The pretty little lines turn into masses of thick black blobs when seen from a distance.
Plant models are the worst offenders, with hundreds or thousands of edges.
When I create a model I pick and choose which edges are visible and which are hidden, and it makes a huge difference. But often I am at the mercy of another modeler. What can you do then?
I learned just enough Ruby to create a basic solution. Here's the code:
model = Sketchup.active_modelPretty simple, no? But what does it do?
entities = model.entities
edges = []
entities.each do |e|
edges.push e if e.typename == "Edge"
end
edges.each do |e|
e.hidden=true
end
model.definitions.each do |f|
f.entities.each do |e|
if e.typename == "Edge"
e.hidden = true
else
end
end
end
Basically, two things:
1. It searches for edges entities.
2. It hides everything it finds.
All the edges are hidden and we're done. Yeah!
Of course it only works on the whole model.
Wouldn't it be better if it worked on a pre-specified selection?
Can I get this as a drop down menu?
How about a button?
Or better two buttons?
What if I wanted to toggle sets of lines on and off?
Sure, you can do all that. And the author will leave all those options as exercises for the reader. Have fun!
