Comments on Google SketchUp API Blog: What's New in SketchUp 7

Iulius said..."Well... it takes a long time for th...

2009-02-10T03:38:00.000-08:00

Iulius said...

"Well... it takes a long time for that documentation to be reviewed and edited..."

I agree. And that's my specialty, doing API documentation.

However, I've been in touch with the Google API folks and it seems that Google did not assign/hire any writers so it's up to the engineers, who of course could not start the doc until the product was released, they could not do two jobs at once.

Hey, if it keeps these hardworking engineers busy between releases, that's a good thing.

I'm sure that they are doing their best and I, for one, would rather they not have to issue a correction update right away.

However, it did not have to be this way. (It does now, it's too close to done for any methodology change to make a difference at this point.)

In my expert opinion (and in all modesty, I am) Google is still doing their API doc with 20th Century methods. The proof is that it's this late.

If their doc process was as 21st Century as SketchUp itself is, the doc could have been done in parallel and reviewed along with the code and it could have been released at nearly the same time as the API itself, without impacting the engineering schedule (except perhaps to improve it) and without adding staff. (Maybe I can convince them to modernize before v8.)

Just my opinion,
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Well... it takes a long time for that documentatio...

2009-01-18T15:48:00.000-08:00

Well... it takes a long time for that documentation to be reviewed and edited... Let's hope it worth :)
And let's hope Sketchup 8 will not appear sooner than sketchup 7 documentation :))
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Hey Mike,The updated docs are coming. We're almost...

2009-01-09T12:56:00.000-08:00

Hey Mike,

The updated docs are coming. We're almost done with them and are in the process of editing and review. Stay tuned.

Yes, please: I can't find any sign of the new API ...

2009-01-07T22:15:00.000-08:00

Yes, please: I can't find any sign of the new API methods in the API docs (which still states "SU 6"). Is there any documentation for the SU 7 API? eg. behavior.no_scale_mask

Mike

"Detailed documentation is coming soon... stay tun...

2008-12-09T09:48:00.000-08:00

"Detailed documentation is coming soon... stay tuned!"

Soon, when?

Thanks :)

thrrd,It is possible to attach DC attributes using...

2008-11-24T12:05:00.000-08:00

thrrd,

It is possible to attach DC attributes using the API. You can learn a bit more from a recent groups thread: http://groups.google.com/group/sketchupruby/browse_frm/thread/eb7d2e7ab9038492/af73a7ee457b82df

Hey David,SU7 does not inherently ship with the ab...

2008-11-24T11:39:00.000-08:00

Hey David,

SU7 does not inherently ship with the ability to call web services. As you say, one could use the WebDialog to do so via AJAX. Alternatively, one could ship a plugin with the extra Ruby modules to make requests directly, but these don't come with SketchUp.

I was wondering how you were going to stop the DC ...

2008-11-22T07:18:00.000-08:00

I was wondering how you were going to stop the DC add-ons being distributed around the web. That license call explains it!

will be it be possible to add attribute data to a ...

2008-11-21T07:21:00.000-08:00

will be it be possible to add attribute data to a dynamic component through the ruby api?

And if so will it be possible to do this without Sketchup pro?

Does version 7 add any capability to call web serv...

2008-11-20T13:44:00.000-08:00

Does version 7 add any capability to call web services without having to resort to using external scripts? The WebDialog goes half way, but without the ability to programmatically read and act on the response from a server the ability to have a meaningful, two-way web service conversation is all but impossible.