[Plugin][$] Vertex Tools

iichiversii · 15 Sept 2012, 14:23

Best tool ever, it's completely changed sketchup forever, thanks TT

thomthom · 15 Sept 2012, 15:32

Thanks guys!

pbacot · 17 Sept 2012, 20:07

Would it make sense for "Merge Close Vertices" to default to the last user setting? I always get it reverting 3/8", even in the same session, which is pretty small for what I do.

I have found that merge vertices helps remove the rough look of Sandbox and other terrain surfaces. I am not sure why some surfaces look overly creased and I am not sure yet this is a good solution, but it seems to work without affecting the topography too much.

In this example the setting was 36", run a couple times (plus a Make Planar in one spot) and the ditch in this area is still "intact".

thomthom · 17 Sept 2012, 21:24

@pbacot said:

Would it make sense for "Merge Close Vertices" to default to the last user setting?

Ah! I can see it's hard-coded to 10mm. One setting that slipped past me. I'll add it to the next bug-fix release. (I'm going away this week - will be gone most of it. Not sure if I get time to sort it out until after I get back.)

pbacot · 18 Sept 2012, 01:47

Thanks ! Well have fun, wherever you're off to!

thomthom · 18 Sept 2012, 07:17

@pbacot said:

I have found that merge vertices helps remove the rough look of Sandbox and other terrain surfaces. I am not sure why some surfaces look overly creased and I am not sure yet this is a good solution, but it seems to work without affecting the topography too much.

That could be due to small edges that's got a distinct different angle then the rest of the geometry. The shader computes a normal for each vertex based on its connected faces. Each face obtains a shading which is a gradient between each vertex normal. If just on is off by a sharp angle you get that harsh shading difference.

thomthom · 24 Sept 2012, 16:30

Version 1.1.4 Released

Merge Close tolerance wasn't remembered.
Toggle Select didn't work for new vertices after using Extrude Edges.

panixia · 24 Sept 2012, 17:53

man, doesn't work for me..
i re-installed version 1.1.3 and it works fine again..

thomthom · 24 Sept 2012, 17:53

@panixia said:

man, doesn't work for me..

Can you be specific please?

panixia · 24 Sept 2012, 18:06

so.. when i install the .rbz the tool stops to work at all, the regular sketchup 1 button toolbar shows, but when you clik it, the floating vertex tols toolbars doesn't appear at all.
same thing on my laptop and desktop pc.
i pulled off the .rb and the folder from plugins directory and reloaded the 1.1.3 version and works fine again on both machines.
that's it

i even tried to open ruby console but i can't understand how to use it, but i noticed that on version 3 it only says: "quietly_force_sync_mats_cb just called"
when i opened it calling v4 it was continuosly scrolling tons of error messages.. i don't know..

thomthom · 24 Sept 2012, 18:12

@panixia said:

when i opened it calling v4 it was continuosly scrolling tons of error messages.. i don't know..

Those error messages are the most important pieces of information to report. Please post back the error messages as I am not able to reproduce this.

Also, what OS, OS version and SketchUp version do you have.

If you open the Ruby Console and type TT_Vertex.debug_info - what is the result of that?

@panixia said:

"quietly_force_sync_mats_cb just called"

That is related to V-Ray for SketchUp.

panixia · 24 Sept 2012, 18:38

don't ask me why but now i reinstalled 1.1.4 and it works fine again..
sketchup m3 on win7home premium, anyway

also i notice in the credits it is not v 1.1.4 but 1.2.0 and also have this cool merge to point button, so the upgrade works..

Dave R · 24 Sept 2012, 18:58

Why don't you update SketchUp to M4?

thomthom · 24 Sept 2012, 22:03

@panixia said:

don't ask me why but now i reinstalled 1.1.4 and it works fine again..
sketchup m3 on win7home premium, anyway

also i notice in the credits it is not v 1.1.4 but 1.2.0 and also have this cool merge to point button, so the upgrade works..

Oh crap!
My head is still a mush after the field trip with the office - lack of sleep. I built the experimental development build instead of v1.1.4!

Pulled and uploaded the correct version!

Oh well - 15 people got some secret experiment to play with. (Another thing to add to the check list...)

panixia · 24 Sept 2012, 22:10

@dave r said:

Why don't you update SketchUp to M4?

i'm not on mac, i'don't use layout, i don't have any problem at the moment with M3, the toolbars are stable (2 months!! record!!!) i enjoy the old logo, everything is fine, i'm lazy.. it's that enough?

panixia · 24 Sept 2012, 22:11

@thomthom said:

Oh well - 15 people got some secret experiment to play with. (Another thing to add to the check list...)

thomthom · 24 Sept 2012, 22:14

A good thing you got that error for whatever reason - otherwise I'd probably not have noticed for a very long time!

panixia · 24 Sept 2012, 22:30

this is luck, man ! i'm proud to test this experiment!!! looks cool anyway!

Bob James · 2 Oct 2012, 17:35

I've just finished using Vertex Tools (and Artisan) in a four-day effort in vertex movements to weld a 12 square mile set of Google Earth terrains into one seamless terrain.

I found that I very often needed to switch between the gizmo and the little circle that can only be activated by a series of actions. Would it be possible to set up the icons as shown in the attached picture.

• The arrow works as usual to select one or more vertices
• The circle activates that tool to allow continuous selection and moving individual vertices.
• The Gizmo allows immediate access to the gizmo to both select and move.

pbacot · 2 Oct 2012, 18:15

Bob,

I don't quite understand what your icons would do but I have some concerns that are probably similar. It took reading your post and thinking on my own issues to realize I can set tool hotkeys using the menu items for vertex tools. I change back and forth a lot with the two edit functions in VT tools.

I would wish to be able to orbit without losing the tool or selection, but hotkeys will help. If only SU were more generous in what we can use for hot keys.

I would be interested in your GE project: How large were the sections (set to get optimal texture?). Does joining them affect texture quality? Did you use overlap? So you can't just splice and dice, you had to adjust geometry? Artisan helped too? How did it go? etc.