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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      Hi Pierre and indeed it seems to be a very exciting project. πŸ‘

      I've been making ivy with the fur plugin so far but a more straightforward and "real" ivy generator would be much better of course!

      Any chance to attaching the file straight to the first post though? Some member have issues with this, others with that file hosting services (some are not accessible in certain countries) etc.

      (Surely I cannot tella script author where to host his plugin - just suggestions for easier use)

      Gai...

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        tomislavm
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        Thank You!

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        • Alan FraserA Offline
          Alan Fraser
          last edited by

          Very interesting start. Just to get the coder's cog wheel whirring; you realise of course that a random growth generator has implications way beyond just ivy? Especially if it has a GUI that allows you to control variables like the upper limit of vector change, the amount of branching and taper, number of segments per limb etc.
          Obviously, Follow Me won't follow a branching path...but there is a Max plugin called Branches that generates a single, random, tapering limb. What you then do is click on a joint higher up; and it shoots off another branch, taking the overall scale of this offshoot to be based on the now (reduced) diameter of the original limb at that point. Now that would be really something. πŸ˜‰

          [Edit} 20 minutes, 1 cup of coffee and 1 V-Ray render later. This is a very useful plugin, even in it's early stages.ivy.jpg


          tree.skp


          tree_thumb.jpg

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            Pierreden
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            Wow. Thanks for all the replies!

            @Gaieus: Of course. But is it possible to attach a rar file directly to the post?

            @Alan: Yes. That seems brilliant! (one day πŸ˜‰ It really seems like this Ivy algorithm has a lot of potential (way beyond ivy). And in regards to what you said about gui, this is what i have in mind.It is scene-aware and quite easy to customize. Last night I rewrote a chunk of it , added an external force (wind, comming from the sun) and tried to make it a bit more aware of the scene. After some tweaking it realy looks like a good Fur plugin - (screenshots below). I guess it wouldnt be too hard to make it in to a tree growing algorithm og even combine these into a powerpack of branching awesomeness. πŸ‘

            http://i.imgur.com/NvjJl.jpg

            Regards
            Pierre

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              @pierreden said:

              @Gaieus: Of course. But is it possible to attach a rar file directly to the post?

              Yes - under the textbox when you write a post there is an "Upload attachment" tab where you can upload files.

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

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                Pierreden
                last edited by

                @thomthom said:

                @pierreden said:

                @Gaieus: Of course. But is it possible to attach a rar file directly to the post?

                Yes - under the textbox when you write a post there is an "Upload attachment" tab where you can upload files.

                Hehe, sorry about that. Latskap.

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  And I have just checked; the extension "rar" is also allowed (I thought maybe that's the problem).

                  Gai...

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                    Sergio Morera
                    last edited by

                    Thank you for your generosity. I look forward to give it a try πŸ‘

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                    • Didier BurD Offline
                      Didier Bur
                      last edited by

                      Hi,

                      Very interesting. Two remarks/questions: lots of branches have their faces reversed. Do you think this will be fixed in a future release ?
                      Do I have to play with the parameters to make it 'grow', as it seems to 'fall' more than to climb ?
                      Regards,
                      ivy.jpg

                      DB

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                      • OxerO Offline
                        Oxer
                        last edited by

                        Hi,
                        A very interesting plugin, i have used Ivy Generator by Thomas Luft but it's better if you can make ivy into Sketchup directly.
                        I use Mac and the plugin don't works on OSX, i hope that you can solved this problem.
                        Bye and congratulations for this promising plugin. πŸ‘

                        This is a unfinished old project, i would like make this into SU directly.
                        ivy created with Ivy Generator (Thomas Luft)

                        "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                        [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                          robert111
                          last edited by

                          can anyone make tuto for this nice plugin plzzzzzzzzzzz

                          thanks robert

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                            andre51
                            last edited by

                            Great plugin! Thanks a lot

                            ivy.jpg

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                              Pierreden
                              last edited by

                              @didier bur said:

                              Hi,

                              Very interesting. Two remarks/questions: lots of branches have their faces reversed. Do you think this will be fixed in a future release ?
                              Do I have to play with the parameters to make it 'grow', as it seems to 'fall' more than to climb ?
                              Regards,

                              I think both off these issues have been fixed in the v.0.1 release πŸ˜‰

                              @Oxer:
                              I can take a look at it. If you could PM me the error output in the ruby console it would be of great help! ("windows" > "Ruby console" inside sketchup and then try to make a new Ivy with this window open and copy the error message)

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                              • OxerO Offline
                                Oxer
                                last edited by

                                I probe the plugin again and don't works, the Console window appears blank and happens nothing.

                                Console window

                                Sorry Pierreden but i would like help you more, if there are another mac users please comment about the use of the plugin on Mac OSX.

                                "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                                [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                                • Alan FraserA Offline
                                  Alan Fraser
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                                  Some great improvements there...and pretty easy to customise (I doubled the float length). One issue I have on my system is that when the progress meter hits 100% I still can't see the red latent growth path. It's only visible from certain very specific angles, so I have to keep constantly orbiting to a new position to see where it's up to. I have the latest graphic drivers. It's no biggee, but I thought I'd mention it.

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                                    notareal
                                    last edited by

                                    Interesting project. I am sure that this has more potent than just to grow a ivy. πŸ‘

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      @alan fraser said:

                                      Some great improvements there...and pretty easy to customise (I doubled the float length). One issue I have on my system is that when the progress meter hits 100% I still can't see the red latent growth path. It's only visible from certain very specific angles, so I have to keep constantly orbiting to a new position to see where it's up to. I have the latest graphic drivers. It's no biggee, but I thought I'd mention it.

                                      That's probably because the tool doesn't implement the Tool.get_extent method: http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/tool.html#getExtents

                                      @Pierreden: Beware that adding methods into the base classes risk running into conflicts with other plugins. It's the same as adding methods to the root namespace - everything is shared. Method names such as .to_v, .to_p, .all_faces could potentially be used by other plugins authors.
                                      Even though it looks nicer to extend the base classes there always is a risk of clashes. I always advice people to void it just to be on the safe side.

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

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                                      • L Offline
                                        Lobster
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi,

                                        Looks really interesting but I too have a problem on a Mac OSX 10.6.6. Sketchup 8.

                                        There is no output in the console window showing fault after choosing/ticking in the plugin list and clicking on a surface.

                                        The extraction of the .rar seemed fine and i have the folder and .rb file in the correct directory. I presume that the files remain in the Sketchupivy folder?

                                        Regards

                                        Sam

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          Lobster
                                          You should a file called si.rb that is in Plugins and a folder called SketchupIvy containing other files, that folder also goes into Plugins.
                                          If your .rar extractor has put these inside another folder then move the .rb and folder into the Plugins folder.

                                          TIG

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                                          • L Offline
                                            Lobster
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi Tig,

                                            Thanks for the clarification. My path is correct. I have the Sketchupivy folder and the .rb file in the plug ins folder.

                                            Regards

                                            Sam

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