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    • Al HartA Offline
      Al Hart
      last edited by

      There is a new version 0 see New Version.

      I started a new thread for it. I'm not sure why???

      Al Hart

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        firestrike
        last edited by

        Hi, this could be a really stupid question, but where are the tree images saved?. I originally found them here

        : C:\Users\chris\appdata\Local\Temp\RPS_TreeMaker_Images

        but now it doesnt seem to be saving any new tree images their.

        thanks for your help and thanks for a great program.

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        • Al HartA Offline
          Al Hart
          last edited by

          @firestrike said:

          Hi, this could be a really stupid question, but where are the tree images saved?. I originally found them here

          : C:\Users\chris\appdata\Local\Temp\RPS_TreeMaker_Images

          but now it doesnt seem to be saving any new tree images their.

          thanks for your help and thanks for a great program.

          After placing the tree in SketchUp, load the SketchUp Materials Window, select 'In Model', select the image of the tree, and then select the 'Browse' button to the right of the tree name. It will start browsing in the same folder as the image.

          The images to not stay there long. However, to the right of the browse button (in SU 7) there is an "Edit Image" button which will load the image from the material itself into an editor - and then you can save the image somewhere.

          Al Hart

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            6284732
            last edited by

            oh i can not understand

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            • Al HartA Offline
              Al Hart
              last edited by

              @6284732 said:

              oh i can not understand

              After creating a tree and placing it in SketchUp, click Window/Materials.

              tree-texture1.jpg

              When the SketchUp Material Window comes up;

              • select the "In Model" icon
              • select the material for the tree, and
              • select the Edit tab

              tree-texture2.jpg

              From the Edit tab:

              Select the "Edit texture in an external editor" icon, which will load a photo or image editor program.

              In the image editor, go to File/Save As.

              In the Save As dialog, use the drop down to the right of the folder name to get the complete path of the folder.

              Al Hart

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              IRender nXt from Render Plus

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              • A Offline
                AcesHigh
                last edited by

                Al, do you think its possible to create Paraná Pines (a type of Araucaria tree that is very common in my area) in RPTreeMaker?

                http://bp3.blogger.com/_O_hPd8k6LR8/SGRNVWLcQwI/AAAAAAAAAUE/Inz_iEW0ynY/s320/300px-Pinheiros2.jpg

                http://farm1.static.flickr.com/120/368871093_b8bb64e677.jpg

                http://image59.webshots.com/159/5/5/59/2467505590073484453RAYfki_fs.jpg

                http://lh5.ggpht.com/_cFWifFMbEJA/Rn7Kk2w7m7I/AAAAAAAACAQ/I_dbhCSox_U/s640/Dsc01430.jpg

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                • Chris FullmerC Offline
                  Chris Fullmer
                  last edited by

                  (off topic) I spent some time in Itajuba (em Minas Gerais) and Campos do Jordao and there are lots of the parana arucaria there. Absoultely some of the most amazing trees I've ever seen! They are HUGE. Good request Aces,

                  Chris

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                  • Al HartA Offline
                    Al Hart
                    last edited by

                    @aceshigh said:

                    Al, do you think its possible to create Paraná Pines (a type of Araucaria tree that is very common in my area) in RPTreeMaker?

                    I pass this on to Roy, who wrote RpTreeMaker, and see if he has any ideas.

                    Can you get something similar by overlapping two trees - one for the top branches, and one for the lower branches?

                    Al Hart

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                    • ToboboT Offline
                      Tobobo
                      last edited by

                      Al,

                      If you look at the images below there is something weird happening around the edges of the trees/shrubs. Is this because I chose the medium quality processing?

                      View 7.jpg

                      View 7 (1).jpg

                      View 7 (2).jpg

                      Thanks

                      Toby

                      Philippians 4:13

                      I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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                      • Al HartA Offline
                        Al Hart
                        last edited by

                        @tobobo said:

                        Al,

                        If you look at the images below there is something weird happening around the edges of the trees/shrubs. Is this because I chose the medium quality processing?

                        Thanks

                        This is caused by the partial transparency at the edge of the tree image.

                        I will take a look at it.

                        Higher resolution images will make it less noticeable, but will not eliminate it.

                        Al Hart

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                        IRender nXt from Render Plus

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                        • ToboboT Offline
                          Tobobo
                          last edited by

                          Thanks Al

                          Toby

                          Philippians 4:13

                          I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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                            juju
                            last edited by

                            @al hart said:

                            @tobobo said:

                            Al,

                            If you look at the images below there is something weird happening around the edges of the trees/shrubs. Is this because I chose the medium quality processing?

                            Thanks

                            This is caused by the partial transparency at the edge of the tree image.

                            I will take a look at it.

                            Higher resolution images will make it less noticeable, but will not eliminate it.

                            Just following up on this Al, any feedback?

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                              RogerB
                              last edited by

                              Remove the edges around the trees by setting transparency quality to nicer under styles>edit>faces.

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                              • Al HartA Offline
                                Al Hart
                                last edited by

                                @rogerb said:

                                Remove the edges around the trees by setting transparency quality to nicer under styles>edit>faces.

                                Wow! What a great trick to know.

                                Let me know if it works.

                                Al

                                Al Hart

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                                • EarthMoverE Offline
                                  EarthMover
                                  last edited by

                                  I never knew that either. It works like a charm...thanks for the tip Roger.

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                                    smokinbakin
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks a lot Al 👍

                                    "Set your goals low, and hope you don't get lower"

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                                    • ToboboT Offline
                                      Tobobo
                                      last edited by

                                      @rogerb said:

                                      Remove the edges around the trees by setting transparency quality to nicer under styles>edit>faces.

                                      Thanks Roger!

                                      Toby

                                      Philippians 4:13

                                      I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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                                      • R Offline
                                        RogerB
                                        last edited by

                                        Glad you found it useful. I have always believed this was common knowledge. I noticed the same problem way back when this plugin was released but I did not see it mentioned anywhere, so I thought there must be something I am doing wrong. After some googling I found this setting mentioned somewhere on the web.

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                                          phrimagination
                                          last edited by

                                          Hello Everybody, hello Al

                                          I am new in Sketchucation...
                                          I am a long time user of sketchup since v2 from france but never tried ruby plug before. But since I red Daniel Tal book Google sketchup for Site Design I am very in trying plug in where I learned about amazing and powerfull Fred tools and more. I went to Sketchucation to download extensions plug in, I would to thank Gaius to help me to register.

                                          I loaded fractal Tree Maker it is a very nice and useful tools. For me it works on my laptop a Dell Inspirion 1720 with vista, but I did not succeed to make it work on my old desktop a gateway GT 5220 with XP pro. Here the message.
                                          Error Loading File RpTreeMaker_loader.rb
                                          126: The specified module could not be found. - H:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/Win32API.so

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                                          • GaieusG Offline
                                            Gaieus
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi Phan - glad you made it finally.

                                            Now as for the error - it doesn't seem to do anything with the plugin but there's some problem with your XP I guess.

                                            Gai...

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