SketchUp

After that, I explain the two extrusion methods pushpull and followme and conclude with a description of how SketchUp materials are applied to objects.

然后，我解释两个挤压（extrusion）方法pushpull和followme最后描述如何将SketchUp材质（material）内容应用到对象。

Instead, during the extrusion process, SketchUp creates the Edge and Face objects that form the figure.

在挤压过程中，SketchUp创建形成图形的Edge和Face对象。

In just a small amount of time, you can master the basic classes ( Edge, Face) that combine to form SketchUp figures.

只需很少的时间，就可以掌握一些基本的类（Edge、Face），通过组合这些类就可以形成SketchUp图形。

The most important Entity objects are the Edge and Face objects, which serve as the building blocks of every shape in a SketchUp design.

最重要的Entity对象是Edge和Face对象，这两个对象可作为SketchUp设计中的任何形状的构建块。

Finally, I will use "SketchUp" to design the vision of the future digital substation, which makes an exploration and research for the future development of digital substation.

最后运用SketchUp软件设计了对未来数字化变电站的设想图，为数字化变电站的未来发展做出了先行性的探索和研究。

The SketchUp API contains classes whose methods draw and modify aspects of a SketchUp design, including lines, surfaces, colors, and images.

SketchUp API包含一些类，这些类的方法可以绘制和修改SketchUp设计的一些方面，包括直线、面、颜色和图像。

It returns the Model object that contains all the information in the current SketchUp design.

它返回Model对象，其中包含当前SketchUp设计中的所有信息。

By creating and executing SketchUp scripts, you can automate the design process and potentially save yourself a great deal of time.

通过创建和执行SketchUp脚本，可以自动化设计过程，节省大量的时间。

This article can't cover the entire API, so I focus on the basic classes needed to construct SketchUp shapes.

本文无法涵盖整个API，所以我重点关注构造SketchUp形状所需的基本的类。

Of all the methods in the SketchUp module, active_model is the most important.

在SketchUp模块中的所有方法当中，active model是最重要的。

Google didn't create SketchUp; it obtained the application when it acquired@ Last Software.

SketchUp并不是Google创建的；Google是在收购@Last Software时获得这个应用程序的。

When the second command executes, SketchUp automatically draws the line corresponding to the Edge object in its design window.

当第二条命令执行时，SketchUp自动在设计窗口中画出与Edge对象对应的直线。

Put simply, an Entity object represents any shape that can be seen, moved, or modified within the SketchUp design window.

简言之，一个Entity对象表示SketchUp设计窗口中任何可以看见、移动或修改的形状。

The SketchUp arrows are now raster-rendered. Previously , they were vector-rendered.

SketchUp的箭号现在为点阵图像, 先前为向量图像.

Generally speaking, the goal of a SketchUp script is to modify the data in these container objects.

一般而言，SketchUp脚本的目的是修改这些容器对象中的数据。

SketchUp provides a number of existing materials.

SketchUp提供了很多现成的材质。

It would be even better if SketchUp's capabilities were implemented inside an Eclipse plug-in.

倘若SketchUp的功能能在Eclipse插件内实现，那就更棒了。

The second extrusion method is followme, which serves the same purpose as SketchUp's followme tool.

第二个挤压方法是followme，该方法与SketchUp的followme工具的作用是一样的。

The pushpull method is the easier of the two methods to use, and it performs the same operation as SketchUp's pushpull tool.

pushpull方法是两个方法中较容易使用的一个，它执行与SketchUp的pushpull工具相同的操作。

And of course, one of SketchUp's strengths is the ability to interact with Google Earth and create geography-specific structures.

当然，SketchUp的一个优点是可以与Google Earth交互，并创建特定于地形的结构。

The script's commands are part of the SketchUp API& the subject of this section.

该脚本的命令是SketchUp API的一部分&这正是本节的主题。

For example, to find the version of the SketchUp application, you could enter the following command in the Ruby Console: Sketchup.version_number.

例如，为了发现SketchUp应用程序的版本，可以在Ruby Console中输入以下命令：Sketchup.version number。

The goal of this article is to answer this question by discussing the SketchUp API.

本文的目的是通过讨论SketchUp API来回答这个问题。

The SketchUp API is based on Ruby, a relatively new programming language primarily used for enterprise computing ( Ruby on Rails).

SketchUp API基于的是Ruby，这是一种相对较新的编程语言，主要用于企业计算（Ruby on Rails）。

But when it comes to the SketchUp API, you can go very far with just a basic understanding of the language.

但是说到SketchUp API，只需对该语言有基本的理解，就可以做很多事情。

But make no mistake: It would have been easier for me if the creators of SketchUp had based their API on a more popular language.

但请不要误解，假如SketchUp的创作者将API基于另外一种更为流行的编程语言，对我而言会更为容易一些。