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    • KrisidiousK Offline
      Krisidious
      last edited by

      @the.pjt said:

      is it possible to change the SKP files located in the Plugins\LiveIvy\Textures and replace its JPEG textures with PNGs ?
      so this plugin could results transparent textured leafs ...
      because now we should change textures every time

      can I do it ? ...or ... will the plugin make bad results ?? longer time ??

      thanks ... πŸ˜‰

      yes you can... that's what I did to allow transparency.

      By: Kristoff Rand
      Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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      • T Offline
        the.pjt
        last edited by

        thanks ..

        so I have another question .. why Pierreden (author) have used JPG textures in Plugins\LiveIvy\Textures ? he could use PNGs ... couldn't he ? ...

        I'm going to change components in the directory (Plugins\LiveIvy\Textures) .. πŸ˜„

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        • bigstickB Offline
          bigstick
          last edited by

          This still doesn't work on the Mac. In case anyone is tempted to try the updated version in the hope that it will work on the Mac, nope. Not for me, and after all the posts so far, I'm not the only one having trouble with this. This updated version doesn't actually fix anything as far as I can see.

          To summarise:-

          The dialog works. This latest version has the default values as krisidious shows in his post. I'm grateful for this, it was one of the things I thought that might be the cause of the plugin not working. However, the ivy will still not 'grow'.
          Also the problem where this plugin inserts the leaf components into every single model still persists. This is a bug in my opinion.

          I'm guessing that it's bad etiquette to modify someone else's plugin, but I really wish someone would fix these issues. It's one I have been itching to use for a long time, and it's still frustrating that it almost works.

          I haven't seen anything from Pierreden for some time, but surely he wouldn't mind someone else fixing this...

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          • T Offline
            the.pjt
            last edited by

            Hi Dear Sketchucators πŸ˜„ ..

            I have Updated This Nice plugin

            all I have done is Making a Toolbar and an Icon For this little Nice Ivy Plugin ..
            And I also made it an Extension .. So You can temporary disable it ...and then enable it
            I have NOT changed Its codes so it's still vr 1.6.3

            but you will see 1.6.3.1 version in SU's preferences panel because of these little changes ...

            Have a nice day πŸ˜› .. and a nice toolbar πŸ˜„

            πŸ‘Ž DOWNLOAD IT NOW
            LiveIvy.zip

            important : it's not an a stand alone plugin because it doesn't cautions TEXTURE folder .. you should extract it to your plugins folder and replace its files with existing rubies

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            • OxerO Offline
              Oxer
              last edited by

              Thanks for the toolbar!! πŸ‘

              "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
              [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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              • Gus RG Offline
                Gus R
                last edited by

                Noticed something the other day. When I open a new instance of SU8 it loads all of the "ivyleaf" components into the new model. It also loads these same components if I open a drawing from Windows Explorer or using the File -> Open command. It won't load if I open a drawing from the pull down menu withing SU or if I start a second new drawing.

                This is using the latest version of Sketchup Ivy from the first page. Not really a critical issue for me but I thought you might want to be aware of this. Didn't see if this was brought up in the previous discussion.

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                • P Offline
                  pololo
                  last edited by

                  @the.pjt said:

                  Hi Dear Sketchucators πŸ˜„ ..

                  I have Updated This Nice plugin

                  all I have done is Making a Toolbar and an Icon For this little Nice Ivy Plugin ..
                  And I also made it an Extension .. So You can temporary disable it ...and then enable it
                  I have NOT changed Its codes so it's still vr 1.6.3

                  but you will see 1.6.3.1 version in SU's preferences panel because of these little changes ...

                  Have a nice day πŸ˜› .. and a nice toolbar πŸ˜„

                  πŸ‘Ž DOWNLOAD IT NOW
                  [attachment=0:7h5c99gs]<!-- ia0 -->LiveIvy.zip<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:7h5c99gs]

                  important : it's not an a stand alone plugin because it doesn't cautions TEXTURE folder .. you should extract it to your plugins folder and replace its files with existing rubies

                  Hello Friend, I have problems with your toolbar, I can't see your toolbar or icons ,Could you show me step by step how to make it work?
                  I have downloaded your file, but doesnt work. What should I do to fix this? πŸ˜•
                  I have Sketchup 8 on win7 64 bits. Thanks!!

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                  • J Offline
                    jacimta1
                    last edited by

                    I have problema installing this. I have attempted to install it both in windows and mac, could you please explain me the installing process on both? Thank you in advance πŸ˜„

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                    • B Offline
                      bulbangs
                      last edited by

                      i am experiencing an error installing this:

                      Error Loading File C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/LiveIvy/LiveIvy_Base.rb
                      can't convert nil into StringError Loading File LiveIvy.rb
                      can't convert nil into String

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                      • rodrigonotorR Offline
                        rodrigonotor
                        last edited by

                        Hi PJT, still not working. Do it in clean install.

