With the release of SU2017 things got more difficult because the old references before the group and explode are no longer valid. (This happens because of persistant_id implementations in the SketchUp Core.)
@TIG pointed me toward an old thread on SketchUcation (hiding in the "Plugins" forum) in which …
@AdamB proposed a totally mathematical solution, without a temporary group.
Following is my rendition of AdamB's "no temporary group" solution.
Mine does not modify API class Geom::Point3d, but converts to an Array which already has a #dot method.
Mine also uses #grep which is very fast when comparing class identity, ... instead of calling #is_a? on each and every object in the geometry collection on the Ruby-side, during each iteration.
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# calculate_volume(geometry)
# Calculate volume on a set of faces without a temporary group.
#
# Based on an old SCF topic thread post by AdamB:
# http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=14598#p14598
#
# @param geometry [Array<Drawingelement>] Array of collected geometry references.
# @return [Float] the computed volume if successful, 0.0 if not.
def calculate_volume(geometry)
geometry.grep(Sketchup::Face).map {|f|
(2 * f.area * (f.vertices[0].position.to_a.dot(f.normal))) / 6
}.reduce(:+)
rescue => e
puts e.inspect
return 0.0
end
If you are still using Ruby 1.8, you'll need to replace .reduce(:+) with .inject {|sum,n| sum+n } in the code above, like so ...
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# calculate_volume(geometry)
# Calculate volume on a set of faces without a temporary group.
#
# Based on an old SCF topic thread post by AdamB:
# http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=14598#p14598
#
# @param geometry [Array<Drawingelement>] Array of collected geometry references.
# @return [Float] the computed volume if successful, 0.0 if not.
def calculate_volume(geometry)
geometry.grep(Sketchup::Face).map {|f|
(2 * f.area * (f.vertices[0].position.to_a.dot(f.normal))) / 6
}.inject {|sum,n| sum+n }
rescue => e
puts e.inspect
return 0.0
end
Bonus method for a volume display string in model units:
See: [code] format volume in model units
