build your own custom menu_bar in sketchUP 8

icon png file and ruby file  put in  Your_sketchup_install_dir/Plugins/m/

FILE: tool_bar_test.rb

   require 'sketchup.rb'
    puts("start tool_bar_test")

    toolbar = UI::Toolbar.new "tool_my_bar"

    cmd = UI::Command.new("xyz_cmd 1") {
       Sketchup.send_action("selectDimensionTool:")
       # UI.messagebox "exe cmd 1"

    }

    path="Plugins/m/"
    
    ic_1 = "reset_16.png"
    ic_2 = "reset_24.png"    

    small=Sketchup.find_support_file(ic_1 ,path)
    large=Sketchup.find_support_file(ic_2 ,path)
    cmd.small_icon = small
    cmd.large_icon = large
    cmd.tooltip = "I am cmd 1"
    cmd.status_bar_text = "st I am cmd 1"
    cmd.menu_text = "cmd 1 txt"
    toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd


    cmd2 = UI::Command.new("xyz_cmd 2") {
       UI.messagebox "ver [004] exe cmd2"
    }
    # ic_1 = "northtool_small.png"
    # ic_2 = "northtool.png"   
    small=Sketchup.find_support_file(ic_1 ,path)
    large=Sketchup.find_support_file(ic_2 ,path)
    cmd2.small_icon = small
    cmd2.large_icon = large
    cmd2.tooltip = "Test cmd2"
    cmd2.status_bar_text = "st I am cmd2"
    cmd2.menu_text = "cmd 2 txt"
    toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd2

    toolbar.show

    puts(cmd.small_icon)
    puts(cmd.large_icon)
    puts("end tool_bar_test")

use load to test ====> load 'm/tool_bar_test.rb'

Valid actions are:

• showRubyPanel:
• viewBack:
• viewBottom:
• viewFront:
• viewIso:
• viewLeft:
• viewRight:
• viewTop:
• viewPerspective:
• viewShowAxes:
• viewShowHidden:
• viewZoomExtents:
• viewZoomToSelection:
• viewUndo:
• selectOrbitTool:
• selectPositionCameraTool:
• selectDollyTool:
• selectTurnTool:
• selectWalkTool:
• selectZoomTool:
• selectFieldOfViewTool:
• selectZoomWindowTool:
• pageAdd:
• pageDelete:
• pageUpdate:
• pageNext:
• pagePrevious:
• renderWireframe:
• renderHiddenLine:
• renderMonochrome:
• renderShaded:
• renderTextures:
• selectArcTool:
• selectArc3PointTool:
• selectArc3PointPieTool:
• selectAxisTool:
• selectCircleTool:
• selectEraseTool:
• selectFreehandTool:
• selectLineTool:
• selectMeasureTool:
• selectMoveTool:
• selectOffsetTool:
• selectPaintTool:
• selectPolygonTool:
• selectProtractorTool:
• selectPushPullTool:
• selectRectangleTool:
• selectRectangle3PointTool:
• selectRotateTool:
• selectScaleTool:
• selectSectionPlaneTool:
• selectTextTool:
• selectDimensionTool:
• selectExtrudeTool:
• selectSelectionTool:
• editUndo:
• editRedo:
• editHide:
• editUnhide:
• fixNonPlanarFaces: