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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

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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

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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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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Thanks Oxer.
                              There are several recent posts about adding these new 'ivyleaf_' SKPs to your ../Plugins/LiveIvy/Textures folder...
                              Clearly you might want to manage what you have loading from that folder, by 'disabling' some little-used or un-used SKPs...

                              Regarding the ordering...
                              The default ordering would be 1,10,11,2,3..9 etc
                              I adjusted it to use 1,2,3..9,10,11 etc
                              BUT having names like 13a, 13b etc currently confuses it as there is no inherent way to sort by the final 'suffix'...
                              This can be done... I'll look at it... πŸ€“

                              πŸ˜„

                              TIG

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                              • OxerO Offline
                                Oxer
                                last edited by

                                Thanks for the info TIG!!

                                "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

                                  Here's v0.6.6x which now sorts the 'ivy_leaf_' thumbnails logically, names with number+letter suffixes are sorted after any pure numerical suffixes http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=SketchupIvy


                                  LiveIvy0.6.6x.PNG

                                  TIG

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                                  • J Offline
                                    Jorgensen
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi tig

                                    This is a very nice plugin, even though I have a problem.

                                    I have a wall, that is 20 meter high wall and 100 meters long, and somehow I need to green (not the right word I guess) whis wall.

                                    But I have a struggle to find the right settings. No matter what settings I use, it seems that I can't get the ivy higher than 4-5 meters before it gets to heavy / dence. Can anyone guide me here πŸ˜„

                                    If I can create some of the Ives I can use them as proxies in max / octane, but it might not be possible at all to create ivys this big?

                                    sketchup pro 2016 16.1.1449 64 bit | windows 10 pro | i7-3770k @3.5 GHz | 16gb ram | gtx 780 ti / gtx 980 ti | nvidia driver 368.39

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                                    • KrisidiousK Offline
                                      Krisidious
                                      last edited by

                                      @jorgensen said:

                                      Hi tig

                                      I have a wall, that is 20 meter high wall and 100 meters long, and somehow I need to green (not the right word I guess) whis wall.

                                      You might want to look at my Green Wall thread. I don't know that this is what you want. Ivy is probably not for larger areas.

                                      http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40%26amp;t=59390

                                      By: Kristoff Rand
                                      Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                      • J Offline
                                        Jorgensen
                                        last edited by

                                        Thank kristoff

                                        I haven't thought of using make fur. I sure will try that out.

                                        Thanks

                                        sketchup pro 2016 16.1.1449 64 bit | windows 10 pro | i7-3770k @3.5 GHz | 16gb ram | gtx 780 ti / gtx 980 ti | nvidia driver 368.39

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                                        • KrisidiousK Offline
                                          Krisidious
                                          last edited by

                                          You can always ad ivy leaves into the grass proxies/comps. Make sure to post back and show us how it turns out.

                                          By: Kristoff Rand
                                          Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                          • P Offline
                                            pankaj_tamore
                                            last edited by

                                            Dear Mr.Pierreden,

                                            Thank you very much for this incredibly magical plugin some i had in my mind for long time for making creeper in desired way but unfortunately i have encountered problem in using this plugin smoothly. please guide to fix the problem.problem i experienced i explained in attached PDF file please go through the same.

                                            Thanks & regards

                                            Pankaj T


                                            IVY Problem report on 21.11.14.pdf

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