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

      Can you share the troublesome area?

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        jeremiah77769
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        It's happening pretty randomly it seems, I noticed it happens on random pieces of the brick work and the roofs mainly. Here's a heavily reduced file, the full file is a bit more than triple the file size.


        UV issues in the file

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        • Rich O BrienR Offline
          Rich O Brien Moderator
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          You have internal faces here and there. Check the recessed corners on the curved roof you'll see the is a misalignment.

          Same goes for the doors. Is it an imported model?

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            jeremiah77769
            last edited by

            The model was imported as a .dxf from a revit file I received from the architect. The sketchup model has went through several revisions so i guess I should have known to check that they were all front facing. Thank you for identifying the issue so quickly, I was really starting to think I had some kind of other issue going on here.

            Thanks!

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
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              It's a bad model with funky geometry. Some times it's quicker to redraw than fix πŸ‘

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              • J Offline
                jeremiah77769
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                Yeah, I'm totally not surprised there's some wonky geometry in the model, I'm still picking up some new methods for developing the models in sketchup (it's a pretty large sidestep coming from Revit/CAD). I can already tell that for the next model I will need to break things down into even more groups and components. Still a lot to learn about the program but I will say I really do love how quick and dare I say enjoyable it can be working in sketchup, even though it lacks a lot of the tools that you might need.

                Thank goodness for all the rubyscripts and information to be found on this site, I'd truly be lost without all of your guys plugins, tips, and help!

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                • iichiversiiI Offline
                  iichiversii
                  last edited by

                  Purchased, installed and ready to use, thanks πŸ‘

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                  • S Offline
                    skibbbi
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                    Hi all,

                    I bought, installed. I learn.
                    I have read the whole thread. I watched all the movies found on SketchUV but I have not found the answer to my problem.

                    I have a texture with dimensions of 10x10cm. I import it into Sketchup and I set the dimensions 10x10cm. After applying it to the object of its dimensions change. After application can scale the texture. But this is not accurate. How can I get SketchUV to use texture on a 1:1 scale. In this case, 10x10cm.

                    Regards,


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                      Whaat
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                      @skibbbi said:

                      Hi all,

                      I bought, installed. I learn.
                      I have read the whole thread. I watched all the movies found on SketchUV but I have not found the answer to my problem.

                      I have a texture with dimensions of 10x10cm. I import it into Sketchup and I set the dimensions 10x10cm. After applying it to the object of its dimensions change. After application can scale the texture. But this is not accurate. How can I get SketchUV to use texture on a 1:1 scale. In this case, 10x10cm.

                      Regards,

                      One way is to first create some reference lines using the tape measure tool that correspond to a 10x10cm grid. Then use SketchUV scaling by keying the scale (eg. '*5') or hold down shift and press the arrow keys. You should be able to get it very accurate if you zoom in closely as you press the arrow keys. Try to match the scale to your reference lines.

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                        skibbbi
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                        @whaat said:

                        ... You should be able to get it very accurate ...

                        This, unfortunately, is not enough. For example, if I impose a texture on the wall of the glaze. I need to be able to apply precise dimension, for example, has a plate size 597x597mm and 2mm on the fugue.

                        Currently, I was faced with the problem that I have a lot more texture than the object (very fine texture of wood) as in this case, to deal with texture mapping on a scale of 1:1.

                        The Quad Face Tool plugin is the function of the "Use material size". Maybe it is also possible to introduce such a feature SketchUV.

                        I do not want to be the smartest but you may want to change the approach to the dimensions of texture. Maybe instead of using the '* 5' or '/ 5', convert it to a percentage system. 100% texture dimension 1:1, 80% reduced texture size, 150% increase texture size. All simple and clear, and always under control.

                        I'm curious what others Total Members this plugin think about it.

                        Or maybe there is another opportunity to have full control on the dimensions of texture?

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                        • sh00ksS Offline
                          sh00ks
                          last edited by

                          Hi,

                          I've been using the plugin for some time now and all works great and love it!

                          But on my latest project I encoutered a problem with SketchUV and transferring the mapped texture/UV's to Thea Render.

                          Let me try to explain 😳

                          When exporting a model from SU to TR via the TR-plugin, I get a model-entry with every material I applied in SU. This entry has the UV's included.

                          When I map an object in SU with the Planar or Box tools, the mapped texture is correctly transferred to TR with the correct UV's.
                          From here on out I can properly apply any TR material I wish.

                          But, when I have mapped an object with the Cylindrical or Tube tool it all goes wrong:
                          For every face of the object, an texture is imported, named as the main texture (i.e. 'SketchUV') and folowed by a number (i.e. 'SketchUV-21').
                          This gives an enormous amount of modelentries in TR and keeps me from properly appying a material in TR.

                          Here a simple example setup:
                          Basic object with the different SketchUV tools applied

                          http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8213/8275828200_5c0ca6a4bc_b.jpg

                          The way of exporting the object to TR

                          http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8205/8274764057_f58f6bb08f_b.jpg

                          Here the object in TR mapped with Box tool
                          Notice that in the tree, under 'Models', there is just one entry of the texture (=correct)

                          http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8480/8275828342_884992827c_b.jpg

                          Here the object in TR mapped with Cylindrical tool
                          Notice that in the tree, under 'Models', there are 23 entries that came with this object.

