This is a 'Default All Layers' (in selection) script that I've just cobbled together. Please try and report back...

default_all_layers.rb

@miikka1978 said:

Is there something similar to RemoveMaterials, which would also delete the materials from the paint bucket (in model- pull down menu)?

My Purge All could be used (cannibalised) to purge unused materials after they are no longer used when RemoveMaterials has been run...

@unknownuser said:

Thanks Todd, that is what I was searching for. I will try to find the collapse to layer 0 you mentioned.

Tom, I was looking for a Purge Used script, not Unused
And the PurgeAll script that TIG attached will purge all unused components, layers, materials, and styles then generate a report. I guess the only difference between the purge unused in the statisitcs and the script is the generated report, correct me guys if I am wrong.

My Purge All script lets you choose NOT to purge some types e.g. Layers can be left alone whilst everything else is cleaned up...

@unknownuser said:

I know there is a purge all unused ruby:
http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/en_edi_page.htm

I was wondering if there was a ruby for purging all layers, colors, components, etc... that are being used.

If not, could it be written? Purge everything to default colors and 0 layer etc...

This has been around for a while (v6 only)...

PurgeAll.rb

@jim said:

I'm curious why File.delete is allowed, but File.move and File.copy aren't supported?

Seems that someone never go around to making them in the Ruby 'base-build'. However here's a script (ftools.rb) to add to your Plugins folder - it adds File.copy .move .mkdirs .compare etc...

If you use the methods remember that others might not have ftools.rb if you distribute your script...

ftools.rb

For "visualisation purposes" you could try setting the view display to 'display edge by material', then get the edges' materials saved into a 2-part array, colouring them all say 'Orange' and then as you exit you'd loop back through and change them back to what they were before, and finally you set the view display as it started off ?

Try:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=12977#p12977
which links to a Random Delete ruby script. It deletes a percentage of a selection. Percentage is from a dialog... Use with care...

This script randomly deletes a percentage of selected entities (from a dialog)... Use with care...

Please get the latest version from the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=RandomDelete

RandomDelete.rb

Here's the Area Formatting script, beta v1.0...
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=12808#p12808

This lets you format area text tags with any desired area format... For example you are working in mm but want areas in m2...
[flash=800,600:268zxfdc]http://www.youtube.com/v/Txue6Jo0DZA[/flash:268zxfdc]
Before picking the tool off the Plugins|Extensions menu select what you want formatting or let it choose from 'everything' available...
It converts mm2, cm2, m2, in2 and ft2 into mm2, cm2, m2, hectares, sq in, sq ft, sq yds and acres; all as you might select from the dialog...http://sketchucation.com/resources/pluginstore?pln=AreaFormat

@didier bur said:

What about SectionCutFace with a hatchy material ?

Thanks Didier - beat me to it! All you need to do is use my script... then edit the section-cut face group and apply a 'hatched' material to the faces, instead of the color your choose initially...

Didier has made a Find+Replace text tool script. To use it you'd simply make all of your area texts in the default [meters2] then finally run it to find "meters2" and replace it with "m2".

See: http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/em_tex_page.htm

Didier's site has LOTS of goodies...

It's pretty easy to envisage a script that also finds text in the format NNNcentimeters2 and then takes the number divides it by 10000 and adds m2 back on... I'll draft one out and put it on the appropriate board...

You can move an Edge's Vertex with Move, as long as nothing is pre-selected - use inferencing and shift-locking to get the end to finish up where you want it to be...

You can also move an Edge's Vertex by using Scale on the Edge (tip: you need to temporarily draw a scrap bit of new Edge off the side of the one in question, so that it becomes 'Scalable' [then simply delete the scrap bit afterwards and the Edge is back as one piece]; pull the end you want to where you want it be be (tip: draw a construction[guide] line first if there's nothing else to infer to to pull it to).

You can also change a Selected Edge's length by using 'Entity Info' and typing in a new overall length for it, BUT the Edge must have at least one 'free' Vertex - i.e. one that's not connected to another Edge; also if you want to increase an Edge from its 'start' rather than its 'end' you might also need to Move the whole Edge too...

I wrote this script a while ago. It was meant for getting 'color-by-layer' colors , but with the right settings it also exports the colors' textures; if you have it pre-set appropriately...

There might be something in there you can use ? It's a hack but it works...

If you see my post earlier of today about 'layer colors' you can seen in the associated script how you might use this method to get the model's materials...

OBJlayercols.txt

@didier bur said:

Hi John,

1. Save the Current Layer: if you mean save/restore it in/from a layer state, yes.
2. Save Layer Colors: I wish I could, but layers colors aren't available through ruby

Regards,

Re: 2. Here's a way to make a list of layers' RGB colors: ListLayerColors.rb
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=11924#p11924

Try SUp Menu > Window > Preferences Open GL tab. Switch (tick-box) off/on things like hardware acceleration and see what happens...

ListLayerColors.rb

Does what it says on the wrapper...

ListLayerColors.rb

@unknownuser said:

I have no idea. I am working on XP.

Thanks anyway.

Just upgraded to a new PC - Core 2 Quad with 2Gb RAM - but it runs Vista...

Vista seems to be the problem...

I don't think it's the case or another thought I had was even blank-spaces in paths (tried gsub 20% etc without any change in results).

It just seems to dislike PDF files - other types - mht, htm, doc, txt et al work OK...

Is it a setting in Vista ?

Any ideas what's causing this glitch ?

help=Sketchup.find_support_file("RoofHelp.mht","Plugins/")
#=big file, but works...

help=Sketchup.find_support_file("RoofHelp.pdf","Plugins/")
#=small file, but not working ???

UI.messagebox("ERROR\nRoof Help File NOT found.") if not UI.openURL("file:///"+help)

On a PC with Vista UI.openURL will open almost any type of file except a PDF ?

This is delaying my beta issue of Roof.rb as it needs a help file !