[Plugin] FredoTools::ThruPaint - v1.3a - 20 Oct 16

[notareal]

Another great tool! Thank you.

[nomeradona]

another mind blowing plugin.. thank you Fredo...

[wolfy]

Fredo,
@thomthom said:

@unknownuser said:

@wolfy said:

I am getting a bugsplat every time when I try to apply a material to a newly created group.
If I create a group and paint it with the native SU bucket, sample that with Thrupaint and apply it to a different group I don't get a bugsplat. Weird.
Any ideas?

Wolfy,

Could you be more explicit.
Are you on Mac or Windows?
What do you mean by "newly created group"?

Thanks

Fredo

That sounds like the material applied is from the Material Library and not In Model. The bugsplat I mentioned in my Materials article. Did you trap for that?

Fredo and ThomThom,
Thanks for the replies. I mean "newly created group" as in the first group I make when opening Sketchup, and yes I am picking the material from the materials library. Is that not the correct procedure? Does the material have to be in the model for use with Thrupaint?
Can't wait to learn the ins and outs of the fantastic plugin Fredo! Your skills are amazing

[fredo6]

@wolfy

A few questions to help me spot the problem

1. Is the material a color or a material with texture ?

2. Does the crash happen when you paint or when you simply mouse over the model

3. Do you use the options "Paint Faces and Edges"?

4. Does it happen always, or randomly?

5. Are you on Mac or Windows and which SU version ?

6. Could you post the model (and the newly created group) in the forum so that I can see if I can reproduce it.

Thanks

Fredo

[Oxer]

Thanks you very much Fredo!!
I have translated the plugin to spanish language, if you want i send it you by private message.

[wolfy]

@unknownuser said:

@wolfy

A few questions to help me spot the problem

1. Is the material a color or a material with texture ?

2. Does the crash happen when you paint or when you simply mouse over the model

3. Do you use the options "Paint Faces and Edges"?

4. Does it happen always, or randomly?

5. Are you on Mac or Windows and which SU version ?

6. Could you post the model (and the newly created group) in the forum so that I can see if I can reproduce it.

Thanks

Fredo

Hi Fredo,

1. I've used both and it bugsplats in both cases.
2. Crash only happens whilst painting.
3. I've tried with same bugsplat result.
4. It happens everytime I try to paint a newly created group. (the 1st one after opening a new model)
5. Windows.
6. I simply created a random shape each time to test/try the plugin, no materials in the model and picked material from materials library after I had invoked the plugin. Each random shape/model bugsplats when i try to apply a new material with the plugin.

When I pick a material already in the model the plugin works fine, it's when I choose a new material from the material library that I get a bugsplat.

Thanks for the feedback!

[leminilab]

I'm working with Curviloft and Thrupaint...

I think I'm gonna vote for you to be the next president of France...

[fredo6]

@wolfi

Just a few other questions, as I am unable to reproduce it (and apparently it does not happen for the first users of ThruPaint)

1. Which version of SU

2. After you use ThruPaint with a material in the model (so no bugsplat) and you try a material in the Library, do you still get a bugsplat?

3. do you get a bugsplat if instead of a group, you paint a shape at top level of the model, or a true Component?

Thanks

Fredo

[wolfy]

@unknownuser said:

@wolfi

Just a few other questions, as I am unable to reproduce it (and apparently it does not happen for the first users of ThruPaint)

1. Which version of SU

2. After you use ThruPaint with a material in the model (so no bugsplat) and you try a material in the Library, do you still get a bugsplat?

3. do you get a bugsplat if instead of a group, you paint a shape at top level of the model, or a true Component?

Thanks

Fredo

Fredo,

It seems to work beautifully on my work computer.
I will reinstall again and hopefully eliminate this bugsplat deal.
Thank you for your responses and I'll be sure to post my reinstall status.

[d12dozr]

Awesome, no, AWESOME plugin Fredo! Thank you for all your hard work making Sketchup better!!

[charly2008]

It is wonderful that here in the forum are many talented Ruby programmers. Fredo, thanks a million for this additional excellent tool.

Charly

[Didier Bur]

@unknownuser said:

I think I'm gonna vote for you to be the next president of France...

