[Plugin] CleanUp

shoeb_cars

till recently i was using cleanup3 in SU7 but it was a bit slow so i stuck to ur first version which is mighty fast and doesnt ask too many questions. but i recently migrated to SU8 in which cleanup1 doesnt work so then i tried cleanup3... and i just bloody fell in love with it. it is fast and damn, is it clean. as always thom thom "U da MAAAN"

thomthom

@shoeb_cars said:

till recently i was using cleanup3 in SU7 but it was a bit slow so i stuck to ur first version which is mighty fast and doesnt ask too many questions. but i recently migrated to SU8 in which cleanup1 doesnt work so then i tried cleanup3... and i just bloody fell in love with it. it is fast and damn, is it clean. as always thom thom "U da MAAAN"

I'm guessing you had "Erase Duplicate Faces" checked - which is very slow.

marleus

Thanks ThomThom

I do a lot of 3ds-import and conversions and your ruby really
speeds up my work and reduces file size

I ove you one

publied

very nice and very very useful. thanks theo

LannorMov

Thomthom, yo veo ese plugin como muy pesado ¿no te parece? o es que la máquina en la que hiciste el vídeo es de poca capacidad?
Es solo una apreciación, no lo tomes a mal.

thomthom

ke?

LannorMov

@thomthom said:

ke?

Thomthom, I see this plugin is heavy is, or not? or is the machine where you made the video that is of capacity limited?
It's just an appreciation, not take it personal.

thomthom

@lannormov said:

Thomthom, I see this plugin is heavy is, or not? or is the machine where you made the video that is of capacity limited?
It's just an appreciation, not take it personal.

The model I used was a very heavy model. Lots of geometry. I used it as an example to show how fast the plugin worked even on very large models.

LannorMov

ok, thanks, I installed it and it works great.
Thanks you mate

thomthom


# 3.1.4 - 16.05.2011
#    * Added error detection for merge faces.
#    * Added validation for merge faces to avoid geometry loss.
#    * Added result feedback to Ruby Console for each standalone operation.
#    * Fixed namespace compatibility with TT_Lib 2.5.4
#    * Fixed merge similar material but - now compare alpha
#    * Changed "Lonely Edges" to "Stray Edges"

Requires TT_Lib 2.5.4

LannorMov

@thomthom said:


> # 3.1.4 - 16.05.2011
> #    * Added error detection for merge faces.
> #    * Added validation for merge faces to avoid geometry loss.
> #    * Added result feedback to Ruby Console for each standalone operation.
> #    * Fixed namespace compatibility with TT_Lib 2.5.4
> #    * Fixed merge similar material but - now compare alpha
> #    * Changed "Lonely Edges" to "Stray Edges"
>

Requires TT_Lib 2.5.4

What is this? I do not understand

TIG

Essahú

If you read the Cleanup download page it says that it also needs the extra 'Lib' files - there is even a link to the thread from where you can download that 'Lib' files folder...

Go back and look for it, get the zip-file, extract its folder and put that into Plugins... fixed!

thomthom

@lannormov said:

What is this? I do not understand

It's just a little notice about the update I released. Some minor fixes.

Gaieus

Thanks, TT. Whatever "minor fixes" you made, this is one of my most valued and frequently used plugins.

(I'll need your home address to send those cookies!)

(This is my favourite "local" brand)

thomthom

Zacchia

Thomas
Thank you very much for this amazing plugin!!

derei

Suggestion: make the cleaning operation stoppable. I just started the cleaning of a high-poly model and it was a very uninspired action ... it will take a very long time (it shows me something about one hour) and the only way I can stop it is to close Sketchup. And I didn't saved the model before
Also, before starting, it would be nice to make a time estimation and if the process is estimated to take more than...let's say 1 minute, to alert the user something like this: "The cleaning process can take about XX minutes, are you sure you want to proceed? You can cancel the process anytime by pressing ESC" ...or something like that. I think the alert should appear only if the cleaning time takes too long, other it might be annoying.

Thanks for taking this into consideration.

EarthMover

@gaieus said:

Thanks, TT. Whatever "minor fixes" you made, this is one of my most valued and frequently used plugins.

Me as well. I can't thank you enough...so here's another. THANKS!

thomthom

@unknownuser said:

Suggestion: make the cleaning operation stoppable. I just started the cleaning of a high-poly model and it was a very uninspired action ... it will take a very long time (it shows me something about one hour) and the only way I can stop it is to close Sketchup. And I didn't saved the model before
Also, before starting, it would be nice to make a time estimation and if the process is estimated to take more than...let's say 1 minute, to alert the user something like this: "The cleaning process can take about XX minutes, are you sure you want to proceed? You can cancel the process anytime by pressing ESC" ...or something like that. I think the alert should appear only if the cleaning time takes too long, other it might be annoying.

Thanks for taking this into consideration.

Unfortunately this is not an easy thing to do. With the Ruby API it's virtually impossible without using timers to split up the work - which I have run some tests on and it will increase the total processing time any times. So if the process took 10 minutes with no abort feature, it's take 30-40 minutes with an abort feature, which I find much worse.

Mind you, Erase Duplicate Faces is a feature in CleanUp that takes a loooooong time - I've warned so in its tooltip. It's also off by default. If you struggle with long processing times ensure this is off. I've run CleanUp on some very large models, without that feature checked, and it's completed within a few minutes.

derei

@thomthom said:

Erase Duplicate Faces is a feature in CleanUp that takes a loooooong time - I've warned so in its tooltip. It's also off by default. If you struggle with long processing times ensure this is off.

Indeed, I ran with Erase Duplicate Faces, because that was what I needed. What about the duration warning? If the process is better to not be cancelled, at least the user to know what is going to do .
Finally the cleaning didn't last one hour as the progress bar displayed, but about 13-15 minutes. Why this big discrepancy between what it shows and the real time?