Extrude PNG letter
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@hornoxx said:
...how about this? (spirix bmp tracer / needs bmp only instead of png)
https://sites.google.com/site/spirixcode/codeOkay - so now I'm becoming a pain. I downloaded the .rbz, but how does one install one of those now that from what I can see you can only install plugins from the extension warehouse? There does not seem to be an option to do that through preferences any more?
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@glenn at home said:
What font is that, do you know? Might be able to find an open font that is close enough for your needs.
No idea. I did a search last night, but as I had mentioned to someone else, it was sent to me as ai file, so it could be a font that was edited in Illustrator, and I need to use exactly what was sent.
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To install any RBZ...
Window > Extension Manager > Red Button "Install Extension"
Find and choose the RBZ and it installs... -
@tig said:
To install any RBZ...
Window > Extension Manager > Red Button "Install Extension"
Find and choose the RBZ and it installs...Brilliant! Got it - thank you, and done. Now to do my YouTube homework prior to trying it out.
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@hornoxx said:
...how about this? (spirix bmp tracer / needs bmp only instead of png)
https://sites.google.com/site/spirixcode/codeGot as far as installing the plugin, saving the image as per the specs instructed, but when I find the bmp and select it, it does not appear anywhere as per the video? I double checked to make sure the image was saved as a 24 BMP in RGB mode and the pixel dimensions were adequate, but no luck? Any idea as to where I am going wrong? What should the resolution of the image be?
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@kathryng said:
@glenn at home said:
What font is that, do you know? Might be able to find an open font that is close enough for your needs.
No idea. I did a search last night, but as I had mentioned to someone else, it was sent to me as ai file, so it could be a font that was edited in Illustrator, and I need to use exactly what was sent.
Wait, you have the .ai file? Open in Illustrator and then save as a .dxf or .dwg and then open in SketchUp. Extrude till the cows come home!
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@glenn at home said:
@kathryng said:
@glenn at home said:
What font is that, do you know? Might be able to find an open font that is close enough for your needs.
No idea. I did a search last night, but as I had mentioned to someone else, it was sent to me as ai file, so it could be a font that was edited in Illustrator, and I need to use exactly what was sent.
Wait, you have the .ai file? Open in Illustrator and then save as a .dxf or .dwg and then open in SketchUp. Extrude till the cows come home!
HA HA HA HA HA HA - Was just about to hit the sack and talk to my Firestick but saw this as I was leaving. That was the best! I will absolutely check it out tomorrow morning when I can focus. Who knew!!!! Brilliant! THANK YOU SO MUCH. Will giggle myself to sleep now.
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@kathryng said:
@glenn at home said:
@kathryng said:
@glenn at home said:
What font is that, do you know? Might be able to find an open font that is close enough for your needs.
No idea. I did a search last night, but as I had mentioned to someone else, it was sent to me as ai file, so it could be a font that was edited in Illustrator, and I need to use exactly what was sent.
Wait, you have the .ai file? Open in Illustrator and then save as a .dxf or .dwg and then open in SketchUp. Extrude till the cows come home!
HA HA HA HA HA HA - Was just about to hit the sack and talk to my Firestick but saw this as I was leaving. That was the best! I will absolutely check it out tomorrow morning when I can focus. Who knew!!!! Brilliant! THANK YOU SO MUCH. Will giggle myself to sleep now.
PS - Still need to figure out why I can't get the BMP tracer to work though? It seems like a very handy tool indeed. I followed all the specs as they were listed but it won't place the image. The error was: Error: #<ArgumentError: negative length -28 given> All Greek to me! Maybe someone else might read this and have a Eureka moment. Nighty night. -
@kathryng said:
...Still need to figure out why I can't get the BMP tracer to work though?...
Same to me - This tool works well and without any problems on my SkUp 2015, 16, 17 Make versions but not on my SkUp 2018 Pro, hmmm
... there I start the tool with the default settings, am then asked to load the BMP and after this selection, nothing happens then and also no error message... -
Always a good thing to keep oldies!