And I'm candidate to be his prime minister

[fredo6]

NEW RELEASE: ThruPaint v1.0m - 14 Apr 12

This update fixes a few issues found in ThruPaint and integrate the translation to Spanish - Spain (Oxer), Spanish - Latin America (Defisto) and Chinese (guanjin)

See main post of this thread for more information on ThruPaint.

See main post of FredoTools thread for download of FredoTools, which includes the script.

Fredo

[urgen]

....O-O-O! thank you Fredo!

[wolfy]

@wolfy said:

@unknownuser said:

@wolfi

Just a few other questions, as I am unable to reproduce it (and apparently it does not happen for the first users of ThruPaint)

1. Which version of SU

2. After you use ThruPaint with a material in the model (so no bugsplat) and you try a material in the Library, do you still get a bugsplat?

3. do you get a bugsplat if instead of a group, you paint a shape at top level of the model, or a true Component?

Thanks

Fredo

Fredo,

It seems to work beautifully on my work computer.
I will reinstall again and hopefully eliminate this bugsplat deal.
Thank you for your responses and I'll be sure to post my reinstall status.

Hi Fredo,
Well the bugsplat continues on my laptop. I've installed the new version with the same result.
Again, if the material already lives in the model it works just great. Only when a new material is applied using the plugin do I get a bugsplat.
I've tried all types of shapes, groups, components, materails, you name it, all with the same result.
I'm using the latest version of SU Pro, Windows 7 64 bit if that helps, and all your other plugins run perfectly smooth.
Thanks again Fredo for your excellent work!

[fredo6]

@wolfi,

It might be a conflict with another plugin, which you would not have in the PC at the office.
Do you have any plugins dealing with materials or UV mapping?

For this, ould you type in the Ruby Console Sketchup::Material.instance_methods.join("\n") and advise on what it returns.

Thanks

Fredo

[sadyo]

This is an Awesome Plugin Mr Fredo,
Just wanna ask, how to get rid or fixing these Red area beside click the Esc button?

And one thing,
If i'm using the Natural UV, material on the Top is look nice, but look a bit mesh at the back.

Is that something i should do

Thanks Mr. Fredo

[fredo6]

@sadyo

In the case of your cushion, you could maybe split it in 2 symmetrical parts since the upper face and borders looks fine.

The Mesh UV mode looks less adpated because the shape is not generated as a Quadface mesh but with random triangles. Visually, you could however make it a quad mesh if you guide the reconstruction of the mesh by marking diagonals.

Keep in mind that ThruPaint is not at all an UV Mapping tool (you should use SketchUV for that). The natural mode just extend the UVs of the initial face to all adjacent faces with a few corrections. But it cannot solve the geometrical problem that it is not possible to warp an arbitray 3D Shape with a flat piece of paper.

Fredo

[rv1974]

Fredo this is yet another pearl!
A couple of questions\wishes:
1/ How could I get back the native Alt-key eyedropper?
2/ How to correct the UVW mapping on the surface #1 (see attached)?
3/ If only the Thrupaint could bend the textures along selected curves (AB) (upon unquadrified surfaces (#2) it'd really amazing!

Thank you for your efforts!

---

asphalt.skp

[fredo6]

@rv1974 said:

1/ How could I get back the native Alt-key eyedropper?

You can call the native Paint Tool from ThruPaint (key F9 or small button on the right of palette).

There is a sampler in ThruPaint (press Enter when you mouseover a face), but it is restricted to the model and does not detect projected textures, as this is not available from Ruby.

@rv1974 said:

2/ How to correct the UVW mapping on the surface #1 (see attached)?

Unfortunately, this is not possible, because Sketchup uses only Perspective mapping, not bilinear mapping.

This perspective effect is attenuated if you grid the face into smaller cells (quads or triangles), for instance with Curviloft.

@rv1974 said:

3/ If only the Thrupaint could bend the textures along selected curves (AB) (upon unquadrified surfaces (#2) it'd really amazing!

I will need to find or develop a small algorithm for quadifying a face nicely. Then you are back to case 2) above. But with a mesh which is dense enough it should work.