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    [Plugin] Eneroth Railroad System (v 0.1.21)

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    • ppoublanP Offline
      ppoublan
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      Hi Eneroth,
      First thanks for this amazing plugin. I really appreciate the way animation is done and the "open" features that allows customization of all objects.
      I have a wish and would like to know if this is something you could think of :
      I would like to be able to run custom script at each image change, to be able to render images in external render. I've seen its possible to add points where external script is called, but adding them one by one for each image would be too long.
      Just an idea...
      Yours
      Pascal

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      • eneroth3E Offline
        eneroth3
        last edited by

        @ppoublan said:

        Hi Eneroth,
        First thanks for this amazing plugin. I really appreciate the way animation is done and the "open" features that allows customization of all objects.
        I have a wish and would like to know if this is something you could think of :
        I would like to be able to run custom script at each image change, to be able to render images in external render. I've seen its possible to add points where external script is called, but adding them one by one for each image would be too long.
        Just an idea...
        Yours
        Pascal

        This is a great idea! I've been thinking about renderers and if they could be changed to run a script each frame but that's really backward. Letting the plugin run a script each frame and tell the renderer what to do is much better since I don't need to change the renderer.

        edit: Or perhaps both. In case there are renderers that have the feature to run a script between each frame I can add a method to the plugin that can be called with the time difference as argument (this more or less already exists but isn't documented).

        My website: http://julia-christina-eneroth.se/

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        • eneroth3E Offline
          eneroth3
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          I've started working on the Advanced Animation Settings which includes running custom code between frames.

          @ppoublan: Is there any specific renderer you where thinking of? I'm quite new to rendering but was thinking about some example code to show in the documentation.


          advanced_animation_settings.png

          My website: http://julia-christina-eneroth.se/

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          • ppoublanP Offline
            ppoublan
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            Wow,
            Your moving too fast !
            My idea was at least at the beginning to be able to export as obj file the geometry of each image and generate the cmd line to render, and to be able also to export as 2D SU image (but with support of styles, shadows, custom size...) things that are not supported when using integrated make avi file from SU. Code for this exists in many plugins.
            My personal final goal is to call Octane integrated render for SU, that is in beta now, but has in the todo list feature for future version to support calling the render from SU by script.

            here is very simple example of code it could call

            imagewidth = 1280
            imageheight = 720
            imagecompression = 0.7
            imagetransparent = false
            view = Sketchup.active_model.active_view
            view.refresh
            imagefilename=<string to build from model name + index>
            keys = {
            :filename => imagefilename,
            :width => imagewidth,
            :height => imageheight,
            :antialias => true,
            :compression => imagecompression,
            :transparent => imagetransparent
            }
            view.write_image keys

            Example of animation created by own script, would like to make same kind of result but with objects animated by your railroad system

            edit
            just for fun, after printing in 3D, the wheel built and rotated by a lego robot without contact

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            • eneroth3E Offline
              eneroth3
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              My first video exported with the plugin. Also the first time I can see the trains run with shadows, fog and textures without lag 😄 .

              My website: http://julia-christina-eneroth.se/

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              • ppoublanP Offline
                ppoublan
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                Yes, yes, yes. Great !!!! Like it.

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                • deaneauD Offline
                  deaneau
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                  VIZ_0046.jpg
                  VIZ_0047.jpg

                  MADE, BORN AND LIVING IN BERLIN
                  Big Thank You to all Programmers
                  Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                  • eneroth3E Offline
                    eneroth3
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                    The latest version of the plugin is now published. Now rolling stocks can be added to the library from their context (rigth click) menu so there's no need to write stuff in the terminal any more! The documentation for custom tracks has been improved with images showing how different parts are drawn. Advanced animation settings now allow users to execute code between each frame. An example how to make a simple animation with Sketchup's own view.write_image has been added to the documentation.

                    normal.png

                    bridge.png

                    (Images from documentation showing what's the extrusion, arrayed parts and endings)

                    My website: http://julia-christina-eneroth.se/

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                    • deaneauD Offline
                      deaneau
                      last edited by

                      Eneroth busy as a bee!
                      thank you

                      MADE, BORN AND LIVING IN BERLIN
                      Big Thank You to all Programmers
                      Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                      • OxerO Offline
                        Oxer
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                        The new feature to export animation images is really fantastic 👍 , here a quick test of video animation created with Quicktime Pro
                        http://youtu.be/khK_p5UaK4g

                        "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                        [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                        • eneroth3E Offline
                          eneroth3
                          last edited by

                          @oxer said:

                          The new feature to export animation images is really fantastic 👍 , here a quick test of video animation created with Quicktime Pro
                          http://youtu.be/khK_p5UaK4g

                          First I couldn't understand how you could move the camera while exporting. Then I realized that it's probably my computer that is so slow Sketchup nearly freezes when exporting. Each frame takes several seconds for me 😕 .

                          My website: http://julia-christina-eneroth.se/

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                          • OxerO Offline
                            Oxer
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                            On my computer export each frame it's near to real time (milliseconds) with shadows included. I have a iMac i7 3,4GHz 27" (mid 2011) 16GB Ram.

