I made a dynamic component from a lightfixture with the possibility to choose te color of the fixture. When I try to open the components options, it says there is no component selected. What am I doing wrong? I uploaded a screenshot from the components attributes en options dialogboxes. [Scree…

Part of your problem is that you’ve applied the black (code zwart metal) to the faces in the component. Face materials override materials applied to the component’s container. In the case of DC’s you need the material applied to the container not the faces. Look at the way the cafe table in the Dyna…

[image] Dart: When I try to open the components options, it says there is no component selected. What am I doing wrong? There is an old bug in the DCs. Open the Ruby Console and see if there are errors that show when you open the dialog. Extensions > Developer > Ruby Console

Take a look at the following. I removed the face materials, exploded the groups for the screw heads because they weren’t helpful, and corrected the Attributes. I also fixed the name of the white material in the Materials list changing ‘whit’ to ‘white’. [DC]

Hey DaveR. I am trying to fix this as you explaines, but It seems I am still getting it wrong. Can you send me the fixed file back, so I can see what you did to the subcomponents please. Where do I find the dynamic components training with the coffeetable. Thanks for your efforts, but I am total…

Here you go. Trizio 21 CODE FIXTURE.skp (456.7 KB)

Thanks man. Your file does work indeed. I am struggeling to figure out what is to be changed in my model. Can you tell me where I can find the exercise with the table. Kind regards, J.

[image] Dart: I am struggeling to figure out what is to be changed in my model. Look at the change in the Behaviors section for the Base and screws. As for the cafe table, go to the Components panel and in the dropdown list, choose Dynamic Component Training.

Hello Dan, I made a second lightfixture and was trying to get it dynamic. I opened the ruby console and yes there is an error in the sript. In attachment I send you the file. What do I have to do to fix this. Do I have to install SU 2021 update or is this not fixable. Trizio 21 CODE FIXTURE.skp …

Hello DaveR. I made the changes in my Code fixture and I made the Code 2 fixture dynamic as well. Just like you did. But still the options in the dialogbox do not show. I had the ruby console open and there is an error in the script. [Screenshot dynamic component issue - error showing in ruby…

The Ruby interpreter used by SketchUp plugins (Dynamic Components is a plugin) fails when a filename or path name starts with a lowercase “u”. You seem to have used “users” instead of the more common “Users” as the Windows home folder name.

My dynamic component is not showing any options

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colin October 25, 2021, 2:05pm 21

See if what Mike wrote here helps:

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My dynamic component is not showing any options

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