[Plugin] Sketchup Ivy

TIG · 22 Nov 2014, 20:32

But IE11 is current, although IE9 ought to be OK

Krisidious · 23 Nov 2014, 08:42

Ok, since we figured out who Gordon is and I saw his posts contributing to the community, I'm going to assume everything in my folder is up for grabs.

Now don't go installing this unless you know what you're doing. Let Tig, Rich, Oxer and Myself sort them out, clean them up and see how they should fit in. We'll offer them up in a combined pack afterwards.

Here it is.

http://www.sketchup-house-plans.com/Ivy-Leaves-Kris.zip

Here's what it contains.

TIG · 23 Nov 2014, 13:08

Thanks Kris

Remember to use a SKP as a custom leaf you must name it 'ivyleaf_XXXXX.skp' and put it in the ..Plugins//LiveIvy/Textures subfolder.
The 'XXXXX' can be any text you want [e.g. 'Kris'] - I recommend using something logical - although you will see a thumbnail to click on !

I also recommend that you consider editing the SKPs to 'hide' some outer edges etc, which will improve the appearance of the 'leaves' etc ...

Krisidious · 23 Nov 2014, 13:57

Roger that... I did the 1-10 on the old one but Rich came behind and redid them. So I wanted to touch base with all of you first.

Do you think we should keep the norms and bumps etc? I take it that's for render monkeys.

chris87 · 23 Nov 2014, 18:42

@tig said:

But IE11 is current, although IE9 ought to be OK

I installed iE 11
The same problem occurs !!!

driven · 23 Nov 2014, 18:56

@chris87 said:

Sketchup 8 pro error !!!

I see the same javascript error on my mac, but I believe it is harmless...
what happens if you click to continue...
john

chris87 · 24 Nov 2014, 10:05

@driven said:

@chris87 said:

Sketchup 8 pro error !!!

I see the same javascript error on my mac, but I believe it is harmless...
what happens if you click to continue...
john

The panel is open but the tool doesn't function correctly

Krisidious · 24 Nov 2014, 10:13

What exactly happens? give us a rundown of your steps and the results of them.

TIG · 24 Nov 2014, 10:52

Have the Ruby Console open as you use it.
Any errors ?
What doesn't function properly ?
Unless you tell us how can we help !
Once the dialog opens set the desired parameters, settings, leaf type[s] etc: then left-mouse click near the base of a wall face to start, keep clicking to add more branches, hold Ctrl [Cmd?] and click to add leaves, use Alt [Opt] and click to grow towards the cursor; hold Shift and click to make the ivy...

chris87 · 24 Nov 2014, 13:10

@tig said:

Have the Ruby Console open as you use it.
Any errors ?
What doesn't function properly ?
Unless you tell us how can we help !
Once the dialog opens set the desired parameters, settings, leaf type[s] etc: then left-mouse click near the base of a wall face to start, keep clicking to add more branches, hold Ctrl [Cmd?] and click to add leaves, use Alt [Opt] and click to grow towards the cursor; hold Shift and click to make the ivy...

I am French and it is difficult to give technical explanations in English language :
The plant doesn't create itself to the click of the mouse.
No error in the Ruby console....

Krisidious · 24 Nov 2014, 13:19

Normally, most people will see a very small pink line, not real geometry, but a placeholder for a line. Do you not see that either?

TIG · 24 Nov 2014, 13:43

Can you try a clean reinstall of the tool, to be sure there are no legacy files.
Open the Plugins folder and delete the LiveIvy.rb file and the entire LiveIvy subfolder.
Now reinstall it from the downloaded RBZ or the SketchUcation PluginStore AutoInstall red-button.
Restart SketchUp and try the tool again.
What happens ?
What is your OS ? PC or MAC ?
Are you holding the modifier keys down while clicking ?
Are you clicking on a wall face ??

chris87 · 24 Nov 2014, 18:20

@tig said:

Can you try a clean reinstall of the tool, to be sure there are no legacy files.
Open the Plugins folder and delete the LiveIvy.rb file and the entire LiveIvy subfolder.
Now reinstall it from the downloaded RBZ or the SketchUcation PluginStore AutoInstall red-button.
Restart SketchUp and try the tool again.
What happens ?
What is your OS ? PC or MAC ?
Are you holding the modifier keys down while clicking ?
Are you clicking on a wall face ??

