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    • JClementsJ Offline
      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
        last edited by

        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
            last edited by

            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
              last edited by

              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
                last edited by

                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
                  last edited by

                  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
                    last edited by

                    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
                      last edited by

                      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
                        last edited by

                        @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
                          last edited by

                          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
                            last edited by

                            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
                              last edited by

                              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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                                oecodesignator
                                last edited by

                                Hello Chris.

                                Applications? Last night, I was talking to our design manager and he was looking for a capability to add quickly in my landscape architecture model a twisted (literally, not the sicko type, hehe) building. I failed to get a copy of the script previously but read Catch Up had previously enough to know it could be done. I'm downloading the script and at the same time posting this to say, "Yes, UAE has been waiting for a script like this to keep the rapid-paced development moving. Cheers!"

                                and thanks.

                                Rico

                                @cphillips said:

                                Has anyone actually used this script for anything useful yet?

                                Chris

                                Ain't it a grrrreat day!

                                RICO

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                                • C Offline
                                  CPhillips
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks Rico!

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                                  • M Offline
                                    mikaztro
                                    last edited by

                                    Where can I download the latest FDD plugin. Thanks.

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                                    • GaieusG Offline
                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by

                                      See Chris' post when he updated the link:
                                      http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=60071#p60071

                                      Gai...

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                                        mikaztro
                                        last edited by

                                        @gaieus said:

                                        See Chris' post when he updated the link:
                                        http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=60071#p60071

                                        Thanks mate!
                                        😄

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                                          pav_3j
                                          last edited by

                                          this is brill, thank you so much

                                          pav

                                          Just won the 'Who is Least Competitive Championships' where trying to win will make you lose. Trying to lose makes you win which makes you lose. Not trying at all makes you lose which makes you win which makes you lose.

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                                            svetik
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks man-it is really inportant emproovement for SU. Google is too poor to do it 😃
                                            BUT! it does not work for my favorit 3D soft- AtLast Sketch Up 5 😢 Why?

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