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    • jeff hammondJ Offline
      jeff hammond
      last edited by

      David,
      Use the scale tool to compress it vertically.

      dotdotdot

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      • david_hD Offline
        david_h
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        oh well. . . there's one for the duh thread.

        Thx 😳

        If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          With version 0.2.0 you specify the height your self - either by using the cursor or entering a length in the VCB.

          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          • spenceS Offline
            spence
            last edited by

            thomthom, this is very cool. I can hardly believe you got this to work. I use this in Eon-Software's Vue and love it, now that it can be done on SU is incredible. VERY NICELY DONE!

            Spence

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            • david_hD Offline
              david_h
              last edited by

              Pretty cool little Plugin. thanks for the update. . .. makes it much easier for us idiots. πŸ’š


              penny 1.jpg


              penny2.jpg

              If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                thohan
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                Thank you for this great plugin. πŸ˜„
                I did a quick test with it on a picture of a friend of mine with minimal pre-processing (just making the background black) and placed it on a norwegian coin.
                I think with some more effort, one can achieve much better results.

                http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8434/smalltest.png

                It do however generate a mesh that is very big. I suppose merging the squares (?) which lie next to each other in the same height, would make it lighter?

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                • jamalitoJ Offline
                  jamalito
                  last edited by

                  wow wow wow
                  where have you been ? man
                  I looking for such as plug-in
                  thank you so so much thomthom
                  you helped me
                  because I have a lot pictures I want to do it

                  Albert Einstein:
                  ((I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.))

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    @thohan said:

                    It do however generate a mesh that is very big. I suppose merging the squares (?) which lie next to each other in the same height, would make it lighter?

                    Yea, it produces a very dense mesh - You can use my Cleanup script to remove edges between coplanar faces.

                    Nice coin by the way. πŸ˜„

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      marcomartim
                      last edited by

                      This plugin is great!

                      I use Sketchup with Phlatscript plugin to generate code G (2.5 D) to use on my CNC Router, lack a 3D plugin for editing G code on Sketchup.

                      For 3D and 4D, still use the Artcam,; Now with this plugin can create 3D models from photos, right in Sketchup.

                      Thank you.

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                        Christmended
                        last edited by

                        Thanks for the awesome plugin!

                        Here is a test result I did.


                        Heads screenshot.jpg

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
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                          Shaun, that almost looks like a lithophane. Cool.

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                            Heven7_floor
                            last edited by

                            Great Plug-in, thank your gift to make SU plugin to display the thing happen πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                              pichuneke
                              last edited by

                              The plugin works with bump mapping. I have no idea about what I am saying, but could it work with normal and displacement maps?

                              I have no idea about programming, except an unfinished Interactive Fiction game 5 years ago in the "popular" inform 6 language 😲 πŸ˜† πŸ˜†

                              Forgive my spanglish...

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @pichuneke said:

                                I have no idea about what I am saying, but could it work with normal and displacement maps?

                                Displacement maps are the same as bump maps - grayscale heightmaps. As for normal maps, I don't really know how they work...

                                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                  pichuneke
                                  last edited by

                                  @thomthom said:

                                  @pichuneke said:

                                  I have no idea about what I am saying, but could it work with normal and displacement maps?

                                  Displacement maps are the same as bump maps - grayscale heightmaps. As for normal maps, I don't really know how they work...

                                  I have found a lot about normal maps here:

                                  Google Search

                                  favicon

                                  (www.google.com)

                                  but it's written in chinese, or C++ ... πŸ˜† I don't know if it may interest you, I was spending my time a bit (as I don't understand a single word πŸ˜„ )

                                  Forgive my spanglish...

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                                  • arquitectomaracuchoA Offline
                                    arquitectomaracucho
                                    last edited by

                                    excuse my English, Greetings πŸ‘Š
                                    Thomtom greetings, very good tool for many functions πŸ‘ . be possible to add option mesh, giving a percentage between simple and complex mesh, thanks πŸ‘

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      @arquitectomaracucho said:

                                      be possible to add option mesh, giving a percentage between simple and complex mesh, thanks πŸ‘

                                      That would be simply resizing the bitmap down - which is much more efficient to do in your favourite image editor than via a Ruby plugin.

                                      Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                        Scott M
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                                        Just downloaded the plugin an gave it a try.I folowed the promp but nothing is showing up it is saying generating mesh but continues to thnink as if unresponsive.Is my system just too slow or am I doing something wrong. Could someone outline the process.The images you guys posted look great.I allso operate a cnc and would lke very much to use this plugin.

                                        https://www.youtube.com/user/ecabinetstips

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          What image are you feeding it?
                                          How large?
                                          If you keep the Ruby Console open, do you get error messages?

                                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                            Scott M
                                            last edited by

                                            @thomthom said:

                                            What image are you feeding it?
                                            How large?
                                            If you keep the Ruby Console open, do you get error messages?
                                            I am using a jepg emage that I exported as a bmp. emage. It is 395x640px.I set the width at 6 5/8" and typed in the depth at 1/8". The ruby console showes Bitmap to mesh.
                                            processing data took:4.6175s
                                            After a few min. console goes blank with a white screen and the curser turns to a hour glass. This is the way it stays.

                                            https://www.youtube.com/user/ecabinetstips

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