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    • K Offline
      kaas
      last edited by

      @ppoublan said:

      Dear all,
      Just to inform you I made a script to create Sketchup 3D Trees. It's now a beta version,
      Yours Pascal

      Wonderful πŸ‘ - I was messing around last week with Tree[d] but this seems much more to my liking. Will surely test it tomorrow. Again a big πŸ‘

      edit: typo

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      • soloS Offline
        solo
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        @pixero said:

        @solo said:

        This is awesome, sure there are a few small things but wow! this is going to be a zinger of a plugin.

        Anyway to get a console/applet for modifying the parameters and an update button?

        If you rightclick on the tree you can change parameters. Is that what you wanted?

        I saw that, what I'd like is a console/applet where I can do all the changes and update without clicking out to see results then right clicking to make more changes.

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        • J Offline
          jpalm32
          last edited by

          @cadfather said:

          Pascal, works fine here - and the trees look great - if you run Thom's 'Cleanup', you can further save yourself 40000 to 60000 polygons. outrageous plugin, this is going to be perfect when 2014 64bit comes out. 😲

          this is going to be perfect when 2014 64bit comes out.
          🀣

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          • N Offline
            notareal
            last edited by

            Looks great!

            @massimo said:

            @krisidious said:

            Fantastic Massimo...

            on revered faces... while this should not be an issue in SU, some renderers will not show backfaces.

            But materials seem to be applied on both front and back faces, so this should not be an issue because renderers will "see" the mat on the front face anyway. However I agree that having front faces should be better.

            I am not sure if all renderers can handle materials from back faces. With Thea, it really does not matter generally, but some features like displacement, do use surface normals - then things will go wrong.

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            • massimoM Offline
              massimo Moderator
              last edited by

              Right. πŸ˜‰

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              • KrisidiousK Offline
                Krisidious
                last edited by

                On SU 2013 Win, I'm getting this error on startup.

                no such file to load -- 3darcstudio/3darcstudiotree.rbs
                Error Loading File 3darcstudiotreeloader.rb
                no such file to load -- 3darcstudio/3darcstudiotree.rbs

                The file is in the location specified.

                By: Kristoff Rand
                Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                • ppoublanP Offline
                  ppoublan
                  last edited by

                  @krisidious said:

                  On SU 2013 Win, I'm getting this error on startup.

                  no such file to load -- 3darcstudio/3darcstudiotree.rbs
                  Error Loading File 3darcstudiotreeloader.rb
                  no such file to load -- 3darcstudio/3darcstudiotree.rbs

                  The file is in the location specified.

                  Hi,
                  I just downloaded and installed SU 2013 Make on Windows 7. And copied the 3darcstudio zip content to the plugin directory.
                  Seems to work fine.
                  Are you really sure you copied the subdirectory "3darcstudio" into the SU 2013 Plugins (not the Google old one)?


                  su2013.JPG

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                  • ppoublanP Offline
                    ppoublan
                    last edited by

                    @chris fullmer said:

                    So instead of

                    t = Geom::Transformation.scaling(scale_factor)

                    Do this:

                    t = Geom::Transformation.scaling(scale_factor,scale_factor,scale_factor)

                    That way it won't write the scale value to the 16th position, but will in fact do the math and distribute it across the entire matrix.

                    Chris

                    Thanks Chris, I will change the code according to your sample.

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                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                      Chris Fullmer
                      last edited by

                      @driven said:

                      PM Chris Fullmer re the scaling, I think he may have an answer...

                      Tis True! This is a known bug introduced in 7.1. Scaling globally by applying a scale factor to the 16th matrix position is bugged. So instead of

                      t = Geom::Transformation.scaling(scale_factor)

                      Do this:

                      t = Geom::Transformation.scaling(scale_factor,scale_factor,scale_factor)

                      That way it won't write the scale value to the 16th position, but will in fact do the math and distribute it across the entire matrix.

                      If you need a code snippet to reset the scale of a component to a bug-free transformation matrix, I could post that as well.

                      Besides the fact that some renderer's don't take this global scale feature into account, a lot of video cards also do not. We've had reports that fog will not work correctly on components with the global scale, and face-me components also do not account for it. So if the leaves are set to face-me, it can cause a lot of craziness πŸ˜„

                      I guess we can take this discussion over to the developers forum if you want to talk more about it. Looks like an awesome plugin!

                      Chris

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                      • ppoublanP Offline
                        ppoublan
                        last edited by

                        @solo said:

                        @pixero said:

                        @solo said:

                        This is awesome, sure there are a few small things but wow! this is going to be a zinger of a plugin.

                        Anyway to get a console/applet for modifying the parameters and an update button?

                        If you rightclick on the tree you can change parameters. Is that what you wanted?

                        I saw that, what I'd like is a console/applet where I can do all the changes and update without clicking out to see results then right clicking to make more changes.

                        I think I understand this request. I was myself really disappointed when I wanted to add more input parameters with the poor input types that can be used with UI class.
                        It will take some time to build it as I'm really a beginner with html and applets. Does someone could confirm SU 2013 has or not better features to build user input data interfaces ? Or should I go any way with Applets and html code ?

                        Yours
                        Pascal

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                        • KrisidiousK Offline
                          Krisidious
                          last edited by

                          everything seems to be in it's rightful place.

