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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      Version 1.1.0

      • Requires TT_Lib2 (v2.3.0)
      • Trace Spray Ray.
      • Bugfixes.

      Note: SU8 does not process rays properly and the results are not reliable!
      I've been unable to work out a successful workaround. 😞

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

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        Kind-of like a cob-web... if the CLines was replaced with catenary curves...

        cobweb.png

        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/SpiderCatenary.jpg/180px-SpiderCatenary.jpg

        Wiki uses cob-webs as an example for catenary curves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary

        I have no idea what the usage would be, other than for Halloween... but... cool...

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

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        • P Offline
          Panga
          last edited by

          Thanks Thomthom, I'll try it. Hope you can find a way to make it work under SU8 later.

          EDIT :

          Hi Thomthom,

          I made a Test under SU8, and it Works pretty well. Until now, I test it with a max of 10 000 rays, and it takes about 15 seconds to calculate, so It's pretty fast. The only thing is it seems that some directions are ignored by rays, see on the picture below :

          Test-raytracer.png

          Whatever, It's already a really good tool for me. I'm thinking of other options, but I'll do some tests before talking about...See u and thanks again.

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            Damned I have missed this hidden collection under a falacious title 😲
            💚

            Frenchy Pilou
            Is beautiful that please without concept!
            My Little site :)

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              @panga said:

              EDIT :

              Hi Thomthom,

              I made a Test under SU8, and it Works pretty well. Until now, I test it with a max of 10 000 rays, and it takes about 15 seconds to calculate, so It's pretty fast. The only thing is it seems that some directions are ignored by rays, see on the picture below :

              Sorry for the last reply - but I never noticed this edit. (Don't think edits marks the topic as unread.)
              As mentioned in the first post, SU8 has a nasty bug in the raytracer. Only thing one can do is wait for Google to fix it and release a new version.

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

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              • D Offline
                davidlouis
                last edited by

                Hi Thom

                I am getting a few weird results with the drop component option...
                I thought I would try an test with a series of cars on a slope to simulate a parking lot scenrio.

                ??? 😮 There are some non conformers

                Test file attached.

                Cheers

                Dave


                DROP COMPONENTS.jpg


                DROP COMPONENTS.skp

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  Drop by Bounds, right?

                  I see the car crashes as well... 😕

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

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                    davidlouis
                    last edited by

                    Yup...

                    Maybe Magneto is in the area...

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      Version 1.1.1

                      • Fixed a bug in Drop by Bounds that caused chaos when objects where dropped.

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

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                      • mitcorbM Offline
                        mitcorb
                        last edited by

                        Thank you, ThomThom:
                        I will test this out. You are very talented, relentless in the pursuit of excellence. I salute you. 👍 👍 👍

                        I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                          tallerfulano
                          last edited by

                          Just fantastic !
                          thanks

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Any chance to have something for have this result when I select the 3 up objects ?
                            I can use SketchyPhysics but...

                            raytracer.jpg

                            Frenchy Pilou
                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                            My Little site :)

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                            • M Offline
                              mlefevre
                              last edited by

                              I'm trying to use this plugin to drop a bunch of solar panels to a surface. Some of the blocks drop fine, but others turn up on end. Any thoughts?

                              Thanks

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                              • tt_suT Offline
                                tt_su
                                last edited by

                                No idea without test screenshots or preferable a test model.

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                                • tt_suT Offline
                                  tt_su
                                  last edited by

                                  Hard to tell without a model...

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                                  • A Offline
                                    AcesHigh
                                    last edited by

                                    Can someone help me? It´s kinda urgent. Basically, For some reason, the components are NOT dropping until the ground. I verified the axis of the component, verified everything, but it still doesn´t work. It´s also weird, but it doesnt work with the other plugin (Drop At Intersection) too!!

                                    They drop only a few centimeters. Unless I "drop by bounding box", but then, when dropping by bounding box, the components follow the contour of the terrain (which gets pretty weird for lightpoles)


                                    perguntadropcomponent.skp

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                                      AcesHigh
                                      last edited by

                                      @tt_su said:

                                      Hard to tell without a model...

                                      Sorry, but when I posted and attached the model, I didnt notice it failed to upload the model because it was larger than the 4mb forum attachment limit.

                                      I edited the first post and attached the model (now, 3mb)

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                                      • BoxB Offline
                                        Box
                                        last edited by

                                        I used the plugin "Throw to".


                                        Throw.JPG


                                        Throw toSU8.skp

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                                        • A Offline
                                          AcesHigh
                                          last edited by

                                          Thank you Box. Any slight idea why Raytracer, Drop At Intersection, etc, are not working?

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                                          • BoxB Offline
                                            Box
                                            last edited by

                                            Sorry, I don't know the ins and outs of either plugin. Which is why I went for throw to. I can look tomorrow if nobody else does.

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