http://download.sketchup.com/sketchuphelp/gsu6_ruby/Docs/Ruby-Transfo...

is it just me or does this function do absolutely nothing?

based on the documentation it sounds like it should change transformation1 INTO transformation2.

go ahead and type the following into the ruby console

tt1 = Geom::Transformation.new([10,20,30]) tt2 = Geom::Transformation.new([40,50,60]) tt1.set!tt2 tt1 tt2

both of them are equal sounds pretty self explainitory, right? i wish...

throw a component into your model and select it then try this ss=Sketchup.active_model.selection.first ss.transformation ss.transformation.set!Geom::Transformation.new([10,20,30]) ss.transformation

there seems to be a problem here.

all i want to be able to do is edit the scale of the component, from inside the Transformation class. i think there is some functionality missing from the class and i want to put it in. ive got a start on accessors. but that wont do much good if you can modify the transform afterward.

just so we are clear i know there are easier ways to do what im trying to do but i think it should be part of the transformation class and i want to beable to add it in.

here is what i have so far

class Geom::Transformation def to_s print "\n" myArray = self.to_a "[#{myArray[0]}, #{myArray[1]}, #{myArray[2]},
#{myArray[3]}]\n"+ "[#{myArray[4]}, #{myArray[5]}, #{myArray[6]},
#{myArray[7]}]\n"+ "[#{myArray[8]}, #{myArray[9]}, #{myArray[10]},
#{myArray[11]}]\n"+ "[#{myArray[12]},#{myArray[13]}, #{myArray[14]},
#{myArray[15]}]\n" end

def getTranslationTransform Geom::Transformation.new(self.origin) end

# these will get the ABS of the scale. # a negitive scale will be indicated by a 180 degree rotation in the relevent places def xscale self.to_a[0]/self.xaxis.x end def yscale self.to_a[4]/self.yaxis.x end def zscale self.to_a[8]/self.zaxis.x end

def xscale=(scale) tt=Geom::Transformation.scaling scale,self.yscale,self.xscale self.set! self*tt end #def yscale= # #end #def zscale= # #end end