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    • G Offline
      gilles63
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      quick render


      bougainvillea.png

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        gilles63
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        climbing rose


        cllimbing rose.png

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        • charly2008C Offline
          charly2008
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          Very nicely done, I like it very well.

          Charly

          He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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            gilles63
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            thanks, but all credit must go to Pierre . It was easy to improve on it .

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              tedvitale
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              I am really looking forward to playing with this one!

              Ted Vitale
              3D Artist and designer
              Sketchup 2013 Pro

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                lamandrion
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                very nice gilles63!

                Requesting wisteria sinensis πŸ˜‰

                http://www.fassadengruen.de/uploads/pics/Wisteria_Detail_240.jpg

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                  yudii
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                  Hello.. i am new for vray sketchup. but i found something (like i attached). the render result that leaf had white colour on the edge. any think i can do to remove the white color?
                  btw this is very interesting plugins..

                  regards
                  😎


                  this is the render result.

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                    TIG Moderator
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                    Yudii

                    Look back through this thread and you'll find some posts where others have posted alternative versions of the 'images' used by the tool so that there are no edges, backgrounds etc...

                    TIG

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                      thomthom
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                      @yudii said:

                      Hello.. i am new for vray sketchup. but i found something (like i attached). the render result that leaf had white colour on the edge. any think i can do to remove the white color?
                      btw this is very interesting plugins..

                      regards
                      😎

                      In the Diffuse layer of the leaf materials, ensure you've enabled the "Use texture transparency" checkbox. (Might be different wording - but it's the jist of it.)

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

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                        JVT_LTD
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                        Many thanks... very nice update...

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                          JVT_LTD
                          last edited by

                          @gilles63

                          Could you kindly share your parameter for the above sample of yours its truly amazing you could made that output so realistic... If its O.K. to you, thanks in advance...

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                            mvdv
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                            If anyone knows how to fix the Ivy plugin for Mac, a great number of people will be very thankful, as will I.
                            My problem is, I see the dialog box, can change the parameters, but when I start clicking on a surface -> nothing happens. I can keep on clicking it, there will never be a red line. I also tried it on windows where it works just fine. There is also nothing happening in the ruby console.

                            Can anyone help me out?

                            Thanks,

                            Michael

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                              marcorigamonti74
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                              @gilles63 said:

                              you are welcome , and myself i must thank Pierre for a great plugin . This textures can be improved, especially the roses, and i realise that some axis should be changed, the leaves tend to hang in the same direction, but i ll work on it and post a better version in the next days .


                              @pierreden said:

                              After playing with "An Ivy Generator"(found here) I thhought about how awesome it would be to be able to play with something like this directly in Sketchup. I therefore started to port the ivy generator to ruby and Sketchup. As i now have working code with regards to the main parts of the algorithm, collition detection, adhesion and the growing of the ivy branches, i decided to post a proof of concept.

                              Usage
                              -Select "Sketchup Ivy 0.5" in the Plugins sub-menu
                              -Adjust Parameters in Menu
                              -Every time you click your left mouse button, the ivy will grow
                              -CTRL-Click for leafs (repeat as many times you want)
                              -When you're happy with the ivy Shift-click to make it into actual volumes.

                              http://i.imgur.com/qrOAJ.jpg

                              VERSION 0.6
                              UPDATE 12.05.2011
                              -Tooltip
                              -Minor bug fixes
                              -Additional parameters.

                              VERSION 0.5
                              UPDATE 09.05.2011

                              • Will now use components with "ivyleaf" in the name as leafs. 3 included by default.
                              • Hopefully better mac support πŸ˜’
                              • Small algorithm changes πŸ‘
                              • ALT+click to make ivy grow towards pointer
                                - Thea users: uncheck 'export as components' before exporting. (Thanks Solo)
                                Fix 0.5.2
                              • Tool startup fix (maybe?)

                              VERSION 0.3
                              UPDATE 05.05.2011

                              • Simple gui. (More parameters to come)
                              • Leaves
                              • Speed and reliability
                              • I know theres some issues with mac. As i haven't had the opportunity to debug on a mac, im not sure if its working now. Mac users with issues are very welcome to PM me or write here. (Guess this goes for everyone with issues, im sure there is lots πŸ˜’ ).

