# Ruby API on LayOut **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby API\ **Tags:** layout, ruby, api\ **Created:** [August 17, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/ruby-api-on-layout/182 "2014-08-17T03:03:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/guy/32/88_2.png) [@Guy](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/ruby-api-on-layout/182/4 "2014-09-27T06:00:31Z")
John, The answer is simple, everything a user can do manually in layout! Just a short list to get an impression of what Skalp would like to do with layout api: Attach models Update models Remove models Define the paper size and the template Place new model views Define the size of the view Setup the scene of the view Setup the scale of the view Setup the render mode and lineweight and color Create layers and control this layers. Place dimensionlines Place line, shapes, … Control color, weight, layers,… Of all this objects Insert images and control these images. … I think it easier to ask what we don’t need… But the problem is there is nothing at this moment I can think off we for sure don’t need. Ok I can give you a list of more important features if you like. But if you like that, I need to think about what’s the minimum we need to do something good with layout. But be sure gives us an API, and sketchup + layout would become a totally new level! --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/ruby-api-on-layout/182)._