Architectural Design with SketchUp: Component-Based Modeling, Plugins, Rendering, and Scripting

Appendix E

Dynamic Component Function Reference

The following list includes all of the Dynamic Component functions available in the current SketchUp release (Version 8, Maintenance Release 3):

Predefined Attributes:

X, Y, Z, LenX, LenY, LenZ, RotX, RotY, RotZ, Hidden, Copies, Copy, Name, Summary, Description, Creator, ItemCode, ImageURL, DialogWidth, DialogHeight, onClick, Material 

Math Functions:

ABS(number), CEILING(number, significance), DEGREES(number), EVEN(number), EXP(number), FLOOR(number, significance), INT(number), ISEVEN(number), ISODD(number), LN(number), LOG10(number), ODD(number), PI(), RADIANS(number), RAND(), RANDBETWEEN(bottom, top), ROUND(number, count), SIGN(number), SQRT(number) 

SketchUp Functions:

CHOOSE(index,value1,value2, ...valueN), CURRENT("attributeName"), EDGES(), FACEAREA("materialName"), FACES(), LARGEST(value1,value2,...valueN), LAT(), LNG(), NEAREST(originalValue, value1, value2, ...valueN), OPTIONINDEX("attributeName"), OPTIONLABEL("attributeName"), SMALLEST(value1,value2,...valueN), SUNANGLE(), SUNELEVATION() 

Text Functions:

CHAR(number), CODE(text), CONCATENATE(text1, text2, ...textN), DOLLAR(value, decimals), EXACT(text1, text2), FIND(findText, text, position), LEFT(text, number), LEN(text), LOWER(text), MID(text, start, number), PROPER(text), REPLACE(text, position, length, new), REPT(text, number), RIGHT(text, number), SUBSTITUTE(text, searchText, newText, occurrence), TRIM(text), UPPER(text), VALUE(text) 

Trigonometric Functions: ...