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    • KrisidiousK Offline
      Krisidious
      last edited by

      ok here are 3 of them transparent with hidden edges. be warned they are saved in version 8 so that may affect lower versions running this plugin.

      Deleted file

      By: Kristoff Rand
      Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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      • KrisidiousK Offline
        Krisidious
        last edited by

        Ok... That's great. But... Ummm You'll never believe me if I tell you.

        By: Kristoff Rand
        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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        • KrisidiousK Offline
          Krisidious
          last edited by

          Here's all the leaves that we've added through the forums. about 10 altogether, each saved in SU6 with no edges and no sections, purged for efficiency.

          Live-Ivy-Leaves.zip

          If We figure out what my version is with all the comps in it and where it came from, I'll upload it too.

          Here is the guide skp file that I had inside my folder.

          http://www.sketchup-house-plans.com/Live-Ivy-Settings-Guide.zip

          Ivy-Guide.JPG

          By: Kristoff Rand
          Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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          • KrisidiousK Offline
            Krisidious
            last edited by

            Ok... Sooo My SU 2015-64 won't start if I don't have Live Ivy installed. And not just any Live Ivy but only the Live Ivy I installed in 2014. If I delete both the rb and the folder SU locks up with an off screen missing dialog that I cannot see. If I put the 2014 versions of the plugin back in my folder, SU 2015-64 starts fine. If I install the new version it won't start either. Is that some strange stuff or what?

            Live Ivy did actually work in 2015 TIG, you said yours worked so I went looking for the plugins>menu>Live Ivy tool and it did in did work and was there. I assumed it didn't work because my Live Ivy has a toolbar and an Icon of a leaf. This is missing in 2015, so I assumed it was not working.

            I have some special version of Live Ivy. It has many special components for flowers and leaves. It has an Icon and a tutorial of sorts in a skp.

            I'm going to send my version to you TIG and see if you recognize it.

            By: Kristoff Rand
            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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            • OxerO Offline
              Oxer
              last edited by

              Thank you very much TIG!! πŸ‘
              Ivy works fine now on MAC OSX 10.9.5 & SU2014/15.
              A petition, can you add the toolbar to the plugin?
              Here are the icons created by the.pjt

              Ivy Icons

              "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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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                @Kris, I have your PM.

                I could easily add a toolbar [@Kris/@Oxer].

                At the moment the tool loads the 'ivyleaf_1', 2 & 3 SKPs from the Textures folder.

                If you manually load any other components containing 'ivyleaf' in their name then they are used too.

                A random combo of those 'leaf' components is used for the ivy...

                There are several ways the tool could be improved and I have suggested some in a PM to you...

                All I have done so far is to ensure it's v2014/15 compatible...

                TIG

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  OK... β˜€
                  Here's v0.6.4x in the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=SketchupIvy
                  It has had a general overhaul.
                  As well as the Draw menu item there is now a Toolbar.
                  The dialog's appearance etc has also been brought up to date, and tweaked.
                  There is now an extra tab named 'Leaf Types'.
                  This tab displays thumbnails of all of the SKP files in the ../Plugins/LiveIvy/Textures subfolder if they are named "ivyleaf_*"
                  There are ten v8 SKPs included with the toolset - based on user input etc.
                  These Leaves are all available by selecting/de-selecting their thumbnails as desired.
                  All parameters, settings, leaf-types etc- are now remembered across sessions...
                  These SKPs can be edited/deleted/added-too as desired.
                  Any new SKP must be named so they start with "ivyleaf_"...
                  The displayed thumbnails are also 'properly sorted in order', so it's ivyleaf_1, .._2, ... .._9 coming before ..10, ..11 etc.
                  It's recommended that you use an existing ivyleaf
                  SKP as an example for any new additions.
                  Remember to hide edges; use a transparent PNG texture; purge all extraneous things, including guides and section-planes etc.
                  If you wish to share your new "ivyleaf
                  " SKP then save_as v8, before posting it here...

                  I suggest you remove your existing LiveIvy/Textures folder before reinstalling the toolset, in case there are some ivyleaf_ SKPs that might get overwritten...

                  TIG

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                  • JQLJ Offline
                    JQL
                    last edited by

                    It's Mighty Ivy now!

                    www.casca.pt
                    Visit us on facebook!

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                    • KrisidiousK Offline
                      Krisidious
                      last edited by

                      Booom goes the dynamite... So glad this awesome plugin was saved. Thanks TIG!

                      By: Kristoff Rand
                      Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                      • cheddaC Offline
                        chedda
                        last edited by

                        Looks great with the new options of leaves but it doesn't work for me on mac osx SU 2014 😞

                        Kraken Wrangler https://www.flickr.com/photos/132441293@N03/

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Here's v0.6.5x which has one minor tweak.
                          It now refreshes all of the 'ivyleaf_' thumbnail PNGs whenever its dialog opens, so if you have recently edited an 'ivyleaf_' SKP its thumbnail will now be in sync with the SKP's.
                          Previously it re-used any existing PNGs that were cached in the user's LiveIvy::TEMP folder, until they were purged by system tools or manually deleted etc, this had meant that a cached thumbnail and its actual SKP could be out of sync !
                          http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=SketchupIvy

                          More feedback please...

