[Plugin][$] TopoShaper - v2.7a - 01 Apr 24

solo · 23 May 2013, 22:50

@rich o brien said:

go to C:\Users#####\AppData\Local\Temp

Look for LibFredoTrace-##-#########.txt

>>>> 1369346329.538;LibFredo6.rb;62; in `log'
DATE / TIME; Thu May 23 16;58;49 -0500 2013
SKETCHUP VERSION; 13.0.3759
RUBY_PLATFORM; i386-mswin32
LOG FILE; LibFredo6Trace_13_1369346329538.txt

>>>> 1369346329.538;LibFredo6.rb;103; in `startup'
LibFredo6; Starting up LibFredo6.rb

>>>> 1369346329.538;LibFredo6.rb;118; in `startup'
LibFredo6; Beginning of loading Cycle***+

>>>> 1369346329.548;LibFredo6.rb;129; in `startup'
LibFredo6 Core; LIBFREDO6_Dir_49/Lib6Core_49.rb successfully loaded

>>>> 1369346329.771;Lib6Core_49.rb;642; in `load_full_rubies'
LibFredo6 4.9c; Ruby files loaded         [213 ms]

>>>> 1369346329.871;Lib6Core_49.rb;642; in `load_full_rubies'
ToolsOnSurface 1.6c; Ruby files loaded         [80 ms]

>>>> 1369346329.921;Lib6Core_49.rb;613; in `load_bootstrap_rubies'
TopoShaper 1.0b; Bootstrap Ruby files loaded         [0 ms]

>>>> 1369346329.931;LibFredo6.rb;139; in `startup'
LibFredo6; End of loading Cycle***-

>>>> 1369347588.651;Lib6Core_49.rb;642; in `load_full_rubies'
TopoShaper 1.0b; Ruby files loaded         [30 ms]

fredo6 · 23 May 2013, 22:58

@solo said:

How do I do the libFredo6 trace thing?

Go to menu Windows > LibFredo6 Settings... > Trace Log files.

You'll get a dialog box. Select the current or most recent trace file.

Do an expand and check if there are statements in Red.

You can then export the file from there and post it.

Fredo

solo · 23 May 2013, 23:10

@fredo6 said:

@solo said:

How do I do the libFredo6 trace thing?

Go to menu Windows > LibFredo6 Settings... > Trace Log files.

You'll get a dialog box. Select the current or most recent trace file.

Do an expand and check if there are statements in Red.

You can then export the file from there and post it.

Fredo

Nothing in red.

>>>> 1369346329.538;LibFredo6.rb;62;  in `log'
DATE / TIME; Thu May 23 16;58;49 -0500 2013
SKETCHUP VERSION; 13.0.3759
RUBY_PLATFORM; i386-mswin32
LOG FILE; LibFredo6Trace_13_1369346329538.txt

>>>> 1369346329.538;LibFredo6.rb;103;  in `startup'
LibFredo6; Starting up LibFredo6.rb

>>>> 1369346329.538;LibFredo6.rb;118;  in `startup'
LibFredo6; Beginning of loading Cycle***+

>>>> 1369346329.548;LibFredo6.rb;129;  in `startup'
LibFredo6 Core; LIBFREDO6_Dir_49/Lib6Core_49.rb successfully loaded

>>>> 1369346329.771;Lib6Core_49.rb;642;  in `load_full_rubies'
LibFredo6 4.9c; Ruby files loaded         [213 ms]

>>>> 1369346329.871;Lib6Core_49.rb;642;  in `load_full_rubies'
ToolsOnSurface 1.6c; Ruby files loaded         [80 ms]

>>>> 1369346329.921;Lib6Core_49.rb;613;  in `load_bootstrap_rubies'
TopoShaper 1.0b; Bootstrap Ruby files loaded         [0 ms]

>>>> 1369346329.931;LibFredo6.rb;139;  in `startup'
LibFredo6; End of loading Cycle***-

>>>> 1369347588.651;Lib6Core_49.rb;642;  in `load_full_rubies'
TopoShaper 1.0b; Ruby files loaded         [30 ms]

fredo6 · 24 May 2013, 00:02

But then, do you get the message box at startup of SU?

Fredo

solo · 24 May 2013, 02:15

@fredo6 said:

But then, do you get the message box at startup of SU?

Fredo

Yup, see image.

fredo6 · 24 May 2013, 05:30

Very weird. It looks like you have a probleme with installation of LibFredo6, which the trace does not show.

I have to check and come back

Fredo

chris87 · 24 May 2013, 07:40

@chris87 said:

@fredo6 said:

Chris,

I mean when you are within TopoShaper and have the display of your screenshot, right click and tell me what is the contextual menu.

Fredo

Visible on my screenshot :
right click
toposhaper ---- > générer terrain (maillage carré)

best regards

If you want to say that another particular contextual menu exists
he/it doesn't function for me
best regards

matt.gordon320 · 3 Jun 2013, 22:31

Hi Fredo,

Thanks again for the awesome plugin (as usual). I was wondering if you (or anybody else) could have a look at this topo to see where I've gone wrong with it. We graded this in the office, and the whole thing is working great except for the rear portion, where there is a bit of a sheer cliff. I wanted to see if you have any thoughts on how I could approach this area on TopoShaper, or whether there's a better way to use it, or if there's something wrong with the terrain itself.

