[Plugin] Sketchup Ivy
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Tomot, the reason I insist in .png is because for ivy you going to have a lot of geometry with the branches, now using your jpg cut out leaves will add 112 edges per leaf as opposed to 4. So imagine having 1000 leaves. I was more concerned with the huge geometry than the shadows in SU as I would be rendering anyway.
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@solo said:
So imagine having 1000 leaves. I was more concerned with the huge geometry than the shadows in SU as I would be rendering anyway.
Good point Solo.
Regards
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@solo said:
I was more concerned with the huge geometry than the shadows in SU as I would be rendering anyway.
fair comment! I very rarely use Vray rendered images for presentations, I'm more a fan of the Dennis presentation technique hence I want leaves without borders. I suppose that's the trade-off
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@tomot said:
fair comment! I very rarely use Vray rendered images for presentations, I'm more a fan of the Dennis presentation technique hence I want leaves without borders. I suppose that's the trade-off
Sorry, you are rigth, I was thinking only in the render process. I'm also denni's tech fan.
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Is there a way to change the parameters of the number of segments in the stems? To be honest, I don't think it's necessary to be using hexagonal stems metres off the ground. You could probably start with a square cross section and quickly move to triangular(as in earlier releases) without any visible difference...especially as most stems will be hidden behind leaves.
This plugin is looking really good.
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It looks like an awesome Plugin, unfortunately as previously mentioned it's not working on Mac Sketchup 8.
Hope you resolve it as it would be fantastic to use on an upcoming project.
Tx
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@justinplunkett said:
It looks like an awesome Plugin, unfortunately as previously mentioned it's not working on Mac Sketchup 8.
Hope you resolve it as it would be fantastic to use on an upcoming project.
Tx
JustinHi Justin,
it does work on Mac with SU version 8, but I need to load it after startup from ruby console, or with as_pluginloader.rb.
to use with either method of loading, I would suggest the following-
go to LiveIvy.rb (in your plugins folder) >> right click and color it green >> drag it into LiveIvy Folder >> start SU >> open Ruby Console >> type load "LiveIvy/LiveIvy.rb" hit return >> draw or select a surface/shape/group... >> last item in plugins menu should be Ivy.
or use plugin loader to do the same, navigate to then select the green file... that's why I color it...
the standard image files can be improved by editing the .skp's in the folder, and I haven't got my head around all the settings yet.
but they do work.
john
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Just a quicky test with others leafs
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Here are a spanish translate from version 0.5.4. I'm going to translate version 0.6.x when is more stable.
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Thanks for the great Plugin!
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thanks for this magnificent plugin!!
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Hi all,
Is posted before that i could get either of the plugin and its revisions to work on a mac. So tonight itried on my (pc) laptop using su6 and su7. And... Some error as on the mac! Sorry cant type the complete code (commenting in my bb, sorry) its that error about birth_stem line 236 , something about 'birth' line 223 and so on. I tried all the tricks i saw here in this post. But i dont have su8 installed yet on my pc so i got one option left. Everything runs untill the shift+click... And that the error starts with TypeError: reference to deleted group .....
Hope some can resolve this one on both my machines. Ps on the mac i do have su6,7 and 8 running
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Rombout
Are you sure you have installed all of the zipped files correctly ?
When you extract files for a zip you must keep them in their respective subfolders...
Usually there's only one or two .rb files that go directly into the Plugins folder... all other related files stay inside their subfolder [or even subfolders within that]
It you have inadvertently put some files into the Plugins folder that ought to be inside a subfolder, then they can auto-load and cause issues; so reinstall all of the tool's files as outlined above. Then recheck the Plugins folder and remove any files you find in it that should actually be in the subfolder[s]... Restart Sketchup and see if it works now...
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@rombout said:
Hope some can resolve this one on both my machines. Ps on the mac i do have su6,7 and 8 running
Hi Rombout, I use mac too and for me only works the 0.6 version, the Keys on Mac:
Cmd+Click : Make the ivy grow towards the mouse position.
Alt+Click : Grow Ivy leafs.
SHIFT+Click : Finish the Ivy.
Key 'i' : Start over.The line 68 of Lively_tool.rb file is different for Pc and Mac.
For Pc: if key == 73 #i
For Mac: if key == 105 #i
This is the version works for me on MacSketchup Ivy version works on Mac
Say me if this version works for you or not.
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@driven said:
@justinplunkett said:
It looks like an awesome Plugin, unfortunately as previously mentioned it's not working on Mac Sketchup 8.
Hope you resolve it as it would be fantastic to use on an upcoming project.
Tx
JustinHi Justin,
it does work on Mac with SU version 8, but I need to load it after startup from ruby console, or with as_pluginloader.rb.
to use with either method of loading, I would suggest the following-
go to LiveIvy.rb (in your plugins folder) >> right click and color it green >> drag it into LiveIvy Folder >> start SU >> open Ruby Console >> type load "LiveIvy/LiveIvy.rb" hit return >> draw or select a surface/shape/group... >> last item in plugins menu should be Ivy.
or use plugin loader to do the same, navigate to then select the green file... that's why I color it...
the standard image files can be improved by editing the .skp's in the folder, and I haven't got my head around all the settings yet.
but they do work.
john
still doesnt do any thing on the mac using this trick
> load "LiveIvy/LiveIvy.rb" /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/LiveIvy/LiveIvy_tool.rb;284; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version truehere the ruby output
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@rombout said:
load "LiveIvy/LiveIvy.rb"
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/LiveIvy/LiveIvy_tool.rb:284: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
trueHi,
It has worked, the TRUE means it works, the other bits just a warning about syntax...
So, to prove it works,
open SU >> open Components >> open Materials [select in Model view]>> open Ruby Console >> type load "LiveIvy/LiveIvy.rb"
you should see the components appear and the materials as well.
now draw a rectangle, then go to Plugins Menu and the LAST item should be SketchupIvy, click it and the WebDialog will appear.
let me know if it all works, or how far you can get... if you get this far there's one other trick to make it better on mac.
john
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jep oke, suddenly version 0.5.4. is working in SU7 mac?! in 8 i dont see what im doing and the shift+click only gives me a small part off a branch
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here my test shot from thea?! no i need to go play with it! a lot i think?!
THink i need to modify those leaves, dont like that they are so flat
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yes. the same thing happens to me. i've done all you said but in the end it's always the same thing, there's only this pointer with a blue cirlce but when i left-click, shift-click, alt-click, etc... it doesnt' do anything.
It seems to be a very useful plugin!!! if only i could use it
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@ergio3485 said:
yes. the same thing happens to me. i've done all you said but in the end it's always the same thing, there's only this pointer with a blue cirlce but when i left-click, shift-click, alt-click, etc... it doesnt' do anything.
It seems to be a very useful plugin!!! if only i could use it
im having that issue also here, but you can try to use ver 0.54 at least that still could work at mine
regards,
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