[Plugin][WIP][OpenSource] Bezier Surface

jeff hammond

@rich o brien said:

The song from Ghost is in my head now.

lucky for me i'm on a super crappy connection right now so i can't be arsed to youtube the scene.

pilou

At least!
Brilliant!
Works on the 2014?
Seems not!
Impossible to valide the second point of the patch!

I have the last TT_lib2

Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method parent' for nil:NilClass> C:/Users/Pilou/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/ChrisP_PutsCompOnFace.rb:21:in definition'
C:/Users/Pilou/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/TT_Lib2/instance.rb:23:in definition' C:/Users/Pilou/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_bezier_surface/bezier_surface.rb:1129:in update_mesh'
C:/Users/Pilou/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_bezier_surface/bezier_surface.rb:159:in update' C:/Users/Pilou/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_bezier_surface/tool_create_patch.rb:142:in onLButtonUp'

pilou

Seems in 2014 no compatibility with SketchyPhysics 3, Scalp
Patch is drawn with the grid
but now i have just the menu one time on the right Click
then no possibility to edit the patch!

Just this on the Ruby Console

nextFrame()->updateMainWnd()

Box

What an outstandingly wonderful tool.

pilou

For any reason after relaunch SU that works!
Waiting the manual for translate it in French!

AcesHigh

how come I totally missed this plugin for 4 years? It should be on the list of essential plugins!

cotty

@aceshigh said:

how come I totally missed this plugin for 4 years?

Maybe because Thomthom published it yesterday

Pixero

Thanks, will come in handy for all those soft surfaces.

jolran

This is so cool!
I'm not gonna get any work done now playing with this

How do you add Tripatch to Qaudpatch ? Possible ?

jolran

Some really nice editing capabilities there, with the Gizmo and all. WOW!

So you decided to release it non commersial, huh ?

For some time now I have been working on curves and surfaces for my node editor, maybe
I can try making it compatible with you patches as well, now that your code is in public...
That would be cool to use your tools after baking down geometry..

Do you use Knotvectors for the patches ? Or are they interval-based type powerbasis functions ?
Edit: Ah right, they are not spline-based, (duh). So you go through the C-extensioncode right ?

Box

@jolran said:

How do you add Tripatch to Qaudpatch ? Possible ?

Select the edges you want to add to then click add patch and it will follow the shape.

jolran

Yes I noticed that. But Tripatch ?
edit: ah, it may not be included yet. There are some things not added in this version.
Doesent matter. Bloody marvelous anyway

Box

Sorry About that Jolran, I misread your question, didn't realise it was specifically the tris you were after.

In case anyone is wondering how useful and fast this is to work with.
This rough test torso is less than five minutes work.

Super Fast.JPG

pilou

Rodin!

jolran

No worries Nice chest.

panixia

it looks super nice thank you but it doesn't work for me (sketchup 8 on win7)..
i suppose i installed it properly and also updated ttlib to last version..
i suspect it may depends on some conflict with tons of other plugins..

jolran

@unknownuser said:

it looks super nice thank you but it doesn't work for me (sketchup 8 on win7)

Same here. I only had it working in 2014.

Error "defined method `force_encoding' for #String:0xb10993c"

This is "probably" and Ruby 1.8 error. I have the impression that many authors will stop supporting SU 8 soon.

panixia

@jolran said:

@unknownuser said:

it looks super nice thank you but it doesn't work for me (sketchup 8 on win7)

Error "defined method `force_encoding' for #String:0xb10993c"

yeah. force encoding blablabla.. getting similar message when loading sketchup

@jolran said:

@unknownuser said:

it looks super nice thank you but it doesn't work for me (sketchup 8 on win7)
I have the impression that many authors will stop supporting SU 8 soon.

but.. it says su8 is supported..

d12dozr

Thanks, Thomthom. Time to play!

jolran

@unknownuser said:

but.. it says su8 is supported..

Ah, yeah you are right. Then I guess he just probably forgot to set up some conditions for Su8. Well see when he get's back.
Meanwhile do a testspin in 2014.

It may have be a condition set on line 26 in the loader rb
"file = FILE.dup.force_encoding("UTF-8")"

If I remember correctly Ruby 1.8 (Su8) does not have that method..

I'm not gonna mess with that since I don't know how he has things set up with TT_Lib so I suggest waiting for his return..