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    [Plugin] Bitmap To Mesh

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    • thomthomT
      thomthom
      last edited by

      308px × 1 047px - that would make the mesh ~500-600K faces?

      And the issue with that bitmap is that despite it being a greyscale, it's still not a height map - which is why the mesh doesn't come out looking as what the image illustrate.

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

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        dedmin
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        Yes, true. I just wanted to test it - the file is 105 MB 🤣

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        • thomthomT
          thomthom
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          Yea - the last texture I tested was 512x512 - heavy mesh. And I'd forgotten that Autosave was on - every 5 mins. x_X

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

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            dedmin
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              dedmin
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              • shuraS
                shura
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                Why don't I get the Curve Simplification to work?

                Test.jpg

                TestSorry.jpg

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                • thomthomT
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  hm... possibly you have a version where it failed on closed loops. I might not have uploaded a corrected version...

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

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                  • david_hD
                    david_h
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                    So I notice these wonderful meshes created. How is one controlling the height of the extrusion?

                    If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                      pichuneke
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                      The pieces on the roof (above the pediment) are made with your plugin 😄

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                      http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5053994977_c27d104e30_z.jpg
                      Reconstrucción del Templo de Artemis Agrotera 4 by Egocentrico, on Flickr

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                      Click here to see it in bigger size (1024 px):

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                      Forgive my spanglish...

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                        Ghalko
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                        So I read the posts and then thought nothing of trying a 2048x2048 heightmap produced by L3DT (terrain generating program.) 😲 Maybe I should try a bit smaller at first. Then I won't just freeze sketchup and make my patience run out... 😕

                        I will try with a smaller (much smaller) one first and post the results.

                        Bryan

                        Arrrggghhh! Why won't it make a face!!! Stupid, no good piece of... Oh look! The line went to the wrong point. Whew... moving on. (My fights with sketchup.)

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                        • soloS
                          solo
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                          @unknownuser said:

                          So I notice these wonderful meshes created. How is one controlling the height of the extrusion?

                          Color, the darker the black and brighter the white will produce the greatest crests and troughs.

                          http://www.solos-art.com

                          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                            Ghalko
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                            After letting a 384x384 (meters) heightmap simmer:
                            Yey!

                            Arrrggghhh! Why won't it make a face!!! Stupid, no good piece of... Oh look! The line went to the wrong point. Whew... moving on. (My fights with sketchup.)

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                            • david_hD
                              david_h
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                              @solo said:

                              Color, the darker the black and brighter the white will produce the greatest crests and troughs.

                              I get that easy enough. its all based on contrast. . .so One must go into PhoShop and manipulate and lessen those contrasts before putting it into the plugin? Because when I down loaded the scrolly motif lintel thing, I got all kinds of mess. I just couldn't get my model to look like others were doing. . .

                              I'll keep playing with it.

                              If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                              • jeff hammondJ
                                jeff hammond
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                                David,
                                Use the scale tool to compress it vertically.

                                dotdotdot

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                                • david_hD
                                  david_h
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                                  oh well. . . there's one for the duh thread.

                                  Thx 😳

                                  If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                  • thomthomT
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    With version 0.2.0 you specify the height your self - either by using the cursor or entering a length in the VCB.

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

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                                    • spenceS
                                      spence
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                                      thomthom, this is very cool. I can hardly believe you got this to work. I use this in Eon-Software's Vue and love it, now that it can be done on SU is incredible. VERY NICELY DONE!

                                      Spence

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                                      • david_hD
                                        david_h
                                        last edited by

                                        Pretty cool little Plugin. thanks for the update. . .. makes it much easier for us idiots. 💚


                                        penny 1.jpg


                                        penny2.jpg

                                        If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                          thohan
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                                          Thank you for this great plugin. 😄
                                          I did a quick test with it on a picture of a friend of mine with minimal pre-processing (just making the background black) and placed it on a norwegian coin.
                                          I think with some more effort, one can achieve much better results.

                                          http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8434/smalltest.png

                                          It do however generate a mesh that is very big. I suppose merging the squares (?) which lie next to each other in the same height, would make it lighter?

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                                          • jamalitoJ
                                            jamalito
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                                            wow wow wow
                                            where have you been ? man
                                            I looking for such as plug-in
                                            thank you so so much thomthom
                                            you helped me
                                            because I have a lot pictures I want to do it

                                            Albert Einstein:
                                            ((I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.))

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