Thanks!

Matt

Topo Master_For Fredo.skp

fredo6 · 4 Jun 2013, 06:57

Matt,

I had a look. In the area you mention, the issue is that your contours correspond to an overhang. This is not something TopoShaper can handle correctly.

More generally, I think you can do with less contours, as anyway the shape of the terrain is driven by the grid resolution.

Fredo

Panga · 7 Jun 2013, 10:33

Hi Fredo,

First feedback on Toposhaper. Nice tool but I'll have two request in order to make it near to perfection :

Is that possible that Toposhaper can handle guide points with contours simultaneously to generate terrains ? I often have points and contours to define my terrain and that was a big limitation in native sandbox.

I tried to edit my points (components) where I replaced the point by a little cross but Toposhaper ignores them as they are too small in comparison of other contours.

Next, as we have in Artisan, is that possible to have a crease tool in Toposhaper. I often have a closed contour in border of my terrain and I would like that Toposhaper keeps exactly that contour to define terrain border.

Hope I'm clear...I'll do more feedback soon.

Thanks again Fredo.

fredo6 · 7 Jun 2013, 16:08

@panga said:

Is that possible that Toposhaper can handle guide points with contours simultaneously to generate terrains ? I often have points and contours to define my terrain and that was a big limitation in native sandbox.

This is possible. Point of altitudes could be based on Construction points and small cross components. Simply, the algorithm may not give perfect results if you have too many. Points should be more to mark hill tops, but not as a substitute of iso-contours.

In the meantime, use circles which have roughly the size of the mesh cells.

@panga said:

Next, as we have in Artisan, is that possible to have a crease tool in Toposhaper. I often have a closed contour in border of my terrain and I would like that Toposhaper keeps exactly that contour to define terrain border.

I did the implementation actually just to see, with adjustable creases. The major problem is that the mesh does not follow the contours and therefore you will not obtain the desired result. One evolution I was planning to do is to constrain the mesh to a few contours designated by the user (hence the small editor in the Preview mode). Then it is easy to make them creases and influence the neighboring slope.

That will be for future releases, not immediately, as I am doing some repackaging of my scripts.

Fredo

pbacot · 7 Jun 2013, 16:48

I wish just to upload this example made from survey contours (as produced by a civil engineer in California) for reference as you like. It also contains sections I made with "create group from slice" and set to scenes for overlay in Layout (shown in previous post way back on first page).

Old Coach topo.zip

JGA · 11 Jun 2013, 19:29

Fredo,
Thanks for sharing & providing the excellent documentation to go with it.

jemagnussen · 24 Jun 2013, 15:28

Hi Fredo,

Working with Win 7 and SU 2013, downloaded toposhaper and LibFredo6 4.9c and have problem staring this. I get errors when starting SU 2013:

Error Loading File bootstrap_TopoShaper.rb
uninitialized constant TopoShaper::T6
Error Loading File TopoShaperAAMixin.rb
uninitialized constant TopoShaper::T6
Error Loading File TopoShaperAlgo.rb
uninitialized constant TopoShaper::TopoShaperAlgo::TopoShaperContour_mixin
Error Loading File TopoShaperCleanser.rb
uninitialized constant TopoShaper::T6
Error Loading File TopoShaperDialogs.rb
uninitialized constant TopoShaper::T6
Error Loading File TopoShaperTool.rb
uninitialized constant TopoShaper::T6
Error Loading File __loader.rb
undefined method `effective_load' for nil:NilClass

Any ideas on what to do?

Best regards
Jesper

fredo6 · 24 Jun 2013, 15:52

Jesper,

You simply did a wrong installation and does not end up with the footprint required, as described in the first post. probably coming from your unzipping operation.

I would suggest you install once for all the SCF Plugin Store and then install plugins (TopoShaper and many others) from there, as you don't have to interact yourself with the unzipping operation.

Fredo

bulba · 25 Jun 2013, 04:37

thanks a lot
still learning now

tomislavm · 26 Jun 2013, 06:10

thank You!

filipeefilipe · 14 Jul 2013, 04:10

am I ignorant?
Why is this plugin better than sandbox?

Filipe from Brazil

miikka1978 · 21 Jul 2013, 12:59

Thanks for this excellent plugin!

One question. I have a terrain with contours which is 3000x3000m. I have been using TopoShaper for creating terrain, but I have been running problems when changing the grid size from 50x50 to 100x100. TopeShaper always gets stuck in 63% (calculating boundaries). Has anybody else had similar problems?

fredo6 · 21 Jul 2013, 16:49

@miikka1978 said:

Thanks for this excellent plugin!

One question. I have a terrain with contours which is 3000x3000m. I have been using TopoShaper for creating terrain, but I have been running problems when changing the grid size from 50x50 to 100x100. TopeShaper always gets stuck in 63% (calculating boundaries). Has anybody else had similar problems?

If you can, could you open the Ruby console when you do the test 100x100 just in case there is a message displayed.
Otherwise, may be the best is to post or PM the model.

Fredo