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    [Plugin] GhostComp - v1.4a - 31 Oct 18

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      tfdesign
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      Ghostbusters? ๐Ÿ˜‰

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        mandar1983
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        Hello,

        I have used ghost plug in to make proxy out of original object..
        I have kept object in proxy format and exported it to kerkythea.
        When i render it in kerkythea proxy object rendered without material why so?? Do we have convert the back to original form before exporting it into kerkythea every time??

        Also i have some issues regarding camera in kerkythea. i have placed 3 cameras in the scene and have exported to kerkythea, but whenever i open the scene, i could not find the camera on the same location i have placed it? is it any kind of bug in kerkythea?? or there is some problem in my SU and kerkythea or somthing else?? ple help

        Regards,
        MANDAR

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          Gaieus
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          Yes, I am afraid you do. Ghost Components plugin can only solve performance issues in SU but it would not work as a proxy plugin for exporters. Certainly it could be modified somewhat (and/or the exporter plugin could accommodate) but for that, the two, different authors of the plugins should co-operate on one that works this way.

          But then all the other renderers could ask the same.

          Gai...

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            niks
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            thanks Fredo.. you are a beast on what you do โ— ๐Ÿ‘

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              scrappy24
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              Great work! "To God be the victory!" ๐Ÿ‘

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                rachmatrf
                last edited by

                Wow! What a great plugin... ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜

                I can not thank you enough to make this possible on sketchup... Where have I been so far to miss this wonderful plugin. SU Team surely should incorporate this in SU native version. I believe they will put this in the new Trimble Sketchup... Great work Fredo!!! and thanks once again....

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                  sellberg
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                  Thanks for this! Iยดve only had a short test/peek/session w this RB. It seems super useful!

                  I had one problem, though: I saved the model when in ghost mode and closed the program. When I opened the same model later I couldnยดt reset the geometry to the complex form. I just saw the ghost. Have anyone else had similar experiences?

                  //KJS
                  Running a freeSU8 on a mac.

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                    rv1974
                    last edited by

                    Fredo,I just wondered would this dirty trick http://72.27.230.245/3ds-max/scripts/renderlayers-0 be possible in SU8?

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                      congellous
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                      This is a copy of my plug ins folder, I've upgraded to the new fredo lib and installed the ghost but nothing shows up in the program
                      Have I got some conflict in here, it's a mess !

                      __loader.rb
                      .DS_Store
                      #extrusionToolbar.rb
                      AddCtrPnt.rb
                      animation.rb
                      artisan
                      artisan_loader.rb
                      attributes.rb
                      Autounfold.rb
                      bezier.rb
                      box.rb
                      clf_shape_bender
                      clf_shape_bender_loader.rb
                      config-thumb.jpg
                      contextmenu.rb
                      ctsMaker
                      curve_maker.rb
                      curve_pointer.png
                      CURVILOFT_Dir_12
                      deBabelizer.rb
                      default_pointer.png
                      DEFPARAM_Dir
                      DOCUMENTATION_Dir
                      drawhelix14.rb
                      drawmetal_plugins_1_3_4.rb
                      dropverts.rb
                      Examples
                      examples.rb
                      examplescripts.rb
                      extrudeEdgesByEdges.rb
                      extrudeEdgesByFace.rb
                      extrudeEdgesByFaces.rb
                      extrudeEdgesByLathe.rb
                      extrudeEdgesByLoft.rb
                      extrudeEdgesByOffset.rb
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb
                      extrudeEdgesByRailsByFace.rb
                      extrudeEdgesByRailsToLattice.rb
                      extrudeEdgesByVector.rb
                      extrudeEdgesByVectorToObject.rb
                      faceFlattener019.rb
                      fillet.rb
                      flattery
                      flattery.rb
                      Fredo6Trace.txt
                      FREDOSCALE
                      FREDOSCALE_Dir_22
                      FredoScale_Tool.rb
                      FredoScale.rb
                      generateSoapSkinBubble.rbs
                      Geodesic_SketchUp.rb
                      GhostComp%201
                      Help
                      iges_export.rb
                      Images
                      jointpushpull.rb
                      JPP_Dir_20
                      LIBFREDO6_Dir_48
                      LibFredo6.rb
                      LibTraductor.rb
                      line_pointer.png
                      linetool.rb
                      maxwell
                      maxwell.rb
                      Ocean
                      ocean_extension.rb
                      proper_animation
                      proper_animation_loader.rb
                      ROUNDCORNER
                      ROUNDCORNER_Dir_23
                      RoundCorner.rb
                      RubyToPython
                      SCF
                      selection.rb
                      shapes.rb
                      SketchyFFD.rb
                      skin.rb
                      skp_to_dxf.rb
                      skp_to_dxf.rbz
                      SoapSkinBubble
                      generateSoapSkinBubble.rbs
                      Help
                      Images
                      SoapSkinBubbleMenus.rb
                      SoapSkinBubbleTools.rb
                      stock_maker.rb
                      SU_Podium_Browser.rbs
                      SU_Podium_V2
                      SU_Podium_V2.rbs
                      SuSolid
                      susolid.rbs
                      taper_maker.rb
                      TIGtools
                      TOS
                      TOS_Dir_18
                      tt_cleanup.rb
                      TT_Lib2
                      tt_simple_installer.rb
                      tt_solid_inspector.rb
                      unfoldtool.png
                      unfoldtool.rb
                      Utilities
                      utilities.rb
                      utilities.rbs
                      utilitiestools.rb
                      vfs.rb
                      weld.rb
                      ZLoader__FredoScale.rb
                      ZLoader__GhostComp.rb
                      ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
                      ZLoader__RoundCorner.rb

