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      SUFractal
      last edited by

      @tig said:

      Be patient !
      How many perforations are you making ?
      If there are many hundreds it will take a looong time !
      Try it with a small number and see if it works then.
      If, before running the tool, you open the Ruby Console do you get any error messages in it ?
      Works fine for me and many others...
      You do have SUp v8M2 ?
      Must be something you are doing ??

      TIG:

      No error message in ruby console prior to tool. Running current version (you reminded me to upgrade remember?) of SU. Trying default setting that pops up. 30+ minutes later and the spinning wheel of death remains. Am I doing anything wrong?

      BTW ... the previous version (w/o the 3-sided option) seems to work fine.


      TIG.jpg

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        TIG Moderator
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        Try with a 4" cube it'd take a fraction of the time! [with ~125+ perforations, each with 8 faces etc]
        This one took ~2 minutes.Capture4.PNG
        I replicated your 8" cube on my PC and it eventually made it in ~150 minutes 😲 .
        There are ~729+ perforations, each with 8 faces etc... It all adds up...
        So it is not just 10x slower, because the more entities you add to a context the slower Sketchup runs disproportionately... each extra step adds exponentially, time-wise.

        I think you don't need so many holes ???

        If you open Task Manager when running a looooong process you will see that Sketchup is still working.
        It's just taking a-g-e-s to process all of the needed geometry...

        In passing... please adjust your default Template's, Model Info > Units to show some decimal inches !

        TIG

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          SUFractal
          last edited by

          @tig said:

          Try with a 4" cube it'd take a fraction of the time! [with ~125+ perforations, each with 8 faces etc]
          This one took ~2 minutes.[attachment=0:97y792mn]<!-- ia0 -->Capture4.PNG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:97y792mn]
          I replicated your 8" cube on my PC and it eventually made it in ~150 minutes 😲 .
          There are ~729+ perforations, each with 8 faces etc... It all adds up...
          So it is not just 10x slower, because the more entities you add to a context the slower Sketchup runs disproportionately... each extra step adds exponentially, time-wise.

          I think you don't need so many holes ???

          If you open Task Manager when running a looooong process you will see that Sketchup is still working.
          It's just taking a-g-e-s to process all of the needed geometry...

          In passing... please adjust your default Template's, Model Info > Units to show some decimal inches !

          4" cube with simple perforation offers no change in operation.
          I'll continue to work in the units I need, thanks.

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          • guanjinG Offline
            guanjin
            last edited by

            Complex point of the porous,the generation process is very slow.
            fengxiang.gif

            I come from China, is to learn

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              Guanjin

              The more geometry there is the slower the processing.
              It's inevitable. πŸ˜•
              Set it running and make some tea...

              TIG

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                guanjin
                last edited by

                @tig said:

                Guanjin

                The more geometry there is the slower the processing.
                It's inevitable. πŸ˜•
                Set it running an make some tea...

                Thank you of TIG: you have worked hard, so many good tools for free use, you are great! πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                I come from China, is to learn

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                • EscapeArtistE Offline
                  EscapeArtist
                  last edited by

                  Awesome plugin. I have enjoyed using it so far, just experimenting.

                  I have noticed it will hang if I breathe wrong when applying a large number of perforations. I can't tab to another program, it will simply lock SU up.

                  An idea - would it be possible to add a "random" or mathematical feature to the spacing and size? I.e., between 1" to 1'? Add a rotation feature, i.e. each new unit rotates 10 degrees "X", 5 "Y" and 12 "Z" (all 3 axis?), and finally to use one's own model as the subtracted shape?

                  I realize this may be completely prohibitive by SU's single core use and the added complexity of any intersections, but just a thought. One could come up with almost fractal-like iterations in a medium with these options.

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    It's almost certainly not 'hanging'.
                    It just takes ages to process and left to its own devices it will complete [eventually!]
                    Use the Task Manager to see that Sketchup is still processing away, although the screen has a 'white-out' - it's one of the quirks of SUp, when it's doing intensive calculations it looses the screen...
                    It does take a while to make all of the changes to the geometry - have patience...

                    I do have some recoding ideas to speed it up [a little], but testing takes time too...

                    TIG

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                      ideas_arte
                      last edited by

                      @tig said:

                      It is for v8-Pro only.

                      😳 "Free" users will have any chance of using this excellent tool?

                      Best regards!

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        v8-Pro only because it uses several API techniques only accessible to Pro - sorry...

                        TIG

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Here's v1.3 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=395061#p395061
                          The speed has been improved by ~4x.
                          The 'shell' version still takes ~4x longer than an un-shelled version because of the many extra steps required - but while ~15 minutes is worse that ~4minutes, it is better than ~60 minutes !!
                          Some minor glitches have also been fixed with 3-sided setting out centrally.

                          TIG

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                            ideas_arte
                            last edited by

                            @tig said:

                            sorry...

                            I understand. πŸ˜’ Thank you for all the good work. My best wishes for you

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                            • guanjinG Offline
                              guanjin
                              last edited by

                              @tig said:

                              Here's v1.3 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=395061#p395061
                              The speed has been improved by ~4x.
                              The 'shell' version still takes ~4x longer than an un-shelled version because of the many extra steps required - but while ~15 minutes is worse that ~4minutes, it is better than ~60 minutes !!
                              Some minor glitches have also been fixed with 3-sided setting out centrally.

                              Thank of TIG: Speed ​​is the key, to test the new file。

                              I come from China, is to learn

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                                dtolios
                                last edited by

                                Amazing work, great potential for this tool...
                                Unfortunately is too slow for some of the complex shapes I had in mind, but I have trust that it will get better overtime (and yeah, my mobile i7 is not the fastest processor anyways...)

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                                • charly2008C Offline
                                  charly2008
                                  last edited by

                                  TIG, you have once again created a surprising and promising tool. Thank you.


                                  2012-04-28_145245.jpg

                                  He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                    SUFractal
                                    last edited by

                                    @charly2008 said:

                                    TIG, you have once again created a surprising and promising tool. Thank you.

                                    I'm curious as to how long it took you to create this?

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @sufractal said:

                                      @charly2008 said:

                                      TIG, you have once again created a surprising and promising tool. Thank you.

                                      I'm curious as to how long it took you to create this?
                                      I reproduced it [badly!]


                                      Capture.PNG

                                      TIG

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                                      • EscapeArtistE Offline
                                        EscapeArtist
                                        last edited by

                                        Just tried the updated version. Very nice, considerably faster!

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                                          thraxx2
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi everyone, i just need a little help here, trying to model up something which I can't. So here it goes:

                                          1. I used honeyecomber to get the normal triangle tessellation. (first image)
                                          2. I want to bend it and shape it like this! (second image)

                                          I have been trying lots of ways i can think of but to no avail. thanks guys!

                                          Gerald.


                                          1.jpg


                                          2.jpg

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                                          • JBJDesignsJ Offline
                                            JBJDesigns
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi TIG!

                                            What an awesome tool! Unfortunately, I'm stuck with SketchUp8 (free). Is there anyway to make this tool work in the free version. If not, I understand.

                                            Thanks for replying!

                                            Jo πŸ˜„

                                            ...you send them to school, you give them books, and they eat the pages...

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