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    • C Offline
      CPhillips
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      @daniel s said:

      Thank you Chris!!! 😄 😄 It´s fantastic!!!

      A bug... the 2x2 FFD or 3x3FFD is not working:
      Error: #<ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments(2 for 3)>
      C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SketchyFFD.rb:13:in startFFD' C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SketchyFFD.rb:13 C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SketchyFFD.rb:13:in call'

      Daniel S

      Ooops. Fixed now.

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        CPhillips
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        @remus said:

        Hey chris, would it be possible to incorporate a subdivision element in to FFD? i reckon itd be really useful to be able to subdivide geometry before using FD, as you often dont get good results otherwise.

        No pressure though, im sure i cna manage using whaats subd for the moment 😛

        Alright. Now when you do a NxN there is an option to subdivide.

        See first post for download link.

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          kwistenbiebel
          last edited by

          Chris,
          You're Da Man! 😎
          Kudos! 👍

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            CPhillips
            last edited by

            Updated with another bug fix.

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              Daniel S
              last edited by

              The new added option to subdivide the mesh when doing a NxN deformation it´s amazing! 😍 😍
              Only this feature can be a standalone plugin by itself 😍

              Thank you,
              Daniel S


              Subdivide mesh.jpg

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                CadFather
                last edited by

                THIS IS INSANE! 😍

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                  REGIS
                  last edited by

                  Thanks Cphilllips.
                  Your pluggin is excellent.
                  I agree with Daniel S for a standalone plufin who can do that subdivide plugin request
                  subdivid plugin request

                  I would like to have the option to subdivide a loop in sketchup, really it'll be very cool.

                  Thanks a lot for your hardwork

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                    JClements
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                    Interesting results by subdividing the top surface of the cylinder first before apply FFD. I was surprised that a convcave cone was not formed; however, the "symetrical wavey pattern" is nice. I'm not sure why the one surface/facet of the cyliner got flipped.

                    FFD.jpg

                    ********* One minor enhancement might be to the name the FFD point group automatically, for instance "FFD Point Group". This could help in selecting the FFD group via the Outliner.

                    Thanks for the great work Chris. You script has evolved nicely.

                    Regards, John

                    John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                      REGIS
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                      Hi Jclements

                      The question : Where can I find the Dale Martin's plugin "subivide selection" ❓
                      I've made a google search and no result.

                      Thanks a lot

                      Regards

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                        remus
                        last edited by

                        Regis, youll need to download the wole subdiide and smooth plugin from smustard. Te subdiide selection is part of this plugin.

                        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                          REGIS
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                          Thanks remus

                          I understand : Whaat is Dale Marten.
                          I know this plugin and perhaps it's the best plugin with FFD i've never seen before.
                          Unfortunately I've no cash to buy it at the moment.

                          Perhaps Cphillips can make a subdivide plugin if he wants.

                          Regards

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                            remus
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                            There is a subdivide aspect to the current version of FFD, although it differs from whaats subd, it probably doesn't make much/any difference when your using it for FFD stuff, though.

                            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                              REGIS
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                              Yes remus, I had made a try but the result isn't what I want to have, see the skp file attached some post before.
                              I don't know the result of whaat's subdivide plugin.

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                                remus
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                                Heres what i got after putting a similar shape through whaats subd:

                                http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/2481919278_dee1dbabc3_o.jpg

                                not very good either really, i did get better results on more regular shapes, though.

                                http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                  CPhillips
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                                  Regis, I wouldn't know how to do that. Its different from the very simple subdivision I do here.

                                  I don't want to confuse this with Whaats cool plugin. Ill probably rename it something like "Dice"

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                                    REGIS
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                                    OK CPhillips

                                    Is there a way to have a subdive face like the subdivide tool native sketchup (for a straight line) without to have to subdivide two lines and draw lines to create new faces. ❓
                                    Perhaps we can create a new topic to discuss that ❓

                                    regards

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                                      CPhillips
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                                      @regis said:

                                      OK CPhillips

                                      Is there a way to have a subdive face like the subdivide tool native sketchup (for a straight line) without to have to subdivide two lines and draw lines to create new faces. ❓
                                      Perhaps we can create a new topic to discuss that ❓

                                      regards

                                      I don't really know anything about subdividing faces. This just slices the mesh.

                                      Doesn't Whaats plugin do what you describe?

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                                        remus
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                                        From my very cursory experiments, it seems whaats version of subd does what regis describes, but also subdivides the geometry between the vertices.

                                        http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/2485814152_4a6396b354_o.jpg

                                        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                          REGIS
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                                          On simple shapes it's ok but on more complex it's not the same.
                                          It seems to do triangulate faces on coplanar quadrangulate faces

                                          FFD subdivide option is great on cube with square angle because he cuts the cube on RGB axes.
                                          For those how know blender there is an option in the k key : select a face an select loop cut.
                                          I would like to have the same option in sketchup.

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                                            justry
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                                            What Dale's plugin does is called a catmull-clark subdivision. Google it and you'll find lots of pages explaining the algorithm. It's not that hard to understand once you've went through it a couple of times.

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