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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      @mingjae said:

      i want to ask something if u mind,
      does quadface works with curviloft-ed models?

      You must tell CurviLoft to generate Quads.
      CurviLoftQuadFace.png

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

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        mingjae
        last edited by

        Curviloft can do that thing to? great!

        but on my PC (SU7), there's no button like yours curviloft,
        this is what i have:

        http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7990/64175044.jpg

        how to show the button? thx πŸŽ‰

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        • gillesG Offline
          gilles
          last edited by

          Check if you have the last version.

          " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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          • R Offline
            redlerred7
            last edited by

            may I give a suggestion?

            a way to convert version 5 (4?) pseudo quads into version 6 (newest).

            It's easier for me to use the eraser tool and hide the lines than selecting the lines I want and then changing the properties to make them a quad face

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              @redlerred7 said:

              a way to convert version 5 (4?) pseudo quads into version 6 (newest).

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              @unknownuser said:

              In version 0.4.0 the definition of a QuadFace changed. In order to use meshes from older QuadFace versions, as well as meshes generated by Sandbox Tools, you have to convert the mesh via this utility first.

              QuadFace.png

              Not the most obvious - but I figured the early version where not adopted so widely that there would be that many needing it.

              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                @redlerred7 said:

                version 6 (newest).

                Version 0.7 is the latest.

                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                  redlerred7
                  last edited by

                  I forgot the "or" in "version 6(newest), and I didn't know that the sandbox2quad feature worked for version 5(4?) quads. Anyway, thanks for telling me that. I would never have found out otherwise

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    @redlerred7 said:

                    I forgot the "or" in "version 6(newest), and I didn't know that the sandbox2quad feature worked for version 5(4?) quads. Anyway, thanks for telling me that. I would never have found out otherwise

                    I've been meaning to improve the documentations. Will probably do so when I release the next update.
                    I merged the "Upgrade old QuadFace mesh" function with "Convert from Sandbox" because I wanted to reduce the number of buttons and menu items.

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                      tyinykilller5
                      last edited by

                      When i try to install manually it gives me this error:
                      "Error Loading File C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_QuadFaceTools/core.rb
                      no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rbError Loading File tt_quadface.rb
                      no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb"

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        @tyinykilller5 said:

                        When i try to install manually it gives me this error:
                        "Error Loading File C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_QuadFaceTools/core.rb
                        no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rbError Loading File tt_quadface.rb
                        no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb"

                        requirement.png

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

                          UV Mapping onto Back Faces?

                          Hi thomthom

                          Is there a way to get the UV mapping tool within QuadFaceTools to map textures onto back faces as well? I tried using thrupaint from Fredo but the UI is a lot more complex than the UV tool native to quadfacetools. Also it seems to deal with tranformations differently so it's really hard to get the back faces to match the front faces.

                          I'm thinking this will be useful for mapping textures with alpha channel, e.g. fencing, where you can actually see through to the back faces beyond. Have attached an image as an example.

                          cheers

                          joel


                          Fencing texture applied to Quadface mesh...how to get the same texture mapped onto the back faces?

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                          • TIGT Online
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            The latest version of my "FixReversedFacesmaterials" Toolset includes a new tool to apply the front-material onto the back of selected faces, keep matching UVmapping of textures etc... Unlike the other tools in the set it doesn't 'flip faces', it just matches the back-material to be like the front-material but UVmapped so both textures align - which is useful with 'see-throughs'...
                            See here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=264134#p264134
                            It should work perfectly with your mapped example 'latticework' material onto both faces...

                            TIG

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              UV Toolkit will allow you to transfer front <-> back. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=18992

                              I'll make a note to add an option in QuadFace Tools.

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

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                                ivreich
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                                Thanks guys. I'll give them both a go.

                                On a separate note, is there a way that quadfacetools, JPP and kirill's new LSS tools can come together to make a proper (precise) panelising tool for SU? I'm no scripting guru but it seems like a lot of plugins out there already come quite close. I've been asking around about this a lot but no one seems to be interested. here's what i thought:

                                1. Create quadface mesh (with EEby, curviloft etc.)
                                2. Use JPP to turn each quad into a 3d "cell" with definable offset thickness
                                3. Use LSS "stick group to mesh" to map a selected component neatly into each cell, breaking/distorting along the diagonals to fill the entire surface.

