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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      Kus,

      What folder did you download? (I.e. how could we know what you have the problem with)?

      Gai...

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      • K Offline
        Kus
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        o sorry... downloaded in: Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/ Sketchup/Materials

        I am on a Mac...

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          But what did you download? GTX is not an image format nor a sketchup material format.

          Gai...

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          • K Offline
            Kus
            last edited by

            I downloaded it from here http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/packs/download.htm

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              OK, that's for Genetica - a texture generator software. There is a free viewer for it (where you can load these textures and export "usable" formats).

              Cool app, BTW - and the "real" product, the editor is worth every penny.

              Gai...

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              • K Offline
                Kus
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                ok... i have the textures... now I would only need some vegetation on it... how do I do that??... the main problem is that nothing doesn't "fit"

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
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                  I think the best would be to download some vegetation (like ivy) images with transparent background and place them onto a billboard face in front of the capital. This would also make sure that it looks realistic (the leaves are a bit farther from the capital instead of being "painted" on it)

                  Gai...

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                  • K Offline
                    Kus
                    last edited by

                    Great now I am done with that thx!!... but for the same project I would like to make some drawings on a sphere. I downloaded the Surface Tool but when I start up SU this comes up

                    no such file to load -- /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/BZ_Dir_12/bezierspline_main.rbError Loading File bezierspline.rb
                    no such file to load -- /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/BZ_Dir_12/bezierspline_main.rb
                    

                    I downloaded the plugin into /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins; and I didn't change the name of the folder, but it is named: ToolsOnSurface_131-1

                    what should I do??

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
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                      Obviously something is missing from Fredo's plugins (or someother plugin that would be needed). You'd better post this in the Ruby forum because the folks there may know what to do.

                      Gai...

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        Hm. The image doesn't want to load - I can't really compare. Why don't you attach it to the post instead?

                        Gai...

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                        • K Offline
                          Kus
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                          OK... I didn't get it working... so I decided to go another way... Here You see a picture that I have made (the finished project must be clean). But when I compare my birds to the 1 on the picture bellow they are pretty different. How can I make them more alike? The main problem are the visible edges.

                          20090416001300_12s.png

                          poljane-logotip-rumen.JPG


                          poljanci.skp

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                          • K Offline
                            Kus
                            last edited by

                            i did that... hope that it is fixed

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                            • GaieusG Offline
                              Gaieus
                              last edited by

                              Now this is definitely a question of the segmentation of curves. With more segments, your design would be much more "smooth" and similar to that of the image.

                              I saw you post your question in the ruby forum (hope someone will answer - I don't have that plugin currently installed). What exactly did you try to achieve with it?

                              Gai...

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                              • K Offline
                                Kus
                                last edited by

                                well I wanted to make a school-boy smilie, that would fit in to the context that I need to fill... well I went with the school logo but I don't know how to make it smoother... I heard of CAD importing, but I don't know how...

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                                  Kus
                                  last edited by

                                  i guess that I need to import a dwg image... but how to I make a jpg file a dwg one??

                                  http://www.gimnazija-poljane.com/P/LogoGimp.png?pic=5

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                                  • GaieusG Offline
                                    Gaieus
                                    last edited by

                                    You can either use software that "converts" raster images to vector images (Google some and find out which suites you) or use curves (arcs, beziers etc.) with higher line segments than what you are currently using when tracing around your image.

                                    Gai...

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
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                                      @kus said:

                                      i guess that I need to import a dwg image... but how to I make a jpg file a dwg one??

                                      http://www.gimnazija-poljane.com/P/LogoGimp.png?pic=5

                                      wintopo free did this quickly - you'll see it's all 'steppy' because of the raster pixels becoming lines... You could quickly redraw over it to improve it before importing to SUp...Image of DWG convertionImage of DWG imported into SKP pushpulledDWG inside zip fileSKP with DWG imported

                                      TIG

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                                      • K Offline
                                        Kus
                                        last edited by

                                        great... it looks great from far... but up close you can see the "steppyness"... I am on a mac... can't find a program that can open dwg files... can some1 tell me if there is a free 1??

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
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                                          @kus said:

                                          great... it looks great from far... but up close you can see the "steppyness"... I am on a mac... can't find a program that can open dwg files... can some1 tell me if there is a free 1??

                                          A Mac limits you a bit, but try this site http://www.lemkesoft.com/lemkesoft.html
                                          If you are on a budget this site has 'free' shareware ($30/35 each) (I think with unlimited use - it's up to you to be honest) for 2d-CAD and Image manipulation - including GraphicConverter which can change virtually any raster-image into many other raster-formats and also vectorize them too... I think that CADintosh only exports as DXF [that can be used in SUp], but it can import other file formats that you can first vectorize from raster-images with GraphicConverter [like HPGL and PICT]... If you have a DWG you can always import a DWG into SUp, and if the 2d drawing is too intense with that then export it as JPG or DXF into GCon' or CADin' etc...

                                          TIG

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                                          • K Offline
                                            Kus
                                            last edited by

                                            well I have downloaded the GraphicConverter but don't know how to change it to be able to change in SU...

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