[Plugin] Bitmap To Mesh

Ben Ritter · 14 Dec 2010, 14:20

I will try the resampling. Any idea why the image gets turned around?

thomthom · 14 Dec 2010, 14:21

@ben ritter said:

I will try the resampling. Any idea why the image gets turned around?

Got a screenshot? I'm not sure if I understand what you describe.

majid · 14 Dec 2010, 19:47

Dear tomtom, I'ven;t tested your plugin yet, seems to be great and so many thanx, but as a suggestion to reduce faces and improvement, maybe you could add an option for merging co-planar faces

Ben Ritter · 14 Dec 2010, 20:47

@thomthom said:

@ben ritter said:

I will try the resampling. Any idea why the image gets turned around?

Got a screenshot? I'm not sure if I understand what you describe.

Thomas, thanks for your help, I can't seem to recreate that scenario now, but here's what happens when I try to project the texture above it. I get bits and pieces onto the mesh.

thomthom · 14 Dec 2010, 22:46

@majid said:

Dear tomtom, I'ven;t tested your plugin yet, seems to be great and so many thanx, but as a suggestion to reduce faces and improvement, maybe you could add an option for merging co-planar faces

You could run CleanUp afterwards.

Fletch · 15 Dec 2010, 12:32

Ben, look at my example of roof tile above very closely - you will see that you should use a TINY .bmp... I mean TINY.

Then scale the mesh that is generated UP in SketchUp, then PROJECT your texture DOWN onto the face. Be sure the texture position is set to PROJECTED.

Remember that BLACK is the lowest point, and WHITE is the HIGHEST point on the final mesh... so make sure to create your displacement map appropriately... a sketch like that is not likely to give you the exact results you want... depending on what you want I guess.

Thom Thom, I used your plugin to helpme create this image... thanks again!
It is KEY to use a very good displacement map and very small resolution.

thomthom · 15 Dec 2010, 13:02

Fletch - how did you do that?
A plugin that inserts components at vertices?

Dave R · 15 Dec 2010, 13:04

Fletch, that is way cool! It looks like an On/Off button but makes me think it's label could be changed by controlling which pins are up and which are down.

Ben Ritter · 15 Dec 2010, 17:11

@fletch said:

Ben, look at my example of roof tile above very closely - you will see that you should use a TINY .bmp... I mean TINY.

Then scale the mesh that is generated UP in SketchUp, then PROJECT your texture DOWN onto the face. Be sure the texture position is set to PROJECTED.

Remember that BLACK is the lowest point, and WHITE is the HIGHEST point on the final mesh... so make sure to create your displacement map appropriately... a sketch like that is not likely to give you the exact results you want... depending on what you want I guess.

Thom Thom, I used your plugin to helpme create this image... thanks again!
It is KEY to use a very good displacement map and very small resolution.

Fletch, thanks for the reminders. The bmp was a scanned in sketch that I tried. Perhaps not the best to use. Thank you anyway.

Gaieus · 16 Dec 2010, 12:21

@thomthom said:

Fletch - how did you do that?
A plugin that inserts components at vertices?

Here is a bit of the workflow.
http://twilightrender.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=2208

thomthom · 16 Dec 2010, 12:28

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Gaieus · 16 Dec 2010, 12:35

Ah yeah, that is a restricted area for license holders.

Anyway, it's drop.rb.

thomthom · 21 Dec 2010, 17:26

Version 0.3.0b

Renamed Mesh From Bitmap to Mesh From Heightmap
Added new Mesh From Bitmap
[attachment=0:3etwkcol]MeshFromBitmap.png[/attachment:3etwkcol]

Known bug:
Flipped image isn't properly recognised.

jeffschaid01 · 5 Feb 2011, 20:30

Hello,

After importing the bmp, I've adjusted height, width, etc. The program then follows through by indexing points and generating a mesh. After that I'm attempting to export as a vrml and the program continues to crash at 49%. I'm sure doing something incorrectly but not sure what. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Jeff

jeffschaid01 · 5 Feb 2011, 21:52

Hello,

Are further steps needed prior to exporting as vrml after height, width and depth adjustments have been made along with point indexing and mesh generating? All of these steps have been completed but SU is crashing at the 49% mark while exporting as vrml. Any help will be greatly apprecaited.

Thanks,
Jeff

thomthom · 6 Feb 2011, 10:02

@jeffschaid01 said:

Are further steps needed prior to exporting as vrml after height, width and depth adjustments have been made along with point indexing and mesh generating? All of these steps have been completed but SU is crashing at the 49% mark while exporting as vrml. Any help will be greatly apprecaited.

VRML? What are you using to export that?

thomthom · 6 Feb 2011, 20:51

@jeffschaid01 said:

Hello,

Are further steps needed prior to exporting as vrml after height, width and depth adjustments have been made along with point indexing and mesh generating? All of these steps have been completed but SU is crashing at the 49% mark while exporting as vrml. Any help will be greatly apprecaited.

Thanks,
Jeff

If SketchUp crashes when you export then I'm afraid I can't help, as this plugin has nothing to do with the exporter.

jeffschaid01 · 7 Feb 2011, 13:14

Are there further steps needed (other than the ones mentioned) prior to export or should the file theoretically be ready for export?

thomthom · 7 Feb 2011, 13:29

No additional steps. Once it has created the geometry it's done its job.

You're problem appear to be with the exporter.

You're exporting to a 3d printer? Isn't there a different format then VRML you can use?

jeffschaid01 · 7 Feb 2011, 13:37

Yes. I can use other file types such as a 3ds or stl. However, I've tried exporting as a 3ds as well and again, the program crashes at 49% for some reason. Very strange.