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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      @jesgargo said:

      Hi!
      Thanks for that amazing plugintool.
      I have skp2015x64, i install de .rbz file with custom>extension..but when i open skp the subfolder menu doesn´t appear, only the Liveivy icon, but don´t work, don´t do anything. Does it works in skp2015?
      Thanks a lot!
      Jesus.
      Have you installed it properly from the RBZ using SketchUp's Window > Preferences > Extensions > Install... button ?
      Was the installation reported as successful ?
      Have you restarted SketchUp since then ?

      Note that it is NOT an Extension - it's just a Plugin - so it is NOT in the Preferences > Extensions list.

      It appears in 'Toolbars' list as 'LiveIvy' - activate it if necessary - launch the tool by clicking the one button on its toolbar.

      It also appears under the 'Draw' menu as 'Live Ivy Tool', that item also launches the tool...

      Follow the instructions in its dialog.

      It has different tabs which allow you to choose different Parameters, Ivy Settings, Leaf Types, and its last two tabs are the 'Help' section - guidance on Usage and the Key presses to modify the results.

      Although the latest version is now trapped to prevent you completely breaking it - for the avoidance of doubt, the original default settings screen-shots are reprised in this post: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=556406#p556406

      TIG

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      • B Offline
        blackdogsketch
        last edited by

        Wow. This is awesome. Thanks so much.
        Two questions:

        1. Maxing "Adhesion" still leaves a significant amount of branches moving away from a wall surface. Is there any way to make the branches stay in contact more? Or to have a may zone that the branches may occupy (say, 6" thick, like real ivy)
        2. Is it possible to add user-defined jpegs for leaves and bark textures?
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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          @blackdogsketch said:

          Wow. This is awesome. Thanks so much.
          Two questions:

          1. Maxing "Adhesion" still leaves a significant amount of branches moving away from a wall surface. Is there any way to make the branches stay in contact more? Or to have a may zone that the branches may occupy (say, 6" thick, like real ivy)
          2. Is it possible to add user-defined jpegs for leaves and bark textures?
            I only made 'compatibility' revisions to the OP's code...
            If you a look at the code in the various files, then you can try adjust a few things and see what happens...
            You can add your own leaf component cutouts - based on your own image textures...
            Save them as SKP files in the subfolder ..Plugins//LiveIvy/Textures...
            They are available when the tool is first used.
            The 'stem.jpg' is used for the stalks' textures, so if you replace that with another it changes in your future ivies...

          TIG

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          • B Offline
            blackdogsketch
            last edited by

            Thanks TIG
            Sounds like there's no clear method of getting more ivy to "stick" to the wall.
            Hey-While I'm here...thank you for all your incredible work for the SU community!
            You make my workflow and professional results better.

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            • N Offline
              namelessone
              last edited by

              Perhaps I missed the option, but is it possible to make branches less angular/zip-zappy? The Quality slider adds only more parallel faces, not perpendicular segments 😞 I'd like to make ivy looking better at close ups.

              EDIT: If there's no option for that, I guess I could try smoothing/subdividing tools.

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              • itcamposI Offline
                itcampos
                last edited by

                Dude, that plugin is trully amazing! Congratulations! 😃
                Sadly, I wasn't able to use it within SU2015. The following is the Ruby error log:

                Error: #<Encoding::UndefinedConversionError: "\x8D" to UTF-8 in conversion from Windows-1252 to UTF-8>
                C:/Users/ÍtallodeAndrade/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/LiveIvy/LiveIvy_tool.rb:10:in exist?' C:/Users/ÍtallodeAndrade/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/LiveIvy/LiveIvy_tool.rb:10:in tidyup'
                C:/Users/ÍtallodeAndrade/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/LiveIvy/LiveIvy_tool.rb:18:in <module:LiveIvy>' C:/Users/ÍtallodeAndrade/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/LiveIvy/LiveIvy_tool.rb:5:in <top (required)>'
                D:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in require' D:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in require'
                C:/Users/ÍtallodeAndrade/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/LiveIvy.rb:6:in `<top (required)>'

                I really hope it helps.

                Thanks!

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                • C Offline
                  cfeldman
                  last edited by

                  Thank you !, for this plugins.
                  Nice work.

                  ( i had too these idea a lot of time in the mind,--years--
                  but i know nothing about Programing-actions).

                  Best regards,
                  Claudio

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                  • K Offline
                    Kjammer
                    last edited by

                    Using Sketchup 2015 and the plugin forms the branches but will not form the leaves at all. When I CTRL + Click no leaves are generated, there are no placemarkers for them either..... 😮

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                    • OxerO Offline
                      Oxer
                      last edited by

                      First you can select one or more leaves in the Leaves Tab

                      "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

                        You must select one or more leave types in the dialog... They highlight blue when selected

                        TIG

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                        • S Offline
                          Sergio Morera
                          last edited by

                          Sorry guys but I have the same problem, After selecting leaves in the tab it will not generate them in sketchup 2015. I have the latest version of the plugin too. I have also reset all the parameters to their default values as suggested by TIG.Any ideas? 😞

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            When you select the Leaves images in the dialog are they highlighted in 'blue frames' [see the image].
                            One click on it selects it, click on it again to deselect it.
                            As you click in the model the ivy stems grow [in red lines].
                            To grow towards the cursor use Alt+click.
                            To add leaves you Ctrl+click [green stars are added as leaf proxies].
                            To complete that piece of ivy do a Shift-click...
                            It is made.
                            To start new ivy press 'i'
                            Please read the dialog's Usage and Keys tabs...


