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    • W Offline
      Whaat
      last edited by

      @unknownuser said:

      Is it Artisan Forum still supported? I posted a question several days ago and no reply yet.
      Also, I want to ask a question about how to use it. If I want the classic SDS behaviour, with Proxy and Subsurface, I need to run subdivide on a group first, then go inside that group, right? But when I run dubdivide on group, I can't choose how many iterations and as an example, in this moment, my SketchUp is not responding... and is doing this for more than 10 minutes yet... a little too much. If it tries to iterate 2 or 3 steps for starting, is a bullshit, because I don't want this. All I need is to have that two elements and continue editing the proxy.

      Hello,

      I am not sure why SketchUp became unresponsive in your case. That is very unusual. If this is something that you are able to duplicate, I would like to see the SKP file for testing.

      @unknownuser said:

      The plugin is not intuitive at all 😞 I can use it, because I learned how to use it in the first place, and I used SDS before. But, for a newcomer is hard. It doesn't communicate with the user, one have to be sure to KNOW and remember everything from tutorials, because the plugin doesn't tell much. I'm sure that most time was spent on good functionality and I appreciate that a lot, but the interface and interaction with the user is equally important.

      I am sorry you feel this way. I worked hard on making the plugin intuitive and improving the workflow over SDS. If you have ideas on how to make things more intitive, please let me know.

      Please note that the Artisan forum has now been discontinued. The quickest way to get support on Artisan is to use the contact form on the Artisan website:
      http://artisan4sketchup.com/category/contact-us/

      I will typically respond within 24 hours.

      Thanks,
      Dale

      SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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      • JClementsJ Offline
        JClements
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        Is there somewhere that demonstrates (or illustrates), how the Best, XY, YZ, and XZ options work?

        I kind of have an idea, but how do they choose where the plane is placed relative to the coordinates of vertices selected? Especially with the Best option?

        John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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        • JClementsJ Offline
          JClements
          last edited by

          I must be doing something wrong. I don't the see how the Perpendicular and Camera Plane modes differ. Can someone demonstrate this?

          John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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          • W Offline
            Whaat
            last edited by

            @jclements said:

            Is there somewhere that demonstrates (or illustrates), how the Best, XY, YZ, and XZ options work?

            I kind of have an idea, but how do they choose where the plane is placed relative to the coordinates of vertices selected? Especially with the Best option?

            Hi,

            The position of the plane is always at the average position of the selected points (the centroid).

            With the 'best' option, the vertices are projected to the best-fit plane. In other words, the plane that results in the least amount of movement of the vertices from their original position.

            SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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              Whaat
              last edited by

              @jclements said:

              I must be doing something wrong. I don't the see how the Perpendicular and Camera Plane modes differ. Can someone demonstrate this?

              With 'Perpindicular' move mode, the movement is constrained to the average normal (face direction) of the all of the selected faces. You can only move in one direction.

              With 'camera plane' mode, you can move in all directions that are on a plane perpindicular to the camera direction but you can not move in the direction that the camera is pointing.

              Hope that helps!

              SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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              • B Offline
                baldaman
                last edited by

                Dear Mr MASTER WHAAT,
                a little question.
                There is an option for smoothed edges or not for the subsurf in the settings.
                We only have the choice between all smoothed or none smoothed, it would be fantastic to have the choice of the "angle between normals" like in the soften edges native SU dialog!
                And also why not dreaming: to establish a correspondance between proxies "angle between normals" edge softening and creased or not edges of that proxy.
                Sorry for my very bad english.

                PS: ARTISAN ROCKS! PROFILE BUILDER ROCKS!!!(the first and only software my former office was Ok to buy for me...)

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                • soloS Offline
                  solo
                  last edited by

                  Post wishes here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=40197

                  http://www.solos-art.com

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                  • A Offline
                    AcesHigh
                    last edited by

                    Hi people... I am having some problems with the RoundCurve plugin by Fredo, and he suggested I should do what I intend with ARTISAN.

                    I never used Artisan or Subdivide and Smooth... so I want to know if what I want to do is possible with ARTISAN and HOW to do it.

                    Basically, what I have, is a square where I cut 2 of its corners with a bezier curve. Then I pushed/pulled the shape. I selected the top surface and applied Roundcurve, but for some reason, the plugin doesnt works well with bezier curves it seems, so the plugin offsets the curves but the offset "overlaps" itself in the curves, causing weird geometry.

