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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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                • cheddaC Offline
                  chedda
                  last edited by

                  Thanks !

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

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

                    does it recognize components above 3?

                    my older version used to but this one doesn't see my library of 9 components?

                    Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Did you read the usage guidance ?
                      Did you remove the ../Plugins/LiveIvy/Textures folder and then install the toolset ??

                      It loads ALL of the SKPs it has found in the ../Plugins/LiveIvy/Textures folder...
                      BUT ONLY IF they are named 'ivyleaf_.skp', where the '' can be any text you like, but to keep things ordered I recommend a numerical part.
                      If you have other SKP names these are ignored, and NOT loaded...
                      So rename them and restart the tool's dialog...
                      The thumbnails are made from the loaded SKPs.

                      It comes with 10 as the default set, others can be added into the folder as desired...

                      The initial default Leaf Type has NO ivyleaf_ thumbnail selected - so initially branches would be bare.
                      However, you can choose any number of available components you wish - all 10 if you want !
                      Click a thumbnail to select and highlight it 'blue', or click again to de-select it...
                      The last used 'set' of selected ivyleaf_ components is re-selected when the dialog opens, this is remembered across sessions.

                      Also ensure that the new custom ivyleaf_ SKP is properly purged, and has no guides or section planes in it: they are best with transparent PNG texture and simple outline hidden edges around the leaf's face...
                      Also setup the default view so the SKP's thumbnail looks good...

                      TIG

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

                        Yes, I did re-read...

                        picpick-007.png

                        picpick-008.png

                        Here's my textures folder saved as v2015 .skp

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

                          it loads 3 only

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            So you have overwritten the default set of SKPs. πŸ˜’

                            If you saved them as v2015 SKPs, then they'll only load into v2015, that's why I recommended they were saved as v8 in the guidance, then they load in all versions of SketchUp...
                            Are you using the tool on sketchUcloud or a shared Plugins folder? - if so, then earlier versions of SketchUp will be messed up and only load SKP versions <= their version.
                            ...
                            It loads all available SKPs named 'ivyleaf_*', so maybe only 3 are suitable versions in that SketchUp ?
                            Can you give me your set of 9 SKPs so I can look at them...

                            TIG

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

                              No, i didn't overwrite. I binned those duds.

                              I am using 2015 with the plugin.

                              I am not using the cloud

                              I emailed you the library

                              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                              • D Offline
                                driven
                                last edited by

                                here's what I see on mac after extracting and adding icons...2014-11-19 03.32.18 pm.png

                                learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  @rich o brien said:

                                  No, i didn't overwrite. I binned those duds.

                                  I am using 2015 with the plugin.

                                  I am not using the cloud

                                  I emailed you the library

                                  Well I saved them all as v8 SKPs and then they ALL add into the dialog as thumbnails in v8 to v2015 !
                                  The hidden-geom needs switching off in the SKP so the thumbnail is clean...


                                  Capture.PNG

                                  TIG

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

                                    ok, feel free to add them to the tool if you want

                                    Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      I'll zip them and post it here asap...

                                      TIG

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Here's Rich O'Brien's set of nine 'ivyleaf_' SKPs - all evergreen ivy leaves...
                                        They are in SUp v8 format, with the hidden-geometry OFF, so their thumbnails look better.

                                        You can either add those to your existing set in the ../Plugins/LiveIvy/Textures folder [they are named with a final 'ROB' so as not to clash], or of course you can remove any 'ivyleaf' SKPs you don't want to choose from - perhaps move them into a 'Disabled' subfolder...


                                        ivyleaf_ROB's.PNG


                                        ivyleaf_ROB's.zip

                                        TIG

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                                        • OxerO Offline
                                          Oxer
                                          last edited by

                                          Incredible new feature to select different leafs, thanks you very much TIG 😍 πŸ‘
                                          With your permission TIG, I rebuild the leafs to decrease the leafs files size, only one or two planes for the leafs, I deleted the unnecessary edges. I made a new leafs with some skp files found in this topic, I made components for some parts of the leafs (minor file size) and I made new textures.
                                          The new leafs are named like 11, 12, 13a, 13b, 13c, 14a and 14b, to the leafs 1 to 10 I made a cleaning only, all are saved in SU8 format.
                                          The plugins works fine in SU2014/15 & OSX 10.9.5 only one problem with the leafs list alphabetic order, some leafs aren't ordered correctly, I marked the incorrect leaf, see the image below, I don't why.

                                          New Leafs

                                          New Leafs 1 to 10
                                          New Leafs 11 to 14b

                                          "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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                                          • pbacotP Offline
                                            pbacot
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks Oxer and thanks Tig! Maybe time for me to try this again.

                                            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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