[Plugin] UVTools 0.2 Pro (Beta) (Updated for SU6)

REGIS

LOL, I think I can do something with your plugin and Cheetah3D, I've got try a little bit more

Thanks Whaat

EarthMover

Here's a quick screen capture I made of using Whaat's plugin to demonstrate going from SU to Max (2009) for UV. It's a bit tricky as there are a lot of options in the .obj exporter that make the re-import not work properly. I've found the best preset to use in the Max .obj exporter is the one for Bryce with the default settings. This seems to be the only one that gives consistent success which I believe is due to the scale adjustment applied in that preset. I've had a couple people ask me privately so I figured I'd make a quick video - http://www.screencast.com/t/NWM0YzRiNTU

Thiago Luz

THANKSSS my friend!

charly2008

Hi Dale,

Many thanks for this tool, a great tool!
But I would like to place the files in my own Project folder. Is there a way to change the memory location?

Karlheinz

TIG

@charly2008 said:

Hi Dale,
Many thanks for this tool, a great tool!
But I would like to place the files in my own Project folder. Is there a way to change the memory location?
Karlheinz

###get the default path to write the OBJ to

def self.get_obj_path

obj_name="su_uv_bridge.obj"
on_mac=(Object;;RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin/i) ? false ; ((Object;;RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/i) ? true ; ;other)

if on_mac
	path=File.join(ENV['HOME'],"Library","Application Support","UVTools")
else
	path=File.join(ENV['APPDATA'],"UVTools")
end

Dir.mkdir(path) unless FileTest.exist?(path)

return File.join(path,obj_name)

end

Is the code near the end that sets the 'path' to the folder where the stuff is saved... find this code and change it to suit your desires...
So on a PC path=File.join(ENV['APPDATA'],"UVTools") could become
path="C:/MyFolder1/MyFolder2/etc/etc" or whatever..............

charly2008

Hi TIG,

thanks for your help. I changed according to your example. Works perfectly.

Karlheinz

Analdin

Hi!
I've got a problem with UV Tools:
I want to create a palm (~400 tris), i export it, uvmap it, re-import it and it works. Now, i only make one leaf model, uvmap it and then i go lik copy/paste. BUT: Sketchup or UV Tools are messing up some of the faces (not visible inside sketchup, but once i look at it in LithUnwrap or Unreal Development Kit, its messed up.)
Does anyone know how to fix that?

BTW: I'm using the newest version of Sketchup 7.

CoreMaster

Hey...
I have a problem with exporting my my model. I export it like sayd and then i open it in somekinda other program to make UV but my model is messed up.. and that only happens to .obj files... why? how do i fix it? help!

Whaat

@coremaster said:

Hey...
I have a problem with exporting my my model. I export it like sayd and then i open it in somekinda other program to make UV but my model is messed up.. and that only happens to .obj files... why? how do i fix it? help!

Hi, what program are you using to import the OBJ? Maybe try another program or adjust the OBJ import settings on your program. Some screenshots would help explain the issue, or you could post the SKP model that you are trying to export.

Whaat

@analdin said:

Hi!
I've got a problem with UV Tools:
I want to create a palm (~400 tris), i export it, uvmap it, re-import it and it works. Now, i only make one leaf model, uvmap it and then i go lik copy/paste. BUT: Sketchup or UV Tools are messing up some of the faces (not visible inside sketchup, but once i look at it in LithUnwrap or Unreal Development Kit, its messed up.)
Does anyone know how to fix that?

BTW: I'm using the newest version of Sketchup 7.

That's a strange issue. I really don't know what the problem would be. I need to spend some time testing UV mapped models that are copy/pasted. Can anyone else confirm this issue?

charly2008

Hi,

i have a problem. I tried to export a Texture from a simple rectangle face. The message appears but nothing is exported. My folder is empty. I followed strictly the work instructions.

Now i made a further test and selected a face from SANG and it worked.

What could be wrong?

Whaat

@charly2008 said:

Hi,

i have a problem. I tried to export a Texture from a simple rectangle face. The message appears but nothing is exported. My folder is empty. I followed strictly the work instructions.

Now i made a further test and selected a face from SANG and it worked.

What could be wrong?

Not sure....any error messages in the Ruby Console when you try to export the rectangle face?

CoreMaster110

@whaat said:

@coremaster said:

Hey...
I have a problem with exporting my my model. I export it like sayd and then i open it in somekinda other program to make UV but my model is messed up.. and that only happens to .obj files... why? how do i fix it? help!

Hi, what program are you using to import the OBJ? Maybe try another program or adjust the OBJ import settings on your program. Some screenshots would help explain the issue, or you could post the SKP model that you are trying to export.

Well ok the problem is that .obj exporter in sketchup but i got it fixed by exporting my model first into .3ds and then open in another program to export it into .obj file.
but now i have new problem when i import my model back in sketchup useing this plugin it tells me that 174 faces failed and nothing is imported.

Khai

@xefhs said:

Whaat, Can you update your plugin for Sketchup 7, please?

it works on 7

Rich O Brien

@xefhs said:

Whaat, Can you update your plugin for Sketchup 7, please?

It works for SU7, the reason it says 'Updated for SU6' is because it previously only worked with SU7

As mentioned here

xefhs

Whaat, Can you update your plugin for Sketchup 7, please?

Sorry for this short message but I don't speak english very well...

xefhs

Ok, but when I tested on SU7, I always had Repport bugs, so I uninstall all my plugins already installed on SU7 and it worked.
Thank you.

kayn_wind

As soon as I select cylindrical or spherical map, it crashes... I'm using SU7 and I made sure I had only one texture selected, the geometry isn't very complex either.
Anyone knows whats the problem or how to fix it?

michaliszissiou

A nice uv exporter importer should be OK. Meanwhile this plugin is not working, SU has a terrible problem with topology anyway. I'll keep saying this. The second worst topology around. My suggestion is to triangulate topology before exporting. Blender 2.49b or 2.5.2 can't import it (python error). Zbrush imported it after triangulation but with errors. 3Dcoat gave errors too. The obj exporter of SU 6 pro works better. In fact is the only exporter you can trust. For importing 3ds is fine, if you know the 3ds tricks. But its too much to pay for SU pro just for a decent exporter. Forget collada, you don't want to use this.

olishea

@kayn_wind said:

As soon as I select cylindrical or spherical map, it crashes... I'm using SU7 and I made sure I had only one texture selected, the geometry isn't very complex either.
Anyone knows whats the problem or how to fix it?

use the paint bucket tool to roughly apply the texture to your object.....it will not look correct (dont worry). now select the object (just click its surface) and go to edit>surface>uv tools>then choose cylindrical or spherical map.

should be straight forward. you can change the scale of the texture in the sketchup materials window.