The information is vrey important .And I want to import some components into coordinates by ruby scripts and locate the components by parameter form the user,What methods need to refer? Please give me some suggestions.Thanks!
The size of components add a lot of difficulties,because space of the components need to taken in my ruby script.Now ,I have trouble to deal with that. Does some solutions be gave?
Everyboby ,I want to have the method relating to import and location of the components.Please give me help .Thanks!
@chris fullmer said:
Hi winzard, yes you can controol those things. It is all in Transformations.
Or if you you just want the z height of something, you can also iterate through all vertices and compare their heights. Take the highest and loset z values and compare them to see how tall the object is. Do the same for lengths.
Or you can also get the bounding box of an object and then use the boundingbox methods to get the length and size of the bounding box.
More info would help narrow down the best answer,
Chris
Thanks !The information is great help to me.
Everyone,I want to know that whether some methods which control the long(wide or height) of the model or components is exist. If have,please give me the methods.Thanks!
The ruby script can not run in sketchup 6,but can run in sketchup 7. 
I find the answer in the community forums.
I ues SciTE to compile ruby script 
..Because I need to sketchup ruby API.I find that the tools is difficult to debug.And please give some suggestions. Thanks!
require 'sketchup.rb'
def create_model()
@lengthl=100.m if not @length1
@widthl=50.m if not @widthl
@number=4 if not @number
@blength=10.m if not @blength
@bwidth=5.m if not @bwidth
@bheight=5.m if not @bheight
@spacing=5.m if not @spacing
prompts=["Length of Land; ","Width of Land; ","The Number of Building; ","Building Length; ","Building Width; ","Building Height; ","Building Spacing; "]###
defaults=[@lengthl,@widthl,@number,@blength,@bwidth,@bheight,@spacing]
input=UI.inputbox(prompts,defaults,[],"Create Model")
return nil if not input
@lengthl,@widthl,@number,@blength,@bwidth,@bheight,@spacing=input
amount=@number
model=Sketchup.active_model
entities=model.active_entities
if @blength>@lengthl
UI.messagebox('The Building Length is more than Length of Land!')
elsif @bwidth>@widthl
UI.messagebox('The Building Width is more than Width of Land!')
else
model.start_operation("Create Model")### for the 'undo'
x=0;y=0 ### also don't muddle the width/height !!!
amount.times{|i|
pt1=[x,y,0]###
pt2=[x+@bwidth,y,0]###
pt3=[x+@bwidth,y+@blength,0]###
pt4=[x,y+@blength,0]###
new_face=entities.add_face(pt1,pt2,pt3,pt4)
new_face.pushpull(-@bheight)
### pushUpull typo !!! -ve = pull up as the face is reversed...
y=y+@blength+@spacing ### set in a line
x=x+@bwidth+@spacing if y>@lengthl
UI.messagebox('The area of land is inadequate !') if x>@widthl
} ###
end #if##
model.commit_operation ###
end#def ###
if not file_loaded?("2.rb") ### so only get menu item once...
UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("Create Model2"){create_model} ###
end#if ###
file_loaded("2.rb") ###
I have difficult to the script,help me .Thanks!
Thank you very much!It is greate help to me! 
require'sketchup.rb'
class Model
def create_model
UI.messagebox('The number of the building less than 6!')
prompts=["length of land","width of land","The number of building","building length","building width","building height","Spacing"]
input=UI.inputbox prompts,"Create model"
lengthl,widthl,number,blength,bwidth,bheight,spacing=input
amount=0
model=Sketchup.active_model
entities=model.entities
if(amount>6)
then UI.messagebox('The number of the building more than 6!')
pt1=[0,0,0]
pt2=[0+bwidth,0,0]
pt3=[0+blength,0+bwidth,0]
pt4=[0,0+blength,0]
new_face=entities.add_face pt1,pt2,pt3,pt4
new_face.pushupull bheight
end
end
UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("creat_model"){
object=Model.new()
object.create_model
}
I want to Creat Geometry by the code,but I can't find out where the error.
Thanks !I fell a warm in the community forums!
Is the idea very difficult? My boss ask me to do that. 
Everyboby,I want to have a replacement on components
in model by the ruby script at the same time.Can it be to achieve?
Thanks
@thomthom said:
What information?
I'm sorry,I do some tests on the import method previously.I want to have a replacement on components
in model by the ruby script at the same time.Can it be to achieve?thanks!
@thomthom said:
Do you get any errors?
What format are you trying to import? .skp?
I can not get information from the screen.The format is .skp.Can it be imported?
It's wonderful ,I will do that at once.Thanks for the help.
I want to import a component or model by ruby,but I can't do that .so please give me a help,how I can do that?Thanks!