Point3D does not work

Developers Ruby API
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Hi All,

I am trying to plot 3D points using Sketchup. I used the Point3D code and the suggestions that are given on the following webpage, but nothing happens. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/developer/docs/ourdoc/point3d

Thanks,

David

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Make sure that you have set guides to be visible in your model. (View > Guides)

If that isn’t the issue, then please post back exact code snippet you are trying and any errors you might be getting.

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Yes the Guides are visible. There are no errors when I use the code given.

David

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Ah, I should have understood what was going on when you first posted, alas.

Geom::Point3d doesn’t represent an entity. It’s a general data structure.
What you want is Sketchup::ConstructionPoint which you add to the model using Sketchup::Entities.add_cpoint.

point = Geom::Point3d.new(1, 2, 3)
Sketchup.active_model.active_entities.add_cpoint(point)

The Sketchup::Entities class’s add_* methods are what you use to add any kind of entity to the model.

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Thanks for your help. I used the information you gave me and looked up
this link.
http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/developer/docs/ourdoc/constructionpoint

The above link provides everything I was looking for.

David