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    [PLUGIN] Flowify v1.1.0 (updated 150327)

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    • cmdC Offline
      cmd
      last edited by

      Caul

      Looks like a fantastic plugin.

      Thank you for taking the time to provide such a thorough tutorial video. It is really well done.

      Cheers
      CMD

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

        Hi Caul,

        We added Flowify to the PluginStore.

        Since you are a Plugin Author you are able to track stats, update docs or use our API at...

        plugins.sketchucation.com

        Thanks for sharing here. We appreciate it.

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

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        • cottyC Offline
          cotty
          last edited by

          Nice videos. Thank you for this interesting plugin!

          my SketchUp gallery

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          • D Offline
            dtrarch
            last edited by

            Caul
            What a fine and professional tutorial set and beyond what Sketchup was ever thought to do. πŸ‘ πŸ‘
            Just amazing and a real gift.
            Thank you so very much. β˜€

            dtr

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              Excellent! 😎
              Frank Gehry will love it! πŸ˜‰

              PS
              You have also a "Flow" function inside Moi3D πŸ€“
              (Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V between Rhino <--> Moi on the 2 ways)

              Frenchy Pilou
              Is beautiful that please without concept!
              My Little site :)

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              • A Offline
                alpro
                last edited by

                This looks very cool, thanks for sharing and also for the good tutorial.

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                • tt_suT Offline
                  tt_su
                  last edited by

                  Loving the haunted house example! πŸ˜„
                  It's been a while since I used Rhino - is the operation of setting up the meshes the same as FlowAlongSrf?

                  (Btw, nice example of Bezier Surface there - it's seem to be more versatile than I expected. πŸ˜„ )

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                  • silvershadowS Offline
                    silvershadow
                    last edited by

                    this is amazing!! Thank you so much for this,something i could definitely use with my current project and save some long boring hours.

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                    • duanekempD Offline
                      duanekemp
                      last edited by

                      This looks amazingly useful!

                      tt_su's question about meshes is good.

                      How does this wrap textures? Are they projected in the same way as meshes?

                      Duane Kemp

                      Kemp Productions
                      Puidoux, Switzerland
                      Gallery:
                      https://duanekemp.artstation.com/

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                      • F Offline
                        faust07
                        last edited by

                        The demonstrations and examples are impressive and inspiring. This offers completely new possibilities to deform objects specifically and flowing. "Fredo6_FredoScale Radial Bending" on the next level. πŸ‘
                        Will test it under SU8.

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                          rv1974
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                          CAUL, this is awesome thing! Thank you for sharing.
                          I tried some primitive case of 'panelization'. Everything went smooth except point A got split into A1 and A2. Is it possible to tweak the algorithm so it'd keep the same number of vertices?
                          Edit: I found 'flowify without cut' mode that solves this issue β˜€
                          BTW What exactly 'Aux' tools do?


                          nn.skp


                          nn.JPG

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                            CAUL
                            last edited by

                            @rv1974 said:

                            Edit: I found 'flowify without cut' mode that solves this issue β˜€

                            I was just going to suggest this πŸ˜„

                            @rv1974 said:

                            BTW What exactly 'Aux' tools do?

                            The first Aux tool "Edge -> CLine" converts an edge to a construction line. If two connection edges intersect each other (if you pair your corners crosswise), then they split into four edges and that is not handled by the extension. The extension let you convert an edge to a construction line to handle this.

                            The purpose of the second Aux tool cannot really be explained in less than 2500 words. There will eventually be a tutorial with this tool playing a small part.

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                            • cmdC Offline
                              cmd
                              last edited by

                              Caul

                              I tried to mimic your example and I am have a few problems.

                              1. The IMPOSE GRID function does not modify my "Projection Surface".
                              • I am not getting any errors in the Ruby Console when initiating the IMPOSE GRID feature.
                              1. I am receiving an error dialog message concerning the " Target grid".

                              @unknownuser said:

                              INPUT ERROR: Error while parsing the Target grid
                              The grid must conform to:

                              • A cell consists of exactly four edges. Beware of collinear edge segments
                              • Connection edges must attatch to two adjecent corners
                              • The grid must have four corners
                              • Every row in the grid must have the same number of cells
                              • No holes
                              • I checked the Target Grid and it all seems to comply with the rules.
                              • I am not getting any errors in the Ruby Console

                              Attached is the skp.

                              Can anyone figure out why it's not working?
                              Although I believe I am following the instructions step by step... user error?


                              Problem file

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                              • C Offline
                                CAUL
                                last edited by

                                @tt_su said:

                                It's been a while since I used Rhino - is the operation of setting up the meshes the same as FlowAlongSrf?

                                It is very similar, in Rhino there are no explicit connection edges though.

                                @pilou said:

                                You have also a "Flow" function inside Moi3D πŸ€“

                                That was a nice summary, the projective version of Flow is actually coded and may end up in a later version of Flowify.

                                @duanekemp said:

                                Is v1.2 addressing texture mapping? πŸ˜„

                                I will look into this, it would certainly be a nice feature.

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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  @Cmd
                                  You must draw the 2 lines' Extremities Start to extremities' Target! πŸ’š

                                  Flowify_works.jpg

                                  Frenchy Pilou
                                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                  My Little site :)

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                                  • cmdC Offline
                                    cmd
                                    last edited by

                                    Just as I thought..... USER ERROR Doh!!

                                    Thanks

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                                    • PixeroP Offline
                                      Pixero
                                      last edited by

                                      Very very cool. Great job! πŸ‘

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                                      • pep75P Offline
                                        pep75
                                        last edited by

                                        These are the plugins that make SU more valuable! Great scripting Caul!

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                                        • M Offline
                                          Martin i Uixan
                                          last edited by

                                          Thamk you very much, you are magician Caul. It's awesome. First test now

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                                          • panixiaP Offline
                                            panixia
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                                            @caul said:

                                            @rv1974 said:

                                            Edit: I found 'flowify without cut' mode that solves this issue β˜€

                                            I was just going to suggest this πŸ˜„

                                            Great and useful plugin sir! thank you so much! πŸ‘
                                            i played a bit with it and it's really enjoiable, but i have a request if possible/not toohard to accomplish..
                                            it looks like the "flow without" cut doesn't add triangles but unsfoften every edges.. can we have an option to preserve edge properties so that this tool could be more esily integrated in an organic/quadfacetools-friendly workflow?

                                            edit - attached example


                                            flowify test.jpg

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