[Plugin] $ Copy Brick (Updated 5/04/11)

tfdesign

Pardon my ignorance, but I'm trying to see how this plugin improves on the tools already available in SketchUp for adding copying and rotating. What I was really hoping to see was a wall creation tool, where you define the number of bricks needed, and at what dimension in h,w and d, then the height and width of the wall. But it seems that this plug-in doesn't do that? Or does it? Or am I just missing the plot altogether?

I'd also very much like to see a plugin that randomly chooses textures from a predefined texture pool (folder). This would mean that the wall would at least have some sort of irregularity to it, rather than each brick just looking the same. Is that doable?

best,

Tom

EarthMover

Something like this Tom? - http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/stone-placement-tools

Would be great for SU....hint, hint.

SUFractal

After countless attempts, it is now working.

Odd.

tfdesign

@earthmover said:

Something like this Tom? - http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/stone-placement-tools

Would be great for SU....hint, hint.

WOAH!

Thanks for that link Adam! I'm stunned. Almost the perfect reason to switch software! No.....must....resist.....!!

Yes! Something just like that!!!

TIG, Fredo6 We know you can do it! I'll happily pay you too!

Chris Fullmer

Ooh I liked that thing

Pixero

While we're at 3dsMax scripts, what about this one.
Free node based procedural building generator.
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=6&t=808733&page=50&pp=15

EarthMover

Nice Jan. Here's the latest release of Building Generator. - http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=6714759&postcount=786

I'm sure this is something that the talent here could whip up pretty easily for sketchup. TIG has the roof and windows already. Starting from a footprint, it would just be a matter of extruding walls via ruby and adding the other features. The node generator part, on the other hand, probably not doable. Good find though...I'm playing with it now.

tfdesign

I'll PM TIG about the brick generator idea, that's if he doesn't get here first.

EarthMover

Tom, he is currently working on something per this request of mine - http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=31376&hilit=brick+tile

tfdesign

Excellent!

caleidos4d

WonderFULL!!!!!!

Builder Boy

It won't work! Every time I try to use it, I get this in the ruby console:


Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `entities' for nil;NilClass>
(eval);79;in `initialize'
(eval);911;in `new'
(eval);911
(eval);79;in `call'
(eval);79