Copy Group and Rename Layers

[DanRathbun]

@DanRathbun

You can directly modify objects using SketchUp’s Ruby API regardless of whether of not they are the user’s active editing context. (There are situations where you do need to be careful however.)

TIG explains how to avoid BugSplat! crashes …

Convert component to group

NO ! You are missing a vital point. group = entities.add_group() safely makes an empty group in ANY entities context. You can then add objects into that group.entities context. entities.add_group(entities_ary) will only work if the entities reference is pointing to the model.active_entities. It cannot point at some other entities context - even if the array of entities is in the same entities context as your new group… You will get BugSplats. How about this less risky approach ? entitie…