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  • D Offline
    Didier Bur
    last edited by 9 Jan 2008, 11:22

    Here are the news of the development:

    Done:

    • up to 6 components to choose from,
    • "brush" shapes: point (click to drop a single random component),line, triangle, square, circle, face or faces set (select faces and the script will only drop on these, no matter their shapes)
    • brush pressure 0 to 100%
    • option: random rotation of components
    • option: allow or disallow components stacking
    • option: keep components vertical or let them follow the slope of faces they are dropped on,
    • option: put all new components on specified layer
    • option: allow/disallow random scaling, with min and max scaling values
    • option: allow/disallow mirroring of components (except along Z, to prevent upside-down components)
    • option: min and max steepness values (drop components only on a face if its slope is between min and max values)

    To do:

    • optimize algorithms for speed,
    • use/set default settings and advanced settings
    • drop components between min and max altitude values

    Regards,

    DB

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      Tobobo
      last edited by 9 Jan 2008, 11:37

      We are definately not worthy!

      I can't wait, it's like having Christmas twice in one year!

      Toby

      Philippians 4:13

      I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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        Gaieus
        last edited by 9 Jan 2008, 11:39

        You're killing me, Didier... 😲

        Gai...

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          juju
          last edited by 9 Jan 2008, 11:52

          Damn, sounds exciting! I can't wait for this to be released "in the wild".

          Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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            a4chitect
            last edited by 9 Jan 2008, 14:54

            man! didier! wonderful, perfect

            i hope that you would consider adding another important feature to let sketchup quickly design cities, populate roads (man i like it!!!) - alignment (rotation) based by the surface texture, or by any texture. this could help in large scale projects where you could just generate a texture for the road from its path (i created a script for the freeware GIMP that does just that and am willing to share).

            i know that ruby can access the average color of a texture, but am not sure if you can actually read the pixel color of texture at the point of your raytest interception

            anyways - maybe it's too much effort, then i'll gladly try to help with this

            thanks
            looking forward to the release

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              a4chitect
              last edited by 10 Jan 2008, 09:14

              to further promote my point, here is the gimp script this is the gimp script (extract to "..\Gimp\share\gimp\2.0\scripts" and in gimp 'Filters\Render\Circles@Path') to generate path gradient from white to black depending on the orientation. it's not very mature but could be a good starting point for enhancements.

              there is only one limitation to this script: you are obliged to share any upgrades and modifications for free

              note: this plugin is already useful when using Vue, there it's possible to align ecosystem objects by texture

              note2: for a real road you should use 2 paths for each lane with opposite orientation


              original paths in gimp (for example roads)


              after the script is finished - ready to place and align components

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                Didier Bur
                last edited by 11 Jan 2008, 16:08

                Virtual "coconut beach", with slope and altitude constraints, eh eh...
                10 seconds process πŸ˜„


                beach.jpg

                DB

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                  Tobobo
                  last edited by 11 Jan 2008, 18:19

                  Thats amazing!

                  nuff said

                  Toby

                  Philippians 4:13

                  I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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                    ilay7k
                    last edited by 11 Jan 2008, 19:43

                    Didier, nice place...skipy eco-system(like e-on vue) πŸ˜‰...
                    i see some ruby technologies from skpPhysics(solids), and ect - era of modificators! 😲 πŸ’­

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                      Tobobo
                      last edited by 25 Mar 2008, 13:44

                      http://sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Ruby/Sandbox1.jpg

                      This is a mesh created by sandbox. The tool creates the contours as a component.

                      Toby

                      Philippians 4:13

                      I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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