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    • ppoublanP Offline
      ppoublan
      last edited by

      @kaas said:

      A decrease in size of the leaves relative to the position on the branch might be a nice idea as well (advanced section).

      Available in last version 1.10

      @kaas said:

      Finally, it seems like the vertices of the trunk are not welded together somehow. If I do a LightUp rendering I get artifacts on the trunk. If I use the weld plugin on the trunk the artifacts are gone. The branches seem not affected by this.

      Hi Max,
      Could you post tree sample (skp) here in order to try to debug ? I was not able to reproduce the problem. Will do more tests.
      Yours
      Pascal

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        kaas
        last edited by

        @ppoublan said:

        Hi Max,Could you post tree sample (skp) here in order to try to debug ? I was not able to reproduce the problem. Will do more tests.

        Hi Pascal, Just installed and tried the new plugin. Tried a few trees and can't reproduce the problem as well...Strange.. Will try more after I'm back from a trip abroad.

        Max

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        • J Offline
          jaceguay
          last edited by

          Very nice plugin, Thanks. All I need now itΒ΄s a people maker πŸ’š

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          • bigstickB Offline
            bigstick
            last edited by

            Great work with the updated version Pascal!

            One suggestion however, when inserting multiple instances of the same plant/tree, what would be very cool would be an option in the 'Settings' dialog to randomly scale and rotate each new instance.

            With 3D plants, you can naturally get a degree of variation just by rotating and scaling components. The benefit of this is that it works with instancing for render engines, and keeps the file size down πŸ˜„

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            • Bob JamesB Offline
              Bob James
              last edited by

              Totally, unequivocally, without question, absolutely OUTSTANDING 😍

              Note: Does not work if loaded into "additional folder". Needs to reside in the SU standard plugin location.

              i7-4930K 3.4Ghz, 2x GTX780 6GB, 32GB DDR3-1600 ECC, OCZ Vertex 4 500GB, WD Black 3TB, 32TB NAS, 4x 27" Monitors, SpaceMouse Pro, X-keys XK-60

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                dtrarch
                last edited by

                Great work Pascal
                A quantum leap for in-SU bushing up.
                Really quite amazing and only 10 Euro.
                πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘
                Thank you β˜€

                dtr

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                • ppoublanP Offline
                  ppoublan
                  last edited by

                  @bob james said:

                  Note: Does not work if loaded into "additional folder". Needs to reside in the SU standard plugin location.

                  Hi Bob,
                  Thanks for your support. Yes you're right regarding plugin files location that needs to stay within default Sketchup Plugins dir. I started to make changes to fix that, but was blocked by limits of .rbs files (scrambled scripts) that does not work the same way as non scrambled scripts with ruby Files/Dirs functions. Hope to find a workaround for future versions. Will have to get help from the developers forum experts...
                  Yours
                  Pascal

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                  • ppoublanP Offline
                    ppoublan
                    last edited by

                    @bigstick said:

                    One suggestion however, when inserting multiple instances of the same plant/tree, what would be very cool would be an option in the 'Settings' dialog to randomly scale and rotate each new instance.

                    This is the way it works. When you place multiple trees, or duplicate (right click a tree to access this feature), new instances are randomly rotated around their z axis and randomly scaled. The only thing is that the "amplitude" of scale cant be chosen.
                    +1 on my "todo" list

                    Yours
                    Pascal

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                    • L Offline
                      lebsays
                      last edited by

                      Just got this PLugin today... and it may be my favorite ever!!! I'm always struggling to find good trees when I'm modeling landscapes.

                      Can I turn the grass proxy on and off?

                      If the grass is turned on proxy will it render in photo-realistic renderers?

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                      • ppoublanP Offline
                        ppoublan
                        last edited by

                        @lebsays said:

                        Just got this PLugin today... and it may be my favorite ever!!! I'm always struggling to find good trees when I'm modeling landscapes.

                        @lebsays said:

                        Can I turn the grass proxy on and off?