                          http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8197/8275828064_120049a961_b.jpg

                          Here the object in TR mapped with Tube tool
                          Notice that in the tree, under 'Model', there are 288 entries that came with this object

                          http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8275827862_b2c348c697_b.jpg

                          Is there something that I'm doing wrong or is this just not right?

                          Hope you understand the problem and can help me on this one!
                          Realy need to map by Tube for my current project πŸ˜„

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

                            Did you try triangulating before exporting?

                            What version of the Thea plugin are you using?

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                            • sh00ksS Offline
                              sh00ks
                              last edited by

                              Rich,

                              Thx for the quick reply!

                              In the examples there is no triangulation, 'cause I thought it didn't matter in this case if it was triangulated or not and tested it before.

                              I was wrong 😳 😳 😳 😳 😳

                              Traingulation does the trick!
                              Before I only triangulated when mapping was doing something weird, but from now on I'll always triangulate πŸ˜„

                              Thx for the (oh so simple and obvious) solution!!

                              When I was testing your solution I encoutered another thing I don't understand and I hope you can enlighten me on this one:

                              When tube mapping, I encouter an error (see attachement) when I first triangulate the tube and then apply tube mapping.
                              When I start off with tube mapping and afterward triangulate the tube, it works.

                              Is this (first map, then triangulate) the preffered way or is there something I need to change to first triangulate and then map without the error?


                              Error when tubemapping traingulated tube

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

                                Tube Mapping only works on quad faces. So if you triangulate it's not a quad.

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                                • sh00ksS Offline
                                  sh00ks
                                  last edited by

                                  πŸ‘

                                  Again, thx!

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                                  • S Offline
                                    smicha
                                    last edited by

                                    First of all - I love the plugin. Thank you so much for your work. This is my major tool for uv mapping.

                                    When I uv map different groups or components of different sizes I get different sized sketchuv texture. What I usually do to normalize them (make their texture sizes equal, see the screenshot) I just use '*' or '/' operations but this is extremely time consuming for hundreds of different groups and in most situations this gives me only approximate results. So my question and big wish is - is it possible to add extra feature to auto normalize sizes of the same sketchuv texture?

                                    Kind regards,

                                    Sebastian

                                    https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sp_9Q7V1q_Q/UTG89bIdFgI/AAAAAAAAC7Q/fIpR6y7x3fc/s1000/sketchuv.jpg

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                                      clausgs
                                      last edited by

                                      HI

                                      Looks like a great plugin. I am considering buying the plugin.
                                      I am the user of Sketchup and Octane render, have any one tested if the UV mapping created with sketchuv are correctly exported with the octane render exporter (made by TIG).
                                      I mean both normal faces and triangulated faces.
                                      ???

                                      Brg.
                                      Claus

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                                        Whaat
                                        last edited by

                                        @smicha said:

                                        First of all - I love the plugin. Thank you so much for your work. This is my major tool for uv mapping.

                                        When I uv map different groups or components of different sizes I get different sized sketchuv texture. What I usually do to normalize them (make their texture sizes equal, see the screenshot) I just use '*' or '/' operations but this is extremely time consuming for hundreds of different groups and in most situations this gives me only approximate results. So my question and big wish is - is it possible to add extra feature to auto normalize sizes of the same sketchuv texture?

                                        Kind regards,

                                        Sebastian

                                        Hi Sebastian,
                                        What you are suggesting should be possible. I will consider it in a future update. Thanks!
                                        Dale

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                                          Whaat
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                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          HI

                                          Looks like a great plugin. I am considering buying the plugin.
                                          I am the user of Sketchup and Octane render, have any one tested if the UV mapping created with sketchuv are correctly exported with the octane render exporter (made by TIG).
                                          I mean both normal faces and triangulated faces.
                                          ???

                                          Brg.
                                          Claus

                                          It should work fine with Octane render. If you are getting unexpected results, try triangulating your faces using the tool in SketchUV. The tutorials on the Smustard website demonstrate the workflow.

                                          Cheers,
                                          Dale

                                          SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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                                            clausgs
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                                            @whaat said:

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            HI

                                            Looks like a great plugin. I am considering buying the plugin.
                                            I am the user of Sketchup and Octane render, have any one tested if the UV mapping created with sketchuv are correctly exported with the octane render exporter (made by TIG).
                                            I mean both normal faces and triangulated faces.
                                            ???

                                            Brg.
                                            Claus

                                            It should work fine with Octane render. If you are getting unexpected results, try triangulating your faces using the tool in SketchUV. The tutorials on the Smustard website demonstrate the workflow.

                                            Cheers,
                                            Dale

                                            Hi

                                            Thanks for the confirmation.
                                            One more thing i need to check before I buy is... Will this UV tool be able to handle wood veneers / materials well??

                                            I have some curved parts with a big rounding on the edges where I want to apply a wood material.

                                            I have attached a link to the skp and wood texture file, can you pleas apply it on the part so it goes nicely around the curved and rounded edge.???
                                            If it work it will save me hundreds of hours and I will for sure buy the plug-in.

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                                            Pleas tell me if the link do not work.

                                            Brg.
                                            Claus

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