                    How can I have the same effect with Artisan?

                    here is what happens when I try to use RoundCorner in my shape... first image shows the overlapping when offsetting the surface... second shows similar overlapping when using RoundCorner, and 3rd image shows the result of applying roundcorner when the curves overlap.

                    3rd image also shows what I intend to do, so you guys can tell me if that is possible with Artisan and how you do that.

                    I am also adding the shape that should be extruded and have its corners rounded with Artisan... so I hope you guys can confirm Artisan can do that and teach me how 😞 😞

                    http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/8729/roundcorneroverlap.jpg


                    artisantestshape.skp

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                    • hellnbakH Offline
                      hellnbak
                      last edited by

                      Decided to set myself down and learn Artisan, and am having problems right off the bat. When I subdivide and smooth a cube, it does not come out smooth like the one in the how-to video. I ran 4 iterations just like in the video, and my results look more like a potato than the nice smooth result in the video. The subdivision patterns are different also.
                      Here is what it should look like....
                      2.jpg
                      and here's what I got......
                      3.jpg

                      Don't know what I could be doing wrong, you select all the faces, and then subdivide and smooth four times, right? Just like in the video. If I can't get beyond the first basic step, I don't hold out much hope for getting very far with this. Any help will be much appreciated.

                      "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                      • W Offline
                        Whaat
                        last edited by

                        @hellnbak said:

                        Don't know what I could be doing wrong, you select all the faces, and then subdivide and smooth four times, right? Just like in the video. If I can't get beyond the first basic step, I don't hold out much hope for getting very far with this. Any help will be much appreciated.

                        You might be missing this step:

                        After you press the subdivide and smooth button, then type in '4 <enter>'. This is how to properly achieve 4 iterations. (press <enter> again to commit)

                        The alternative is to apply the SDS tool 4 times, each with one iteration. If you do this, you will probably not get the desired result.

                        SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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                        • pilouP Offline
                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          Curious because from a cube I well obtain a sphere without any problem 😄

                          very_curious.jpg

                          Frenchy Pilou
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                          My Little site :)

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                            Whaat
                            last edited by

                            Info about version 1.2 has been added to the first post.

                            Get it here:
                            http://artisan4sketchup.com/category/downloads/

                            SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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                            • pbacotP Offline
                              pbacot
                              last edited by

                              Thank you Dale. I have this DL'd already. I should remember, but how can you find out what version is currently installed?

                              MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                              • massimoM Offline
                                massimo Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Thanks for the update Dale. 👍

                                @unknownuser said:

                                how can you find out what version is currently installed?

                                You should have a file called "artisan_loader" in the plugins folder which reports the installed version of the plugin.

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                                  Whaat
                                  last edited by

                                  @pbacot said:

                                  Thank you Dale. I have this DL'd already. I should remember, but how can you find out what version is currently installed?

                                  Go to Windows->Preferences->Extensions->Artisan

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                                  • pbacotP Offline
                                    pbacot
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks Dale. Got it! So there's a good use of the extensions Tab after all. Now if they'd just make that window fully expandable and regularize its use...

                                    MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                    • Mistro11M Offline
                                      Mistro11
                                      last edited by

                                      I am now a proud Artisan License Owner! Thanks for this great plugin! 😎

                                      i7-4930k @3.4/3.7GHz, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX 980Ti 6Gb, Windows 7 Pro 64bit
                                      Structural Integrity is Not Just Physical...It's in the Design and Purpose

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                                      • pbacotP Offline
                                        pbacot
                                        last edited by

                                        Sometimes I get no results from the sculpt tool at all. However this can change when I close the model or SU and reopen. What might be the things that make this tool work better, or worse?

                                        Also: I'd request some lock on vertical movement in the future, so we don't have to hold the shift key down all the time (this is the way I use almost always use it when it works).

                                        Version 1.2

                                        Thanks, Peter

                                        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                        • guanjinG Offline
                                          guanjin
                                          last edited by

                                          Why do I install the free 15-day version of the display icon gray, can not be used.
                                          If I buy genuine worry about will not be displayed? ?

                                          I come from China, is to learn

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                                          • W Offline
                                            Whaat
                                            last edited by

                                            @pbacot said:

                                            Sometimes I get no results from the sculpt tool at all. However this can change when I close the model or SU and reopen. What might be the things that make this tool work better, or worse?

                                            Hi Peter,

                                            Maybe you have a mask active? If you have any edge or face selected, the sculpt tool will only affect those selected entities. I am not sure why else you would experience this.

                                            Dale

                                            SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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