Open the SketchUp Editor: First, open the Google SketchUp website and log in if necessary.
Navigate to the Menu Folder: Click on the "File" menu and select "New". This will take you to the new folder where your new project file is created.
Create a New File: In this newly opened folder, click on the "+" button (it looks like an upward arrow) to create a new document or start writing a new file.
Open the Menu.rb File: Right-click in the "File" menu and select "New". This will bring up a dialog box where you can name your file (e.g., Menu.rb).
Edit the File Content: In the newly created Menu.rb file, use Ruby code to define your menu structure. Here is an example of how you might do this:
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# Define the Menu
@menu = {
:name => "File",
:items => [
{ :name => "New", :description => "Create a new project" },
{ :name => "Open", :description => "Open an existing file" },
{ :name => "Save", :description => "Save the current project" },
# Add more items as needed
]
}
# Save the menu to your SketchUp workspace
File.open("Menu.rb", "w") do |file|
file.write(@menu.to_s)
end
These files contain the HTML and RB files of the pages' examples. Files can be downloaded and stored in the Google Sketchup plug-in file folder. Files can also be downloaded via the Ruby panel with the command 'load example.rb'. Files with the .rb extension and files with the .html extension. You can install the plugins by placing the both files into the appropriate folder.Then you have to restart SketchUp.
The default location in Windows is:
SketchUp 2017: C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2017\SketchUp\Plugins
You can also create a Menu.rb file to load plugins. ( XXXXXXX.rb = Ruby File )
menu = UI.menu('Plugins')
menu.add_item("Face Drawing") { load 'XXXXXXX.rb' }
menu.add_item("Area Converter") { load 'XXXXXXX.rb' }
menu.add_item("Rotate") { load 'XXXXXXX.rb' }
menu.add_item("Drawing Class") { load 'XXXXXXX.rb' }
menu.add_item("Stairs") { load 'XXXXXXX.rb' }
menu.add_item("Table") { load 'XXXXXXX.rb' }
menu.add_item("Select And Extrude") { load 'XXXXXXX.rb' }