                        Yes, grass is just handled like other trees and plants

                        @lebsays said:

                        If the grass is turned on proxy will it render in photo-realistic renderers?

                        No. But :

                        • renders that can use SU components will only take one copy/export of one grass and use it to build all the grass plants into the final render.
                        • for those not taking into account SU components, you may sometimes "tcheat" them by exporting once the grass object and separately the components places/scales (like for Octane now).
                          Check the forum of your prefered render to learn more on that.
                          Yours
                          Pascal
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                          matt.gordon320
                          last edited by

                          This plugin is absolutely amazing, a steal at 10 euro, and once of my top favorites! I wanted to throw a feature request out there that might be a little odd (or specialist) but figured it might be helpful for certain types of plants.

                          I'd love to see an eventual option for root systems, and especially on option for Aerial root systems like on the mangrove or banyan trees.

                          I do a lot of work in China's more tropical regions, and the clients would absolutely love local species in the models.

                          Thanks again for an incredible plugin!

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                          • ppoublanP Offline
                            ppoublan
                            last edited by

                            @matt.gordon320 said:

                            I'd love to see an eventual option for root systems, and especially on option for Aerial root systems like on the mangrove or banyan trees.

                            Hi Matt,
                            This is a good idea. I've seen this feature in more complex trees/plants generators.
                            I will look how to develop it, but it can take me long. Will try.

                            A kind of cheat/workaround to achieve this with the current version may be :

                            • create your root system as a second tree
                            • when happy with the result, flip it vertically, scale, and place under the first tree.

                            Here is an example :
                            rootsystem.jpg

                            Yours
                            Pascal

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              Works fine with LightUp! β˜€

                              3d_tree.jpg

                              3d_tree1.jpg

                              And the fabulous Rail road system by Eneroth! β˜€
                              train2.jpg

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                                laudhi
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                                i wish there is more option for vine/ivy.it will be amazing.... πŸ˜›

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                                • ppoublanP Offline
                                  ppoublan
                                  last edited by

                                  @laudhi said:

                                  i wish there is more option for vine/ivy.it will be amazing.... πŸ˜›

                                  Hi Laudhi,
                                  Have you checked the Ivy tool from pierreden publihed in this forum ? I'm also using it and maybe it will allow you to achieve what you want.
                                  Regarding 3D Tree Maker, you can use existing parameters to make "ivy like" trees. Let me know if they are any others you are thinking of ?
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                                  but it is not interactive (like Ivy) and does not take into account existing objects in the model, as 3D Tree Maker is only based on predefined parameters.
                                  I think that both tools are complementary.
                                  Yours
                                  Pascal

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                                    laudhi
                                    last edited by

                                    Let me know if they are any others you are thinking of ?
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                                    I'm just curious if there are plans for vines, there may be an easier way to make vines on the pole ...
                                    Your plugin is amazing, worth to buy the pro version.... πŸ‘

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                                      rubenamaroh
                                      last edited by

                                      Help!!!
                                      I can't run this ruby, the program display in "Plugins" folder but dont display
                                      right next to the arrow the window options " New" , "License" and "About", whats wrong?
                                      Thanks.

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Have you got available, and then activated its Toolbar ?
                                        How did you 'install' it ?

                                        TIG

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                                        • deaneauD Offline
                                          deaneau
                                          last edited by

                                          @tig said:

                                          Have you got available, and then activated its Toolbar ?
                                          How did you 'install' it ?

                                          hi TIG

                                          i have the same problem in 2013

                                          in the menue appear only 3d ArcStudio.

                                          i have installed via sketchucation pluginstore plugin.
                                          if i try to open the toolbar this will not show in the windows.

                                          regards dean

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                                          Big Thank You to all Programmers
                                          Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                                          • ppoublanP Offline
                                            ppoublan
                                            last edited by

                                            Dear all,
                                            Just got an error with one of the version published, that did not work on SU8 nor SU2013.
                                            Pushed the last one (1.10.11) on Sketchucation and my website.
                                            Should load and setup menus now on all SU versions.
                                            Let me know if you discover other errors.
                                            Pascal

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