I reinstalled several times of course cleanly the plugin.
At the first clic (without modifiers keys) a very small pink line appears but nothing happens to the others click
however before suspecting a bad use....there was a display of a message of mistake of the program...no ?
PC OS : Windows 7 32 bits SP3 - and Sketchup 8 Pro.

TIG · 24 Nov 2014, 18:32

Please look at your default settings.
These are the shipped set:

{
                ;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
            }

Not all ot them will have dialog headings...
Please reset to those which do apply... and try again.
Remember that it might want the inpy value as 0.2 NOT 0,2 !!!

chris87 · 25 Nov 2014, 11:03

@tig said:

Please look at your default settings.
These are the shipped set:

{
>                 ;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
>             }

Not all ot them will have dialog headings...

Please reset to those which do apply... and try again.
Remember that it might want the inpy value as 0.2 NOT 0,2 !!!

Thank you TIG, for your help...
But this plugin doesn't function with my configuration...
I uninstalled it.
Thank you again to have looked for the solutions to the problem
This last will be solved maybe at the time of a next update!
Best regards.

TIG · 25 Nov 2014, 12:39

Did you try those default settings ?
Remember sizes are always entered in 'inches'...
And the decimal-separator is a '.' NOT a ','
If you get a small red line at the start it suggests it does start to work, but the settings are wrong...

driven · 25 Nov 2014, 12:53

@tig
do you see the javascript errors?

[Error] TypeError; undefined is not an object (evaluating 'a.browser.msie')
	(anonymous function) (jquery.tools.min.js, line 14)
	global code (jquery.tools.min.js, line 14)
[Error] Failed to load resource; The requested URL was not found on this server. (ui-bg_glass_100_f6f6f6_1x400.png, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource; The requested URL was not found on this server. (ui-bg_highlight-soft_100_eeeeee_1x100.png, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource; The requested URL was not found on this server. (ui-bg_glass_65_ffffff_1x400.png, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource; The requested URL was not found on this server. (ui-icons_ef8c08_256x240.png, line 0)

they first may be causing more than a load error on a Windows PC...
john

TIG · 25 Nov 2014, 13:11

@driven said:

@tig
do you see the javascript errors?

[Error] TypeError; undefined is not an object (evaluating 'a.browser.msie')
> 	(anonymous function) (jquery.tools.min.js, line 14)
> 	global code (jquery.tools.min.js, line 14)
> [Error] Failed to load resource; The requested URL was not found on this server. (ui-bg_glass_100_f6f6f6_1x400.png, line 0)
> [Error] Failed to load resource; The requested URL was not found on this server. (ui-bg_highlight-soft_100_eeeeee_1x100.png, line 0)
> [Error] Failed to load resource; The requested URL was not found on this server. (ui-bg_glass_65_ffffff_1x400.png, line 0)
> [Error] Failed to load resource; The requested URL was not found on this server. (ui-icons_ef8c08_256x240.png, line 0)

they first may be causing more than a load error on a Windows PC...
john
I have seen reports, but I do not get those errors on my MAC.
The jquery.tools.min.js code is a standard library that should be IE and Safari compatible...
That is why I have previously asked MAC users OS and if they has the latest Safari installed etc...
Any other ideas ?
Look through the millions of www pages... it seems that newer versions of jquery like the one supplied deprecated $.browser, but the jquery 'tools' still expects it [v1.2.5 is included BUT v1.2.6 & ..7-dev is available BUT not readily downloadable yet] !
Some set ups simply absorb the error, others choke.
I'll look at a fix and get you to test it on your MAC...
EDIT: I did get hold of v1.2.6 BUT it broke the dialog's sliders etc, so that's no use...

driven · 25 Nov 2014, 13:17

I only see it with WebInspector, not as a SU error...
The missing pngs, aren't a big issue, but do point to some packaging anomaly...

happy to test as always...
john

TIG · 25 Nov 2014, 13:35

Can you replace this main.html [ it's ZIPed for uploading purposes ] file in ../LiveIvy/gui folder.
I added some jquery code to reinstae the deprecated $.browser code, and it has some Safari tests etc...so that MIGHT fix it on MACs...

If it works I'll release an update...

main.zip