somthing like this.

status = UI.show_inspector "Components"

but then lock the components panel to the side of sketchup and then make it expand the full distance so that it looks like the below image but they cannot move the components panel around and it is always on the side like that.

@tig said:

{Sketchup.send_action(21101)} ### scrap it... no need to 'select' anything

Use this line put inside your {}

Sketchup.active_model.active_entities).each{|e|e.explode if e.class==Sketchup;;ComponentInstance}

that just gave me this error

C;/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/action3d/Plugins/Utilities/Toolbar.rb;5; syntax error
     Sketchup.active_model.active_entities).each{|e|e.explode if e.class==Sketchup;;ComponentInstance}
                                           ^Error Loading File LoadToolbar.rb
C;/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/action3d/Plugins/Utilities/Toolbar.rb;5; syntax error
     Sketchup.active_model.active_entities).each{|e|e.explode if e.class==Sketchup;;ComponentInstance}
                                           ^

that still isnt exploding it selects it all. also what do you mean by error testing

no ideas?

Basicly I want to explode all the components on the page using a ruby script. I have a
component inside of a component and the component that is inside the
main one has attributes so I do not want to explode it completly but
only explode it once as if I was right clicking then selecting
explode.

So far I have made a toolbar that when you press selects everything on
the page then next I want it to explode this is my code so far.

 toolbar = UI::Toolbar.new "Action 3D Toolbar"
 cmd = UI::Command.new("Explode All") {
 Sketchup.send_action(21101)
 }
 cmd.small_icon = "3dtoolbar.png"
 cmd.large_icon = "3dtoolbar.png"
 cmd.tooltip = "Action 3D Toolbar"
 cmd.status_bar_text = "Testing the toolbars class"
 cmd.menu_text = "Test"
 toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd
 toolbar.show

now the only important part here is the Sketchup.send_action(21101)
and 21101 is the syntax for select all. so all I need to do now is explode as if I am right clicking then selecting explode

Now is there a syntax for explodeing as I have checked everywhere and
cant find one maybe somtyhing like this
Sketchup.send_action “explode:”