[Plugin] UV Toolkit

vanman · 28 Sept 2012, 07:36

Ok,

Thanks for looking into it. I'll just deal with it on a model by model basis.
I'll reduce the image size, I didn't know about the SU max texture size.

thomthom · 28 Sept 2012, 08:00

I've not had time to dig deep into this. I've a wee bit busy for the time being. Trying to get some stuff ready for Basecamp.

usen · 19 Nov 2012, 12:48

Thanks.

mannomann · 6 Dec 2012, 18:08

Hi,
sorry for that question: I put the plugin into the plugin folder. But no plugin is in SU. What is wrong?
J.
Cannot read 23 pages for installing problems. Tried to use the search, but no results for that problem.

Gaieus · 6 Dec 2012, 18:27

@mannomann said:

...Cannot read 23 pages for installing problems...

Just read the first post and make sure you follow the instructions carefully. Have you also installed the TT_Lib library for instance?

mannomann · 6 Dec 2012, 18:45

Didn´t and don´t find installing instructions. And in the downloaded file I also do not see the TT_lib library.

mannomann · 6 Dec 2012, 18:51

Ok - thank you.
The missing TT_Lib was the problem.
Best regards

The Firle Fanz · 19 Dec 2012, 13:31

Hi,
I already installed the TT_UV_Toolkit at my Laptop at home.
Here on my businesss PC I don´t know anymore and can´t remember where to put the TT_Lib???!!!
And I still do not find a installing instructions for that.
Would somebody please be so kind and show me the install passage?
Or any hint?
Thanks in advance MM

OK - found it.
MM

dickorama · 24 Jan 2013, 16:42

You sure these UV things work on Sketchup 8? I've been getting a lot of errors, namely:

Error Loading File C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_UV_Toolkit/loader.rb
no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rbError Loading File tt_uv_toolkit_2.rb
no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb

And before you ask, creating the TT_Lib2 folder and placing core.rb in it did not work well. And it's not really my job to try and "hack" plugins so they work.

thomthom · 24 Jan 2013, 20:42

@dickorama said:

You sure these UV things work on Sketchup 8? I've been getting a lot of errors, namely:

Error Loading File C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_UV_Toolkit/loader.rb
no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rbError Loading File tt_uv_toolkit_2.rb
no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb

And before you ask, creating the TT_Lib2 folder and placing core.rb in it did not work well. And it's not really my job to try and "hack" plugins so they work.

It's also not my job to create plugins. I create tools to do my job and I release them for the public to use as is. The least you can do is take a moment to read the instructions of the free tool you're trying to use.

If you go back you will see at the bottom of the thread the footprint of where the files should be. You should not manually create a TT_Lib2 folder and move the core.rb file from UV Toolkit into it. You should install the required TT_Lib2 support library as link right above the UV Toolkit download button, labeled Requirements. It's all there, at a glance. In no way are you supposed to "hack" anything!

If you have trouble installing plugins you can use this utility: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=42315&p=375454#p375454
It let you install RBZ and ZIP packages. It's an RBZ package itself so follow the instructions in the thread (lots of screenshots) on how to use the Install Extension feature in SketchUp.

For a complete breakdown on installing plugins: http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/01/installing-plugins-for-google-sketchup/

(However, installing them to the correct location wasn't the issue here, it was because you didn't read the instructions!)

rv1974 · 28 Feb 2013, 07:55

I've got constant 'Don't panic!' pop-up that 'fixes' the error after applying 'front face mat to back face' (as a result backfaces are messed). Could you take a look at the attachment?

green_example.skp

thomthom · 28 Feb 2013, 09:08

@rv1974 said:

I've got constant 'Don't panic!' pop-up that 'fixes' the error after applying 'front face mat to back face' (as a result backfaces are messed). Could you take a look at the attachment?

I got a warning when I first opened the model. When I said fix problems that reset the backside textures. But when I ran the plugin again, front side to backside and used the Fix Problems button - I got no errors.

rv1974 · 28 Feb 2013, 09:48

it will get back sporadically. Any clue what could be the reason?

thomthom · 28 Feb 2013, 09:51

No. And without being able to reproduce it it's even harder. :s

rv1974 · 28 Feb 2013, 11:24

I PM-ed you some example. If you interested in some bug hunting it could be useful.

mingjae · 2 Mar 2013, 10:53

Hello sir,

I am trying to create a golf course, grassy golf course..
and I follow your instruction by creating a plane with segment using sandbox from scratch,
remember the UV> smoove the textured plane > and restore the UV..

I am using a displacement map and render it using vray, this is the result:

on the left is a rectangle plane, and on the right is the smooved sandbox scratch plane,
but seem the grass displacement had a gap (the gray coloured grass)

can u help me how to smooth the grass placement?

edit:
Solved sir, Explode the grouped plane and restore the UV works fine,
before, seems the materials not mapped correctly..

clausgs · 23 Mar 2013, 10:00

@tig said:

Is there a very tiny facet that returns invalid coordinates, that are regarded as the same because of the 'rounding' of its very close vertex-points ?

I just had a perhaps somewhat similar issue with my Octane Exporter [on their forum]... Someone has made a very small object that would have had overly tiny facets when created, if they hadn't scaled it up to process and then back down when done - the small facets can exists, it's just making them that's the issue. So far so good... now they exported it to OBJ format for use in Octane and there were tiny holes in the object when it rendered. Octane requires the OBJ to be in 'm' and have triangulated faces. In processing the meshes my tool uses the API methods to triangulate the mesh's faces. I now think that what was happening was that the triangulation of some tiny quad faces resulted in two triangulated facets that are so small that they have two vertices that 'round' to be at the 'same point' [the OBJ format is set to 'm' 6 d.p.] - therefore that new facet can't exist as its only a 'line' at best, and the two parts can then be missed, out leaving a small quad shaped hole when the object is reformed from the OBJ data...
This could of course also mess with the tiny face's texture mapping ?

HI Tig and Thomthom
I have a similar issue when i try to use the quardface tool to triangulate the surfaces on a rounded corner. some surfaces are not triangulated and instead it have removed the surface, what makes a hole in the surface.
Attached is a pic of before and after triangulation.
Am i doing something wrong here? is it the model issue, or something with the plugin.??

I learned from another post that i can come around this issue by scaling the model 10 times bigger and then do the triangulation, and then scale it down again to the original size. That work's, but that should be possible to incorporate in to the plugin or?

Claus S

thomthom · 24 Mar 2013, 10:10

You will get constant problem like this I'd working on models in SketchUp with tiny dimensions.

Adding scaling up and down trick to every tool would be impractical and also be slowing down the tool.

I'd just keep the model scaled up.

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Adin0002 · 17 Apr 2013, 21:37

hey im an architecture student and i need to create a twisted structure onsketchup. can i download UV toolkit on mac OSX version 10.8 ?

rayisaacs · 29 May 2013, 10:21

tying to install the uv toolkit and getting this message:

Error Loading File /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/TT_UV_Toolkit/loader.rb
no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rbError Loading File tt_uv_toolkit_2.rb
no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb

any ideas?

ray