[Plugin][$] Vertex Tools

thomthom · 20 Jul 2010, 20:24

hmm... a sort of brush... interesting idea...

xrok1 · 20 Jul 2010, 20:30

it would be like the smoove tool works when nothing is preselected.
also a weld tool would be nice too with distance setting like in MAX.

thomthom · 20 Jul 2010, 20:33

@xrok1 said:

also a weld tool would be nice too with distance setting like in MAX.

Yup! Already on my list.

... I should probably make a list of the features I am planning...

Other features are:
Jitter - randomly offset the vertices
Gizmos - Move,Rotate and Scale gizmos for better control

And some other stuff

xrok1 · 20 Jul 2010, 20:36

love the jitter idea. i already use the jitter ruby (modified a little ) to add a little age or just mellow out the CG look sometimes.

honoluludesktop · 20 Jul 2010, 21:57

Wow, it that a mesh, or linked surfaces?

thomthom · 20 Jul 2010, 21:58

@honoluludesktop said:

Wow, it that a mesh, or linked surfaces?

What is?

honoluludesktop · 20 Jul 2010, 22:01

The plane, or cylinder, etc. Hmm..... maybe I don't know how to ask my question. If still unclear, attached is a sample. Can I change its shape? What happens to the textures? Btw, thats a very slick menu.

Temp00.skp

thomthom · 20 Jul 2010, 22:27

@honoluludesktop said:

If still unclear, attached is a sample. Can I change its shape?

Yes - here's your model after I selected a part of it, with soft selection and moved it. Looks like the wind pushes the curtains.

As for the UV mapping, that will unfortunately be messed up - as normally happens in SketchUp when you modify UV mapped geometry.
However, this is another feature I am looking into. If I can get it working I will probably also make a standalone "preserve UV mapping" plugin.

I hope that answered your question?

thomthom · 20 Jul 2010, 22:30

Btw, here is your sample file after I modified it. The UV mapping didn't seem to bad.

Temp00_TT.skp

honoluludesktop · 20 Jul 2010, 22:35

Thanks, where were you when I needed it the texture was a SU floor covering that I scaled and changed the color of.

thomthom · 20 Jul 2010, 22:37

Coding into the night

shura · 20 Jul 2010, 23:32

Woohoo! Thomas, this is a fantastic modelling tool! I feel so lucky watching this wonderful software growing in your hands. Gizmo control? how cool is THAT?
btw, nice to hear your voice again
best
alex

xrok1 · 21 Jul 2010, 00:38

Thom, what address do you send your email from? maybe the domain name is in my blocked sender list for some reason. i still havn't recieved.

honoluludesktop · 21 Jul 2010, 00:52

Thom, How difficult would it be to use portions of your algorithm to redraw a selected mesh with 50% less faces? We could use a simple plugin to do this. I have a pair of shoes I like to include in my scenes to be rendered that have more faces then the model itself. If I could select the mesh that I needed reduced, even if the change is by every other vertex, I could reduce the mesh to something manageable.