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    • mitcorbM Offline
      mitcorb
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      I could vote for that, if it would not be too difficult.
      Edit. By the way, these updates are excellent.

      I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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        @pbacot said:

        Bumping, this is impressive!

        Now if only an grid like this could be generated from contours. this might be a fantastic way to work site terrain.

        Isn't there a plugin that generates quad-shapes topology from arbitrary terrain mesh?
        I can't remember the name right now though...

        Thomas Thomassen — 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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          Hmmm, think there is... could work in the right hands.

          MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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            Panga
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            @thomthom said:

            @pbacot said:

            Bumping, this is impressive!

            Now if only an grid like this could be generated from contours. this might be a fantastic way to work site terrain.

            Isn't there a plugin that generates quad-shapes topology from arbitrary terrain mesh?
            I can't remember the name right now though...

            If you find it, I want it ! There's some plugins to recreate a mesh on a terrain, but the ones I know are not really straightforward and do not work with quads...a real retopology tool with quads in SU would be really awesome !! 😲

            Edit : And existing plugins are quite slow for processing terrains and create new geometry.

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              @panga said:

              If you find it, I want it ! There's some plugins to recreate a mesh on a terrain, but the ones I know are not really straightforward and do not work with quads...a real retopology tool with quads in SU would be really awesome !! 😲

              Edit : And existing plugins are quite slow for processing terrains and create new geometry.

              New feature for QuadFace Tools maybe? I'll write it down for investigation.

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

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                Panga
                last edited by

                @thomthom said:

                @panga said:

                If you find it, I want it ! There's some plugins to recreate a mesh on a terrain, but the ones I know are not really straightforward and do not work with quads...a real retopology tool with quads in SU would be really awesome !! 😲

                Edit : And existing plugins are quite slow for processing terrains and create new geometry.

                New feature for QuadFace Tools maybe? I'll write it down for investigation.

                I'll follow that with hight interest !! Could be definitly a real plus for landscaping, but I think for many other activities !

                If I can help you in any way in this, I'm here !!

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                • pbacotP Offline
                  pbacot
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                  I've been trying with QFT, but it eludes me. Sometimes I end up with a mess of overlapping faces...

                  been dreaming along these lines:=http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=44282&p=414933&hilit=+contours#p401481

                  Alsohttp://www.formz.com/products/bonzai3d/bonzai3dFeatures.php?init=27

                  I've tried doing it manually --pull a grid up to the contours with the sculpt tool. Doesn't work too well.

                  MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                    Panga
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                    @pbacot said:

                    I've been trying with QFT, but it eludes me. Sometimes I end up with a mess of overlapping faces...

                    been dreaming along these lines:=http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=44282&p=414933&hilit=+contours#p401481

                    So do I.... 😄

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                    • N Offline
                      nektares
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                      Could someone tell me how does dale deform the "quads" without getting visible triangulation? if i subdivide manually with lines it gets triangulated and if i subdivide it with artisan subdivide it gives me triangles too but i see on this video a different behavior, am i missing something? is he using another plugin? i hope someone can help me! cheers!

                      Amazing update btw, i was daydreaming about the jitter function for randomizing the surface and suddenly i got it and i´m extra happy.

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                      • massimoM Offline
                        massimo Moderator
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                        If you start with a "from scratch" mesh from the sandbox tools then you'll have no visible triangles because the diagonals are hidden. It's the same principle that Thom used here I believe.

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                          nektares
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                          i see, thanks massimo (y)

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