Future of the Ruby API discussion

Hi Everyone, As you may know, the Google SketchUp Help Group and the SketchUp Pro Help Group are merging together. As part of the migration effort this discussion will be locked for further posts. This Group will remain available, however, for archival search. To post new questions about this topic please visit the Ruby API & SketchUp SDK discussion or the... more » By SketchUp Guide Tommy  - Oct 6 2008 - 1 new of 1 message

	how to make a webdialog NOT to remember size and position ?
	I've created a webdialog and I don't want to remember its last position and size, so everytime I reopen it, to reopen in the predefined position. On SketchUp Ruby API Reference it says like this: dialog = UI::WebDialog.new dialog_title, scrollable, preferences_key, width, height, left, top, resizable... more » By NewOne  - Oct 6 2008 - 6 new of 6 messages

how to select certain faces in component?

Hello! I'm using this code to select the faces inside a group or component and to add a color on that faces. But I'd like to add different colors on certain faces: -faces that are in [x,y,0] plane to have one color (red) -faces that are in [x,0,z] and [0,y,z] to have other color (blue) -and, by exclusion, faces that are not oriented on a certain plane, to... more » By NewOne  - Oct 6 2008 - 5 new of 5 messages

	explanation to some methods (I think this can be usefull for many of people, so let's post doubts!)
	Hello my dear ruby masters! When learning about Sketchup methods I noticed that many methods don't have enough explanations. I'm sure other rubysts have their own doubts... and with the goodwill of the experts we can hope to clarify this problems. The project_to_line method have this explanation on... more » By NewOne  - Oct 4 2008 - 2 new of 2 messages

	OFFSET A LINE
	I want to offset a line parallel at a given distance, any ideas? Thank you By Smoothmover  - Oct 2 2008 - 7 new of 7 messages

	Draw box from Excel or CSV file
	Does anyone have a script example for me that allows me to draw with Ruby one (or many) box(es) using an Excel spreadsheet as input? The box geometry would be defined in Excel. Alternatively, the data could be defined in a CSV file exported from Excel. By alexschreyer  - Oct 1 2008 - 7 new of 7 messages

	view.pick_helper and X-ray mode
	Hi all, Let us assume that the camera's eye is inside of a cube and all faces of the cube are transparent (alpha = 0.5) , so we can see the outside and we have cpoints, edges, and faces outside of the cube. I am wondering if there is a way to get the list of entities outside of the cube using... more » By SiaNYC  - Sep 30 2008 - 2 new of 2 messages

how to split a script in several files?

As I'm just starting with ruby I have a lot of problems. So I'm very happy to find answers in this discuttion group. I want to thank you all for this. My new question is as follows: I want to split a script in several files because it becomes too long and difficult for me to trace it. So in the end I will have a "MyPlugins" directory in the Plugins... more » By NewOne  - Sep 30 2008 - 4 new of 4 messages

	windows with tabs in SU, or WebDialog ?
	Hy! I'm wondering if there is a way to do a window with tabs for sketchup. Like Materials, for example where are two tabs: SELECT and EDIT. Or the only way to do this is by making a webdialow which will contain the interface? By NewOne  - Sep 29 2008 - 6 new of 6 messages

	Subcomponents in component
	Hi all, I was trying to look into a 3D object in model and discover all "sub- components" it has inside, using Ruby API. Does anybody know how to get this info? I'll really appreciatte any help about this. Thanks in advance. By alulema  - Sep 25 2008 - 3 new of 3 messages

	Open a website in webdialog
	Hello, how can i load an external website ([link]) in an webdialog? Can somebody give me some tipps or could post the code for an Ruby skript? Thanks! greets martin By din_wiesel  - Sep 23 2008 - 4 new of 4 messages