                          Capturetreemaker.JPG

                          By: Kristoff Rand
                          Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Do you have FULL security permissions to the Plugins folder AND all of its contents - files and subfolders...
                            v2013 will be installed with the defaults, not how you might have adjusted the settings for v8 Plugins...
                            I'm wondering if you don't have permission to 'read' from the subfolder in v2013... πŸ˜•

                            Another possibility is that the subfolder/files are NOT actually where you think they are - the dreaded 'VirtualStore' issue... Windows over zealously protecting you from yourself without telling you what it's done...
                            Look in C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/VirtualStore
                            If there are any subfolders matching the SketchUp 2013 Plugins folder, then your security permissions are definitely skewed... πŸ˜’

                            TIG

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                            • ppoublanP Offline
                              ppoublan
                              last edited by

                              @driven said:

                              hi

                              One request I would have is to allow loading from other Folders/Directories, it appears to be hard coded to Plugins Folder.

                              john

                              Hi John,
                              Could you explain what do you means by "allow loading from other Folders/Directories". Is it to be able to save and load tree templates from other dirs ? I'm building my "todo" list but for this feature I do not know how to manage PC and Mac files and directories from the same code. This is easy with builtin sketchup plugin directories. Will have a look.

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                              • KrisidiousK Offline
                                Krisidious
                                last edited by

                                @tig said:

                                Do you have FULL security permissions to the Plugins folder AND all of its contents - files and subfolders...
                                v2013 will be installed with the defaults, not how you might have adjusted the settings for v8 Plugins...
                                I'm wondering if you don't have permission to 'read' from the subfolder in v2013... πŸ˜•

                                Another possibility is that the subfolder/files are NOT actually where you think they are - the dreaded 'VirtualStore' issue... Windows over zealously protecting you from yourself without telling you what it's done...
                                Look in C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/VirtualStore
                                If there are any subfolders matching the SketchUp 2013 Plugins folder, then your security permissions are definitely skewed... πŸ˜’

                                that virtual folder did exist and there were file from Version 8 in it... some en files, a template and some appliance components. but no files from 2013.

                                as for permissions... CREATOR/OWNER has none, and when I try to set them it just re-sets to blank. User and Trusted installer, has all permissions, administrators has them all checked and greyed out.

                                By: Kristoff Rand
                                Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                • ppoublanP Offline
                                  ppoublan
                                  last edited by

                                  @krisidious said:

                                  @tig said:

                                  Do you have FULL security permissions to the Plugins folder AND all of its contents - files and subfolders...
                                  v2013 will be installed with the defaults, not how you might have adjusted the settings for v8 Plugins...
                                  I'm wondering if you don't have permission to 'read' from the subfolder in v2013... πŸ˜•

                                  Another possibility is that the subfolder/files are NOT actually where you think they are - the dreaded 'VirtualStore' issue... Windows over zealously protecting you from yourself without telling you what it's done...
                                  Look in C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/VirtualStore
                                  If there are any subfolders matching the SketchUp 2013 Plugins folder, then your security permissions are definitely skewed... πŸ˜’

                                  that virtual folder did exist and there were file from Version 8 in it... some en files, a template and some appliance components. but no files from 2013.

                                  as for permissions... CREATOR/OWNER has none, and when I try to set them it just re-sets to blank. User and Trusted installer, has all permissions, administrators has them all checked and greyed out.

                                  To be sure if it has to do with folder rights and virtual store, try starting Sketchup with admin rights (right click on sketchup icon and choose run as admin..."), and see if the error still occurs.

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                                  • KrisidiousK Offline
                                    Krisidious
                                    last edited by

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    starting Sketchup with admin rights (right click on sketchup icon and choose run as admin..."), and see if the error still occurs.

                                    Tried and still the same error.

                                    By: Kristoff Rand
                                    Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      Can be apply other things than trunck ? (as textures/material or as components)
                                      Can be apply other things than branch ? (as textures/material or as components)
                                      Can be apply other things than leaf ? (as textures/material or as components)

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                                      • ppoublanP Offline
                                        ppoublan
                                        last edited by

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        Can be apply other things than trunck ? (as textures or as components)
                                        Can be apply other things than branch ? (as textures or as components)
                                        Can be apply other things than leaf ? (as textures or as components)

                                        Hi Pilou,
                                        If your question is how to add your own textures and leaves/flowers types, here is how it works now :

                                        • textures available are all "*.jpg" files that exists in the 3darcstudio plugin dir.
                                        • leaves/flowers components are all "*.skp" files that exists in the 3Darcstudio plugin dir.
                                          So you can easily add your own by copying your files into this dir.
                                          Be careful when defining your own components to make the origin of the component at the beginning of the leaf, and the leaf pointing to the sky (z direction), with size arrong 10 cms long.
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                                        • ppoublanP Offline
                                          ppoublan
                                          last edited by

                                          Tried and still the same error.[/quote]

                                          Arghh...! do not understand why. Maybe try to delete files and copy them again to be sure file has not been corrupted. Does it work with SU8 ?

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                                          • KrisidiousK Offline
                                            Krisidious
                                            last edited by

                                            No, it doesn't work on either 8 or 13... Tried deleting. nothing changes.

                                            Just my luck.

                                            By: Kristoff Rand
                                            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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