Getting Drawing Elements of a Group

[paul.mcalenan]

A group, select the group…

object = selection.first
elements = object.entities.grep( Sketchup::Drawingelement )

will return the geometry within the group.

But if I’m in the group and want to get the geometry without selecting the geometry, what do I need to look at to get the geometry?

object = model.active_path

seems to return the group identifier when I’m in the group…

[DanRathbun]

@paul.mcalenan

But if I’m in the group and want to get the geometry without selecting the geometry, what do I need to look at to get the geometry?

elements = model.active_entities.grep( Sketchup::Drawingelement )

The Model#active_entities doc says …

Returns an Entities object which contains the entities in the open group or component instance.
…
To perform actions upon the current set of entities the user is working with then this is the method to use.