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    [Plugin] MatrixProximity Update v1.9 20110708

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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      'Proximity' was a tool that didn't develop much after I had the idea.
      It relies on you using it manually at each change of view with you having made two or three components with more/less detail for near/mid/far way from the camera locations [same origin etc but less geometry]. Each with +/~/- on the end of their name or thier SKP if external components used in the 'Proximity Components' folder inside Components folder, IF the components are not already loaded into the current SKP...
      I'd be interested in your feedback/ideas...

      TIG

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
        last edited by

        Idea: Same but not from the camera but from a point x,y,z

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

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        • B Offline
          Bertier
          last edited by

          Hi TIG, thank you again for this, I believe it will be really helpfull into the projetc I am currently working on, and I imagine to other who handle large files with repeated components.

          • the : + / - extension make real sense as well as : ~, but for some reason on a French keyboard : ~ is not an easy "key"

          • when saving "statue-001+.skp" the "+" sign transforms in "statue-001_.skp", I then have to rename the file...

          • would it be possible to have script that auto-saves a component into -001+ / -001~ / -001- ? maybe combined with Polyreduce...
            a one-stop plugin from a component file --> +/~/-

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            @unknownuser said:

            ~ is not an easy "key"

            if so : just copy past fromt the text above 😉

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

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              On an UK English keyboard a tilde ['~'] is just a shifted '#' sign? code= U007E
              On a FR keyboard isn't it the key to the left of the top line '1' key +shift ??
              or you should use the French keyboard shortcut = AltGr+é then a <space> [<then backspace> to remove the space!]- if there's no space it tries to put the tilde over the last typed character if it's an 'a' or 'e' etc ?
              On a FR Canadian keyboard I think it's Ctrl+Alt+; for the ~ ??

              TIG

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                Same as TIG describe: Alt Graphic + é twice then Backspace 😉
                Appuyer 2 fois sur é Alt Graphic étant appuyé : on obient curieusement 2 tildes (~~) puis Backspace pour en effacer un 😒

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

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                • B Offline
                  Bertier
                  last edited by

                  salut Pilou sur mon clavier c'est : "Alt Gr + é" mais il faut le faire "é" fois et effacer une instance...

                  comment c'est sur le tien ?

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layoutCapture.PNGCapture1.PNGCapture2.PNGCapture3.PNG

                    TIG

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      Also mine... 😄


                      Hungary.png

                      Gai...

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        or like this but I don't remember how to make the Shortcut U + 007E 😳 😳 😳
                        (alt + u + 07E don't works 😞
                        tilde.jpg

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

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          You type the Unicode '007e' then 'Alt+X'..... BUT it only works in MicroSoft tools like Word etc, and NOT in Sketchup!

                          TIG

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            yes but what is the key for start Unicode?
                            If I use Alt+.... it's finally open some shortcuts menu! 😳
                            (I just try with the NotePad and WordPad )
                            It's not vital 😉 As the more simple is copy past from the post here 😄
                            And I have it on my keyboard 😄

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

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Alt+0126 writes a tilde [~]...
                              Into Sketchup Text objects and any dialog text-fields etc - the symbol appears when you release the Alt key 😄

                              Here's a useful list of all of the PC's 'Alt codes', used to get special symbols into your text... http://www.alt-codes.net/
                              Some are more useful than others like...
                              degrees Alt+167/248/0176 º°°
                              half Alt+171 ½
                              plus/minus Alt+241 ±
                              divide Alt+246 ÷
                              squared Alt+253 ²
                              cubed Alt+252 ³
                              bullets Alt+7/8/9/10 •◘○◙
                              cent Alt+0162 ¢
                              euro Alt+0128 €
                              French "" Alt+174/175 « »
                              Spanish inverted-qu'/ex'mark Alt+168/173 ¿ ¡

                              BUT ☺♪♫☼↨‼

                              TIG

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                Ah ok I must tranform hexa 7e in decimal! 💭 ☀ 😳
                                so 7E = 126 😒
                                Now all works fine 👍
                                Seems ALT + 126 ~is sufficient~

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

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                                • R Offline
                                  rachmatrf
                                  last edited by

                                  Thank you very much TIG..... You Rock!!

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                                  • J Offline
                                    JackB
                                    last edited by

                                    What a great tool! Really intuitive and exactly what I needed. Thanks.

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                                      kaas
                                      last edited by

                                      hi TIG,

                                      Recently I did a project with lots of (high-polycount) trees and several camera positions. I really was missing some kind of LOD system. For instance, in one view some trees were very near and I wanted to use the high res version, in another view they were more in the distance and a low poly version would have speeded up the export of the views.

                                      So I looked for an LOD system for sketchup and Google turned up your 'old' plugin. I tried it in Sketchup 8 (the clients preferred version) but I can't get it to work. See attached file (all the components should be saved inside). What am I doing wrong??

                                      Regards, Max


                                      proximity.skp

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        @kaas said:

                                        hi TIG,

                                        Recently I did a project with lots of (high-polycount) trees and several camera positions. I really was missing some kind of LOD system. For instance, in one view some trees were very near and I wanted to use the high res version, in another view they were more in the distance and a low poly version would have speeded up the export of the views.

                                        So I looked for an LOD system for sketchup and Google turned up your 'old' plugin. I tried it in Sketchup 8 (the clients preferred version) but I can't get it to work. See attached file (all the components should be saved inside). What am I doing wrong??

                                        Regards, Max
                                        You example SKP only contained instances that were called 'doos'.
                                        If they had been named 'doos+' or 'doos-' or 'doos~' the Proximity WILL work.
                                        So Select all of the 'doos' and use the context-menu option in the Components-Browser to replace all selected with 'doos-' ...
                                        Run the tool and, depending on your settings and the instances distance from the camera, you'll get 'doos+' or 'doos-' or 'doos~' for each appropriate instance...

                                        TIG

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