[Plugin] Greeble 2 released! (Updated August 31st, 2009)

bubbalove

Thanks man! Don't know what I would use it for just yet but I'll come up with something...

boilingsnow

the same skript with protrude.rb?

pilou

So we can put the old Super Grebble at the garbage?

PS It's not "looping" between generation? you must recall plug!

Chris Fullmer

Is it not working?

I tested it and it works fine on my end. Did I misunderstand you Frenchy?

@Thom yeah, in fact it was named greeble by the team that created the models for starwars. This is the process they used to make the deathstar and add detail to the exteriors of their spaceships.

@boilingsnow - yes, its pretty much the same thing as protrude. Only protrude I tihnk has a better user interface, and one of his versions sub-divides faces which is super cool There is also a random push/pull script that does similar things.

Chris

pilou

I select something: a cube
Call the plug grebble beta2
Box dimension ok
Would you like....
Yes : works
but now I must reselect something and recall the plug! is that normal?

Chris Fullmer

Oh I see. I think that is normal. I added some things in there that probably messed with the active selection.

Chris

thomthom

@chris fullmer said:

@Thom yeah, in fact it was named greeble by the team that created the models for starwars. This is the process they used to make the deathstar and add detail to the exteriors of their spaceships.

Being a modelmaker, I should know that. But I'd not heard of the term before. I'll look it up.
I think you should get a thread started where people make their own death star.

olishea

Hi guys I'm new to this greeble plugin, is there a tutorial anywhere? (I'm using a mac)

Also is there a way of making the units in millimeters?

Looks great by the way

Thanks in advance

Oli

Chris Fullmer

Hi, I had made a video tutorial when I first released it here:

http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=16277&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

It is a little outdated as it does not show a few of the possible commands (I think it is missing the scale ability). Watch that video, and ask any questions you have. I need to make another video to put on the smustard.com host site. So just let me know how I can help. Hopefully that video will get you started,

Chris

EDIT: And I think that to use mm you should be able to type in "10mm" (minus the quotation marks of course) and that will make it work in mm's.

olishea

thanks im having a play with it now!!

Can't thank you enough by the way.....fantastic plugin im really impressed. Good tutorial as well.

soapskin+greeble 2+FFD+subsmooth (not necessarily in that order) = lots of fun

this is a greeble 2, subsmooth (1 iteration) and 'color by z' mix hope you like it.

greeble+subsmooth+color by z+podium

big bang rendered in podium

pibuz

Hi Chris!
Thank you so much for this plugin!

I have some problems, though, unfortunately.. I installed everything (I hope) crrectly, your plugin DOES start but after the setting of the parameters, it just doesn't do anything. SIGH...

Oh, and another thing: the units in the parameters window are in inches, and don't match my file's unit system (which works in meters at the moment). Maybe this can give you some clues.

Sorry to bother you Chris...

Chris Fullmer

@olishea - Wow, thats great! Really cool looking stuff you've got there. I like the top one a lot with the color by Z thrown in the mix. I'm glad its working for you!

@pibuz - Sorry its not working yet. The script requires that you haveprogressbar.rbinstalled too (its also free). So you should put the clf_greeble_2.rb and progressbar.rb in your plugins folder. That is the first thing to try. Hopefully that will work. If not, please open the ruby console at Window>Ruby Console. Then have that open when you run the script. And copy anything that shows up int hat box when you run greeble and paste it over here for me to look at. We'll start with that. Hopefully its just a missing progressbar script. But if its something more, the error messages in the ruby console will hopefully help me find the problem.

Also, I am realizing that the default values that are in the script do show as inches, even if the model is in cm, m, mm, etc. That is something I can fix. But just removing the foot tick mark at the end of each number will change their unit from feet to the model default. The script will accept whatever unit you type with your number (10m, 32cm, 15') but if you leave it unitless (10, 32, 15) then it will use the deafult units.

Let me know how it goes, thanks

Chris

pibuz

Hi Chris! Thank you for your answer!
I had already downloaded and installed correctly "progressbar.rb" cos it's a basic plugin for other applications too . BTW I re-downloaded and re-installed it, but unfortunately still nothing changes..
I didn't know anything about erasing the ' to get the current system unit settings: thank you. I asked since I'm not too familiar with anglo-saxon's units' system..

BTW, I followed your directions and this is what the ruby console tells me. I copy-paste it here:

Error: #<ArgumentError: comparison of Float with nil failed>
(eval):44:in >' (eval):44:in update'
C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/clf_greeble_2.rb:173:in greeble' C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/clf_greeble_2.rb:171:in each'
C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/clf_greeble_2.rb:171:in greeble' C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/clf_greeble_2.rb:259 C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/clf_greeble_2.rb:259:in call'

Thank you so much, chris.

Chris Fullmer

Hmm, did you download the version that is posted on Smustard? That error corresponds to a line of code that is not part of the code. And the provided error does not correspond to what is written on that line also. BUt I have another thought, it does not work on groups or components. You have to have regular ungrouped faces. Or go into a group and then run the script. Is that by chance the problem?

Chris

pibuz

Hey!
..I'm sorry to report that I downloaded and installed the Smustard version of the plugin.
And that I tried to greeble a manually-subdivided plane which was not a group..

Chris Fullmer

Are you on a Mac, or XP, or Vista? Are you using SU 6 or 7? And lastly, maybe could you pm me a copy of the plugin you have installed? And maybe also a model that you tried to use it on. There seems to be something fishy. But we'll figure it out,

Chris

pibuz

Oh, I use Windows Xp service pack2 or 3, don't remember..
Sketchy6pro.
..I'm gonna pm you the ".rb"s later, cos now I'm at home and I tried the plugin at work. But I can tell you I'm quite sure that all of them are the latest plugins available.
Moreover, my not-so-well-working-scene is really simple: a square 1m x 1m subdivided into smaller squares 10cm x 10cm. No groups no components nothing at all: just the square. If I select all and start the plugin I get the message i pasted previously..

I'm so embarassed to bother this much, Chris. But now it's become sort of a personal matter.

pibuz

..I had NO generation at all, Pilou...

pilou

I miss something or we are obliged to recall the box dialog between each generation?

Chris Fullmer

Yeah, I think the inputbox has to be recalled each time you want to use it Frenchy.

And Pibuz, I will make a grid and divide into 10cm boxes and try the script. Are you trying to offset it more than 5cm?

If it helps, I use a grid that is roughly made up of boxes that are 9m x 9m. So the deafult values will work best on a much larger grid than 10cm. Maybe just try it on a larger grid for starters. I think you will run into issues if you are trying to offset the face more than is tolerable.

Chris