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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      It's not the units you use but rather the physical size of the objects that can cause issues.
      However, the SKP you supplied is a 'proper' size so it should cause those problems.
      Your lettering faces are 'upside down' but again that shouldn't usually cause issues...
      Some of your 'drapee' groups are colored by applying a material to the group [e.g. the golden cylinder] i.e. rather than having materials applied to its internal faces, so superdraping 'nil' materialed faces will only add an outline and the group's color will still be seen.
      Some of your 'drapee' surfaces are 'upside down' although they do have materials applied to both faces [e.g. the green bumpy terrain] when they are superdraped the outlines appear but seem to have not taken the draper's color BUT the re-colored faces are underneath on the faces' fronts ! - reverse the faces in the mesh and redo.
      There have been issues with 'lettering' containing curved shapes Draping or SuperDraping onto cylindrical forms successfully...
      I'll investigate and see what I can tweak... πŸ˜•

      TIG

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Here's v1.7 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=358314#p358314
        The intersecting method is now much more robust, and several recently reported glitches should now be resolved.

        TIG

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        • S Offline
          smb5823
          last edited by

          Hi
          Sketchup 8 PRO seems to crash once Superdrape.rb is added to the Plugins folder. Was the same with V1.6 but earlier versions were fine.

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            TIG, that worked perfectly for me. Thank you.

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            • W Offline
              wyatt
              last edited by

              1.7 gets stuck calculating for me.

              WARNING: make_unique is a deprecated methodof Sketchup:Group
              WARNING: make_unique is a deprecated methodof Sketchup:Group
              Error: #<NameError: undefined local variable or method nsedges' for #<TIG::Superdrape:0x135cef64>> C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TIG-Superdrape.rb:303:in drape'
              C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TIG-Superdrape.rb:296:in each' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TIG-Superdrape.rb:296:in drape'
              C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TIG-Superdrape.rb:121:in `onLButtonDown'

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                Here's v1.8 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=358314#p358314
                [I hope] it fixes the daft typo that I made that could occasional trip it up...
                The new code should be much faster than before, and [now] more robust...
                πŸ˜•
                Feedback please...

                TIG

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                • W Offline
                  wyatt
                  last edited by

                  Hey Tig. 1.8 works sometimes, sometimes not. When it fails, the plugin appears to draw the physical geometry that intersects with the terrain below, but does not delete the geometry or drape the colors. I assume those actions are normally run in the background, but somehow they're happening in the model. I get this error: Error: #<TypeError: reference to deleted Edge>. If I undo and try it again, it will sometimes work; sometimes I have to explode the draped group and regroup it before it will work.


                  SuperDrapeFail.skp

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Here's v1.9 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=358314#p358314
                    It fixes the 'already erased edge' error that Wyatt found [he's a tough tester... πŸ˜‰ ]
                    Feedback please πŸ€“

                    TIG

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                    • Rich O BrienR Online
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by

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                      • W Offline
                        wyatt
                        last edited by

                        Thanks, TIG. Unfortunately I had nothing better to do at work today than try to break your plugin. Thanks for updating it!

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                        • N Offline
                          natsirht28
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          Thanks, TIG. Unfortunately I had nothing better to do at work today than try to break your plugin. Thanks for updating it!

                          can you please tell me how to download this plugin..sorry im a noob

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                          • Bob JamesB Offline
                            Bob James
                            last edited by

                            @natsirht28 said:

                            can you please tell me how to download this plugin..sorry im a noob

                            Just go to the bottom of the first post on page 1.
                            We were all noobs once πŸ˜„

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                              smb5823
                              last edited by

                              @smb5823 said:

                              Hi
                              Sketchup 8 PRO seems to crash once Superdrape.rb is added to the Plugins folder. Was the same with V1.6 but earlier versions were fine.

                              Thanks. 1.9 solved my problem.

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                              • F Offline
                                Fletch
                                last edited by

                                Thanks for sharing, TIG! πŸ‘
                                Maybe I'm using it incorrectly or expecting something different? πŸ˜•

                                I expected that it would look like it does with the Drape tool, only with the materials painted as well. But clearly it's not like that.


                                DrapeVsSuperdrape.jpg


                                here's the scene to try

                                Fletch
                                Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Your assumption is correct.
                                  It's meant to be Drape with materials projected too.
                                  It does have occasional glitches.
                                  The tiny loose edge in the draped group seem to cause the issue although it shouldn't.
                                  When I erase it it drapes OK ?
                                  It seems to prevent the proper intersection of the two objects !
                                  Drape isn't perfect either in this kind of thing...
                                  Go figure!
                                  I have to allow it to drape everything, just like Drape itself, as you might well have unfaced edges etc...Capture.PNG If you do get this kind of issue then try a normal Drape then SuperDrape immediately afterwards - the projected edges will then be premade and the materials will then project OK...

                                  TIG

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                                  • W Offline
                                    wyatt
                                    last edited by

                                    I've experienced this problem too. Usually if I undo and run superdrape again (or undo, explode the geometry to be draped, regroup, and superdrape again) it will work. For highly detailed drapes, this is still faster than applying materials by hand to the mesh.

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                                    • F Offline
                                      Fletch
                                      last edited by

                                      ok, thank you, TIG.
                                      It sort-of works. I actually have something a bit more complex version of the scene I posted and the "delete edge-explode group-regroup-retry super drape" method does not appear to work on that version. It did, however, give me a nice bugsplat. πŸ˜†

                                      So I will use with caution. I think the drape+superdrape method for moving the materials automatically may be a nice way to go.

                                      I was actually hoping for a drape function like in other 3D apps that will drape a mesh like a cloth over an object. Is there some plugin like that for SU already of which I am unaware?

                                      Fletch
                                      Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Try DropVertices - Plugins Index...DropVertices.PNG

                                        TIG

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                                        • massimoM Offline
                                          massimo Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          As usual TIG was faster...Here is another try with "drop vertices" plugin Fletch. πŸ˜„


                                          drape.JPG

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Here's v2.0 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=358314#p358314
                                            It now has more robust and accelerated intersecting methods...
                                            Please [re]try and feedback...

                                            TIG

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