                        29-07-2012 06-21-28 p.m..jpg

                        Thanks anyway.

                        Regards

                        β€’ [Sketchando.net](http://foro.sketchando.net/portal.php) β€’ www.arqcad.net β€’

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                        • KrisidiousK Offline
                          Krisidious
                          last edited by

                          SketchupIvy.0.6.4.beta.zip

                          repacked with working leaf skp files and transparent png textures also included default setting jpg's.

                          By: Kristoff Rand
                          Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            This telling you that it can't find a file to load...
                            ../Plugins/LiveIvy/LiveIvy_Base.rb
                            This almost certainly means that the tool's subfolder of files in not in the 'Plugins' folder where it must be!
                            Can you post a screen-shot of your 'Plugins' folder showing what you have actually installed...
                            Also check your security permissions - these should be FULL for all Sketchup's subfolders, like 'Plugins'.

                            TIG

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                            • rodrigonotorR Offline
                              rodrigonotor
                              last edited by

                              Hi TIG, thanks for your support.

                              HeΒ΄re the screenshoot of my Plugins folder:

                              30-07-2012 04-11-52 a.m..jpg

                              Change security permissions in folder plugins

                              30-07-2012 04-17-03 a.m..jpg

                              And still not working, make the same error.

                              Regards

                              β€’ [Sketchando.net](http://foro.sketchando.net/portal.php) β€’ www.arqcad.net β€’

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Now the real mystery...
                                I had to install LiveIvy to check this...
                                There is no file called LiveIvy_Base.rb in any of the three zip archives you can download... Where'd that come from?
                                BUT there is a Textures folder that should contain 10 files, missing from your LiveIvy folder too...
                                The file inside the Plugins folder called LiveIvy.rb should make no attempt to ' require' that file. It should read
                                require "LiveIvy/LiveVector_core" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_branch" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_node" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_leaf" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_tool"
                                And nothing more...
                                It seems to be trying to load the LiveIvy_Base.rb file unsuccessfully.
                                Not surprising, as it doesn't/shouldn't exist...
                                EDIT: See next post where the issue is clarified πŸ˜’

                                TIG

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Now I realize what's up! πŸ˜’
                                  Someone*** has been messing on with the zipped set [see a few posts ago] and you have this faulty version installed !!! ***Pejman 😞

                                  The LiveIvy_Base.rb that does exist in that butchered version's subfolder is called from an also changed [auto-loaded] LiveIvy.rb file, and the LiveIvy_Base.rb file now includes the text to try and load the required tools...
                                  require "LiveIvy/LiveVector_core" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_branch" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_node" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_leaf" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_tool"
                                  BUT this should work because those files do exist, as the path is relative to the $LOAD_PATH list - and there's a subfolder of that name in Plugins!

                                  BUT it ain't! πŸ˜•

                                  However, this way should work too:
                                  load "LiveVector_core.rb" load "LiveIvy_branch.rb" load "LiveIvy_node.rb" load "LiveIvy_leaf.rb" load "LiveIvy_tool.rb"

                                  If you are going to mess with scripts ensure that they work properly afterwards !!
                                  Pejman 😑

                                  TIG

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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    TIG - require doesn't work relative to the file it's being used it. It's relative to the search paths. Prefixing the folder relative to the plugins folder should be correct.

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

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Doh!
                                      You are right.
                                      So why isn't it working ?
                                      The files seem to be there - though we can't see the main Plugins contents...
                                      The 'require' can simply get replaced with 'load' and it should work ??
                                      I've edited the post.
                                      The error message says it can't 'load' the file - presumably this is via 'require' ?
                                      I give up!

                                      TIG

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        Did you get the error as well? Or has it been just that user?

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

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          I haven't installed the 'rogue' version...
                                          As far as I can see from the code it should work, so I suspect it's a half-baked installation issue... BUT who knows?

                                          TIG

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                                          • T Offline
                                            the.pjt
                                            last edited by

                                            HI everybody .... sorry for my delays ..
                                            πŸ˜›
                                            first of all : there is an important note : I'm not the developer , I just want to help Pierreden ... and you dear members ..
                                            I will release the Full version or this plugin and toolbar .. I works good for me .. tested in my own computers ..
                                            here you are
                                            copy - paste and replace it all (not just LiveIvy.rb )

                                            to Pierreden : please please use my works to improve your cool plugin , release it in the first post Pierreden and develop it more and more πŸ˜‰

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