Extrude face without deforming the initial face

[bes]

Hi, I am new in Ruby. Can someone please explain me how can I extrude a face without any deformation of the initial face. I manage to do this for circle but not for rectangle. Please see:

 model = Sketchup.active_model # Open model
 ents = model.entities # All entities in model
 sel = model.selection # Current selection

@edges = []

       ents.each do |e|
         if e.is_a? Sketchup::Edge
            @edges << e
         end
      end

def gh # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- this works
0.upto(@edges.count-1) {|x|
model = Sketchup.active_model # Open model
entities = model.entities # All entities in model
new_comp_def_xy = Sketchup.active_model.definitions.add("extrude") 
center = Geom::Point3d.new @edges[x].start.position
vector = Geom::Vector3d.new [@edges[x].end.position.x - @edges[x].start.position.x,@edges[x].end.position.y - @edges[x].start.position.y,@edges[x].end.position.z - @edges[x].start.position.z]            
tr = Geom::Transformation.new(center)
circle = new_comp_def_xy.entities.add_circle center, vector, 0.025.m
circle_face = new_comp_def_xy.entities.add_face(circle)
circle_face.followme @edges[x]
tr = Geom::Transformation.new
rest = Sketchup.active_model.active_entities.add_instance(new_comp_def_xy, tr )
}
end


def asd # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ not working properly
0.upto(@edges.count-1) {|x|
model = Sketchup.active_model # Open model
entities = model.entities # All entities in model
new_comp_def_xy = Sketchup.active_model.definitions.add("extrude") 
vector = Geom::Vector3d.new [@edges[x].end.position.x - @edges[x].start.position.x,@edges[x].end.position.y - @edges[x].start.position.y,@edges[x].end.position.z - @edges[x].start.position.z]
gp = entities.add_group()
                  points = Array.new
                  points[0] = [0.03.m, 0.03.m, 0.m]
                  points[1] = [0.03.m, -0.03.m, 0]
                  points[2] = [-0.03.m, -0.03.m, 0]
                  points[3] = [-0.03.m, 0.03.m, 0]
                  points[4] = [0.03.m, 0.03.m, 0.m]
                  newface1 = new_comp_def_xy.entities.add_face(points)
                newface1.reverse! 
                status = newface1.pushpull @edges[x].length
                point = Geom::Point3d.new
                as = Geom::Transformation.new(@edges[x].start.position)
Sketchup.active_model.active_entities.add_instance(new_comp_def_xy, as)
                        points.clear            
}
end

thank you in advance

[slbaumgartner]

Please edit your post and surround the code with lines like these (triple backtick at the left margin):

 ```ruby
 # your code here

That will make it much easier for all of us to read!  Thanks.

[bes]

Thank you slbaumgartner

[sdmitch]

You need to treat the rectangle the same as the circle by defining the transformation as the center,vector

model = Sketchup.active_model # Open model
ents = model.entities # All entities in model
sel = model.selection # Current selection

@edges = sel.grep(Sketchup::Edge)

0.upto(@edges.count-1) {|x|
  new_comp_def_xy = Sketchup.active_model.definitions.add("extrude")
  center,vector = @edges[x].line
  gp = ents.add_group()
  points = Array.new
  points[0] = [0.03.m, 0.03.m, 0.m]
  points[1] = [0.03.m, -0.03.m, 0]
  points[2] = [-0.03.m, -0.03.m, 0]
  points[3] = [-0.03.m, 0.03.m, 0]
  points[4] = [0.03.m, 0.03.m, 0.m]
  newface1 = new_comp_def_xy.entities.add_face(points)
  newface1.reverse!
  status = newface1.pushpull @edges[x].length
  point = Geom::Point3d.new
  as = Geom::Transformation.new(center,vector)
  Sketchup.active_model.active_entities.add_instance(new_comp_def_xy, as)
  points.clear
}

[bes]

Perfect, Thank you so much sdmitch.