Using .stl export plugin through Ruby API

[jim_foltz]

This post gives an example.

Export STL file by layer/material

A basic by-layer exporter “add-on” which uses the STL Extension would look like this: module JF module ExportStlByLayer menu = defined?(JF.menu) ? JF.menu("JF Extensions") : UI.menu("Plugins") menu.add_item("Export STL by Layer") { main } STL_ASCII = 'ASCII'.freeze STL_BINARY = 'Binary'.freeze def self.main model = Sketchup.active_model faces_array = model.active_entities.grep(Sketchup::Face) faces = {} faces_array.each {|…