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    • B Offline
      babman91
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      Remind me to donate tons of cookies when I graduate from college after a year

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        @earthmover said:

        Any plans on adding a Ring Connect option as a way to add additional loops?

        I finally got it working! Just need to finish the UI. πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„
        I hope to release 0.3 this week. πŸ˜‰

        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          Version 0.3.0

          • Connect Edges
          • Insert Loops
          • Remove Loops
          • Flip Edges

          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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          • EarthMoverE Offline
            EarthMover
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            πŸ‘ πŸ‘ Greatness achieved my friend! Thanks for all you do in the name of progress!

            3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
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            Content Creator at Skapeup

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              @earthmover said:

              :sketchstatic: πŸ‘ πŸ‘ Greatness achieved my friend! Thanks for all you do in the name of progress!

              This release is dedicated to you my friend. πŸ˜‰

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

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
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                Updated the first post with a video of a coming UV mapping feature. πŸ˜‰

                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                • Rich O BrienR Online
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
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                  πŸ‘

                  I want to play too 😞

                  Where'd you get that UV Map?

                  Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
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                    @unknownuser said:

                    Where'd you get that UV Map?

                    Made it myself. I use it in my template where I have replaced the Googlers with a 1x1x1m standard metric UV mapped cube. πŸ˜„


                    UV Mapping Test Tile

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                    • EarthMoverE Offline
                      EarthMover
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                      Nice work with the UV idea. Just so I understand, once you are able to establish the orientation via the quad distribution, you can then use a larger map over the entire surface and have it distribute evenly? It's not going to just scale the texture per the quad boundaries, correct? If it's doing what I think, it's bloody brilliant! πŸ‘

                      3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                      Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                      Content Creator at Skapeup

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                      • StinkieS Offline
                        Stinkie
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                        Wait, wait ... just woke up, so let me see if I got this right ... no more distorted textures?

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
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                          @earthmover said:

                          Nice work with the UV idea. Just so I understand, once you are able to establish the orientation via the quad distribution, you can then use a larger map over the entire surface and have it distribute evenly? It's not going to just scale the texture per the quad boundaries, correct? If it's doing what I think, it's bloody brilliant! πŸ‘

                          That is correct. But there are limitations to the topology though. It must be free of poles. ( http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?93651-Poles-and-Loops&p=849794&viewfull=1#post849794 )

                          @unknownuser said:

                          Wait, wait ... just woke up, so let me see if I got this right ... no more distorted textures?

                          Not necessarily, mapping a planar quad with edges not parallel to each other will result in a distorted texture. One the other hand, if you triangulate it, then the mapping of the two triangles in the quad be skewed instead of distorted. And that will lead to less problems with render engines.

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

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
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                            Version 0.4.0

                            Important!
                            This version redefines what a QuadFace is. In order to use quad face meshes used by older versions you must update them.
                            Tools > QuadFace Tools > Convert > Sandbox Quads to QuadFace Quads

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                            Changelog 0.4.0

                            UV Mapping
                            [flash=560,315:23wd2kgt]http://www.youtube.com/v/HdX517AryWs?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash:23wd2kgt]

                            UV Transferring
                            [flash=560,315:23wd2kgt]http://www.youtube.com/v/qQHsabwvErg?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash:23wd2kgt]

                            UV Unwrap
                            [flash=560,315:23wd2kgt]http://www.youtube.com/v/hnW_yjkM_SY?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash:23wd2kgt]

                            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                            • Rich O BrienR Online
                              Rich O Brien Moderator
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                              That is immense.

                              I commend your hard work and perseverance πŸ‘

                              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                derei
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                                As I recall, you have (at least) two more plugins that do some related stuff. Does it replace any of them? I'm asking to know if I should remove something from what I already have.

                                Thank you for this one.

                                DESIGNER AND ARTIST [DEREI.UK](http://derei.uk/l)

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                                • Rich O BrienR Online
                                  Rich O Brien Moderator
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                                  Is a portion of the UV Toolkit 2 tools now redundant?

                                  Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
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                                    Thanks thomthom πŸ˜„
                                    I've also updated and posted my 'EEbyRails' and 'EEbyLoft' tools today so that their new 'Quad Face' options follow the latest standards, where diagonals are soft+smooth+hidden...

                                    TIG

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
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                                      Yea, parts of the features in UV Toolkit is now in QuadFace. And the mapping tool I promised for UV Toolkit is now implemented in QuadFace Tools, because I found that mapping required a predictable topology.

                                      UV Toolkit is not 100% obsolete yet, but it might slowly become so. I don't expect I'll add more to UV Toolkit, instead QuadFace Tools will get the new features.

                                      However, I now plan to take a break from QuadFace Tools ( final last words... ) while I return focus on Vertex Tools and Bezier Surface. (Both which will benefit from many of the features in QuadFace Tools.)

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

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                                        thomthom
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                                        @tig said:

                                        Thanks thomthom πŸ˜„
                                        I've also updated and posted my 'EEbyRails' and 'EEbyLoft' tools today so that their new 'Quad Face' options follow the latest standards, where diagonals are soft+smooth+hidden...

                                        Wow! That was fast! πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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

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                                        • GaieusG Offline
                                          Gaieus
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                                          Sensational, TT. Now I can make my Arch texturing tutorial #3! 😍

                                          Gai...

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
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                                            @gaieus said:

                                            Sensational, TT. Now I can make my Arch texturing tutorial #3! 😍

                                            Looking forward to it!

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

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