[Plugin] [$] Artisan (1.2.3) - Feb 28, 2014

Whaat · 25 Mar 2011, 18:49

@rv1974 said:

@Whaat:
There must be some kind of 'shortcut override' mode- people use arrow keys extensevely for other tools shortcuts.The same with TAB by default it used to undo viewport operations. If I'm not mistaken Thomthom made it in vertex tools.
Another thing: After sculpting\finetuning on subsuface level I'd like my gizmo proxy to get updated but it doesn't happen.What I'm doing wrong?

Sorry, I didn't realize that the arrow keys would be used as short-cut keys. I thought people 'reserved' them for modifier keys 'inside' other tools (constraining axis movement for example). I will consider allowing overrides in a future update.

About your other question, if you are sculpting a subsurface, the updates do not proprogate back up to the proxy. I'm afraid it doesn't work that way.

Whaat · 25 Mar 2011, 18:53

@jclements said:

Dale:

It would sure be nice if you could finish the videos on your site for the remaining tools.

John

Hi John,

My day job has been killing me lately and I haven't had time to finish the tutorials. I am now hoping to have them all done by mid-April. I might have a new one out this weekend if all goes well.

My apologies for the delay.

JClements · 25 Mar 2011, 19:33

No problem Dale. I think a lot of us are getting killed by day jobs.

Phil Rader AIA · 26 Mar 2011, 02:27

@jclements said:

No problem Dale. I think a lot of us are getting killed by day jobs.

Having "a day job" is a good thing considering this economy.

JClements · 28 Mar 2011, 13:16

27 March 11

Hey Dale:

I see you have a new video on the basic Subdivide processes. Thanks!

Whaat · 28 Mar 2011, 18:38

@jclements said:

27 March 11

Hey Dale:

I see you have a new video on the basic Subdivide processes. Thanks!

Yes, here it is:
http://artisan4sketchup.com/category/documentation/

Make sure you subscribe to the tutorials on Youtube! More are coming!

JClements · 8 Apr 2011, 18:02

Hey Dale ... again:

I see you have added a couple more videos.

I found the creasing video particularly helpful.

Thanks!
John

samtsham · 10 Apr 2011, 21:30

Hello everyone,
I already posted this on the Artisan Support Forum six days ago, but I figure I've got better chances to get a response over here:

I really enjoy Artisan and bought it right away.
I ran into trouble, however. All the functions that get activated by "using the arrow keys" don't work. Unless the "arrow keys" are not the cursor keys with the arrows on them at the bottom right of my MacBook Pro keyboard, in which case I'd like to ask you to direct me to the correct keys, this makes several of Artisan's functions hard or impossible to use. I cannot sculpt "in", I can only add to the geometry, and the only option to subtract from it, apart from the inaccessible cursor control, which as of this moment does nothing, is typing "negative values +s" (-17s) in the VCB, (which I also have to use to change the radius). The convenient polarity switch by pressing both up and down arrow keys is also not available to me, leading to a lot of protracted typing, which really takes the fun out of sculpting. I also can't confine axes in Artisan, which works just fine in regular SU-use.

My specs:
MacBook Pro, 8GB RAM, Snow Leopard.
SketchUp 8.0.4810
Quite a number of essential plugins, amongst them LightUp, most of Fredo's, 1001bit, Soapskin and Bubble, Workplane Tools, Projections, Sketchy Physics and a couple more.
I use a German/Austrian keyboard layout, but I already tried switching it to English/American, to no avail.

Please advise. Thank you!
Regards, SAM from Vienna.

Whaat · 14 Apr 2011, 05:59

@samtsham said:

Hello everyone,
I already posted this on the Artisan Support Forum six days ago, but I figure I've got better chances to get a response over here:

I really enjoy Artisan and bought it right away.
I ran into trouble, however. All the functions that get activated by "using the arrow keys" don't work. Unless the "arrow keys" are not the cursor keys with the arrows on them at the bottom right of my MacBook Pro keyboard, in which case I'd like to ask you to direct me to the correct keys, this makes several of Artisan's functions hard or impossible to use. I cannot sculpt "in", I can only add to the geometry, and the only option to subtract from it, apart from the inaccessible cursor control, which as of this moment does nothing, is typing "negative values +s" (-17s) in the VCB, (which I also have to use to change the radius). The convenient polarity switch by pressing both up and down arrow keys is also not available to me, leading to a lot of protracted typing, which really takes the fun out of sculpting. I also can't confine axes in Artisan, which works just fine in regular SU-use.

