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    • Rich O BrienR Online
      Rich O Brien Moderator
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      You should measure the poly count between the v1 & v2.

      I don't use Artisan to sub-d but have noticed that quad based meshes have lower face counts than those with Ngons present.

      Obviously the catmull Clark algo doesn't know how to efficiently divide an Ngon. Which creates lots of unnecessary polys and noticeable pinching.

      You should also run Quad Face detect poles to see where the pinching will happen and then tackle those.

      But I love to follow this thread. One of the gems in a sea 'it won't load' topics.

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        d12dozr
        last edited by

        How cool would it if if Split Donut (or something similar) was integrated into Artisan, and helped figure out the n-gon topology??

        @rich o brien said:

        But I love to follow this thread. One of the gems in a sea 'it won't load' topics.

        +1, yes!

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        • cottyC Offline
          cotty
          last edited by

          @rich o brien said:

          You should also run Quad Face detect poles ...

          I don't know this, can you explain it a little bit, please?

          @rich o brien said:

          But I love to follow this thread. One of the gems in a sea 'it won't load' topics.

          Thank you!

          @d12dozr said:

          How cool would it if if Split Donut (or something similar) was integrated into Artisan, and helped figure out the n-gon topology??

          Or directly in SU. I hope that Thomthom changed to Trimble to change all internals to quads and to implement his subdivision from this promising topic...

          @d12dozr said:

          +1, yes!

          Thank you too!

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          • cottyC Offline
            cotty
            last edited by

            I often wonder why Artisan shows a nice (more quad-like) mesh in the preview and it is not possible to choose this mesh instead of the triangulated...


            preview_quad.jpg

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            • Rich O BrienR Online
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              http://www.screenr.com/iUOH
              [screenr:a7uj0sdu]iUOH[/screenr:a7uj0sdu]

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              • cottyC Offline
                cotty
                last edited by

                Newer looked at that context menu 😲
                Very helpful, thank you!

                edit: there seems to be some poles in the above example ...


                poles.jpg

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                • cottyC Offline
                  cotty
                  last edited by

                  A quick baby rattle...
                  Screencast (making of) which covers the main part: http://screenr.com/ITOH

                  cotty_baby_rattle.jpg


                  cotty_babyrattle_V2.skp

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                  • W Offline
                    Whaat
                    last edited by

                    @cotty said:

                    I often wonder why Artisan shows a nice (more quad-like) mesh in the preview and it is not possible to choose this mesh instead of the triangulated...

                    Well, the preview mesh uses openGL to render (which supports non-planar quads) and we all know that SketchUp itself does not allow them.

                    Nice work as usual, cotty! 👍

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                    • Rich O BrienR Online
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by

                      @cotty said:

                      there seems to be some poles in the above example ...

                      There are because the faces are not Quad Faces...

                      Image 2.png

                      Having them as Quad Faces reduces pole count to 4.

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                      • cottyC Offline
                        cotty
                        last edited by

                        Is it possible to change the geometry so that there is no pole?

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                        • Rich O BrienR Online
                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Of course but at times poles are inevitable. Just beware poles cause mesh pinching.

                          In that example you have 6 edges converging to one point at 4 locations.

                          If you tweak the proxy to lower the pole from 6 edges to 5 you then end up with 8 poles.

                          Image 3.png

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                          • cottyC Offline
                            cotty
                            last edited by

                            3 simple components to assemble a mattress...

                            cotty_mattress.jpg


                            cotty_mattress.skp

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                            • ElibjrE Offline
                              Elibjr
                              last edited by

                              Thanks guys. These will show me how to put together my next chair model.

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                              • Rich O BrienR Online
                                Rich O Brien Moderator
                                last edited by

                                from Pete's old Model This: Minion thread

                                minion-02.jpg

                                Must finish it off first... 😕

                                minion-01.jpg

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                                  SIVA SUNDAR
                                  last edited by

                                  hii i want to download full version of artisan plugins pls send me the link or put the file pls i need it... and one thing i already have the plugin but i can't use that plugin.


                                  this is how showing in my sketchup screen pls help me out.

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                                  • GaieusG Offline
                                    Gaieus
                                    last edited by

                                    Here you can (legally) obtain artisan: http://artisan4sketchup.com/

                                    Else, if your post refers to some other (illegal) source of the plugin, be warned that SketchUcation does not tolerate piracy. For the time being, I hope it's only a language misapprehension

                                    Gai...

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                                    • cottyC Offline
                                      cotty
                                      last edited by

                                      Looks like your trial period is over, you can buy a license here: http://artisan4sketchup.com/

                                      edit: oh, Gaieus was faster 😉

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                                      • charly2008C Offline
                                        charly2008
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi,

                                        I Need your Help. How do I get this quad faces with artisan. I only get this result (see photo below).

                                        Thanks in advance for your help.


                                        2013-12-08_233116.jpg

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                                        • mitcorbM Offline
                                          mitcorb
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi charly:
                                          See dialogue on previous page at Friday, August 23 in this thread. Notice how cotty predefined the lines on the baby rattle, also.

                                          I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                          • mitcorbM Offline
                                            mitcorb
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi, charly.
                                            See if this helps. I did not use other plugins. Only Artisan. As stated, delete all internal partitions.


                                            dblhexring.PNG

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