Excel to Sketchup

[DanRathbun]

@Vinc

I do not know exactly where to begin, but I dare to hope that there is a plugin to do that (my searches gave nothing).

http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/search/site/excel

Excel can output data separated value files like CSV (comma separated etc.)
Or space or TAB separated values in XYZ format.
Then, there are importer plugins that can import these “point cloud” files.

This is all manual.

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If you are looking for automation, then you must use the SketchUp Ruby API as Chris says,
and the WIN32OLE object to access an external Excel process. (This has been discussed many times in the Ruby API category here, and the Developers forum on SketchUcation.com.)

There is an example of accessing Excel from Ruby in the WIN32OLE class Ruby documentation.
(Note that this is Windows platform only.)

@Vinc

In summary I try to send values from Excel cells towards a dynamic component and more exactly towards attributes of this dynamic component.

This is a very steep learning curve as the internals of the Dynamic Components extension are not documented. (It is basically internal SketchUp proprietary intellectual property.)

@Vinc

Anybody would have an idea or even a beginning of a track ?

• Ruby Learning Resources [WikiLists]

• WIN32OLE class Ruby documentation

• Ruby 2.2.4 Core dictionary