                              VERSION 0.1.5
                              UPDATE 28.04.2011
                              [Uploaded buggy file !! Sorry]

                              • Added Wind (comming from the position of the sun atm)
                                -Bug fixes

                              VERSION 0.1
                              UPDATE 27.04.2011

                              • Faster Preview
                              • Better Ivy "Resolution"
                              • Faster and more reliable volume generation (less buggsplats?)
                              • Face normals should now be oriented correctly
                              • More reliable collision detection
                              • A few bugs in the force algorithms fixed.
                              • Works as before. Edit the values in Plugins/SketchupIvy/setup.rb πŸ˜‰

                              TO COME

                              • Leaves as Components
                              • More Parameters and grow patterns.
                              • Other Plugins. Fur, Cloth and Tree.

                              Notes

                              • Never shift-click when there is more than 150 branches (information in the ruby console). This will often cause a bugsplat (seems like sketchup realy, realy, realy doesn't like programmaticaly adding of entities or seemingly infinit loops πŸ˜• )
                              • For the adhesion to work, you have to be in the same scope (i made this to clearify (face.classify_point seems buggy)
                              • This script has only been tested in SU8. As far as i know this script might cause bugsplat infernos and generally fuck shit up in other versions
                              • If you find any bugs or problems please PM me πŸ˜‰ If you're extra awesome attach the error description from the ruby console.

                              Any suggesions, comments or crits are very much welcome!

                              Peace
                              Pierre

                              Hi, I Use sketchup with mac platform. I downloaded and installed the version Beta SketchupIvy.0.6.3.beta 16.45.45 but it doesn't generate anything. With the version Sketchup.0.5.4.rar it works. Could you solve this problem please.
                              Thank's a lot!
                              Marco

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                                Gordy_Z
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                                Thank you Pierreden for all the work you've put in on your ivy generator and thank you Gilles63 for providing different shaped leaves.

                                In order to understand how the different variables affected the morphology of the ivy, I tested each variable on separate white walls. After doing this I modeled the ivy for the model I'm working on by choosing the best starting point for any variable by looking in the "ivy library" then exploring the nearby values of that variable on a test wall with my model's texture on it. I've uploaded the model that shows these first two steps so that you can see how the variables behave.

                                Then I mixed and matched variables to get the final look for my model (not shown in the upload). I think mixing and matching gives unexpected results, so if you use the library, please use it only as a very general guide.

                                It's an approximately 45 MB file, is at DropBox address https://dl.dropbox.com/u/79073930/Sketchup%20Ivy%200pt6pt3%20Tests.skp , and seems to work better with View/Face Style set to as simple a style as you can (you probably don't need to see the textures on my test walls). I tried to upload it here but couldn't, presumably because of the file size. If a file this size can be included here, let me know how and I'll do it. I hope it helps!

                                Gordy_Z


                                This image shows part of the Ivy Library.  There are more test walls and also an explanation section in the model.

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                                  Oxer
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                                  Thanks Gordy_Z for the information 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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                                    Oxer
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi mvdv,
                                    I'm Mac's user, and Sketchup Ivy works on Mac but only with 0.6.0 version, see below. I have introduced the keys for Mac in the Use tab of the plugin window. If you want to see how use the plugin in Mac go to this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGV8jU9HK_Y

                                    Sketchup Ivy 0.6 for Mac

                                    "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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                                      rombout
                                      last edited by

                                      Wow thanks for the settings, great work!

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                                      • Z Offline
                                        zelimbo
                                        last edited by

                                        hey all i'm new to the forum but not in sketchup world....i'm having problems trying to install the ivy pluggin.....this is what happens when i open sketchup :

                                        Error Loading File LiveIvy.rb
                                        no such file to load -- LiveIvy/LiveVector_coreError Loading File LiveIvy_node.rb
                                        uninitialized constant LiveIvy::Node::PdnError Loading File LiveIvy_tool.rb
                                        uninitialized constant Pdn

                                        please if anyone can help me resolve this issue...since before i havent had this problem with anyother pluggin

                                        cheers!

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                                        • KrisidiousK Offline
                                          Krisidious
                                          last edited by

                                          Do you have the liveivy .rb file in the plugins folder and your liveivy folder inside of the plugins folder as well?

                                          You should delete all the liveivy and make sure you downloaded the 0.6.3 version.

                                          By: Kristoff Rand
                                          Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                            zelimbo
                                            last edited by

                                            emmm i have a folder which i named ivy with all the files it comes with....apart from that i copied the liveivy.rb file alone in the pluggins folder......should i eliminate one of them?? im kinda lost and really want this app

                                            thanx!!

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