gistfile1.rb

# Show the Ruby Console at startup so we can
# see any programming errors we may make.
Sketchup.send_action "showRubyPanel:"



# This is an example of a simple animation that floats the camera up to
   # a z position of 200". The only required method for an animation is
   # nextFrame. It is called whenever you need to show the next frame of
   # the animation. If nextFrame returns false, the animation will stop.
   class FloatUpAnimation
     def nextFrame( view )
       File.open( "/Users/charris/projects/sketchupmultitouch/test.txt", "r" ) do |f|
         puts f.read
       end
       true
     end
     
     # def nextFrame(view)
     #   new_eye = view.camera.eye
     #   new_eye.z = new_eye.z + 1.0
     #   view.camera.set(new_eye, view.camera.target, view.camera.up)
     #   view.show_frame
     #   return new_eye.z < 500.0
     # end
   end

   # This adds an item to the Camera menu to activate our custom animation.
   UI.menu("PlugIns").add_item("Multi Touch") {
     Sketchup.active_model.active_view.animation = FloatUpAnimation.new
   }