Just Released! Subdivide and Smooth

Whaat

Questions/Observations:

Earlier I believe there were some issues with The Sword(aka Zorro)
1a. Will it work properly in Parallel Projection mode?
1b. Is Zorro.rb now redundant and therefore should be removed from the plugins folder?
1c. I see The Sword does not effect geometry outside of a group nor will it register if drawn ON a group. That is a nice refinement.

Zorro will cause bugsplats when used on a proxy and is completely redundant. You should delete that Ruby.

@unknownuser said:

Does Subdivide have to the ability to save a copy of the original geometry (say to a hidden layer) prior to a Proxy being created?

No, you have to save a copy manually if you think it is required. I am not sure why this is necessary. The proxy IS the original geometry.

@unknownuser said:

Is there a way to temporarily hide the subdivided surfaces so that the "controlling" edges or interior surfaces of the proxy can be more easily selected (I'm thinking of the example in one of your videos where an interior plane was created which caused a "crease" in the middle of the subdivided planes).
The easiest method is to select the subdivided surface with the Outliner window and right click->hide

@unknownuser said:

Could there be a help button on the toolbar with options to view either the videos or to view any written documentation that may be available?
All present and future docs will be linked directly from the Smustard website.

@unknownuser said:

Is there any info about the smoothing icon/function?
See video tutorials

Thanks for purchasing!

Whaat

@unknownuser said:

Dang, SU must be updated to handle higher poly models. I keep on crashing SU with this plugin.

Any particular repeatable sequence of events that cause the crash? Maybe it's a bug with the script.

Whaat

@pixero said:

Is it possible to have the extrude tool select faces by hovering just like the push pull tool?

No, this is not possible. If you assign a shortcut key to the extrude tool, you can hover over a face and then press the shortcut key to extrude. It works well.

Thanks for purchasing!

Whaat

Coen has kindly opened a forum exclusively for support for 'Subdivide and Smooth'. Please direct your questions and comments there.

Please start a new topic for each independent question (and provide a detailed subject line...not just "Question" or "Help")

Thanks!

osx59

hello Whaat,

I bought script, but it does not function on my macbook 2,2 Ghz and 4Go fo mem !
on Sketchup Pro 6.0 (6.4.245)

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chippwalters

I tested it on my MacBook without issue. I used the free version of SU6. I did not use Smustard installer as I was a beta tester.

chippwalters

Here's another quick tute on creating a soft pillow in SketchUp using SubSmooth.

Note: edited to update link to slower playing animation.

chippwalters

@kwistenbiebel said:

Both the flash animations posted on this page seem to play at a really fast speed, making it impossible to follow what's going on. Is it just my PC, or is this intended? The speed prevents me from learning things about the plug.

I updated the pillow tutorial so it plays back at normal speed.
http://www.screencast.com/t/R49fSwlJge

kwistenbiebel

@jorgensen said:

Strange. If I have VRAY for SU loaded I can't use SubSmooth. The object simply turns black when I select "Subdivide and Smooth".....

Any ideas what can be the problem ?

Thanks
Jorgensen

Hi Jorgensen,
I haven't bought the wonderful plugin yet (a helpful hand on this forum will buy the plugin for me as I don't have a credit card) but you might want to check your Internet explorer settings.
If the plugin has web based panels (not sure though) the Vray plugin might screw things up at the level of your IE.
I had this problem with Skindigo earlier and a hard reset of the IE settings solved it ('advanced options').
Try it and if it won't work,maybe Whaat can be of assistance...

Cheers and I can't wait to try Subsmooth.

Kwistenbiebel

Pixero

@whaat said:

@pixero said:

Is it possible to have the extrude tool select faces by hovering just like the push pull tool?

No, this is not possible. If you assign a shortcut key to the extrude tool, you can hover over a face and then press the shortcut key to extrude. It works well.

Thanks for purchasing!

And what about hiding the proxy?

Jorgensen

It would be great if one could select the layer for the proxy in an dropdownmenu.

chippwalters

To hide the proxy, you can duplicate the proxy subGroup, then move it out of the group with the proxy. Then hide the proxy group and use the duplicated subGroup.

Jorgensen

Turn off a layer would be easy

Pixero

@jorgensen said:

Turn off a layer would be easy

I agree and hopefully it will be implemented.

krash88

Great script! I love the features, but I've had a problem with the knife tool. If I use it to snap to an endpoint, the resulting "cut" doesn't actually start at that endpoint. I think these images will explain what I mean.