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    • unclebimU Offline
      unclebim
      last edited by

      I really like the plugin and intend to purchase it. I have tested the texturing which is great but I noticed that when loaded Artisan blocks SketchUp's Texture submenu options - Position, Reset Position, Projected, Edit Texture Image. If I want to use these options, I have to disable Artisan via Preferences dialog and restart SketchUp. Is that ok and am I missing something or is it a bug?

      Regards

      Serafim

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        @unclebim said:

        I really like the plugin and intend to purchase it. I have tested the texturing which is great but I noticed that when loaded Artisan blocks SketchUp's Texture submenu options - Position, Reset Position, Projected, Edit Texture Image. If I want to use these options, I have to disable Artisan via Preferences dialog and restart SketchUp. Is that ok and am I missing something or is it a bug?

        Regards

        Serafim

        Sounds like the old menu-grey-out problem.
        Do you have any Fredo plugins installed? If so, have you updated them all?
        Do you have a very large number of plugins installed?

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

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          Texture context-menu is OK with Artisan for me...
          Are there any other context-menu items missing/grayed-out ?
          If so this is a known issue from having too many 'commands' loading - there are fixes updates / available, and a script by AlexM to optimize if not eliminate the issue http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=252413#p252413

          TIG

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          • unclebimU Offline
            unclebim
            last edited by

            Thank you thomthom and TIG, I have Fredo's plugins and all my plugins are updated. I have indeed too much of them loaded so I shall try to resolve that. I also have some component related items graying out like Explode, which happens with Tgi3D loaded. I have to cleanup the pligins obviously.

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            • G Offline
              gulcanocali
              last edited by

              Hi unclebim,

              @unclebim said:

              I also have some component related items graying out like Explode, which happens with Tgi3D loaded. I have to cleanup the pligins obviously.

              Could you please give us more details about the problem you mention when Tgi3D is loaded? You can also write to our Support team from our website.

              We have not observed such behaviour ourselves. Could you please uninstall Tgi3D only and see if the problem goes away? We would appreciate your feedback so that we can resolve the issue, if any, quickly.

              Gulcan Ocali
              Product Manager
              http://www.Tgi3D.com

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              • unclebimU Offline
                unclebim
                last edited by

                Thank you all, I have managed to get both Artisan and Tgi3D working without graying out context menu items, I have installed the Alex M script that TIG pointed to and deleted two dozens of files from the Plugins folder. So there is no problem with Artisan or Tgi3D.

                Regards

                Serafim

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                • M Offline
                  muddpuddle
                  last edited by

                  Just ordered! 😄

                  Artisan is a great addition to Sketchup.
                  Thanks!

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                  • L Offline
                    Lobster
                    last edited by

                    Congratulations on releasing this plugin! I can't imagine how much dedication was required.
                    Thanks for providing an upgrade for what seems like a totally different kettle of fish, and it is good to get an evaluation period. Six days left and a bit of work to do.....artisan evaluation resize.png

                    will be signing up as soon as my latest work cheque clears.

                    Regards

                    Sam

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                    • Gus RG Offline
                      Gus R
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                      Dale,

                      Great plugin and the upgrade price from SDS was very economical.

                      I have a slight problem though which I hope I can describe. I make a proxy from a group and then copy the component for use in another part of the model. Everything's fine and when I update the proxy with higher iterations the component off to the side updates accordingly. However, when I close SU and then return to the skp and update that same proxy the component shoots off to one side and can sometimes be mirrored or even up or down along the z axis.

                      Am I doing something wrong and/or has this been touched upon anywhere in Sketchucation?

                      Anyone else encounter this or has an answer would be appreciated.

                      Thx.

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                        museummaker
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                        https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_Mbz1E6DAT2U/TXvt2xxDMGI/AAAAAAAAFEM/suLDClJQk3I/s912/head-1.jpg

                        Amazing plug in, my trial is almost over but will definitely buy this one, it is so much fun and really calls up a different level of creativity-- like having SU on steroids.

                        THANK YOU!

