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    • M Offline
      mukul.ar
      last edited by

      I've uploaded a *Rar file of the sketchup file of the above image. In case anyone wants to look into it... will try and see if its a one off incident or happens again...

      great plugin by the way!! πŸ˜„

      *EDIT: definitely something going on here... the problem persits.. leaves are scattering around in thea. Its probably due to the way the pivot points might be getting relocated or twisted somehow in the sketchup to thea interface or maybe something totally unrelated..


      11.rar

      My Works

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      • B Offline
        bbx
        last edited by

        I also got the
        Error: #<RuntimeError: Can't insert empty component.>

        Figured out the texture components are in SU8 format, so I converted them to SU7 and it al works fine.
        http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2HBVEVR0

        Great plugin, thanks a lot!

        Dave

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        • PixeroP Offline
          Pixero
          last edited by

          I got the same problem in Thea as described above.

          @unknownuser said:

          Will now use components with "ivyleaf" in the name as leafs. 3 included by default.

          May I suggest an option where you select what components should be used as leaves instead.
          How is your solution working if you want to use different leaves for different "ivys"?

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          • M Offline
            mukul.ar
            last edited by

            @ Pixero: the leaves are materials applied to rectangular components. I believe you can select a new material (your leaf) and change it in one component (will change in all). But it might have limitations as to the position of the texture of the leaves. (or not)

            how did you go about solving the thea issue?

            My Works

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            • soloS Offline
              solo
              last edited by

              Thea users: uncheck 'export as components' before exporting.

              Change the leaves in thea, just copy the one you like and paste it in the material slot of the one you want to replace.

              http://www.solos-art.com

              If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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              • PixeroP Offline
                Pixero
                last edited by

                @mukul.ar said:

                @ Pixero: the leaves are materials applied to rectangular components. I believe you can select a new material (your leaf) and change it in one component (will change in all). But it might have limitations as to the position of the texture of the leaves. (or not)

                Thats just it.
                I would like to use
                a) different components for different Ivy's.
                b) components that are not just a rectangle.

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                • P Offline
                  Pierreden
                  last edited by

                  @pixero said:

                  @mukul.ar said:

                  @ Pixero: the leaves are materials applied to rectangular components. I believe you can select a new material (your leaf) and change it in one component (will change in all). But it might have limitations as to the position of the texture of the leaves. (or not)

                  Thats just it.
                  I would like to use
                  a) different components for different Ivy's.
                  b) components that are not just a rectangle.

                  There is no need for the component to be rectangular, theres no limitations at all. All you need to think about is that the component axis is where the leaf attaches to the stem, and that the green axis (y) is the depth, x is the width and z is the height/thickness of the leaf.

                  http://i.imgur.com/IG8cV.jpg

                  As i said, beyond this there is no rules or requirements, (unless i forgot about something essential?). The easiest way to make a new leaf is to insert a old leaf component, click "make unique" and alter it as you like

                  Regarding leaf selection, i guess a less primitive method will come in a future release, but for now you'll have to delete the leafs you dont want on the ivy.... Sorry about that. (Uploaded version 0.5.3 which makes it so that the leaf components are only loaded on startup, not every time the SketchupIvy tool is activated. The components can be found in the "Plugins/LiveIvy/Textures/" folder)

                  Peace

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                  • 66searcher6 Offline
                    66searcher
                    last edited by

                    @Pierreden:
                    well done ... πŸ‘ πŸ˜„


                    01.jpg

                    http://hamidtoliat.deviantart.com/

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                    • OxerO Offline
                      Oxer
                      last edited by

                      I have tested the new 0.5.3 version on Mac and now the Ivy window appears and don't disappears, in the first left-click the plugin runs, but in the second left-clic nothing happens, the keyboards combination don't works on Mac and you can't finish the ivy.
                      The Ruby console is empty, in the image below you can see all.

