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    thomthom
    last edited by 6 Sept 2011, 13:21

    @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
    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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      thomthom
      last edited by 9 Sept 2011, 15:45

      Version 0.3.0

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

      Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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        EarthMover
        last edited by 9 Sept 2011, 15:48

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

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

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          thomthom
          last edited by 9 Sept 2011, 15:57

          @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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            thomthom
            last edited by 12 Sept 2011, 22:51

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

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

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              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by 12 Sept 2011, 22:59

              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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                thomthom
                last edited by 12 Sept 2011, 23:11

                @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
                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                  EarthMover
                  last edited by 12 Sept 2011, 23:40

                  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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                    Stinkie
                    last edited by 13 Sept 2011, 05:26

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

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                      thomthom
                      last edited by 13 Sept 2011, 07:54

                      @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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                        thomthom
                        last edited by 4 Oct 2011, 20:54

                        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

                        Download

                        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
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                          last edited by 4 Oct 2011, 21:02

                          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
                            last edited by 4 Oct 2011, 21:14

                            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 Brien Moderator
                              last edited by 4 Oct 2011, 21:21

                              Is a portion of the UV Toolkit 2 tools now redundant?

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

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                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by 4 Oct 2011, 21:27

                                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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                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by 4 Oct 2011, 21:27

                                  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
                                    last edited by 4 Oct 2011, 21:28

                                    @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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                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by 5 Oct 2011, 09:44

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

                                      Gai...

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                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by 5 Oct 2011, 09:45

                                        @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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                                          jorge2011
                                          last edited by 5 Oct 2011, 09:46

                                          thank you very much for this excellent update. is excellent.
                                          unfortunately I have a problem:). sketchup generates the following error:

                                          Error al cargar archivo C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_QuadFaceTools/core.rb
                                          undefined method to_l' for nil:NilClassError al cargar archivo tt_quadface.rb undefined method to_l' for nil:NilClass

                                          how I can fix this?

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