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
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                          Patrick, where will that cool thing fit on your street of house? Are you going to put in on the front lawn? 😄

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                            museummaker
                            last edited by

                            @dave r said:

                            Patrick, where will that cool thing fit on your street of house? Are you going to put in on the front lawn? 😄

                            I guess it could but you got me thinking. Baking some foolishness now. 😕

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                            • Dave RD Offline
                              Dave R
                              last edited by

                              Let me know when it's finished. 😄

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                                Whaat
                                last edited by

                                @gus r said:

                                Dale,

                                Great plugin and the upgrade price from SDS was very economical.

                                I have a slight problem though which I hope I can describe. I make a proxy from a group and then copy the component for use in another part of the model. Everything's fine and when I update the proxy with higher iterations the component off to the side updates accordingly. However, when I close SU and then return to the skp and update that same proxy the component shoots off to one side and can sometimes be mirrored or even up or down along the z axis.

                                Am I doing something wrong and/or has this been touched upon anywhere in Sketchucation?

                                Anyone else encounter this or has an answer would be appreciated.

                                Thx.

                                That's weird. I'll have to test it out. Thanks for the report!

                                SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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                                • Gus RG Offline
                                  Gus R
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                                  @whaat said:

                                  That's weird. I'll have to test it out. Thanks for the report!

                                  Hi Dale. It happens when you put them in a group. Try an experiment with the attached skp.

                                  1. Update the iterations for the proxies in the foreground and as you can see the components in the background update accordingly.

                                  2. Group the components in the background and go back to changing the iterations with the proxies and the components continue to update accordingly.

                                  3. Save this file with the grouped components with a different name such as "aritsan test 02.skp".

                                  4. Start a new SketchUp file or close SketchUp.

                                  5. Open "aritsan test 02.skp" and now when you update the iterations on the proxies the components will flip to a different location.

                                  This happens when I either group or create a component.

                                  artisan test 01.skp

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                                  • charly2008C Offline
                                    charly2008
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi,

                                    I have not yet worked with Artisan. But I find the best free alternative to generate organic forms is Sculptris and Sketchup. As far as I can judge the demonstrations is all this possible also with Sculptris. Comments are welcome, maybe I'm wrong.

                                    Charly


                                    Object imported from Sketchup to Sculptris


                                    Changed with Sculptris.


                                    Object reimported into Sketchup

                                    He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      About Sculptris & Su see this thread By Simon le Bon 😉

                                      Frenchy Pilou
                                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                      My Little site :)

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                                      • L Offline
                                        laucity0513
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi,

                                        I know this is strange but I don't know why.

                                        I have installed this tool (15 days trial) and when I was trying to use the subdivide and smooth tool, it failed.

                                        There is no Iterations to be set and the geometry doesn't turn into mesh like what shown in video.

                                        Any idea? Thanks!

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                                        • W Offline
                                          Whaat
                                          last edited by

                                          @laucity0513 said:

                                          Hi,

                                          I know this is strange but I don't know why.

                                          I have installed this tool (15 days trial) and when I was trying to use the subdivide and smooth tool, it failed.

                                          There is no Iterations to be set and the geometry doesn't turn into mesh like what shown in video.

                                          Any idea? Thanks!

                                          Make sure you are either first selecting faces or are selecting a group or component that contains faces (not nested groups and components)

                                          Also, please check for error messages in the Ruby Console (Window->Ruby Console)

                                          Thanks!

                                          SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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                                            Whaat
                                            last edited by

                                            @charly2008 said:

                                            Hi,

                                            I have not yet worked with Artisan. But I find the best free alternative to generate organic forms is Sculptris and Sketchup. As far as I can judge the demonstrations is all this possible also with Sculptris. Comments are welcome, maybe I'm wrong.

                                            Charly

                                            Sculptris is a great program but like any external app, you can quickly run into workflow problems if you need to make changes to the geometry after you have already imported it into SketchUp. It is always nice to keep everything in the same application.

                                            Also, I don't think Sculptris is tailored very well to landscape and terrain modeling (I could be wrong). Artisan really excels at this. How would you even do this with Sculptris? For example, when modeling a real-world scene you need to have all of your references (site plan, surrounding buildings, scenery) visible to provide context as you are modeling

                                            Artisan also has many other tools besides sculpting that are awesome to finally have inside SketchUp (Soft selection, vertex editing, make planar, subdivision surfaces, paint brush, selection brush)

                                            Why not give a try for free and see what you think?

                                            SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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