Continuing the discussion from LineTool example : [image] LineTool example Here is an example of the method descriptions lacking information puts "Point 0: " + pent.vertices[0].position.to_s I lookup vertices and it says nothing about position and lookup position and it says nothing about to_s …

[image] TIG: Your tool when properly coded and set up gets its own data on the system mouse and more besides ?Many of us have successfully used the API’s Tool toolset in many plugin-tools… I am not questioning whether or not Ruby provides the tools to handle mouse functions because the answer…

[image] ChrisStewart: … I do not see why I need to do all this in ruby when it is already done at the system level where it runs more efficiently. FYI, Ruby is an interpreter. All interpreters are slow, compared to compiled code. But like all interpreters, they themselves need to be programm…

Yeah I am already over my head with Ruby -much less C++ I guess that answers the question though -no access to the more efficient mouse which is too bad because it is a real resource hog. Thanks all.

It may not be the actual mouse calls. I’ve done some debugging in the past that showed as you move the mouse around, (ie as a tool instance is waiting for user input,) SketchUp’s UI redraw function is firing. It is redrawing all the toolbar buttons, and calling each buttons validation proc (to know …

Yes, they mention in the comments that it is important to make the code efficient. -I just wish the example provided worked well and displayed best practices. No telling how long it will take me to figure out what is going on there.

This should get you started, until I can re-organize and update my Newbie’s Guide and Ruby Reference lists. Tutorials (do in this order) Ruby in Twenty Minutes [url] https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/[/url] Ruby User’s Guide by Prof. Mark Slagell [url] http://www.rubyist.net/…

And there is also the only book on SketchUp and Ruby: “Automatic SketchUp” by Matthew Scarpino. Available for free download in searchable PDF here: http://www.crai.archi.fr/rld/pdf/Automatic_SketchUp.pdf Also on Amazon for $249(???) in paperback but why would you do that?

Since I might be following those worst practices, please enlighten me.

Thanks DanRathbun, good list of resources there. I don’t know, compared to the code provided by Trimble, Automatic Sketchup seems on par to me. They are both out of date. Automatic Sketchup is the only book that I have seen specifically for Sketchup. I like it because it uses examples from the Sk…

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… which is the LAST book a newbie should ever read ! (It has serious issues with best practices.)

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