[Plugin] Bitmap To Mesh

dedmin · 3 Oct 2010, 16:11

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

thomthom · 3 Oct 2010, 16:18

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

dedmin · 3 Oct 2010, 16:20

dedmin · 3 Oct 2010, 16:30

shura · 3 Oct 2010, 21:30

Why don't I get the Curve Simplification to work?

thomthom · 3 Oct 2010, 21:41

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

david_h · 4 Oct 2010, 15:26

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

pichuneke · 5 Oct 2010, 15:30

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

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Ghalko · 6 Oct 2010, 04:19

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

solo · 6 Oct 2010, 05:12

@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.

Ghalko · 6 Oct 2010, 17:57

After letting a 384x384 (meters) heightmap simmer:

david_h · 6 Oct 2010, 18:13

@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.

jeff hammond · 6 Oct 2010, 18:26

David,
Use the scale tool to compress it vertically.

david_h · 6 Oct 2010, 19:14

oh well. . . there's one for the duh thread.

Thx

thomthom · 7 Oct 2010, 17:20

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

spence · 7 Oct 2010, 19:31

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!

david_h · 12 Oct 2010, 21:50

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

thohan · 13 Oct 2010, 22:21

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.

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?

jamalito · 23 Oct 2010, 09:12

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

thomthom · 23 Oct 2010, 09:37

@thohan said:

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?

Yea, it produces a very dense mesh - You can use my Cleanup script to remove edges between coplanar faces.

Nice coin by the way.