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

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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      @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

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      • sadyoS Offline
        sadyo
        last edited by

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

        http://photoserver.ws/images/30gI4f8a92aa048fa.jpg

        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.

        http://photoserver.ws/images/X1Sv4f8a9608d00fc.jpg

        Is that something i should do ❓

        Thanks Mr. Fredo

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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
          last edited by

          @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

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          • R Offline
            rv1974
            last edited by

            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

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            • fredo6F Offline
              fredo6
              last edited by

              @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).
              SU Env native.png
              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.
              Sampler ThruPaint.png

              @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.
              Perspective mapping.png
              This perspective effect is attenuated if you grid the face into smaller cells (quads or triangles), for instance with Curviloft.
              Road ThruPaint.jpg

              @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.

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                rv1974
                last edited by

                what a comprehensive support! Frankly I don't deserve it )
                The last sentence improvement would be a killer!
                Thank you so much!

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  @unknownuser said:

                  I will need to find or develop a small algorithm for quadifying a face nicely.

                  QuadfaceTools by Thomthom ?
                  Or the quadrilaterizer by TiG ?

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    La quadrature du cercle alors! πŸ˜‰

                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                    My Little site :)

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                    • fredo6F Offline
                      fredo6
                      last edited by

                      @rv1974 said:

                      what a comprehensive support! Frankly I don't deserve it )

                      Just to be clearer, the density of the mesh is the only way to get the texture 'reasonably' distorted. When quads are too much like a triangle, the perspective distortion shifts the texture mapping.
                      Asphalt 1.png

                      In the case of your texture, that may help to do the trick, but it's a pity to have to generate so many faces
                      Asphalt 2.png

                      @Pilou
                      It is not so easy to generate the right mesh in the general case (and in this particular case).
                      Asphalt Quadrilaterizer.png

                      ...and QuadFaceTools only manages quad meshes which it can triangulate, but not any polygon.

                      I think Whaat has developed an more adapted algorithm as part of SketchUV.

                      Fredo

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                      • alvisA Offline
                        alvis
                        last edited by

                        Thank you very very very very much.

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                        • T Offline
                          tina0603
                          last edited by

                          thanks!!!!

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                            Pherim
                            last edited by

                            Absolutely stunning! One of the best plugins I have seen so far (besides your others)! I think I will never use the native paint tool again.

                            And it's free! You are amazing!

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                              wolfy
                              last edited by

                              @unknownuser said:

                              @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

                              Fredo,
                              Entered your code into ruby console and it returned the following (sorry in advance for the length):

                              dclone
                              write_thumbnail
                              profile_member?
                              methods
                              attribute_dictionaries
                              get_attributes
                              remove_observer
                              instance_variable_defined?
                              taint
                              name
                              name=
                              id
                              set_attribute
                              singleton_methods
                              respond_to?
                              entityID
                              nil?
                              send
                              protected_methods
                              get_attribute
                              tainted?
                              display_name
                              untaint
                              instance_of?
                              typename
                              equal?
                              method
                              hash
                              private_methods
                              attribute_dictionary
                              send
                              materialType
                              kind_of?
                              freeze
                              eql?
                              object_id
                              has_attributes?
                              id
                              public_methods
                              instance_eval
                              deleted?
                              is_a?
                              delete_attribute
                              type
                              valid?
                              instance_variables
                              use_alpha?
                              frozen?
                              alpha
                              to_a
                              alpha=
                              class
                              <=>
                              instance_variable_get

                              between?

                              parent
                              color
                              to_s
                              extend

                              =
                              <=
                              color=
                              clone
                              instance_variable_set
                              =~
                              <

                              model
                              texture
                              inspect
                              texture=
                              display
                              add_observer
                              dup

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                              • S Offline
                                SpookyChick1013
                                last edited by

                                Thank You Fredo. This looks like the answer to many of my prayers. Looks like it shall be an interesting week, finally revising some old projects.

                                https://kuromatsudriveyards.com

                                Fo-su to tomo ni aran koto o...

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                                  cmoreink
                                  last edited by

                                  Amazing plugin Mr. Fredo! Thank you so much for all your plugins and hard work. Can't call you a G.O.D. but you are sitting right next to him πŸ˜‰

                                  my portfolio

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                                  • pep75P Offline
                                    pep75
                                    last edited by

                                    Jiiiiiihhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! 😳

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                                      Pherim
                                      last edited by

                                      Played around with it for quite some time now and still I am amazed about what this plugin can do.

                                      If I may ask, would it be possible to add an option that allows to chose the scale of the texture before applying it and then keep that value until it is changed? That would save a lot of time in comparison to changing the scale of each texture manually after it was applied.

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                                      • fredo6F Offline
                                        fredo6
                                        last edited by

                                        @pherim said:

                                        Played around with it for quite some time now and still I am amazed about what this plugin can do.

                                        If I may ask, would it be possible to add an option that allows to chose the scale of the texture before applying it and then keep that value until it is changed? That would save a lot of time in comparison to changing the scale of each texture manually after it was applied.

                                        That's a good idea, but I would put it as an option.
                                        Note you can also change the material definition (i.e. the dimensions).

                                        Fredo

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                                        • P Offline
                                          Pherim
                                          last edited by

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          Note you can also change the material definition (i.e. the dimensions).

                                          Of course you can but often enough I have a model where I wish to use the same material in different scales and having an option to choose a different scale before applying a material would be great!

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                                          • KrisidiousK Offline
                                            Krisidious
                                            last edited by

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            Remembering of last scaling and rotation factors by material.

                                            OH MY... AWESOMENESS....

                                            By: Kristoff Rand
                                            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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