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    [Plugin] GhostComp - v1.4a - 31 Oct 18

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    • S Offline
      sellberg
      last edited by

      Thanks for this! I´ve only had a short test/peek/session w this RB. It seems super useful!

      I had one problem, though: I saved the model when in ghost mode and closed the program. When I opened the same model later I couldn´t reset the geometry to the complex form. I just saw the ghost. Have anyone else had similar experiences?

      //KJS
      Running a freeSU8 on a mac.

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        rv1974
        last edited by

        Fredo,I just wondered would this dirty trick http://72.27.230.245/3ds-max/scripts/renderlayers-0 be possible in SU8?

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        • C Offline
          congellous
          last edited by

          This is a copy of my plug ins folder, I've upgraded to the new fredo lib and installed the ghost but nothing shows up in the program
          Have I got some conflict in here, it's a mess !

          __loader.rb
          .DS_Store
          #extrusionToolbar.rb
          AddCtrPnt.rb
          animation.rb
          artisan
          artisan_loader.rb
          attributes.rb
          Autounfold.rb
          bezier.rb
          box.rb
          clf_shape_bender
          clf_shape_bender_loader.rb
          config-thumb.jpg
          contextmenu.rb
          ctsMaker
          curve_maker.rb
          curve_pointer.png
          CURVILOFT_Dir_12
          deBabelizer.rb
          default_pointer.png
          DEFPARAM_Dir
          DOCUMENTATION_Dir
          drawhelix14.rb
          drawmetal_plugins_1_3_4.rb
          dropverts.rb
          Examples
          examples.rb
          examplescripts.rb
          extrudeEdgesByEdges.rb
          extrudeEdgesByFace.rb
          extrudeEdgesByFaces.rb
          extrudeEdgesByLathe.rb
          extrudeEdgesByLoft.rb
          extrudeEdgesByOffset.rb
          extrudeEdgesByRails.rb
          extrudeEdgesByRailsByFace.rb
          extrudeEdgesByRailsToLattice.rb
          extrudeEdgesByVector.rb
          extrudeEdgesByVectorToObject.rb
          faceFlattener019.rb
          fillet.rb
          flattery
          flattery.rb
          Fredo6Trace.txt
          FREDOSCALE
          FREDOSCALE_Dir_22
          FredoScale_Tool.rb
          FredoScale.rb
          generateSoapSkinBubble.rbs
          Geodesic_SketchUp.rb
          GhostComp%201
          Help
          iges_export.rb
          Images
          jointpushpull.rb
          JPP_Dir_20
          LIBFREDO6_Dir_48
          LibFredo6.rb
          LibTraductor.rb
          line_pointer.png
          linetool.rb
          maxwell
          maxwell.rb
          Ocean
          ocean_extension.rb
          proper_animation
          proper_animation_loader.rb
          ROUNDCORNER
          ROUNDCORNER_Dir_23
          RoundCorner.rb
          RubyToPython
          SCF
          selection.rb
          shapes.rb
          SketchyFFD.rb
          skin.rb
          skp_to_dxf.rb
          skp_to_dxf.rbz
          SoapSkinBubble
          generateSoapSkinBubble.rbs
          Help
          Images
          SoapSkinBubbleMenus.rb
          SoapSkinBubbleTools.rb
          stock_maker.rb
          SU_Podium_Browser.rbs
          SU_Podium_V2
          SU_Podium_V2.rbs
          SuSolid
          susolid.rbs
          taper_maker.rb
          TIGtools
          TOS
          TOS_Dir_18
          tt_cleanup.rb
          TT_Lib2
          tt_simple_installer.rb
          tt_solid_inspector.rb
          unfoldtool.png
          unfoldtool.rb
          Utilities
          utilities.rb
          utilities.rbs
          utilitiestools.rb
          vfs.rb
          weld.rb
          ZLoader__FredoScale.rb
          ZLoader__GhostComp.rb
          ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
          ZLoader__RoundCorner.rb

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            Have you activated its Extension from within Preferences.
            You might also then need to activate its Toolbar...

            TIG

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            • C Offline
              congellous
              last edited by

              There doesn't seem to be an extension in there ?
              It has instal extension which one is the extension ?

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                This ?Capture.PNG

                TIG

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                • C Offline
                  congellous
                  last edited by

                  Yeah it's not there

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    In your list there's 'GhostComp%201' what's that ?
                    Looks like an html based name ?
                    There ought to be a folder called 'GHOSTCOMP_Dir_10'
                    containing these files Capture.PNG This suggests you has mis-installed it...

