[Plugin] Greeble 2 released! (Updated August 31st, 2009)

Chris Fullmer

Hey, that looks great! I don't know much about shaders, but the image sure looks good. Glad I could help,

Chris

bugmcw

hey guys! i've tried searching and can't find it..... was there ever a plugin that randomly divides a face?

There is one on the web that says it is in production (but that was updated August '08)

Thanks in advance!

pilou

Hihi
I believe that is Protrude
The competitor of this one

Chris Fullmer

@unknownuser said:

The competitor of this one

Sheesh!, get me in trouble with Jim!

Actually, you'd probably have to say my script is a competitor of protrude, since I wrote mine long after Jim wrote his (and Tig wrote his and Didier had written his ) For me it was just a great script to write to help me learn how to write scripts. Its largely inferior to Jims.

Plus I know Jim had been working on a true greeble with little greebles added to all protruded faces. I want him to finish that one!

pilou

But Zorro2 by Whaat is cool too and give you more control
And works also for a 3D object!

@Chris

@unknownuser said:

Its largely inferior to Jims.

(yes Protrude has just the Button to press between each generation

bugmcw

well i had protrude already (go figure)

but when i press 'divide' on a rectangular face it does nothing.... any ideas?

pilou

You must select face or object not grouped first!
Except that no idea

bugmcw

hahah fortunately for me i got THAT far.... i select the face and just click away an nothing happens, maybe i will try to re-download it

[edit] redownloaded and reinstalled with same issue as before.... this is too weird... i can select rectangle, then choose Protrude... the dialogue box pops up, i hit divide and nothing.... weird...

Jim

@bugmcw said:

hahah fortunately for me i got THAT far.... i select the face and just click away an nothing happens, maybe i will try to re-download it

[edit] redownloaded and reinstalled with same issue as before.... this is too weird... i can select rectangle, then choose Protrude... the dialogue box pops up, i hit divide and nothing.... weird...

It's my fault - it doesn't work on a Mac and I don't have a Mac to try it on. I'm sure I could get it to work. Anyone want to buy me a Mac?

xrok1

i'll model you one if that helps.

bugmcw

haha i wont buy you one Jim, but youre more than welcome to test on mine! let me know if i can help!

pilou

So goto the Protrude thread and ask your problem !
Maybe it's because you have a Mac

Damned crossing post

Chris Fullmer

Ressurecting the dead - or at leas the long forgotten!

But I've updated this script, and its a big enough update that I thought I'd post and let people know. Two main things are that it now works inside of groups and components and does not cause bug splats! (that was a big bug I never noticed until about 3 weeks ago, oops!). Also, the script remembers your settings between uses (but not between SketchUp sessions).

So if you have an old copy (include clf_greeble.rb or an old clf_greeble2.rb) please delete them and install this one.

UPDATE August 31, 2009
2.20:: 2009-08-31

Fixed a MAJOR bug that would cuase SketchUp to crash when greeble was used inside a group or component. So yes, you can now safely use Greeble inside a group or component!
Changed some code that should theoretically speed things up ever so slightly....frankly I don't think it helped.
Changed some code to make it run smarter, skip certain methods if they were not being executed.
Fixed some code that could cause problems when faces would overlap.
2.21:: 2009-08-31
Now user input settings are rembered between script uses.

Download
This script is hosted at http://www.smustard.com/script/Greeble2

Chris

skkor9y

hi,CHRIS your tools are doin magic.
though my heart was shrunk when two of yr tools didnt worked ...
but yr solution(to PIBUZ),of updating component spray worked...
once again thanx..to u and also pibuz

roytchaikowsky

This thread cannot be in page 11 man

Chris Fullmer

Ummm, what?

Gaieus

It was probably sunken to page 11 of the Ruby Forum. He must have been surprised how that comes although this is such a great plugin

Roy, there IS a reason; this forum is quite active and not only due to the published plugins but also to the technical discussions between the scripters.

Here is a better (cleaner) list of the plugins published on this forum so far (not totally proof though)
http://forums.sketchucation.com/search.php?keywords=Plugin&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=titleonly&sr=topics&sk=s&sd=a&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

Note that this list spans over 21 pages itself so something inevitably must be below page 10.

jhearcht

SketchUp 6.4.265 on Windows XP

As a newbie, apparently I'm missing something that a more experienced modeler would take for granted.

I downloaded Greeble 2, along with Progress Bar and Offset. Put them in the Plug-ins folder. After a re-start, "Chris Fullmer Tools" appears in Plug-ins menu.

I select a grouped rectangular box with Juniper vegetation texture. I want to add some roughness to the surface. So I select the Greeble tool and enter some numbers. After clicking OK, nothing happens. I also trying selecting just one surface, but no go.

I was assuming the tool would draw a 2D grid with my +/- dimensions, then pull each piece up to a random height. If I could get some kind of response, I could then play with the numbers to get the look I want : pointy pyramids may do the trick.

Do I need to draw a grid before selecting the tool? Is there an auto grid tool? Should I greeble one face at a time? What do I need to do before invoking the Greeble tool?

Thanks for covering my ignorance with your intelligence.

Chris Fullmer

Hi jhearcht, it should work. But it does require a grid be drawn first. It will extrude each face, so if you just have one large face, it can extrude that face only. If you have a thousand faces, it then extrudes all those faces.

As a note, this plugin is apparently broken with SketchUp version 8.0 for now. I need to look into a fix for it. (but it should be working with version 6.x like you have).

You could upload your model and I'll see if I can play with it and see if there is some odd error if that would help,

Chris

pilou

Funny I just reply there