[Lie] Sketchup's target users is not power users but those who need quick sketches, so scripting isn't an extremely important feature in Sketchup.[/Lie]
Your Wrong, SketchUp PRO is marketed at ACAD users and other high profile CAD and CAM applications. SketchUp models can be exported to ACAD and ACAD models can be imported to SketckUp. Anyone who would say scripting is not important to a modeler has never spent much time modeling. Scripting is of upmost importance to the usefulness of SketchUP(or any CAD/CAM app), without it more advanced modeler types would not be interested. As far as Google earth goes...that is more a marketing ploy, and that Google is a cool company, rather than the primary use for SketchUP...and it has worked well! Your Right, creating a Python extension and getting people interested, is the gateway to convincing SketchUp DEV to include Python alongside Ruby.(and even if they don't it won't matter once the wrapping is there). I hang out a lot in the SketchUp Ruby Group, and a lots of people are turned off by Ruby. I think Python could help them get going. This is the reason for my crusade. Not just for me...but because there is a real void python can fill in SketchUp. Once there is a python wrapping of Ruby API I will take over, writing tutorials, writing example code, fielding Python related questions...This is my commitment to this project. I AM willing to work extremely hard to make this happen. If just ONE other person would get on board this will happen. No...I DO NOT know how to wrap the Ruby API myself...but once the Python wrapping is there i will take over and bring this to life. From that point on, i will not need any help. I will maintain the code, And i will be happy to let this person(s) take ALL the credit for bringing Python to SketchUp...I do not want the credit. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
