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    • R Offline
      richcat
      last edited by

      Heres another link from old post by ilay7k on leafs, but I have not tried it out yet http://www.polas.net/download/leaves.php

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      • EarthMoverE Offline
        EarthMover
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        Al, thanks for sharing......this really made my morning. It's like Onyx for Sketchup! Amazing stuff! I'll see if I can do some testing as well.

        EDIT - Al, when I download from the link you provided on the renderplus forum, I get a .zip file that is empty (0 bytes)......any ideas?

        3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
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          richcat
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          @alan fraser said:

          I used my technique for exporting a vector outline from PS, then merged that and the image directly in SU. It takes about 10 minutes, but it's a little more controllable.

          Hi Alan do you have a link to this please - I tried a quick search with no results.

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          • Alan FraserA Offline
            Alan Fraser
            last edited by

            This version isn't quite ready for the 3DW yet, but here's a SU shadow-casting version. I didn't use the script; I used my technique for exporting a vector outline from PS, then merged that and the image directly in SU. It takes about 10 minutes, but it's a little more controllable.

            Link to tutorial


            tree8m_thumb.jpg


            tree 8m.skp

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              Alan Fraser
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              Link added.

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                richcat
                last edited by

                Thanks Alan 👍 (I tried searching "exporting a vector outline from PS")

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                  JuanV.Soler
                  last edited by

                  Thank you very much Al, 😄

                  ,))),

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
                    last edited by

                    @earthmover said:

                    EDIT - Al, when I download from the link you provided on the renderplus forum, I get a .zip file that is empty (0 bytes)......any ideas?

                    Try again, Adam; it should work.

                    Gai...

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                    • bigstickB Offline
                      bigstick
                      last edited by

                      I have downloaded this and it is an exe file, which means Windows only. Any chance of a Mac version too Al?

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                      • Al HartA Offline
                        Al Hart
                        last edited by

                        @bigstick said:

                        I have downloaded this and it is an exe file, which means Windows only. Any chance of a Mac version too Al?

                        The Fractal tree software is Windows only, and I just can't seem to get the developer interested in MAC version.

                        Al Hart

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                        • Al HartA Offline
                          Al Hart
                          last edited by

                          @at3d said:

                          Stu, I have installed and located within SU but when pressed to, what I hope will activate, nothing happens in SU.

                          My machine is running Vista, could this be an issue?

                          Try opening the Ruby Console, and typing in: load('RpTreemaker,rb') and see if you get any error messages. Of if you get any error messages when you click Plugins/RpTreeMaker.rb

                          If there are no problems there, go to: Program Files\Render Plus Systems\RpTreeMaker
                          and see what happens when you run TreeEditor.exe by hand. There may be a DLL or something which is missing.

                          Al Hart

                          http:wiki.renderplus.comimageseefRender_plus_colored30x30%29.PNG
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                          • Al HartA Offline
                            Al Hart
                            last edited by

                            @alan fraser said:

                            Excellent Plugin Al. It's good to hear that it's technically possible to load new bark textures also.

                            We didn't learn that we could add bark and leaves until yesterday. If I had read Richcat's leaf post earlier (and more carefully) I would have known.

                            If you use your own leaves and bark and post the model to the 3D Warehouse, then anyone downloading the model and trying to use the same leaves and bark as the basis for a new tree will not have them. The 2D image will work fine - but if you want to use the .ArPlant tree definition, the images will be missing.

                            We will plan to store the images on the SU component as well, so that users can truly share the designs.

                            Al Hart

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                              Gaieus
                              last edited by

                              Yet another one - now an attempt to make a plane ("like") tree.

                              PlaneLike.jpg
                              And the link to the WH:
                              http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=2e7a72e69abb669cffe3705437c1b39c

                              Gai...

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                              • Al HartA Offline
                                Al Hart
                                last edited by

                                @at3d said:

                                I have loaded the link but once back in SketchUp 6(Pro) and selecting the plugin nothing is happening...any suggestions?

                                See the next post )two posts down) where I offer some debugging ideas.

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                                • Mike LuceyM Offline
                                  Mike Lucey
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                                  @al hart said:

                                  @bigstick said:

                                  I have downloaded this and it is an exe file, which means Windows only. Any chance of a Mac version too Al?

                                  The Fractal tree software is Windows only, and I just can't seem to get the developer interested in MAC version.

                                  Firstly a BIG thanks Al. This is very generous of you and just
                                  further demonstrates the ethos of the SketchUp Community. I'm a
                                  Mac user also BUT we do have BootCamp so should be able to use
                                  Fractal Tree Maker 👍 Hey! we can't always have the best of
                                  both Worlds 😉

                                  Mike

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                                    kwistenbiebel
                                    last edited by

                                    Wow Al,
                                    That is an amazing gift to the SU community. Much appreciated!

                                    Any chance the tree maker would create the full 3D model as well (even though SU has trouble with polycount)?
                                    It would be great to be able to have full 3D for rendering.

                                    Thanks 👍

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                                    • free agentF Offline
                                      free agent
                                      last edited by

                                      i second that request. 😄

                                      http:i167.photobucket.comalbumsu143FreeAgent84bug.gif

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                                      • EarthMoverE Offline
                                        EarthMover
                                        last edited by

                                        @gaieus said:

                                        Try again, Adam; it should work.

                                        Working now. Thanks Gaieus! Man, everyday is like Xmas around here!

                                        3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                                        Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                                        Content Creator at Skapeup

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                                          bellwells
                                          last edited by

                                          Thank you very much, Al. This is a great tool!! I am continually flabbergasted by all the after-market superchargers.

                                          Ron

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                                          • AnssiA Offline
                                            Anssi
                                            last edited by

                                            Thank you very much AL!

                                            It seems to work as expected. A couple of remarks:

                                            • For me the installer did not give any "install complete" message. Is it supposed to?
                                            • What kind of render times do others get? For me it used almost 2 hrs for a "medium" image (yes, I have an old 2.8GHz P IV computer

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