                                I originally posted this idea and some example images here:

                                http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=39992

                                Didn't get very far, some suggestions to use TGI3D but it's a lot of money to fork out for just one little part of it's functionality. I'll keep pushing the idea periodically.

                                Joel

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                                  tedvitale
                                  last edited by

                                  HELP! Im freakin out! I installed TT_Lib2 and TT_QuadFaceTools to my plugins folder. TT_Lib2 gave me a copy and replace option when I went to place it in the plugins folder. Since I already have a number of TT's other tools installed I assumed it would be no problem. But I just opened Sketchup and bam, NONE of my plugins show up. Nothing in my tool pallet selection, nada! Their all still there in the plugins folder but nothing works in sketchup now! What happened? Suggestions?

                                  When I open sketchup I get an error that reads:

                                  C:Program Files (x86)/Google/Google Sketchup 8/Plugins/Makfaces.rb

                                  The files listed below could not be loaded:

                                  Sketchup.rb
                                  no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb
                                  progrsee bar.rb
                                  no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb

                                  Contact the developer of this script address: toddb@sumstard.com

                                  Anybody else ever have this happen?!

                                  Ted Vitale
                                  3D Artist and designer
                                  Sketchup 2013 Pro

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                                  • TIGT Online
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    It seems that TT is not here right now... so I'll try to help...
                                    Reading past your typos... πŸ˜’
                                    TT's tools probably include their own 'progressbar' method, loaded by one of his 'helpers' in the required TT Lib folder.
                                    ToddBurch [smustard.com] wrote the original code for a similar 'helper'.
                                    When TT's fails to load error messages fly around and the auto-load of all sorts of scripts gets awry.
                                    This says to me that you have NOT installed the QuadFace tools and/or the required helper files in the TT Lib correctly.
                                    I suspect that some files that ought to be inside a subfolder are loose inside the Plugins folder and thereby mis-loading and throwing a wobbly...

                                    Can you post screen-shots of your Plugins folder, and the subfolders associated with the tool and TT Lib...

                                    If you re-read the download pages for the tool AND the TT Lib you should have little doubt about what should and shouldn't be in the Plugins folder and the appropriate [sub]folders...
                                    Please reaffirm this to yourself, retry and come back... πŸ˜•

                                    TIG

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      I'm guessing you placed the content of the TT_Lib2 folder in the ZIP files directly into the root of the plugins folder. Instead you should have preserved the path footprint - as described next to the download link.

                                      Alternatively, I would recommend, you install plugins with this utility which ensures they are correctly installed:
                                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=42315#p375454

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

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                                      • pbacotP Offline
                                        pbacot
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                                        I looked at the online list of features but for some tools I can't easily associate the icon to the tool. I don't see icons for every tool noted. When I hover on the QFT icons I don't get a description either. Is there more on this, eg a pdf?

                                        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          @pbacot said:

                                          I looked at the online list of features but for some tools I can't easily associate the icon to the tool. I don't see icons for every tool noted. When I hover on the QFT icons I don't get a description either. Is there more on this, eg a pdf?

                                          Yea - it's need better documentation and it's still in beta shape. I need to make some videos as well.
                                          All I got is the Wiki: https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/quadface-tools/wiki/Home

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

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                                          • pbacotP Offline
                                            pbacot
                                            last edited by

                                            @thomthom said:

                                            @pbacot said:

                                            I looked at the online list of features but for some tools I can't easily associate the icon to the tool. I don't see icons for every tool noted. When I hover on the QFT icons I don't get a description either. Is there more on this, eg a pdf?

                                            Yea - it's need better documentation and it's still in beta shape. I need to make some videos as well.
                                            All I got is the Wiki: https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/quadface-tools/wiki/Home

                                            Thanks for the reply TT. At the speed I am learning-- NO hurry. I realize you have a few other things to do like some sort of bezier surface modeler. Oh, and I assume you have a life beyond our petty desires?

                                            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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