Sketchup MaterialRenamer

material_renamer.rb

# License: 2-clause BSD

require 'sketchup.rb'

class MaterialRenamer
  def initialize
    am = Sketchup.active_model

    sel_faces = am.selection.select { |e| e.typename == 'Face' }
    sel_materials = sel_faces.collect { |f| f.material }.uniq

    (UI.messagebox 'No face selected, unable to rename!'; return) if sel_materials.size < 1
    (UI.messagebox 'Found different materials on the selected faces, unable to rename!'; return) if sel_materials.size > 1

    mat = sel_materials.first
    old_name = mat.name

    input = UI.inputbox ['New name:'], [mat.name], "Rename material #{old_name}"

    if input
      mat.name = input[0]
      UI.messagebox "Renamed material #{old_name} to #{mat.name}"
    end
  end
end

if not file_loaded?(__FILE__)
  cmd = UI::Command.new('Rename Material...') do
    MaterialRenamer.new
  end
  cmd.tooltip = 'Allows renaming the material of the currently selected face'

  UI.menu("Plugins").add_item cmd
  UI.toolbar("Plugins").add_item cmd
end

file_loaded(__FILE__)