My specs:
MacBook Pro, 8GB RAM, Snow Leopard.
SketchUp 8.0.4810
Quite a number of essential plugins, amongst them LightUp, most of Fredo's, 1001bit, Soapskin and Bubble, Workplane Tools, Projections, Sketchy Physics and a couple more.
I use a German/Austrian keyboard layout, but I already tried switching it to English/American, to no avail.

Please advise. Thank you!
Regards, SAM from Vienna.

Hi Sam,

This is indeed strange. You say you are using the same arrow keys for Artisan that you are using to confine the axes for regular SketchUp use?

Can I ask a question? You say you have other 3rd party plugins installed? Do any of them employ the use of the arrow keys? If so, do they work for you?

Thanks (sorry for the slow reply).

The contact form on the Artisan website is the quickest way to get support for Artisan.

deanlegg · 15 Apr 2011, 20:26

I've been trying the crease tool
If you look at the pic I want to keep the circled corners square, so I creased just the lines in the circle but it didnt work
Where have I gone wrong?

boofredlay · 15 Apr 2011, 20:27

Crease the corner, where the lines meet.

kwistenbiebel · 17 Apr 2011, 08:03

I bought it and love it. Thank you Whaat!

dedmin · 17 Apr 2011, 12:38

Why not!?

arthur87 · 17 Apr 2011, 14:28

downloaded Sculptris. It is much more advanced than artisan and moreover it's free . Wonder why artisan is $39

arthur87 · 17 Apr 2011, 14:29

@dedmin said:

Why not!?

of course artisan should be free..if a more advanced thing is for free then a basic version shouldn't come at a price...

dedmin · 17 Apr 2011, 14:37

Of course only the developer decides what should be free - We, the fellow users can only be grateful. But of course You can make better plugin than Artisan and give it to us for free

jason_maranto · 17 Apr 2011, 14:39

Enjoy it while you can, Sculptris won't be free very much longer -- oh, and the reason it is free is because it is a Beta.

BTW, you have no right to determine the value of somebody else's hard work -- if you think it should be free then make your own Artisian and release it for free... yeah, I didn't think so.

Best,
Jason.

AZPilot · 17 Apr 2011, 19:17

Correct me if I'm wrong but Isn't Artisan a plug-in for SU and Sculptris a stand alone program? If so we are talking about two different worlds.

johnsenior1973 · 17 Apr 2011, 19:58

@arthur87 said:

@dedmin said:

Why not!?

of course artisan should be free..if a more advanced thing is for free then a basic version shouldn't come at a price...

I know Sketchucation prides itself as a friendly place, but you can only push it so far.

Whaat · 17 Apr 2011, 22:38

@arthur87 said:

downloaded Sculptris. It is much more advanced than artisan and moreover it's free . Wonder why artisan is $39

Although this is a completely silly argument let me just say this:

A lot more work goes into commercial plugins than you realize. I have worked on Artisan for over two years (in my spare time), plus I continue to offer customer support via email, in addition to developing further documentation and detailed video tutorials. Commercial plugins undergo an extensive testing period to iron out as many bugs as possible in order to provide the best user experience possible. I hope to release free updates to fix any bugs that were not caught during testing and also maybe even add couple more features.

Sculptris is an amazing app that was created by a very talented programmer in six months. However, don't expect to get timely customer support from the developer (if any at all) or see any future updates. It's not likely to happen. I'm sure he had is reasons for offering it for free and one of them was probably that he would have had to spend about three times the effort on the app if he would have decided to sell it. I have released both free and commercial plugins, and let me tell you that it takes WAY more time and effort to release a commercial plugin due to the extra testing, polishing, and tweaking that goes into it. However, from the feedback I've received, I think most Artisan customers would tell you that it is worth that extra effort.