By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to. Sketchup contains a ruby application programming interface api for users who are familiar with or want to learn ruby scripting and want to extend the functionality of sketchup. Now switch to sketchup, open the ruby console and type. Easy axonometric diagram tutorial with sketchup and photoshop duration. Can anyone help me or direct me to see how to learn more about this in able to just download the plugins for use. When i downloaded it the file was called avo%2biso.
If you are having strange behavior in sketchup that you suspect is from a bad script, you can type sketchup. It is available from within sketchup, it cannot be used by itself. Development setup sketchupsketchuprubyapitutorials. Toggle whether ruby console should be open on start. In this lesson well execute some simple ruby script snippets inside of sketchup and learn about the ruby api documentation. It allow sketchup extension developers to write minitest tests that runs within sketchup requirements. This is a valuable tool for exploring the api and debugging your scripts. Perform basic tasks on the ruby console using ruby code. For example, you could add a menu item and pass it a code block directly, or you could first create a command.
It is a singleton class that only has one instance available. Many such extensions are available to others on the trimble extension warehouse and many other 3rd party websites as well. Sketchup ruby extension install ruby plugin sketchup. Its much easier to keep the source separate and make sketchup load your extension from this custom location. Hello, i am tasked with creating my 3d model on sketch up, using the eneroth axonometric plugin view, to create an animation for this project. Ruby programming tutorial on sketchup ruby console. Tools to make a sketchup ruby developers life a little easier, including an improved console and a unit test runner. Theres no need to download a program or make an account to view a.
Developing tools with the sketchup ruby api and console. The issue i am having is when i pull the roof up, it will not snap correctly. The free ruby script for sketchup enables users to export their models created in. I could not make a package for it because i dont have a ruby console. Now you switch back and forth between your editor and sketchup. Get access to 16,000 woodworking plans, download 50 free plans. This is the main landing page for the sketchup ruby api documentation. Working directly in the sketchup plugins directory makes version control of your source code a challenge. Rhinosketchuprevit seamless workflows blog scott deisher. Advanced questions if i make changes to my script, how do i reload it without restarting sketchup. Distorts a group or component to resemble an axonometric projection when viewed from above. A designer and developer, christina has published 66 extensions and plugins to extension warehouse, virtually creating her very own 3d modeling ecosystem which shes graciously shared with the rest of us. A better ruby console and ide for integrated development in sketchup.
Webconsole is a webdialog to test code snippets in. The model is already completed and groupscomponents correctly made. Sketchup plugin tutorial tigs axo iso view youtube. It is recommended to generate your plugins folder in the sketchup folder by selecting file new folder in your finder window. If you cant recreate it, then one or more of your ruby. I have podium but i wanted to ask you guys would i be able to do it on podium and render it and if so how would i do this. Enter your code in the console window, then press exec. You should be able to type in the ruby console any of these commands. I need to run a few lines of ruby code from terminal, but i cant find the needed parameter for it. Easy axonometric diagram tutorial with sketchup and. Edit the script save it switch to su ruby console load hello. Christina eneroth an extension ecosystem sketchup blog. In sketchup 2014 methods were added to allow developers to control the visibility of the ruby console.
User supplied ruby plugins should now be disabled and will continue to be disabled until you reenable them. We used sketchup and photoshop, but you can use any other similar programs. After reopening sketchup, one will find that the scripts commands are included with the proper menus. Explore the worlds largest, free 3d model library, but first, we need some credentials to. Go into sketchup, click windowruby console to open the ruby. Eneroth has developed axonometric projection plugin for skethup. Hello sketchup community i have a big model and id like to do a 3d axonometric of it. Toggles the ruby console to be open at sketchup startup useful if you are developing scripts for sketchup and need to see console logs at startup. Lets say you have a project with a file structure like.
Like sketchup s native top view but has the same relation to the. Once you have restarted sketchup, you should see that the scripts commands have been added to the appropriate menus. This shows the ruby console plugin that makes upgrading to sketchup 7. This may contain bugs or other issues, use at your own risk. The command class is the preferred class for adding tools to the menus and ruby toolbars. Ruby script make faces to clean up dwgs sketchup for landscape architects duration. If a tool or command doesnt exist in sketchup, julia christina eneroth builds it. You can also run the script using the ruby console open the windows menu, and then click ruby console. Visit our sketchup developer center for more information and resources on sketchup s apis.
The console provides direct access to sketchup ruby interpreter. I am looking at new plugins to use from various videos but when i try to download them, the ruby api comes into play and i am completely ignorant to this part of the application. Open the sketchup ruby console by selecting window ruby console. An isometric view is also created, but is not useful for dimensioning. This is a tarball of whatever is in git, made nightly. Sketchup to layout to create isometric including rotating the view. If you aspire to be a sketchup plugins programmer, then getting familiar with the console is a good place to start. There is an input box where you can type ruby commands and an output window where you can view debugging output. Also note that in sketchup 2014, writing to the console does not work from within ruby threads other than the main thread. The sketchup users can use this plugin to deform a group or component as well as reproduce axonometric views and view it from a specified direction. Easy way to do an axonometric diagram for your architecture presentations in a very simple way. The sketchup ruby api allows you to interact with sketchup models and the sketchup application.
The script can also function through the ruby console open the windows menu, and then select ruby console. With the api, you can create tools, menu items, and other plugins, such as automated component generators, to be included in the menus within sketchup. The sketchup ruby api can run ruby scripts from sketchup ruby console. Sketchup has a ruby console, an environment which allows experimentation with ruby. Load and save buttons are provided for persistent storage of your snippets. In addition to the api, sketchup also includes a ruby console. Online landscape architecture education 53,061 views. I currently have no use for writing my own plugins or code. This sketchup plugin supports sketchup 2014, sketchup 2015. My model is a box that opens up and out in a specific order, transforming into a building. Easy axonometric diagram tutorial with sketchup and photoshop. Its tools and interface are simple and easy to deal with for the beginners.
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