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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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      • I Offline
        ivreich
        last edited by

        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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        • T Offline
          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 Offline
            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
                last edited by

                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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                    • wind-borneW Offline
                      wind-borne
                      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?

                      Toolbar orientation?
                      Horizontal toolbar icons seldom reveal themselves on Mac's?
                      Hover over vertical toolbar maybe.

                      "To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text."OSX 10.11.6

                      %(#BF80BF)[SU 8 pro

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                      • pbacotP Offline
                        pbacot
                        last edited by

                        @wind-borne 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?

                        Toolbar orientation?
                        Horizontal toolbar icons seldom reveal themselves on Mac's?
                        Hover over vertical toolbar maybe.

                        Doesn't work for me. I just figured out if I leave the Ruby window open I can get some info when clicking on the icons.

                        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          hmm... so are you getting no tooltips at all when you hover over the buttons? Because there are tooltips...

                          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

                            OK they're back. After restart. I know this has happened before... Sorry for the bother. I've been getting somewhere with it now.

                            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                            • R Offline
                              Ruck
                              last edited by

                              Hi!
                              I can't load a plug-in on the first page. It because of new design of a site?
                              Win7 x64, Chrome.

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @ruck said:

                                Hi!
                                I can't load a plug-in on the first page. It because of new design of a site?

                                😲 πŸ˜•

                                Yes - that's a big fail on account of the new site. I'll let the admins know.

                                Meanwhile - download here: https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/quadface-tools/wiki/Download

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

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                                • R Offline
                                  Ruck
                                  last edited by

                                  @thomthom said:

                                  Meanwhile - download here: https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/quadface-tools/wiki/Download

                                  Thanks for the fast help!
                                  Also forgive my English 😳

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                                  • D Offline
                                    dickorama
                                    last edited by

                                    Okay, I'm seriously confused here. Only managed to get this work once and all other attempts to repeat the process failed ever since. What do I do wrong?

                                    1. Creating a sandbox plane. 50x50 meters, if size matters anyhow.
                                    2. Converting sandbox to QuadTools quads.
                                    3. Copying the plane nearby.
                                    4. Texturing original plane. Texture is set to 50m, so it does not repeat.
                                    5. Entering original plane group and copying UV coordinates.

                                    So far so good, paste button is now active.

                                    1. Entering copied plane group and pasting UV coordinates.
                                    2. Nada.

                                    I tried all kinds of various methods for conversion - exploded, grouped, did whatnot. Something I noticed is sometimes sandbox quads are turned into triangles when converted and sometimes they are not?!

                                    Help 😞

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                                    • daforumD Offline
                                      daforum
                                      last edited by

                                      Do the tools work with SketchUp V7?
                                      Do I need any other plugins/ scripts for them to work?

                                      Thank you. ❓

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        Yes.

                                        Just follow the instructions on the page that appear when you click the Download button and you'll be all set.

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

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                                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          A quad face property is when the diagonal edge on a non planar 4 sided object has soften and smooth property on and the cast shadow property off.

                                          Sent from my iPad

                                          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                          • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                            Rich O Brien Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Ok, so I replied to a post that has now disappeared so it looks like I just blurted out random crap.

                                            But for that mystery guy see above....πŸ˜‰

                                            Sent from my iPad

                                            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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