azuby: true. thanks

here some quick code to check for PNG transparency

class ReadPNG
  def initialize(file)
    @pngfile = File.open(file,"rb+").read
    read_offset(8) #skip header
  end
  
  def transparent?
    ok = true
    while ok
      chunk_size  = read_offset(4).unpack("N")[0]
      section     = read_offset(4)
      case section
      when 'PLTE'
        read_offset(chunk_size)
      when 'IDAT'
        read_offset(chunk_size)
      when 'tRNS'
        read_offset(chunk_size)
        return true
      else
        @offset += chunk_size
      end
      ok = section != "IEND"
      read_offset(4)  # skip CRC
    end
    return false
  end 
  
  def read_offset(length = 1, offset = nil)
    @offset ||= 0
    @offset = offset if offset
    begin
      ret = @pngfile[@offset, length]
    rescue
      p "error reading at #{@offset}"
    end
    @offset += length
    ret
  end  
end

p ReadPNG.new('texture.png').transparent?

@unknownuser said:

Is there way to find out if a texture has alpha channel?

nope

@unknownuser said:

Will material.materialType help me?

nope again - it returns the same value as for a non-alpha texture

you can look for 'tRNS' chunk inside .png files - if present than it contains transparency

tip: read the help files first
let the styles madness begin !

[shameless plug] add Randor in the mix and you have a good looking forest, crowd, ... [/shameless plug]

it supports semicolon and comma and it needs a training stage to learn your voice but still keyboard is way faster (and why a 44mb download for an installed 3mb program ?)

unless you want to have fun saying the same thing on the microphone - "push pull you stupid computer !"

already available to play with your photos interactively at http://rsizr.com/ (since Sep.28)

that means that the user must export as OBJ first - not acceptable

so I think I will use TextureWriter as there is no Ruby method that points to the .skm file to do a .zip parsing of .xml files. urgh

thanks anyway

does anyone knows how to get the texture file from a material ?

sketchup.com is down and I dont have a mirror of SU6 Ruby help and in SU6 textures are stored inside .skm (which are renamed .zip files) versus SU5 where all textures were stored normally in Materials subdir.

one way is to TextureWrite it but I dont like to clutter the HDD for that

and here is the fix (thanks TIG) - works with both .skp from JClements & Howard L' (for the cube in JClements .skp you need to triple click to select all connected as it is not a group)

unhide_all.rb

azuby: unfortunately it suffers from the same problem - somehow duplicated groups have the same entities as in a component

here ya go unhide from groups/components on selection or all if no selection

unhide from groups/components on selection or all

oscarlok: it is not possible to make a keyboard shortcut via Ruby as this is a feature that user should decide (imagine if every script started to change your shortcuts )

something like this - http://www.smustard.com/script/TimeTrack ?

here is one concrete proof

the email from Ruby docs is the one that gets you the scrambler (which is part of the SDK). btw, why do you need the scrambler ? you can make a scrambler yourself

I have written a SelectVisible class but it is a .rbs file (cannot attach here) and available only for private use.

if you want some tips I am available via email or PM.

hehe, that was a good one. the idea with the name mixed with the nickname was taken from the movies/cartoon credits. didn't know that it was not so obvious.

thanks Coen for interview

TBD

Susan: it is the same with this Amazon ISBN0685094790 ? it is 1989 edition and costs $175.00

if it is in public domain it would be nice to have the whole book online
also found another plate here (down the page) when searching.

later edit: found by the same author, Sketching and Rendering In Pencil (1922, full book, PDF)

I noticed on the first video tutorial for Podium there was an option to render "all" or "only visible". Is this available on 1.5? I don't see it on the eval version.