                            Capture.PNG

                            TIG

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                            • S Offline
                              Sergio Morera
                              last edited by

                              I got the plugin to work in sketchup 2015 at last. The problem I found is that for the ivy to work, the faces of the surface where you want it to grow have to be oriented correctly. It will not work if you try it on a reversed face. I hope this help other users as well. Once again many thanks to those involved in its development.

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                                Mra
                                last edited by

                                Does this plugin still work? All I get is the parameters tab and no other tabs as in the screenshot a few posts above?

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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  Does this plugin still work? All I get is the parameters tab and no other tabs as in the screenshot a few posts above?

                                  Seems work very fine in 2015 - 2016! 😄
                                  Yvy_pop.jpg
                                  Yvy_pop1.jpg

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

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    All SketchUp dialogs use Internet Explorer on PC*** [or Safari on MAC] irrespective of your day-to-day browser.
                                    ***Please complete your Member profile so we know better what OS/version etc when replying...
                                    Ensure you have the latest IE installed [11?].
                                    Also ensure your Internet Options are not too restrictive/strict - many dialogs use javascript, and it you are limiting its use that can also cause issues.
                                    So if you have an older IE version it might not support some dialog functions...

                                    As far as I know this tool works in all SketchUp versions from at least v8 upwards - although in v2016 you will need to have selected the 'Unrestricted' security policy in SketchUp's Preferences [the shipped default], otherwise - like many other RBZs that have not been 'signed' by Trimble - it will not load at all.

                                    TIG

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                                      mansfen
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi TIG and all other users of this beautiful plugin,

                                      At first I would like to thank the developer for all the support
                                      and the work to get this off the ground. I was wondering, if you could
                                      post some more leaf textures or just let me know where I could dl
                                      some more leafs ...?

                                      Your help is much appreciated.

                                      With many thanks!

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        @mansfen said:

                                        Hi TIG and all other users of this beautiful plugin,

                                        At first I would like to thank the developer for all the support
                                        and the work to get this off the ground. I was wondering, if you could
                                        post some more leaf textures or just let me know where I could dl
                                        some more leafs ...?

                                        Your help is much appreciated.

                                        With many thanks!
                                        There are several leaf collections attached to posts in this thread.
                                        They are relatively easy to make.
                                        Make a SKP containing a face roughly shaped to the leaf's outline.
                                        Apply a texture to it that is a PNG with transparency - that is so the bits of the model behind it will show through.
                                        Its face will cast a shadow approximating to the outline.
                                        These go in the folder ../Plugins/LiveIvy/Textures
                                        When the tool loads, any SKPs in that folder are used for the leaves offered in the dialog.

                                        TIG

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                                        • halroachH Offline
                                          halroach
                                          last edited by

                                          @gordy_z said:

                                          Thank you Pierreden for all the work you've put in on your ivy generator and thank you Gilles63 for providing different shaped leaves.

                                          In order to understand how the different variables affected the morphology of the ivy, I tested each variable on separate white walls. After doing this I modeled the ivy for the model I'm working on by choosing the best starting point for any variable by looking in the "ivy library" then exploring the nearby values of that variable on a test wall with my model's texture on it. I've uploaded the model that shows these first two steps so that you can see how the variables behave.

                                          Then I mixed and matched variables to get the final look for my model (not shown in the upload). I think mixing and matching gives unexpected results, so if you use the library, please use it only as a very general guide.

                                          It's an approximately 45 MB file, is at DropBox address https://dl.dropbox.com/u/79073930/Sketchup%20Ivy%200pt6pt3%20Tests.skp , and seems to work better with View/Face Style set to as simple a style as you can (you probably don't need to see the textures on my test walls). I tried to upload it here but couldn't, presumably because of the file size. If a file this size can be included here, let me know how and I'll do it. I hope it helps!

                                          Gordy_Z

                                          Hi,
                                          The library looks very useful, yet the dropbox link above is offline.
                                          Any chance for a re-up?

                                          FlexTools - Super Quick Windows, Doors, Slats...

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                                          • halroachH Offline
                                            halroach
                                            last edited by

                                            When I use Vray to render geometry generated with Sketchup Ivy, the leaves don't render the same size as they appear in sketchup.
                                            I've seen this issue noted by others here, when using Thea render if I'm not mistaken.
                                            Other than exploding all the leaf components before rendering, I haven't found any other solution to solve this issue.
                                            Exploding all the leaves causes model sizes to be quite large.

                                            Is there any way to render the ivy without exploding? (I've combed the forum here, and all over the internet, so forgive me if I've missed something).

                                            Attached are 2 images illustrating the issue.

                                            Thanks for an amazing plugin!
                                            Image from Sketchup
                                            Image from Vray

                                            FlexTools - Super Quick Windows, Doors, Slats...

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