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    • B Offline
      Buki
      last edited by

      I didn't see anyone else having this problem, but I'm not getting the toolbar following install. The plugin does show in the plugin drop down menu. I did already have a TIGtools folder and extracted the contents of the TIGtools folder included in the download to that location. This is certainly a user error, any ideas
      chrisa

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Buki

        If you get the menu items working, then it is loading OK.
        So first a simple question...
        Have you activated the Toolbar from Views > Toolbars ?
        By default it's inactive after the initial installation...
        Even if you had misplaced the toolbar-buttons' png files the activated toolbar would still exist, but with blank buttons ??

        TIG

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        • B Offline
          Buki
          last edited by

          @tig said:

          Buki

          If you get the menu items working, then it is loading OK.
          So first a simple question...
          Have you activated the Toolbar from Views > Toolbars ?
          By default it's inactive after the initial installation...
          Even if you had misplaced the toolbar-buttons' png files the activated toolbar would still exist, but with blank buttons ??

          Yep, like I guessed, user error. I didn't see that it was off by default in the tools menu. I was a bit hasty in asking, thank you for getting back to me so quickly

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            bigteks
            last edited by

            awesome thanks 😍

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            • okomtaO Offline
              okomta
              last edited by

              thanks man,,very helpful,,

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              • M Offline
                marco62118
                last edited by

                good evening
                I try to use your pluggin to change the size of a tiling texture, but each time the texture turns along the dimension changes

                thank you in advance

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @marco62118 said:

                  good evening
                  I try to use your pluggin to change the size of a tiling texture, but each time the texture turns along the dimension changes

                  thank you in advance
                  You need to use the scale and then the position tool together...
                  You haven't explained very clearly what it is you want to do and what it's doing πŸ˜•

                  TIG

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                  • M Offline
                    marco62118
                    last edited by

                    good evening
                    Β  I do not understand the plugin does not respond
                    dialog boxes are displayed correctly, but nothing happens

                    Can you help me?

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                    • CadFatherC Offline
                      CadFather
                      last edited by

                      the plugin only works on front faces (not sure why) - so, check that your texture is painted facing front and then try again. perhaps TIG can make it work on back face as well in the future.

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        These tools only works on front-faces... because that's where textured-material ought to be applied.

                        Applying a material onto a back-face is just bad practice.
                        Back-faces should never be visible.
                        Modeling with reversed faces can lead to many problems when pushpulling, applying cutting components etc, and when the SKP is exported, used in many rendering applications etc, etc...

                        The native context-menu Texture tool will adjust front/back-face textures, depending on which side of the face you are seeing... use that if you insist on sloppy modeling.

                        BUT I deliberately discourage the application of materials on back-faces.
                        So these tools will only ever adjust textured-materials applied onto front-faces.

                        Use Monochrome mode, with a contrasting back-face default-material in the Style, to check that you are not modeling 'inside out' πŸ˜•
                        The context-menu items Reverse and Orient are useful to fix reversed faces as you model - shortcut keys is highly recommended. Also use Monochrome as you model to check the correctness of the faces' orientation. Only start applying materials and texturing once the geometry is pretty much resolved... πŸ˜’

                        TIG

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                        • CadFatherC Offline
                          CadFather
                          last edited by

                          yes, i understand, though i guess that's only if you are using a rendering package, if you use SU for render, than back faces are just as good - and of course when you paint both you don't get those pesky flickering edges.

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                          • ArcA Offline
                            Arc
                            last edited by

                            Eneroth Texture Positioning Tools
                            http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/eneroth-texture-positioning-tools

                            Is this same plugin?

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              @arc said:

                              Eneroth Texture Positioning Tools
                              http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/eneroth-texture-positioning-tools

                              Is this same plugin?
                              No, mine is the original one...

                              TIG

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                                Mafalda_Melo_Oliveira
                                last edited by

                                How do I install?

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  @mafalda_melo_oliveira said:

                                  How do I install?
                                  Find the tool in the SCF PluginStore [Resources menu first item], get the RBZ and install it with Preferences > Extensions > Install... button in v2013 or v8...
                                  OR get the SketchUcation Plugin Store toolset [second item in that menu or in the first item - under most popular...] - that lets you AutoInstall Plugins from within SketchUp itself...

                                  You need to ensure you have FULL security permissions to your Plugins folder - there are several post covering that...

                                  TIG

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    New version available at the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=329765#p329765

                                    TIG

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                                      anesalesayi
                                      last edited by

                                      thanx man

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                                      • CadFatherC Offline
                                        CadFather
                                        last edited by

                                        great plugin - would be fantastic if it worked on back faces too

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          @cadfather said:

                                          great plugin - would be fantastic if it worked on back-faces too
                                          But why is any textured material applied to back-faces ?
                                          They should never be seen !

                                          However, I have PM'd you a version to test called TextureTools_BACK ! which works like TextureTools but only on back-faces... It's a separate toolset and toolbar [it has similar icons but with a blue-gray background]

                                          Please test and see it it's what you expected...

                                          TIG

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                                          • CadFatherC Offline
                                            CadFather
                                            last edited by

                                            Thank you TIG, that works great! πŸ˜„ πŸ‘

                                            basically since often i don't photo-render my drawings, the front-back issue doesn't arise.

                                            should i change my mind later i could always swap and even reverse faces with the su4you materials plugin: http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=S4U_Material

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