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    • opalO Offline
      opal
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      would putting part of the model on a different layer and hiding it help to get only one surface's verts?

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      • cottyC Offline
        cotty
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        @thomthom said:

        Ah, yes. Soft-selection is affected by proximity of the selected vertices - not connected distance. I have it on my list to implement a soft-selection that acts upon connected distance that would have solved your problems in this particular case. Unfortunately that doesn't help you now. 😞

        No (urgent) problem because I'm only playing around πŸ˜‰
        Should a "Select only visible" does help anyway to reduce the selection?

        @unknownuser said:

        would putting part of the model on a different layer and hiding it help to get only one surface's verts?

        Yes, a selection with no soft selection (r=0) and grouping these vertices for soft selection is a workaround...

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        • thomthomT Offline
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          @unknownuser said:

          would putting part of the model on a different layer and hiding it help to get only one surface's verts?

          I was about to say no - but then gave it a second thought and tried it. And yes, it works. Hiding the geometry you don't want affected will prevent them from being affected by soft-selection. πŸ˜„
          I think I might have to add that to the FAQ. Nice trick.

          @cotty said:

          Should a "Select only visible" does help anyway to reduce the selection?
          No - it would only effect selected vertices - not the soft-selection.

          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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          • pbacotP Offline
            pbacot
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            Just grouping the faces on the far side protects them--or am I missing the point?

            But you have to be sure your operation doesn't affect the boundary vertices or you'll have trouble getting the shape back together again.

            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              @pbacot said:

              Just grouping the faces on the far side protects them--or am I missing the point?

              That is one possibility, yes. But as you mention - you might end up with not being able to merge the vertices again. Simply hiding the stuff you don't want affected solves it without having to modify the mesh.

              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                d12dozr
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                @thomthom said:

                ...I have it on my list to implement a soft-selection that acts upon connected distance that would have solved your problems in this particular case...

                πŸ‘ πŸ‘ I was also wishing for this a few days ago.

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                • pbacotP Offline
                  pbacot
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                  OH, now I see! It somehow retains connection, even when your selection's along the boundary, but still doesn't include the hidden parts in the selection. Ingenious.

                  MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
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                    SCF Premium members can now buy Vertex Tools for a discounted price of 16$

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    • pbacotP Offline
                      pbacot
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                      Thanks TT. I already have it. How much for Bezier Surface?

                      MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
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                        Not sure what Bezier Surface will be priced at. But existing Vertex Tools customer will get a discount.

                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                        • pbacotP Offline
                          pbacot
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                          Heh, just prodding. Can't be had for any price as yet. πŸ˜‰

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                          • Mistro11M Offline
                            Mistro11
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                            Just bought it!!! Great plugin TT! I think my arsenal of tools is pretty beefed up now. Thanks.

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
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                              @pbacot said:

                              Heh, just prodding. Can't be had for any price as yet. πŸ˜‰

                              πŸ˜„ Yea. It's taking its time. At the moment I'm rewriting a piece of the core which require some larger changes affecting everything. Once it's complete it should allow me to work on the UI features and tools.

                              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
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                                @mistro11 said:

                                Just bought it!!! Great plugin TT! I think my arsenal of tools is pretty beefed up now. Thanks.

                                πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ˜„

                                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                                • panixiaP Offline
                                  panixia
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                                  i have to model a couple terrific of old sofa/chairs and tried to figure out how to do this.. at the end i managed to do this without using neither vray displacement or artisan/blender wathever subdivision modeling.. just the combination of your brilliant mesh from eightmap plugin and of course VT.. faster and more effective than whatever i could dream of..
                                  this is a fast draft anyway, i plan to try a better one, but so far way better and easier than i expected at first.
                                  once again, thank you..

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                                    panixia
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                                    just forgot to upload the file.. 😳
                                    sofΓ  nonna ricchionacci web.jpg

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
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                                      That's looking mighty nice! And mighty heavy. Got a pure wireframe screenshot?

                                      I'm curious to how you worked this. How did you combine the mesh from Mesh from Heighmap into this sofa?

                                      Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                      • panixiaP Offline
                                        panixia
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                                        in a pure grey hdr + infinte plane it renders quite fast in vray, few minutes with mediun settings at 2000x1666.. i will try it in a fully lihtened and reflective context to see what appens, i think.
                                        feel free to use this model for anything you like. (maibe doing a rendering of your granny house.. duh) πŸ˜„

                                        edit - the model is slightly more than 4mb and i have never create an account or uploaded something in sketchup wharehouse, so you can download the model from here:
                                        http://www.2shared.com/file/gZ9Jkupc/GRANNYS_SOFA.html

                                        hope it work, let me know..

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
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                                          That's a nice sample model for me to use when testing Vertex Tools performance. Lots of vertices. And Soft-Selection rainbow looks pretty. πŸ˜„

                                          Mind if I show it off as a user example for Vertex Tools?

                                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                          • panixiaP Offline
                                            panixia
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                                            @thomthom said:

                                            That's a nice sample model for me to use when testing Vertex Tools performance. Lots of vertices. And Soft-Selection rainbow looks pretty. πŸ˜„

                                            Mind if I show it off as a user example for Vertex Tools?

                                            mind? what? i would be relly proud man! 😲

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