                    TIG

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                    • C Offline
                      congellous
                      last edited by

                      Dunno what that was but removing it sorted it, didn't even need to turn the extension on. Thanks TIG

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                      • P Offline
                        parsleybrain
                        last edited by

                        Hello Fredo, thanks for another great plugin. So I startet to use it and it worked just fine. I've lots of railings in my model, some are just copies of components but I also had to make a bunch of them unique and to tweak them. Finally making even one copy of an component took so long I decided to use your ghostcomp. And it worked - but now Sketchup always chrashes when I try to create a ghost component. Do you have any advice or idea what to do about that? Thanks in advance.

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                        • fredo6F Offline
                          fredo6
                          last edited by

                          @parsleybrain said:

                          Hello Fredo, thanks for another great plugin. So I startet to use it and it worked just fine. I've lots of railings in my model, some are just copies of components but I also had to make a bunch of them unique and to tweak them. Finally making even one copy of an component took so long I decided to use your ghostcomp. And it worked - but now Sketchup always chrashes when I try to create a ghost component. Do you have any advice or idea what to do about that? Thanks in advance.

                          Please make sure you have the most recent versions. For the crash, it may be some conflicting plugins (some versions of Vray and Podium for instance)

                          Fredo

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                          • fredo6F Offline
                            fredo6
                            last edited by

                            NEW RELEASE: GhostComp v1.1a - 27 Nov 13

                            GhostComp 1.1a is a release for future Sketchup compatibility. It is advised to upgrade even if there are no functional changes.

                            See main post of this thread for Download.

                            Fredo

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                              jaceguay
                              last edited by

                              Really useful, many thanks.

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                              • ppoublanP Offline
                                ppoublan
                                last edited by

                                @fredo6 said:

                                The concept behind GhostComp is to associate a simplified version to a component (called Ghost). Then the script provides an easy way to switch back and forth between the Ghost version and the Real version in the model.

                                Hi Fredo,
                                I integrated this concept into the last version of 3D Tree Maker, with a function that could be called by external plugins to switch/and back from full view to proxy view. the good thing is that in proxy view only object information needed to rebuild the object is kept in object dictionary, not all the real edges/faces.
                                If you think it could be interesting to integrate calls to 3DTreeMaker from your plugin, let me know.
                                Yours
                                pascal

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                                • fredo6F Offline
                                  fredo6
                                  last edited by

                                  Sure. Thanks for thinking about GhostComp

                                  I would need to revisit this plugin, but it is a good idea to integrate custom ghost for certain kind of components.

                                  I'll have a look and advise.

                                  Fredo

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                                  • ppoublanP Offline
                                    ppoublan
                                    last edited by

                                    Things to know before calling :

                                    • those functions contain purge of unused component definitions and unused materials (after drawing a tree or its proxy). So to be called outside of a loop browsing each component definition, and list of definitions to be rebuild if needed after calling.
                                    • it contains start/commit, I do not know results of nesting multiple start/commit, so preferably call outside of start/commit.
                                      Needs v1.10 at least (not implemented in previous versions).

                                    Did not tested, but this should work :

                                    #To switch all trees to proxies
                                    if file_loaded?('3darcstudiotreemain.rb’)
                                    M3darcstudiotree.f3das_changealltoproxies
                                    end

                                    #To switch all proxies to trees
                                    if file_loaded?(‘3darcstudiotreemain.rb’)
                                    M3darcstudiotree.f3das_redrawall
                                    end

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                                    • danchoD Offline
                                      dancho
                                      last edited by

                                      Fredo6 I like your plugin but with SU2014 on windows7 I can't change
                                      from bounding box to wireframe mode, its always bounding box. Any suggestion?

                                      Thanks

                                      Sorry, I found a solution. First must to choose a type than create
                                      ghost and turn it on. Perfect 😆

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                                      • fredo6F Offline
                                        fredo6
                                        last edited by

                                        NEW RELEASE: GhostComp v1.2a - 20 Oct 14

                                        GhostComp 1.2a is required for the support of usernames with non-ascii characters in Sketchup 2014.

                                        See main post of this thread for Download.

                                        Fredo

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                                        • S Offline
                                          salamon
                                          last edited by

                                          Hello is this working for sketchup 2015?

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                                          • R Offline
                                            rv1974
                                            last edited by

                                            I wish there was a-la multiscatter point display (maybe instead of points which can be accidentally deleted with 'Delete Guides' small tiny lines could make the same task). 😒


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