Just Released! Subdivide and Smooth

Whaat · 24 Apr 2008, 21:49

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 · 24 Apr 2008, 22:04

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 · 24 Apr 2008, 22:08

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 · 25 Apr 2008, 05:02

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 · 25 Apr 2008, 05:28

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 · 25 Apr 2008, 05:51

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

Note: edited to update link to slower playing animation.

chippwalters · 25 Apr 2008, 05:52

@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 · 25 Apr 2008, 07:27

@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 · 25 Apr 2008, 07:32

@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 · 25 Apr 2008, 07:43

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

chippwalters · 25 Apr 2008, 08:01

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 · 25 Apr 2008, 08:34

Turn off a layer would be easy

Pixero · 25 Apr 2008, 10:41

@jorgensen said:

Turn off a layer would be easy

I agree and hopefully it will be implemented.

krash88 · 25 Apr 2008, 12:48

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.

I've had no other problems so far and I see this one tool, in particular, speeding up my work considerably, if I can get it to work properly.

Thanks again and thanks for any help!

remus · 25 Apr 2008, 12:51

Krash, it should work if you go in to parallel projection mode.

jenujacob · 25 Apr 2008, 12:57

i think he was in parallel projection as shown in the first image....

remus · 25 Apr 2008, 12:59

I tried it in parallel projection and perspective and i could only replicate the problem in perspective

krash88 · 25 Apr 2008, 13:00

@remus said:

Krash, it should work if you go in to parallel projection mode.

That was in parallel projection mode...

remus · 25 Apr 2008, 13:11

My bad, where you in a specific view (top, bottom, left etc)? if notits worth trying that, as ive found that can also cause problems.

krash88 · 25 Apr 2008, 13:21

I've tried it every way that I can imagine; top, front, side, perspective, on every type of geometry; flat 2d, 3d cubes, etc. It always offsets the cut when I try to snap it to an endpoint. I hope this can be a quick fix(hopefully I'm just doing something wrong). My employer is, as well as myself, VERY impressed with what this script can do and I'm itching to finish my first model!