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Have you activated its Extension from within Preferences.
                        You might also then need to activate its Toolbar...

                        TIG

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                          congellous
                          last edited by

                          There doesn't seem to be an extension in there ?
                          It has instal extension which one is the extension ?

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            This ?Capture.PNG

                            TIG

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                              congellous
                              last edited by

                              Yeah it's not there

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                In your list there's 'GhostComp%201' what's that ?
                                Looks like an html based name ?
                                There ought to be a folder called 'GHOSTCOMP_Dir_10'
                                containing these files Capture.PNG This suggests you has mis-installed it...

                                TIG

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                                  congellous
                                  last edited by

                                  Dunno what that was but removing it sorted it, didn't even need to turn the extension on. Thanks TIG

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                                    parsleybrain
                                    last edited by

                                    Hello Fredo, thanks for another great plugin. So I startet to use it and it worked just fine. I've lots of railings in my model, some are just copies of components but I also had to make a bunch of them unique and to tweak them. Finally making even one copy of an component took so long I decided to use your ghostcomp. And it worked - but now Sketchup always chrashes when I try to create a ghost component. Do you have any advice or idea what to do about that? Thanks in advance.

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                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      @parsleybrain said:

                                      Hello Fredo, thanks for another great plugin. So I startet to use it and it worked just fine. I've lots of railings in my model, some are just copies of components but I also had to make a bunch of them unique and to tweak them. Finally making even one copy of an component took so long I decided to use your ghostcomp. And it worked - but now Sketchup always chrashes when I try to create a ghost component. Do you have any advice or idea what to do about that? Thanks in advance.

                                      Please make sure you have the most recent versions. For the crash, it may be some conflicting plugins (some versions of Vray and Podium for instance)

                                      Fredo

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                                      • fredo6F Offline
                                        fredo6
                                        last edited by

                                        NEW RELEASE: GhostComp v1.1a - 27 Nov 13

                                        GhostComp 1.1a is a release for future Sketchup compatibility. It is advised to upgrade even if there are no functional changes.

                                        See main post of this thread for Download.

                                        Fredo

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                                          jaceguay
                                          last edited by

                                          Really useful, many thanks.

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                                          • ppoublanP Offline
                                            ppoublan
                                            last edited by

                                            @fredo6 said:

                                            The concept behind GhostComp is to associate a simplified version to a component (called Ghost). Then the script provides an easy way to switch back and forth between the Ghost version and the Real version in the model.

                                            Hi Fredo,
                                            I integrated this concept into the last version of 3D Tree Maker, with a function that could be called by external plugins to switch/and back from full view to proxy view. the good thing is that in proxy view only object information needed to rebuild the object is kept in object dictionary, not all the real edges/faces.
                                            If you think it could be interesting to integrate calls to 3DTreeMaker from your plugin, let me know.
                                            Yours
                                            pascal

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