                            "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                            [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                            • eneroth3E Offline
                              eneroth3
                              last edited by

                              @oxer said:

                              On my computer export each frame it's near to real time (milliseconds) with shadows included. I have a iMac i7 3,4GHz 27" (mid 2011) 16GB Ram.

                              Hehe, I'm on a 1,8GHz (dual core) with about 3GB ram. I think it's time to replace it 😲 .

                              My website: http://julia-christina-eneroth.se/

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                              • deaneauD Offline
                                deaneau
                                last edited by

                                VIZ_0048.jpg

                                MADE, BORN AND LIVING IN BERLIN
                                Big Thank You to all Programmers
                                Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                                • eneroth3E Offline
                                  eneroth3
                                  last edited by

                                  Cool bridge!

                                  have you created custom track types for street lights and bridge deck?

                                  My website: http://julia-christina-eneroth.se/

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                                  • deaneauD Offline
                                    deaneau
                                    last edited by

                                    @eneroth3 said:

                                    Cool bridge!

                                    have you created custom track types for street lights and bridge deck?

                                    no not really.
                                    this was a bridge for a simulator and i have try to combine this. i have this design by photos

                                    http://structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0005274

                                    some parts of the bridge will be possible however the suspender cables ,the tower and pier will not possible.

                                    i can send you the sketchup model and you can try what´s possible.

                                    is a bridge possible with more than 2 "tracks"?

                                    dean

                                    MADE, BORN AND LIVING IN BERLIN
                                    Big Thank You to all Programmers
                                    Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                                    • eneroth3E Offline
                                      eneroth3
                                      last edited by

                                      I think everything but the cables could be drawn as a track type. if the cables were straight even those could be included but the bridge would be a lot less cool.

                                      You can follow the instructions for double tracks in the docs and just make it wider to fit more tracks of the corresponding track type.

                                      My website: http://julia-christina-eneroth.se/

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                                      • ppoublanP Offline
                                        ppoublan
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi Eneroth,

                                        Thanks again for this amazing plugin and the add of custom code at each frame.
                                        I’m playing like a kid with its new toy.

                                        Here are some suggestions/ideas for improvements. Feel free to discard…

                                        I created a custom track (Lego type) with small gauge (0.084m) and scale. Do not know if this is link to this scale but then I got sometime strange behavior when adding new tracks from webdialog:

                                        • Can’t create even straight tracks of less than a length (60cm) without getting ties drawn in the opposite direction of the rails.
                                        • For slips, tracks at each end are drawn over the slip, not externaly
                                        • Do you want a copy of tracks I made to test or this is something you already seen ?

                                        Not sure you can do something with this, but when placing an object (track, train, …) , cant zoom with the mouse wheel until it is pressed one to activate orbit tool. This is not the case with other SU tools.

                                        I replaced default signals. Will wait for the customization doc. One thing is I’m not sure why you need left and right template. Why not to place/rotate within the tool.

                                        When working on complex models, it should be great to be able to change the type of multiple tracks at once. (select many and change the type) in place of doing this one by one.
                                        Would like also a way to force reloading and redrawing tracks when template has been changed.

                                        Regarding camera, maybe a fixed point but with eye following a train would be interesting.

                                        Last, I played a lot with balises. This is the most interesting part. I added 3 instance variables to the balise class to be able to build with the balises a kind of auto-controlled circuit to avoid collisions and add more trains to the same circuit.
                                        These I think may be useful :

                                        • Last train : to be able within a balise code to access to the previous train that passed the balise (and not only the current one)
                                        • Last run : time the balise was last activated. I use this to control spacing/speed between trains
                                        • Custom status : a variable to store a user state for each balise

                                        Yours
                                        Pascal

                                        output.jpg

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                                        • eneroth3E Offline
                                          eneroth3
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Pascal

                                          I've never tried making such small tracks but I can look into it. It'd be helpful to see the file. The mouse wheel doesn't work as long as the web dialog is focused and I don't think I can do much about it.

                                          The signal system is quite old and will be replaced completely. Some signal types can show both left, straight and right will some only can show straight and turn so it's a bit complicated but the new system will contain one model only and the hidden property will be changed on the lights/arrows instead of replacing the component.

                                          I have planned for some time to make the track properties dialog work on multiple tracks but haven't been sure how to do it. I'll keep working on this.

                                          I've actually tested to follow with a fixed camera by changing the source code temporarily and it would be quite easy to implement technically but I'm not sure where to put the options in the UI. The Drive Train dialog wouldn't work when you follow a rolling stock without having the tool activated.

                                          The Balise ideas are great! I'll defensively look into it.

                                          Christina

                                          My website: http://julia-christina-eneroth.se/

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                                          • ppoublanP Offline
                                            ppoublan
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi Christina,
                                            Thanks for your answers. Take your time. I take the opportunity I'm on vacations to play !
                                            Yours
                                            Pascal

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