# A problem with work **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 23, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-problem-with-work/187455 "2010-04-23T12:50:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rachel)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-problem-with-work/187455/1 "2010-04-23T12:50:13Z")
Hi guys! I found this site, and hopefully there is someone who can help. I’m a newbie, a code illiterate. But I’m resorceful enough to figure out 555, without knowing what on earth that was about! lol Anyhow, I do office work at a construction company, and because I can read architectual drawings ok, I have been given the task of translating them into something the workshop can work from. I tried a few programs (they have autocad there, but its not what I wanted), but none of them suited. Until I discovered Sketchup, which is pretty easy to maniplate. There is a bit of repetitive drawings, like cabinets etc, and I was looking at adding some plugins for that. We found a cabinetmaking plugin called cab.rb, and a guy in the office altered that to suit. But I have had trouble. With the just sketchup screen up I was able to draw lines, select all, then make the component. But with the plugins it seems the whole box is one component that I can’t manipulate like I want. Any way, can the attached plugin be written so all the pieces (ie, left panel, bottom shelf) end up as components, as well as part of the group? Some people have sent me code, but I really don’t know where to put it. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rachel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-problem-with-work/187455/2 "2010-04-26T15:33:44Z")
So, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rachel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-problem-with-work/187455/3 "2010-04-26T15:45:58Z")
You may have more luck posting to a more specifically ‘sketchup’ oriented group. The official forums are located here: [http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup](http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup) I don’t know how many here are familiar with sketchup plugins… I for one am not 🙂 -Jonathan N. ---
**Author:** ![rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rachel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-problem-with-work/187455/4 "2010-04-26T22:45:46Z")
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Rachel Lovelock wrote: > Hi Jonathon. > > Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, thats where I just came from. I > got a couple of replies there but they did not help me. One poster > suggested I try some script. But it didn’t work me. I said thanks but it > didn’t work when I tried it. I got a reply saying “yes it does”, and > that was it. LOL > > I think sometimes computer literate posters get a bit tired of us > newbies. O can understand that. The folks from smustard & srelish are quite nice, you might check with them. – Matt It’s not what I know that counts. It’s what I can remember in time to use. ---
**Author:** ![rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rachel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-problem-with-work/187455/5 "2010-04-26T22:35:53Z")
Jonathan N. wrote: > You may have more luck posting to a more specifically ‘sketchup’ > oriented group. The official forums are located here: > [http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup](http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup) > > I don’t know how many here are familiar with sketchup plugins… I for > one am not 🙂 > > -Jonathan N. Hi Jonathon. Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, thats where I just came from. I got a couple of replies there but they did not help me. One poster suggested I try some script. But it didn’t work me. I said thanks but it didn’t work when I tried it. I got a reply saying “yes it does”, and that was it. LOL I think sometimes computer literate posters get a bit tired of us newbies. O can understand that. ---
**Author:** ![rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rachel)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-problem-with-work/187455/6 "2010-04-28T06:46:41Z")
On Monday 26 April 2010 03:36:03 pm Rachel Lovelock wrote: > One poster > suggested I try some script. But it didn’t work me. I said thanks but it > didn’t work when I tried it. Is that what you actually said? “It doesn’t work” is not helpful, because there are an infinite number of ways it can not work. It could be that it didn’t do anything at all – no dialog box, no error, nothing. It could be that the button you were supposed to click on was disabled. It could be that there was an error message that tells you exactly what’s wrong. It could be that it was a bug so severe that it somehow melted your computer down into slag. What did you actually do, and what actually happened? Also, in your original message, you mention some people sent you code, and that’s all you said. You didn’t say what the code was, you didn’t share it with us. I would say that the reason no one wants to help you is not because you’re “illiterate” – we all were at one point – it’s because you’re not making it easy for us: Keep it short and to the point. You might start with, “I found this Sketchup plugin, and I want it to do this…” Anything that’s actually related to the point, tell us more. If you can, tell us where you found the plugin. Even if the guy in your office altered it, we can compare what he did to the original plugin. Show us the code the people in the group sent you. Link to the discussions you had in that group. If you have a version of the plugin that’s supposed to work, but doesn’t, tell us _how_ it doesn’t work – what you tried to do, and what happened. I can’t promise that anyone will be able to answer your question, but if you ask smart questions, it’s much more likely people will try – though it still might be a better bet to try the Sketchup group again. (I don’t know anything about Sketchup, actually.) ---
**Author:** ![rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rachel)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-problem-with-work/187455/7 "2010-04-28T10:25:06Z")
David M., I provided the plugin we were using as an attachment in the opening post. I wanted the drawing to come out as components, and not as one group as it does now. Everything else is moot. You can’t help. Thats ok. ---
**Author:** ![rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@rachel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rachel)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-problem-with-work/187455/8 "2010-04-28T10:26:05Z")
Matt L. wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Rachel Lovelock wrote: > – Matt > It’s not what I know that counts. > It’s what I can remember in time to use. Thanks Matt.