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Although this is not complex, the documentation as of SketchUp 7.1 does almost nothing to explain what these options are nor how to use these objects. Hence this short appendix.

The OptionsManager class is the gate keeper for a large set of options, which you can easily look up here. This class holds a list of OptionProvider objects. You can index into it by OptionProvider name, this way:

OptionProvider objects are a hash where the option name is the key. To continue the above example, op[ "TransitionTime" ] would return 2.0 for the example in the graphic. You can do this in one step:

You can do this in one step, but only if you know your provider's name and hash keys. This is a list of all OptionProvider objects names and key/value pairs for my current model:

PageOptions
	ShowTransition => true
	TransitionTime => 2.0
SlideshowOptions
	LoopSlideshow => true
	SlideTime => 1.0
NamedOptions
	Print.ComputeSizeFromScale => false
	Print.FitToPage => false
	Print.Height => 23.8105583190918
	Print.LineWeight => 1.0
	Print.NumberOfPages => 3
	Print.SizeInModel => 1.0
	Print.SizeInPrint => 7.56277084350586
	Print.Width => 16.5
	Skin.Clean? => Yes
	Skin.Prep Method => None
	Skin.Skin Method => By Distance
	Skin.Smooth? => Unavailible
UnitsOptions
	LengthPrecision => 3
	LengthFormat => 1
	LengthUnit => 0
	LengthSnapEnabled => false
	LengthSnapLength => 0.125
	AnglePrecision => 2
	AngleSnapEnabled => true
	SnapAngle => 15.0
	SuppressUnitsDisplay => false
	ForceInchDisplay => false
PrintOptions
	PrintWidth => 8.5
	PrintHeight => 11.0
	ComputeSizeFromScale => false
	SizeInPrint => 1.0
	SizeInModel => 1.0
	VectorMode => false
	FitToPage => true
	NumberOfPages => 1
	LineWeight => 0.5
	PixelsPerInch => 150.0
	SectionSlice => false
	ModelExtents => true
	PrintQuality => 0
	ScaleAdjustment => 1.0
	QualityAdjustment => 1.0

require "sketchup"

opts = Sketchup.active_model.options

for provider in opts
    puts provider.name()
    for key, val in provider
        puts "\t" + key + " => " + val.to_s()
    end
end

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OptionsManager