Material list

Developers Ruby API
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Hello!

I’m trying to create a plugin where users can define the dimensions and the material of a new component.
I used the following Ruby code to get the material list:

model = Sketchup.active_model
        materials = model.materials
        count = materials.count
        puts "Value of count is #{count}"
        szoveg = "<option selected>"+materials[0].display_name+"</option>"
        for i in 1..count-1
            puts materials[i].display_name
            szoveg = szoveg+"<option>"+materials[i].display_name+"</option>"
            thumbnail_file = File.dirname(__FILE__) +"/materials/#{materials[i].display_name}.png"
            materials[i].write_thumbnail(thumbnail_file, 280)
        end

It creates the png files, but the problem is that they are not the same as those in the software.
E.g. I can see these materials in SketchUp:
image

But in the list what I get using the previous code, I have only the 7 colors that are in the “In Model” list:
image

How should I modify the code to get all possible materials?

Thank you!

2

Your first image shows the collection for Brick, Cladding, and Siding, not the In Model collection! Materials are not “in model” until you paint something with them.

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3

Yes, but I would like to get a list of all possible materials, not just of those that are “in model”. Can I do that somehow?

4

I don’t see anything in the API that exposes other material collections or their contents (perhaps another developer knows of something…).

5

It’s already ‘invented’ - see here https://sketchucation.com/plugin/2365-material_browser

6

YES. I already posted the answers, … here: …

How to add all SU materials in our list? - #4 by DanRathbun

… and a few more methods later in that topic …

How to add all SU materials in our list? - #23 by DanRathbun

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