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    • G Offline
      gr8fzy1
      last edited by

      @tig said:

      If it's not under the 'Draw' menu look here - you probably have limited permissions to Plugins and haven't really installed them...
      Look in the linked 'Compatibility Files' folder and move them across - it's Vista being over cautious again!!

      I clicked on compatibility files, and these are the only ones listed. TT Bitmap to Mesh isn't included.

      http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/gr8fzy1/TTBitmapProblem3.jpg

      @unknownuser said:

      I had the same problem.

      Look in the DRAW menu. "Mesh to Bitmap"

      I just looked in the DRAW menu, and found something called "Mesh from Heightmap"
      Is this something included in sketchup, or is it the same as "Mesh to Bitmap"? I've never used the Draw pulldown before so I don't know what's usually there.

      Clicking on "Mesh from Heightmap" seems to do the same thing as the TT ruby, right down to the red scaling box and asking me to input a depth measurement. So I THINK it might be the same thing...

      http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/gr8fzy1/TTBitmapProblem4.jpg

      http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/gr8fzy1/TTBitmapProblem5.jpg

      http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/gr8fzy1/TTBitmapProblem6.jpg

      http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/gr8fzy1/TTBitmapProblem7.jpg

      It's megaman!

      http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/gr8fzy1/TTBitmapProblem8.jpg

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

        Did you read the first post of this thread? It instructs the user to access this 'mesh from height map' in the 'draw' menu.

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          gr8fzy1
          last edited by

          @unknownuser said:

          Did you read the first post of this thread? It instructs the user to access this 'mesh from height map' in the 'draw' menu.

          I did, but since I don't have my own internet connection I can only read so many pages in the 60 minutes of internet time I get at the public library. And combine that with having to fill out online applications for work and checking my email, I last read page one about 2 weeks ago. Please forgive me...

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            @gr8fzy1 said:

            @unknownuser said:

            Did you read the first post of this thread? It instructs the user to access this 'mesh from height map' in the 'draw' menu.

            I did, but since I don't have my own internet connection I can only read so many pages in the 60 minutes of internet time I get at the public library. And combine that with having to fill out online applications for work and checking my email, I last read page one about 2 weeks ago. Please forgive me...

            No need to read all the other posts, but the first post - the one that describes the plugin.

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              gr8fzy1
              last edited by

              @thomthom said:

              No need to read all the other posts, but the first post - the one that describes the plugin.

              But I also read all the other posts in case problems are noticed and discussed, that way I won't be calling attention to a problem that has already been fixed, or at least see if anyone else is having the same problem I'm having. Which I failed on both counts. Oh well, At least I know my problem was a non issue. Thanks.

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                gidominik
                last edited by

                Hi Thomthom, Just wondering, I installed the plugin to the plugin folder, but it didn't show the cursor, or when I right click the bitmap it didn't show the selection of bitmap to mesh.Any suggestion?? 😳

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  Is the .rb file placed directly in the plugins folder?

                  Do you have TT_Lib2 installed?

                  Are you right clicking an Image entity?

                  Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                    gidominik
                    last edited by

                    @thomthom said:

                    Is the .rb file placed directly in the plugins folder?

                    Do you have TT_Lib2 installed?

                    Are you right clicking an Image entity?

                    Yes Sir, everything was in placed

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Doy
                      Can you post a screen-shot of the folder[s] please...

                      TIG

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                      • G Offline
                        gidominik
                        last edited by

                        @tig said:

                        Doy
                        Can you post a screen-shot of the folder[s] please...

                        Hi Tig,

                        Thanks. see the screen shot.


                        Capture.JPG

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          That's your problem right there. That TT_Lib2 - 2.6.0 should contain a TT_Lib2 folder, and that is the folder which should be in the plugins folder. Note the footprint which is described for both TT_Lib and Bitmap to Mesh.

                          ...though you should have gotten an error message when you loaded SketchUp when Bitmap to Mesh failed to load TT_Lib2. ...unless that also is wrapped in a folder...?

