Automatic SketchUp presents the Ruby scripting interface to Google's popular SketchUp modeling tool. It explains how Ruby classes are used to form points, edges, and surfaces, and then proceeds to more advanced topics such as animation, web dialogs, and transformation matrices. It also discusses the important topic of plugins, which make it possible to extend SketchUp's capabilities with new tools, menu items, pages, layers, and dialogs. Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction to SketchUp Scripting

Chapter 2: Ruby Lesson #1: Data Structures

Chapter 3: Fundamentals of SketchUp Scripting

Chapter 4: Transformations and Additional Geometry

Chapter 5: Ruby Lesson #2: Control Structures and Files

Chapter 6: Colors, Textures, and Materials

Chapter 7: Managing Geometry: Layers, Groups, and Components

Chapter 8: Ruby Lesson #3: Classes and Modules

Chapter 9: Attributes, Options, and Observers

Chapter 10: The SketchUp Interface: Dialogs, Menus, Commands, and Plugins

Chapter 11: The SketchUp Interface: Views, Cameras, Pages, and Tools

Chapter 12: Actions & Animation

Chapter 13: WebDialogs

Appendix A: Classes and Modules

Appendix B: Advanced Geometry

Appendix C: Miscellaneous Tables