                          TIG

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @chedda said:

                            Looks great with the new options of leaves but it doesn't work for me on mac osx SU 2014 😞
                            I'll check on MAC... do you have any error messages ?
                            Do you have the latest Safari installed ??
                            Have you tried alternative settings ???

                            EDIT:
                            I just managed to try it on a MAC and it worked fine.
                            OSX [Mavericks] v2014 etc...
                            This screen-shot shows its v0.6.4x, but the latest v0.6.5x is not any different...
                            So something is adrift at your end...


                            Screen Shot 2014-11-19 at 11.47.05.png

                            TIG

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                            • cheddaC Offline
                              chedda
                              last edited by

                              Thanks for the quick response, i got it briefly working somehow now its a problem again. It's starting the ivy thats the problem for me,

                              Kraken Wrangler https://www.flickr.com/photos/132441293@N03/

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                              • cheddaC Offline
                                chedda
                                last edited by

                                Stuff is happening in the progress bar but i don't get any visual feedback and no ivy is created.

                                Kraken Wrangler https://www.flickr.com/photos/132441293@N03/

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  I assume you mean the bottom status bar is showing info ?

                                  To start the ivy growing you should mouse-click on a face... typically the base of a wall ?
                                  Every subsequent mouse-click grows the ivy branches.
                                  Holding a modifier key changes what a mouse-click does - either to grow branches towards the cursor [with Cmd] or to add some leaves [with Alt].
                                  To complete the ivy mouse-click with Shift.
                                  Pressing 'i' should start the ivy again...

                                  Have you tried adjusting the parameter/settings ?

                                  Your difficulty seems to have little to do with issues with the newness of its version, more to do with how you are using it...
                                  Could you post screen-shots of each of the three editable tabs in the dialog etc...

                                  Kris posted some useful visual guides, just a few posts earlier...

                                  TIG

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                                  • cheddaC Offline
                                    chedda
                                    last edited by

                                    Here is my screenshot video now i don't get activity in the bottom status bar.


                                    screenshot.mov

                                    Kraken Wrangler https://www.flickr.com/photos/132441293@N03/

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                                    • cheddaC Offline
                                      chedda
                                      last edited by

                                      perhaps you could add some presets and even a reset to default for the settings because i think my entering values could be the fault.

                                      Kraken Wrangler https://www.flickr.com/photos/132441293@N03/

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Kris's crib-sheets have lots of good preset examples.
                                        The hard-coded default parameter/settings are:

                                        
                                                    ;branch   => {
                                                        ;nodesize    => 3,
                                                        ;pattern     => 0.8,
                                                        ;probability => 0.97,
                                                        ;radius      => 0.8,
                                                        ;floatlength => 150,
                                                        ;detail      => 4,
                                                        ;spread      => 0
                                                    },
                                                    ;leaf     => {
                                                        ;pattern     => 1,
                                                        ;probability => 0.7,
                                                        ;size        => 5
                                                    },
                                                    ;gravity  => {
                                                        ;weight => 1,
                                                        ;vector => [0, 0, -1]
                                                    },
                                                    ;wind     => {
                                                        ;weight => 0.1
                                                    },
                                                    ;random   => {
                                                        ;weight => 0.3
                                                    },
                                                    ;adhesion =>{
                                                        ;max_adhesion_distance => 50,
                                                        ;weight                => 0.2
                                                    },
                                                    ;legacy   => {
                                                        ;weight => 0.8
                                                    }
                                        
                                        

                                        Perhaps try reseting to use those ?

                                        There is no ivyleaf_ Leaf select initially, so any branches should get made bear.
                                        Try selecting one or two Leaf Types...
                                        Do they appear selected when th dialog is next opened ?

                                        The previously used settings are remembered across sessions.

                                        TIG

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                                        • cheddaC Offline
                                          chedda
                                          last edited by

                                          Screen Shot 2014-11-19 at 15.21.57.pngScreen Shot 2014-11-19 at 15.21.51.pngScreen Shot 2014-11-19 at 15.21.44.pngOk that's great TIG thanks its working now. I don't see a pattern dialog under the leaf section though.I also don't see a maximum adhesion distance.

                                          Kraken Wrangler https://www.flickr.com/photos/132441293@N03/

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            I'd try Wind = 0.1

                                            But what you show is OK... πŸ˜„

                                            The other settings you refer to are not user-settable - so don't worry about it - they get calculated by the tool from other settings...

                                            I just included the whole hash that is hard-coded...

                                            TIG

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