# Making a measurement plugin with ruby api

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/making-a-measurement-plugin-with-ruby-api/128221>\
**Category:** Ruby API\
**Tags:** sketchup\
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/making-a-measurement-plugin-with-ruby-api/128221 "2020-06-10T10:21:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![arafathossain847](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@arafathossain847](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/arafathossain847)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/making-a-measurement-plugin-with-ruby-api/128221/1 "2020-06-10T10:21:54Z")

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I want to make a sketchup extension plugin which can make calculation like length,width,height and area.Then i want to pass the data to a third party Api. Any references how can i develop this plugin ruby.I have some basics with ruby.Now i want some references to this kind of similar work which i can follow.

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**Author:** ![TIG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/tig/32/198_2.png) [@TIG](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/TIG)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/making-a-measurement-plugin-with-ruby-api/128221/2 "2020-06-10T10:25:07Z")

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Look in the SketchUcation PluginStore.  
There are several tools which cover getting length and area [and volume].  
There are also many tools to export data as CSV, which could form the basis of your own tool.  
Most of my own tools are not encrypted and offer many ‘cribs’.  
There are also many tools by others to dissect…

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**Author:** ![DanRathbun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/danrathbun/32/500_2.png) [@DanRathbun](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DanRathbun)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/making-a-measurement-plugin-with-ruby-api/128221/3 "2020-06-10T11:28:01Z")

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There are also examples in the official example repository …

> **[sketchup-ruby-api-tutorials/examples at main ·...](https://github.com/SketchUp/sketchup-ruby-api-tutorials/tree/main/examples)**
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> main/examples