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    [Plugin] Polyreducer 0.1

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    • I Offline
      ilay7k
      last edited by

      How do think Dale, can you make like this http://www.donyalabs.com/files/Polypen_donya_mesh_reduction.wmv ?
      It will be nice feature - backtracking reducer

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      • plot-parisP Offline
        plot-paris
        last edited by

        another great feature would be to adjust poly density throughout the model.

        for example if you use follow me on a rather complicated curve with a varying radius, the resulting shape will have different polygon density. or if you create a difficult model in seperate pieces that are combined later, they might be different in detail.

        now it would be very comfortable to tell the polyreducer to adjust the poly amount to a common level. 😆

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        • B Offline
          blugarero
          last edited by

          awesome plug-in. very useful for building physical models of more organic forms(using the triangles as stencils)

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          • L Offline
            linea
            last edited by

            thanks whaat!

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              xrok1
              last edited by

              this would be a great option to add to sub&smooth ruby!

              “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

              http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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              • honoluludesktopH Offline
                honoluludesktop
                last edited by

                Having problems with this model. Any help?


                Test01.skp


                Before / After polyreducer

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                • soloS Offline
                  solo
                  last edited by

                  try these.


                  test hon1.skp


                  test hon2.skp

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    You could check the edge state of the faces before replacement. Normal, hidden, smoothed, soft etc and then for each new face make it's edges to match...

                    TIG

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                    • honoluludesktopH Offline
                      honoluludesktop
                      last edited by

                      I get it. I think? The first polyreduce makes the triangular faces, then the follow up polyreduce combine the faces. I was expecting to maintain the 4 sided polygons, but guess that can't be helped.

                      Thanks.

                      If I didn't get it, what did you do?

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                      • david_hD Offline
                        david_h
                        last edited by

                        Is there any chance of adding a "timer" or a "ticker" to the Ruby so we can tell that something is going on rather than it just sitting there? I have tried to use it and think its great, but on large polys it seems that it just "locks up".

                        Thanks,

                        D

                        If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by

                          Unfortunately when it locks up like that, that means it will also lock up the ticker. But genereally with the plugins, they are still working strong until there is a plat. So if it is just locked, the plugin is still doing its work.

                          The only thing that a display could do, like Todd's progressbar does, is it at least tried to guess how long it will take. So when it does freeze, at least it shows it best guess for what time it will complete processing at. That can be fairly reliable or completely un reliable depending on how it is implemented and what type of processes are being run by the script,

                          Chris

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                          All my Plugins I've written

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                          • david_hD Offline
                            david_h
                            last edited by

                            Understood. .. but it would be nice to see that it is doing something so I don't think . ..

                            hmmm. .. I wonder if it's locked up or not. I better shut it down and restart.

                            Just a thought.

                            Thanx C.

                            D

                            If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                              cecilia
                              last edited by

                              Hi guys,
                              thank you for the plugin! I am sure it works great...but I have not understood how to install it! 😄 I dropped the file into the plugins directory but when I right click on surfaces, no "Polyreduction" button appears in the menu. I am using Sketchup 7 on MAC. Am I missing something? Thank you for the support!

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                                sasasoso
                                last edited by

                                hi all
                                thnx for this great plugin
                                but i dont know why i cant install it
                                i copy past at mu su plugins folder
                                but unfortunately it doesnt appeare in the program
                                i use su 8 and 6
                                can any one help me undestand howto install this plugin ???

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                                  dtrarch
                                  last edited by

                                  FYI ALL

                                  Works with basic triangulated obj in SU 8 PRO OK. 👍

                                  dtr

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                                  • P Offline
                                    PickledZebra
                                    last edited by

                                    Hmmm... I'm fairly noobish when it comes to sketchUp.

                                    This plugin looks very useful to me, but I can't seem to
                                    get it to do anything in SU8 Pro.

                                    I select object, and ask it to reduce polys and it does nothing. Doesn't hang, just doesn't respond.

                                    Does the object need to be triangulated, and if so, how does one do that? Hopefully not by exporting and reimporting.

                                    thanks!

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                                      Kvad
                                      last edited by

                                      This is awesome!

                                      Thanks!

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                                      • F Offline
                                        fdd921
                                        last edited by

                                        why it doesn't work in SketchUp 8?

                                        Also there are similar plugins so I can try them?

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                                        • Dave RD Offline
                                          Dave R
                                          last edited by

                                          It works on SketchUp 8 for me but the one in Artisan is much better. You should use that.

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                                            bernzgb
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks so much for the plugin! Maybe my frustations in rendering crashes will end now...

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