                      Captura de pantalla 2011-05-10 a las 12.53.32.JPG

                      Thanks again Pierreden for your effort!! πŸ‘

                      "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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                      • massimoM Offline
                        massimo Moderator
                        last edited by

                        The new revision works, thank you! πŸ‘

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                        • P Offline
                          Pierreden
                          last edited by

                          @oxer said:

                          I have tested the new 0.5.3 version on Mac and now the Ivy window appears and don't disappears, in the first left-click the plugin runs, but in the second left-clic nothing happens, the keyboards combination don't works on Mac and you can't finish the ivy.
                          The Ruby console is empty, in the image below you can see all.

                          Thanks again Pierreden for your effort!! πŸ‘

                          Try the new 0.5.4 Oxer... hope it helps!

                          Peace out

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                          • OxerO Offline
                            Oxer
                            last edited by

                            Thanks very much Pierreden!!!!!!! 😍 πŸ‘
                            Now the plugin works on Mac, it's fantastic, the combination Keys on Mac are:
                            Alt+Click -->Grow Ivy leafs
                            Cmd+Click -->Make the ivy grow towards the mouse position
                            SHIFT+Click --> Finish Ivy
                            The second left-click (third, fourth,......) don't works and the "r" key on Mac is assigned to make a Rectangle.

                            Ivy on Mac

                            "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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                              gaonirico
                              last edited by

                              @thomthom said:

                              @gaonirico said:

                              Mnn, maybe two errors: the first
                              quietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledERROR: skpHelperClasses.rb:updateSkpMaterial, unable to find a material called: Ivyleaf_21
                              ERROR: skpHelperClasses.rb:updateSkpMaterial, unable to find a material called: Ivyleaf_21

                              ... the second and but notable is that not takes me the changes of parameters in the menu

                              That is a V-Ray for SketchUp error. What version do you have installed?

                              Im use Sketchup 8.0.4811 and Vray 1.49.00

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @gaonirico said:

                                @thomthom said:

                                @gaonirico said:

                                Mnn, maybe two errors: the first
                                quietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledERROR: skpHelperClasses.rb:updateSkpMaterial, unable to find a material called: Ivyleaf_21
                                ERROR: skpHelperClasses.rb:updateSkpMaterial, unable to find a material called: Ivyleaf_21

                                ... the second and but notable is that not takes me the changes of parameters in the menu

                                That is a V-Ray for SketchUp error. What version do you have installed?

                                Im use Sketchup 8.0.4811 and Vray 1.49.00

                                Not sure if it'll solve this error, but the latest version is 1.49.01.

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

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                                • T Offline
                                  tulacong
                                  last edited by

                                  @pierreden said:

                                  After playing with "An Ivy Generator"(found here) I thhought about how awesome it would be to be able to play with something like this directly in Sketchup. I therefore started to port the ivy generator to ruby and Sketchup. As i now have working code with regards to the main parts of the algorithm, collition detection, adhesion and the growing of the ivy branches, i decided to post a proof of concept.

                                  Usage
                                  -Select "Sketchup Ivy 0.5" in the Plugins sub-menu
                                  -Adjust Parameters in Menu
                                  -Every time you click your left mouse button, the ivy will grow
                                  -CTRL-Click for leafs (repeat as many times you want)
                                  -When you're happy with the ivy Shift-click to make it into actual volumes.

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

                                  VERSION 0.5
                                  UPDATE 09.05.2011

                                  • Will now use components with "ivyleaf" in the name as leafs. 3 included by default.
                                  • Hopefully better mac support πŸ˜’
                                  • Small algorithm changes πŸ‘
                                  • ALT+click to make ivy grow towards pointer
                                    - Thea users: uncheck 'export as components' before exporting. (Thanks Solo)
                                    Fix 0.5.2
                                  • Tool startup fix (maybe?)

                                  VERSION 0.3
                                  UPDATE 05.05.2011

                                  • Simple gui. (More parameters to come)
                                  • Leaves
                                  • Speed and reliability
                                  • I know theres some issues with mac. As i haven't had the opportunity to debug on a mac, im not sure if its working now. Mac users with issues are very welcome to PM me or write here. (Guess this goes for everyone with issues, im sure there is lots πŸ˜’ ).

