Polyreducer Experiments

[juju]

Awesome! Don't quit this one (please), have some more $$$ here with your name on it if you bring this functionality to the SU table.

[a4chitect]

whaat please stop playing with such childish tricks, and make something more demanding on your skills and talent: reverse polyreducer (user draws a rough shape and your script turns this into a beautiful and detailed component)

all right, am just kidding.

[remus]

a4chitect: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewforum.php?f=253

[watkins]

Dear ErikB,

There is no need to reverse the process. Just save the component in its high poly form outside the model, use the poly-reducing script inside the model to speed up modelling, then re-load the high poly version before rendering. Sometimes, native Sketchup has the just the tools you need.

Kind regards,
Bob

[remus]

You could even just place the high poly components on another layer and have some dummy components on a layer and jsut switch between them for low poly/high poly.

[Teezer]

Wow, that's quite impressive! I'll certainly buy a copy...

[solo]

Awesome addition to your arsenal of must have plugins, well done mate.

[chippwalters]

Geez Dale-- prolific is the word which comes to mind. Great stuff!

[Mike Lucey]

Hi Dale, Well done! This will be a very useful plug-in.

Just a thought! Most of the time when I use a poly reducer
program, its because the model is so large that I have trouble
bringing it into SU in the first place.

Mike

[linea]

Ah good point Mike

[Burkhard]

I dreamt about a poly reducer that reduced by a slider, like an undo - redo function.
So I can place high poly objects into my scene, reduce them for the workflow and redo it by fixed renderscene - instead of replacing ....but it's just a dream

[kwistenbiebel]

Hi Dale (Whaat),

I love this idea of a SU polyreducer.

Some thoughts about this from a user perspective:

1. Is it possible to have the plugin both as a standalone as being an add-on to Subsmooth?
   That would reduce the amount of plugins in my menus...

2. It would be great if the polyreducer could be combined with a proxy/instancing system so the low poly version can be used as proxy for high poly components.(The one in skindigo is a great start for that..). I am not sure if it is possible to make a 'universal renderable' proxy/instancing system no matter which render engine is used.

3. It would be great if we could 'context click' (=right click) to use the commands of your plugins. I kind of miss this in the subsmooth plugin. (I know I can assign a key to a command but still...)

Cheers and good luck with the plugin. Looking good so far.

Kwistenbiebel.

[Whaat]

@pixero said:

Looks interesting. What about keeping UVs for correct texturing?

I can maintain material assignment but I don't think it will be possible to keep the UVs looking right. We'll see...

[Bryden]

Looks like a great plugin This is better than remodeling a low polygon version of a model ive made. I will have many uses for this.

[GUNAWAN W]

so this a teast after smooth&subdive

[boofredlay]

Excellent. I look forward to this one.

[huyvuvn]

wonderful

[mariocha]

Yeah great work !! Subdivide & Smooth is really a winer.
Can't wait to try Polyreducer.
euh,... the plugin is not out yet, right?
Cause I can't find it.

[remus]

No, its not out yet, hopefully its only a matter of time though.

[anbanhtratien]

oh yessssssss.........very good...........thanks