Card #3454 · SketchUp Extension Warehouse
Lack of external automation and scripting capabilities for SketchUp
Users are looking for ways to automate SketchUp and run Ruby scripts from outside the application. There is a need to trigger software actions, load models, and integrate with external frameworks like Python to streamline design workflows.
Pain score
0.81/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach1.00distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.94upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 3 verified quotes
Is there any way to load the ruby scripts for sketchup neither in Sketchup ruby Console nor in the plugins or tools folder?
I also wanna call a ruby script to open the sketchup software, and then load a model and the corresponding extension.
Were you able to automate Sketchup using Ruby? We are trying to automate Sketchup application which we use it to design our solar panels. We are using Python for our framework.
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