Sketchup plugin
Sketchup plugin
by billyzelsnack
Fri May 18, 2007 3:15 pm
I wrote a plugin for Sketchup. Here's a video of it in action..
I'm using the models Jon converted to DWG.
I'm not sure how far I am going to take this, but I've been wanting to mess around with the Sketchup API and this was a nice small project to experiment with.
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I'm using the models Jon converted to DWG.
I'm not sure how far I am going to take this, but I've been wanting to mess around with the Sketchup API and this was a nice small project to experiment with.
Last edited by billyzelsnack on Fri May 18, 2007 3:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.
by billyzelsnack
Fri May 18, 2007 3:37 pm
Ok. Embedded the video.
Sketchup has a Ruby plugin interface. Using the WIN32API module you can call out to a DLL. I added a start and stop button. When you hit start it connects to the robot and sets up a frame callback. Each frame it just goes and asks the DLL for the servo positions.
The tricky part is that Sketchup doesn't support rigging. It has a concept of hierarchy via components and that's what I ended up using to fake it.
Sketchup has a Ruby plugin interface. Using the WIN32API module you can call out to a DLL. I added a start and stop button. When you hit start it connects to the robot and sets up a frame callback. Each frame it just goes and asks the DLL for the servo positions.
The tricky part is that Sketchup doesn't support rigging. It has a concept of hierarchy via components and that's what I ended up using to fake it.
