[Plugin] QuadFaceTools

thomthom · 7 Oct 2011, 11:04

What about my UV test tile? You don't like it?

Yea I do. I gives a larger illustration of the UV flow.

@tig said:

Here are a couple I use.

Pixero · 7 Oct 2011, 11:37

Hmm, for some reason I'm having trouble selecting the V direction.
(Especially if I try to click on an outer edge.)
Usually, selecting the U direction works.
Then for V it doesnt select what I'm clicking on.
When I click the edge on the other side of the selected U edge, "mirrored from the first", it works more often, but the texture isn't applied as I would like.
I'm having this problem with every model I tried.
SU 8, Windows 7 64.

derei · 7 Oct 2011, 11:40

Hello, I noticed a error when opening a a second SU instance (if I have one already opened and I want a second one), you can see it here.
Thank you.

thomthom · 7 Oct 2011, 11:59

@pixero said:

Hmm, for some reason I'm having trouble selecting the V direction.
(Especially if I try to click on an outer edge.)
Usually, selecting the U direction works.
Then for V it doesnt select what I'm clicking on.
When I click the edge on the other side of the selected U edge, "mirrored from the first", it works more often, but the texture isn't applied as I would like.
I'm having this problem with every model I tried.
SU 8, Windows 7 64.

Screenshots? Video?

thomthom · 7 Oct 2011, 12:04

@unknownuser said:

Hello, I noticed a error when opening a a second SU instance (if I have one already opened and I want a second one), you can see it here.
Thank you.

Does that happen every time?
After you've gotten such an error, what do you get if you open the Ruby Console and type load 'tt_quadface.rb'?

Rich O Brien · 7 Oct 2011, 12:09

Here's a little library of 10 UV maps.

UV Map .skm Library

Here's the pretty one you like...

derei · 7 Oct 2011, 12:57

@thomthom said:

Does that happen every time?
After you've gotten such an error, what do you get if you open the Ruby Console and type load 'tt_quadface.rb'?

It does every time.
If I load it from console, it happens this:

thomthom · 7 Oct 2011, 13:21

Thanks - will look into it.

cmeed · 7 Oct 2011, 16:01

great to see a video and what amazing work you put into this forum. really well done.

I'm trying this out for the first time and am having some trouble, the problem is that i can put a texture in but then cant change it to a new one

Its basically only works once and you can't map anything else to that shape. or i've missed something. - I'm on a mac

(suggestion - is there a roll over help pop up that can be used that when you leave the curser ove an icon a pop up help describes the function?)

fredo6 · 7 Oct 2011, 16:12

Tom,

Here is the model where I have problem (I get the UV axes, but the texture does not appear).

Fredo

Quad mapping - Fred.skp

driven · 7 Oct 2011, 17:07

fredo,

I painted your mesh first, using eye-dropper and bucket, then 'UV Map Selected' and it seems to work.

but I'm just starting as well...

john

jorge2011 · 7 Oct 2011, 18:08

thom thank you very much for this excellent tool.
I just noticed some problems to apply and modify materials, forms closed (loop)

thomthom · 7 Oct 2011, 18:34

@jorge2011 said:

thom thank you very much for this excellent tool.
I just noticed some problems to apply and modify materials, forms closed (loop)

Can you elaborate? Very vague description there..

gaonirico · 8 Oct 2011, 01:52

Hi Thomthom
Thanks for the beautiful plugin that have created, very useful. Yesterday it was tasting very well and today when turn to start Sketchup 8 appears me the window with an error:

Error al cargar archivo C:/Program Files/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

I have tasted by returning to install the plugin but appears me the same error

tulacong · 8 Oct 2011, 07:41

very well

thomthom · 8 Oct 2011, 08:01

@gaonirico said:

Hi Thomthom
Thanks for the beautiful plugin that have created, very useful. Yesterday it was tasting very well and today when turn to start Sketchup 8 appears me the window with an error:

Error al cargar archivo C:/Program Files/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

I have tasted by returning to install the plugin but appears me the same error

I've gotten several reports on this. I'll try to get a patch out soon.

Pixero · 8 Oct 2011, 18:15

@thomthom said:

@pixero said:

Hmm, for some reason I'm having trouble selecting the V direction.
(Especially if I try to click on an outer edge.)
Usually, selecting the U direction works.
Then for V it doesnt select what I'm clicking on.
When I click the edge on the other side of the selected U edge, "mirrored from the first", it works more often, but the texture isn't applied as I would like.
I'm having this problem with every model I tried.
SU 8, Windows 7 64.

Screenshots? Video?

See PM.

thomthom · 8 Oct 2011, 18:20

@pixero said:

@thomthom said:

@pixero said:

Hmm, for some reason I'm having trouble selecting the V direction.
(Especially if I try to click on an outer edge.)
Usually, selecting the U direction works.
Then for V it doesnt select what I'm clicking on.
When I click the edge on the other side of the selected U edge, "mirrored from the first", it works more often, but the texture isn't applied as I would like.
I'm having this problem with every model I tried.
SU 8, Windows 7 64.

Screenshots? Video?

See PM.

See reply.

charly2008 · 9 Oct 2011, 17:52

Hi Fredo,

I think you need before placing the texture on the face. Then you can scale the texture. Whether it is possible to be centered I do not know.

The second example I have made with "UV Unwraps, copy and past UV"

thomthom · 9 Oct 2011, 18:01

@charly2008 said:

I think you need before placing the texture on the face. Then you can scale the texture.

Need what? Selecting? If what you meant to say, then that is not needed. Selecting just limits the mapping to the selected mesh. Otherwise it maps the whole connected mesh.

@charly2008 said:

Whether it is possible to be centered I do not know.

Pick the corner as starting point. The point where is axis cross is the origin of where the mapping is done.

In a coming update I hope to add controls to adjust the starting point after picking the axis.