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@kathryng said:
@glenn at home said:
@kathryng said:
@glenn at home said:
What font is that, do you know? Might be able to find an open font that is close enough for your needs.
No idea. I did a search last night, but as I had mentioned to someone else, it was sent to me as ai file, so it could be a font that was edited in Illustrator, and I need to use exactly what was sent.
Wait, you have the .ai file? Open in Illustrator and then save as a .dxf or .dwg and then open in SketchUp. Extrude till the cows come home!
HA HA HA HA HA HA - Was just about to hit the sack and talk to my Firestick but saw this as I was leaving. That was the best! I will absolutely check it out tomorrow morning when I can focus. Who knew!!!! Brilliant! THANK YOU SO MUCH. Will giggle myself to sleep now.
PPS: Tried this, this morning, but apparently you can only import .dwg files into SU Pro? I am using Make. Sigh... Found a workaround using SU7, but I've tried three different sites to download this older version and a problem with each. Meanwhile back at the ranch, work calls, so I shall return to the unravelling of this Gordian knot later. -
Hmmm, Sketchup Make for commercial use.
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@box said:
Hmmm, Sketchup Make for commercial use.
And where did you hear or rather read that I said it was for commercial use? Hmmmm?
I said I was sent an .ai file. There are lots of hobbyists out there who use SketchUp, and Photoshop and Illustrator.
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Well you have your usage set as event and conference planning. Not really a hobby is it? Perhaps it is. But nothing to do with me, I was just commenting.
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@box said:
Well you have your usage set as event and conference planning. Not really a hobby is it? Perhaps it is. But nothing to do with me, I was just commenting.
Will change that. I used to do that, and which is why I help friends now, but being as old as dirt, I am now just a lone hobbyist. You can take the girl out of the event arena but you can never take the event arena out of the girl.
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@kathryng said:
@box said:
Well you have your usage set as event and conference planning. Not really a hobby is it? Perhaps it is. But nothing to do with me, I was just commenting.
Mea Culpa - Will change that. I used to do that, and which is why I help friends now, but being as old as dirt, I am now just a lone hobbyist. You can take the girl out of the event arena but you can never take the event arena out of the girl. -
Back to the .png with transparent background, it's nothing magical.
Trace around the letter with a combination of arc and line tool and remove the transparent extras. Then extrude it. Turn on hidden geometry and use the eraser with ctrl to soften the edges on the extrusion, then paint the extrusion whatever colour you want it to be.
Done correctly you will have a solid extruded letter.
You could even remove all materials after you have trimmed and the extrusion will appear.
All trimming plugins are doing is basically automating a simple bit of tracing. -
@box said:
Back to the .png with transparent background, it's nothing magical.
Trace around the letter with a combination of arc and line tool and remove the transparent extras. Then extrude it. Turn on hidden geometry and use the eraser with ctrl to soften the edges on the extrusion, then paint the extrusion whatever colour you want it to be.
Done correctly you will have a solid extruded letter.
You could even remove all materials after you have trimmed and the extrusion will appear.
All trimming plugins are doing is basically automating a simple bit of tracing.
Always willing to learn and try all methods, so I will most certainly do this. Not to mention, I won't be taking away anyone's job at Trimble any time soon. Just a basic SU user. Photoshop more my weapon of choice. Must confess though... if I could get it to work, that BMP tracer is petty cool and fast! -
There's my 'ImageTrimmer', which comes with my olde SKMtools...
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=294815#p294815
https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=SKMtools
It's PC only.
Once it's set up it's easy to use...
Just import the PNG image...
You need to ensure that your PNG image has transparent pixels where you want to erase, and solid pixels to be kept.
You must also have .JAR filetypes set to open [i.e. execute] in Java - some decompression apps can hijack that filetype and stop the ImageTrimmer tool working [there are several .JAR tiny application files included with the RBZ, and these are needed to process various aspects of the PNG images during the trimming etc]. -
@tig said:
Once it's set up it's easy to use...
- 10 - It is easy to use and if the .png is not complicated, such as the font image you have shown, the work flow I described earlier in this thread will be a viable option for you.
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