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    Alan Fraser
    last edited by 21 Nov 2011, 10:43

    Ah! Thanks for that; I assumed that Enter would activate the settings on the HUD...same as clicking the tick. Another Duhh! moment. πŸ˜„

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      thomthom
      last edited by 21 Nov 2011, 12:01

      It's not ideal in the way it works. I'm looking to improve it.

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        jo-ke
        last edited by 4 Jan 2012, 15:28

        I'm using this great plugin frequnetly. But in this case I have a problem:

        I've tried to convert the mesh to quads. but the result ist still strange.

        I wasn't able to texture this easy mesh properly.


        griff.jpg


        griff.skp

        http://www.zz7.de

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          thomthom
          last edited by 4 Jan 2012, 17:45

          @jo-ke said:

          I've tried to convert the mesh to quads. but the result ist still strange.

          Yes, Convert to Quads does have it's issues and flaws atm. In which case you need to correct it.

          Another matter was that it seemed to have been made with an older version - I had to use the "Sandbox Quads to QuadFace Quads" to upgrade the mesh to work with QT 0.6. But as the mesh was irregular I was not able to map it eiter - as mentioned earlier, it needs to be cleaned up.

          How did you create the geometry btw? Was it triangulated originally?

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            jo-ke
            last edited by 4 Jan 2012, 23:26

            originally it was a max file, then converted into su8, then saved as su7

            the texture should look like this...

            tricky thing, these many kinds of meshes....


            giorgetti-render010.jpg

            http://www.zz7.de

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              lapx
              last edited by 12 Jan 2012, 21:01

              I cant get the copy paste method to work for other surface other than flat rectangle shape.
              The UV will not select edges on the curved surface. Any hints to what the problem may be?

              Thanks Tom!


              uv.jpg

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                thomthom
                last edited by 12 Jan 2012, 21:06

                @lapx said:

                The UV will not select edges on the curved surface.

                Is the meshes build from quad faces?
                Do you have a sample model?

                From your screenshot I'm not understanding what you copy from... I see a unmapped curved surface, but no mapped surface, other than the squares...

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                  lapx
                  last edited by 12 Jan 2012, 21:33

                  I used the same model Fredo provided in previous reply.
                  oh, and I copied from the largest square.

                  Thanks Tom

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                    thomthom
                    last edited by 12 Jan 2012, 22:10

                    @lapx said:

                    I used the same model Fredo provided in previous reply.
                    oh, and I copied from the largest square.

                    Thanks Tom

                    Got a link? I don't have overview of this threa

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                      lapx
                      last edited by 12 Jan 2012, 22:24

                      It's at the bottom of this thread...
                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=39442&start=75

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                        thomthom
                        last edited by 12 Jan 2012, 22:42

                        @lapx said:

                        It's at the bottom of this thread...
                        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=39442&start=75

                        Right, I see.

                        First of all, that is an old model and it need to be updated to work with the latest version of QF. As mentioned in the description, the definition of Quads has changed so one need to use the Sandbox to Quadface function.

                        Second: I don't see how you would be able to copy anything in that model. As it only contains an unmapped surface and a single mapped face. The UV Mapping tool can be used though.

                        UV Copy and Paste is to copy from surface to surface. If you where to copy the UV from the face and apply that to the surface it'd only map a single quad - not the whole surface.

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                          lapx
                          last edited by 12 Jan 2012, 23:07

                          So, why is it not possible to map the entire surface with the image following these steps?
                          after selecting the entire surface and choosing sandbox quadface tools I:

                          1. turned hidden lines off .
                          2. selected the surface.
                          3. activated your paste button.
                            and nothing happens.

                          The su logo is copied into memory thats how I was able to map to the smaller rectangles.

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                            thomthom
                            last edited by 13 Jan 2012, 09:15

                            Do you open the group? You cannot apply mapping to the outside of a group or component.

                            Also - why do you want to use copy/paste? In this case it won't map the texture over the whole surface, just fill one of the quads.

                            If you want to map the whole surface you should use the UV mapping tool.

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

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                              lapx
                              last edited by 13 Jan 2012, 23:11

                              I guess i dont understand how your plugin works:(
                              I thought it makes possible mapping texture on curved surfaces without distortions.
                              How is this plugin differ from su texture projection method?
                              Your right copy paste only worked on one quad. I want to simply map the logo on the entire
                              Curved surface. I certain this works w su's projection, i just trying to umderstand the true avantage of your plugin and its optimum use.

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                              • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                Rich O Brien Moderator
                                last edited by 13 Jan 2012, 23:13

                                Thomthom's plugin is a lot more useful than projection. Have you a file to map you can share?

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                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by 14 Jan 2012, 00:13

                                  @lapx said:

                                  I want to simply map the logo on the entire Curved surface.

                                  Then you want to use the UV Mapping feature. There's a YouTube video that demonstrates it. Have you seen it?

                                  Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                                    Tonyblack
                                    last edited by 27 Jan 2012, 17:56

                                    Hi Thom,
                                    why after putting QuadFaceTools 0.6.0 in the plugin folder of SketchUp Pro 8 this message appears?
                                    Thanks and regards,

                                    Tony


                                    QuadFaceError.jpg

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                                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                                      last edited by 27 Jan 2012, 23:16

                                      The error says you need another script to supplement this one.

                                      The script you need is Thomthoms Lib v2. If you read the download link in this thread you'll notice it mentions it under requirements

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                                      You can get Libv2 here...
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                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by 8 Feb 2012, 21:33

                                        [floatr:3lvkx0s1]
                                        https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/quadface-tools/wiki/Images/Toolbar_v0_7_0.png
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                                        Version 0.7.0

                                        New Features

                                        • Highlight Poles
                                        • Build Corners
                                        • Build Ends
                                        • Convert Wireframe to Quads
                                        • Loop to Region

                                        Fixed

                                        • Selection Tool now also selects entities that isn't quads.
                                        • Selection Tool allow triple-click to select all connected.
                                        • Cleaned up UI strings.
                                        • Cleaned up icons.
                                        • Connect Edges' HUD is now movable.

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

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                                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                                          last edited by 8 Feb 2012, 21:37

                                          Build Corners looks immense πŸ‘

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