[Plugin][$] FredoPortrait - v2.9a - 01 Apr 24
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Fredo, This is a very interesting plugin that I think it very valuable. However, I have a couple questions/comments:
- Am I missing something on the toolbar? Here is a screen shot of the toolbar the way it looks in my 2019.2 Pro version.
- Is there any way that this tool could be used in conjunction with Twilight Render? I use Twilight Render to make the materials look more realistic but I would like to use your transparent background feature with the render tool.
- Am I missing something on the toolbar? Here is a screen shot of the toolbar the way it looks in my 2019.2 Pro version.
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@ntxdave said:
Am I missing something on the toolbar? Here is a screen shot of the toolbar the way it looks in my 2019.2 Pro version.
You can configure the visible icon in the Default Parameters dialog box. By default, you get these 2 icons version 1.3. The other one is just a quick launcher, that would be more useful when I add new features.
@ntxdave said:
Is there any way that this tool could be used in conjunction with Twilight Render? I use Twilight Render to make the materials look more realistic but I would like to use your transparent background feature with the render tool.
Not sure I understand the question. You can set your style with NO or transparent background in Sketchup (all scenes or one particular). Could you elaborate?
Fredo
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@fredo6 said:
Not sure I understand the question. You can set your style with NO or transparent background in Sketchup (all scenes or one particular). Could you elaborate?
Fredo
I want to be able to export/create a rendered image with a transparent background using Twilight Render. I clicked on the export icon but I do not see how to render with TR. My interest here is because TR does not provide the ability to render with a transparent background but it does give me some excellent tools for setting the materials of the objects.
Hopes this makes it a little clearer. I guess the bottom line question is how do I use TR with the export function? I do not see where to specify TR as the render engine (but I admit I have not done a bunch of exploration yet).
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FredoPortrait can generate an image with a transparent background because it produces the image file (the option is available in the Ruby API).
In the case of Twilight Render, it is TR producing the image. So FredoPortrait cannot be of any help for that.
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Thanks for the feedback Fredo. I wish the was a way to get some better looking materials in SU. I really like this plugin though.
BTW: I reached out to Twilight yesterday about this plugin. Hope they contact you about it.
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@ntxdave said:
BTW: I reached out to Twilight yesterday about this plugin. Hope they contact you about it.
Again, there is nothing special about FredoPortrait and any renderer, and thus nothing I can do myself.
If the renderer can handle transparent background, say via a style where you turn off the background, then, just run FredoPortrait on a view or scene that use this style. It will work.Fredo
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Yes, I reached out to them because they currently do no support a transparent background. I also like the way you can handle selected objects with your plugin. That would be great to use with their render capabilities.
One can only dream! LOL
Keep up the great work Fredo........
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Thanks for the plugin!!
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@fredo6 said:
@rv1974 said:
Do you have plans to add a flatten (skp) generation from selected parts?
That's my plan to produce FaceMe component, but not sure this is useful as I never saw a user request for that.
Would a flat generation of Sketchup parts be easy to develop?
That would be a tremendous thing for Layout.
Layout doesn't handle complex Sketchup 3D models fast. But it's incredibly fast at 2D objects.
If, somehow, your plugin could batch export a set of scenes for 2D skp files, and if those files would then be inserted in Layout, Layout would be a breeze to work in.
To regenerate those 2D exports and layouts we would simply re-export a batch of the 2D skp files.
I know it sounds convuluted, but it would be easy on a lot of aspects in Layout from dimensioning to rendering and even could help in some complex presentations too.
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...then, just use images, which FredoPortrait can generate.
I don't see the value of going through 2D objects for Layout specifically (for Sketchup, this may increase performances, for instance for trees).
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Images cannot be exported to CAD (well they can, but they won't be valid to acquire dimensions from).
However I don't really know if Sketchup would be faster to export the images, than Layout would be at regenerating them, so the trade off might not be worth the trouble.
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@jql said:
Images cannot be exported to CAD
What do you mean exactly ?
FredoPortrait creates images with the specified resolution, that's all it does.
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Hi Fredo,
I uploaded the Spanish Language file 4 entries above. -
@oxer said:
Hi Fredo,
I uploaded the Spanish Language file 4 entries above.Thanks.
Will go in the next release.
fredo
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@fredo6 said:
@rv1974 said:
Do you have plans to add a flatten (skp) generation from selected parts?
That's my plan to produce FaceMe component, but not sure this is useful as I never saw a user request for that.
I interpreted this as 2d vector images from a SketchUp model. I was thinking Fredo portrait would evolve to that.
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@jql said:
I interpreted this as 2d vector images from a SketchUp model. I was thinking Fredo portrait would evolve to that.
Unless I am wrong, this is what you get when you export as PDF (which is also supported by FredoPortrait)
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Fredo,
If I use fredo portrait to make an 2D component of a tree, SU PODIUM doesn’t render the tree properly. There are ‘squares’ around the leaves.
I am a beginner with sketchup and I use a laptop that sometimes gives me troubles with rendering 3D plants, because the file is too heavy and I run out of memory.
I saw about the Fredo Portrait plugin on youtube and thought this could be the answer...
Am I wrong?
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What happens if you render the model directly without using FredoPortrait?
Do you see the squares?
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I posted a question about close-cropped black 2d image export for laser cutting on another forum, and people recommended Fredo Portrait. To avoid repetition, here is the thread:
https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=71692&p=653479#p653479
Is it possible to get what I need in SketchUp 2016, or do I have to update?
BTW Fredo, thanks for your brilliant plugins and patient, detailed, helpful explanations in text and video! It must take so much time and care; really impressive, and an example to all other plugin creators. I've donated in the past and will do again if you can give me what I'm after in this instance for my laser cutting. It will save so much hassle!
BeePee
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The Generation of 2D components requires SU2018 and above. So not possible with SU2016...
In your case where you just need a PNG or JPG image of your component, you should use the generation of image, which does work with SU2016. Just make sure to configure the view to "from Top" and select transparent background. The image should be exactly adjusted to the size of the component in the vertical direction (if you need to crop horizontally, just do it in an image editor).
Possibly, you may want to post or PM me your model so that I have a look.
Fredo
PS: You should really upgrade to SU2017 unless you have a 32-bits Windows. SU2016 suffers from a number of problems related to high-resolution screens, which are nicely solved as of SU2017.
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