OMG! fur plugin is AMAZING!

xrok1

I don't understand the trick Thanks

yes, please explain in detail. also i can't get ghostcomp to render the real component, have you been able to. it would be a perfect companion for fur.

olishea

look at the twilight teapots tutorial....the one with 2000 teapots (i think). it explains it better than me

when the fur plugin gives you the option of "make by" select yes. this will turn each grass blade into a component instead of a large group.
edit a grass component. double click or right click>edit component
draw a line next to the blade
open up the sketchup layers manager (window>layers)
create a new layer called 'grass' and make it hidden (just check the hidden box)
select the grass blade (by double or triple click)...right click....entity info.....change the layer to 'grass'.
the blades of grass should all disappear.....leaving you with the line that you drew in step 3
close the component (press escape)
right click the component....twilight....render all hidden layers in all components
render

you could also just put all the grass on a hidden layer without the little lines. I just replaced the component with lines so i could see where the grass would be.

@unknownuser said:

thank to tak2hata and Oli.
mate dont credit me! i'm just playing!

xrok1

thanks! what about ghostcomp. have you tried that?

olishea

yes i have but not on this model. you have to unhide the ghosts before rendering which i didnt want to do. great plugin though!

xrok1

makes me wish SU had display states. we could display comps as wireframe. i guess this is what ghostcomp gives us (display states) but isn't quite the same as they are in other progs.

boofredlay

I seem to have dropped my bread.

olishea

haha sweet. i think there will be some tasty fur images today!

pilou

A new hit

pilou

Funny indeed!

massimo

What about a vintage-looking lamp?

olishea

wow!!!!!!

so many possibilities for this plugin!

keep posting more furry pictures!! we really needed this for sketchup!

i cant play cos im working but will post more grassy scenes soon!

fymoro

Wow, Very nice lamp... I agree with Oli, "keep posting more furry pictures!!"

Here is a fake ivy...From far in a exterior scene It should work not ? And setup in 2 minutes...

ivy fred.jpg

massimo

Looks good Fred.

Gaieus

Some Furry Grass

Frederik

@fymoro said:

Here is a fake ivy...From far in a exterior scene It should work not ? And setup in 2 minutes...

You just gave me an idea, Fred...
(which I find to be an excellent idea, actually...)
Since you can use Components from the scene together with this plug-in, you can take the texture of an Ivy leaf, create a component and "spray" that on the surface...

I have a model, where I need to make a pavilion (or whatever it's called in English) made of metal tubes and where Ivy covers it...
I've been struggling with Ivy Creator, but this can actually do the job...