                                  VERSION 0.1.5
                                  UPDATE 28.04.2011
                                  [Uploaded buggy file !! Sorry]

                                  • Added Wind (comming from the position of the sun atm)
                                    -Bug fixes

                                  VERSION 0.1
                                  UPDATE 27.04.2011

                                  • Faster Preview
                                  • Better Ivy "Resolution"
                                  • Faster and more reliable volume generation (less buggsplats?)
                                  • Face normals should now be oriented correctly
                                  • More reliable collision detection
                                  • A few bugs in the force algorithms fixed.
                                  • Works as before. Edit the values in Plugins/SketchupIvy/setup.rb πŸ˜‰

                                  TO COME

                                  • Leaves as Components
                                  • More Parameters and grow patterns.
                                  • Other Plugins. Fur, Cloth and Tree.

                                  Notes

                                  • Never shift-click when there is more than 150 branches (information in the ruby console). This will often cause a bugsplat (seems like sketchup realy, realy, realy doesn't like programmaticaly adding of entities or seemingly infinit loops πŸ˜• )
                                  • For the adhesion to work, you have to be in the same scope (i made this to clearify (face.classify_point seems buggy)
                                  • This script has only been tested in SU8. As far as i know this script might cause bugsplat infernos and generally fuck shit up in other versions
                                  • If you find any bugs or problems please PM me πŸ˜‰ If you're extra awesome attach the error description from the ruby console.

                                  Any suggesions, comments or crits are very much welcome!

                                  Peace
                                  Pierre

                                  thank you very good

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                                  • P Offline
                                    Pierreden
                                    last edited by

                                    @gaonirico said:

                                    @thomthom said:

                                    @gaonirico said:

                                    Mnn, maybe two errors: the first
                                    quietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledERROR: skpHelperClasses.rb:updateSkpMaterial, unable to find a material called: Ivyleaf_21
                                    ERROR: skpHelperClasses.rb:updateSkpMaterial, unable to find a material called: Ivyleaf_21

                                    ... the second and but notable is that not takes me the changes of parameters in the menu

                                    That is a V-Ray for SketchUp error. What version do you have installed?

                                    Im use Sketchup 8.0.4811 and Vray 1.49.00

                                    Completely delete previous versions from the plugins folder and install the new 0.5.4

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                                    • PixeroP Offline
                                      Pixero
                                      last edited by

                                      I can't get leaf size to work in the latest version.

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                                      • D Offline
                                        driven
                                        last edited by

                                        mostly works on the mac here.

                                        if key == 105 #i as in ivy, isn't an english SU shortcut key and works...

                                        john

                                        learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                                        • G Offline
                                          gaonirico
                                          last edited by

                                          @pierreden said:

                                          @gaonirico said:

                                          @thomthom said:

                                          @gaonirico said:

                                          Mnn, maybe two errors: the first
                                          quietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledquietly_force_sync_mats_cb just calledERROR: skpHelperClasses.rb:updateSkpMaterial, unable to find a material called: Ivyleaf_21
                                          ERROR: skpHelperClasses.rb:updateSkpMaterial, unable to find a material called: Ivyleaf_21

                                          ... the second and but notable is that not takes me the changes of parameters in the menu

                                          That is a V-Ray for SketchUp error. What version do you have installed?

                                          Im use Sketchup 8.0.4811 and Vray 1.49.00

                                          Completely delete previous versions from the plugins folder and install the new 0.5.4

                                          I installed the version 0.5.4 but from the previous version 0.3 the menu not shows correctly and function the change of parameters. Happens because my monitor functions only to 800x600? or I must have installed some update of internet explorer?


                                          This is the menu of SketchupIvy showed in my screen

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                                          • D Offline
                                            dbalex
                                            last edited by

                                            thanks! You're updating this plugin faster as hell! It's a nice improvement to have the stem (circle) made with more segments but maybe you should let the user choose between 3 and more, so we can keep the polycount low for big ivy walls.

                                            anyway thanks for your hard work, this plugin IS epic!

                                            http://www.bocostudio.com

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