Active Path Support

Prerequisites

SDK version 1.17.0
Ensure that you are connected to SketchUp

  await SketchUpApi.connect();

Get Active Path

async function getActivePath() {
  const model = await SketchUpApi.getActiveModel();
  const path = await model.getActivePath();
  console.log('Active path:', path);
  return path;
}

Observe Changes to the active path

async function observeActivePath() {
  // Get the active model
  const model = await SketchUpApi.getActiveModel();
  // Start observing changes to the active path
  const observerHandle = model.observeActivePath(activePath => {
    console.log('Active path changed:', activePath);
    // You can access activePath.path and activePath.transform here
  });
  // To stop observing later, call:
  // observerHandle.stop();
}

Modify the Active Path (with Component Hierarchy Setup)

async function setupAndModifyActivePath() {
  const model = await SketchUpApi.getActiveModel();

  // Create a parent group/component
  const [parent, child] = await model.performOperation(async op => {
    // Create a parent group
    const parent = await op.entityForRef(op.createGroup(op.model));
    // Create a child group inside the parent
    const child = await op.entityForRef(op.createGroup(parent));
    // Optionally, add geometry to the child
    op.createEdge(child, [
      [0, 0, 0],
      [0, 0, -100],
    ]);
    return [parent, child];
  }, 'setup component hierarchy');

  // Set the active path to edit the child group inside the parent
  await model.performOperation(op => {
    op.modelSetActivePath([parent, child]);
  }, 'set active path to [parent, child]');
}