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

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            Ah! I see it right there, a folder named "QuadFaceTools - (0.4.1)". When downloading the plugins, copy the content of the zip files to the plugins folder, do not let the extracter wrap it in another folder.

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

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                              gidominik
                              last edited by

                              @thomthom said:

                              That's your problem right there. That TT_Lib2 - 2.6.0 should contain a TT_Lib2 folder, and that is the folder which should be in the plugins folder. Note the footprint which is described for both TT_Lib and Bitmap to Mesh.

                              ...though you should have gotten an error message when you loaded SketchUp when Bitmap to Mesh failed to load TT_Lib2. ...unless that also is wrapped in a folder...?

                              Hi Thom, Problem solved...Thanks so much, πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘ β˜€ one of my favorite plugin....


                              Test.JPG

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                                gidominik
                                last edited by

                                @thomthom said:

                                Ah! I see it right there, a folder named "QuadFaceTools - (0.4.1)". When downloading the plugins, copy the content of the zip files to the plugins folder, do not let the extracter wrap it in another folder.

                                I got it right this time... πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘ 😎 Thank you

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                                • Mistro11M Offline
                                  Mistro11
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi ThomThom! Another great plugin I discovered by you! I been flirting with Blender, Terragen 2, and shopping around for terrain generating solutions for a couple months now. I was planning on using Artisan and your useful Vertex Tools (perfect for fine tuning natural shapes I imagine) to sculpt terrain and do a composite in other software. I will still use those plugins but this just cut all kinds of time down for that process. I have terrains that have specific landmarks and features so knowing I can work from greyscale images in sketchup is blowing my mind right now. Thank you again.

                                  Just one concern before really diving in... When I go to the draw menu I only see Mesh from Heightmap option and not the added BMP to Mesh. I just downloaded the version on page one. Should I be seeing the 2 options you show?

                                  As you can see it's different from example on page 1
                                  BMP2M-Draw-Menu.jpg

                                  I put the ruby file in the plugins folder and I'm on Win XP. And is there any more documentation for this?

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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    MeshBitmap.png

                                    πŸ˜‰

                                    Beware that you get a very dense mesh! Keep the bitmaps small! Very small!

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

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                                    • TaffGochT Offline
                                      TaffGoch
                                      last edited by

                                      I can attest to the "recommendation" to keep the image/bitmap SMALL!

                                      You would, generally, think that 512x512 pixels is "small." It is NOT !

                                      It will take many hours, or (if you don't have enough memory) it will choke SketchUp.

                                      Pay heed to the advice. This 512x512 DEM image, for example, is NOT SMALL:


                                      n35w089.gif

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        @taffgoch said:

                                        You would, generally, think that 512x512 pixels is "small." It is NOT !

                                        Yea, I did the same thing while I wrote this plugin. Tested with what I thought a was a small sample. x_X

                                        Got some ideas for warnings for large bitmaps. And options to sample only portion of the map - like taking a max number of rows for x and y.

                                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                                        • Mistro11M Offline
                                          Mistro11
                                          last edited by

                                          Just want to share my first serious experiment with this plugin here. I love working with greyscale height maps.

                                          I'm experimenting with terrain and water. Both the terrain and the water meshes were done with this plugin. Please excuse the terrain as I didn't smooth them, but this is mainly a water test anyway.

                                          River2.jpg

                                          watertest7.jpg

                                          watertest9.jpg

                                          Details of this experiment can be read in a thread I started in the newbie section
                                          http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=49668&p=447473#p447473

                                          Thanks again ThomThom!!! You rock with this great plugin.

                                          i7-4930k @3.4/3.7GHz, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX 980Ti 6Gb, Windows 7 Pro 64bit
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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            The water is a mesh as well? o_O wow! that must be a heavy model! :s
                                            Why not do the water as a bump map or displacement map? (since you're rendering...)

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

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