[Plugin] Sketchup Ivy

TIG

Can v-ray render 'images' inside a SKP ?
Some renderers can't.
Perhaps they need exploding ??

Krisidious

I have no idea about that... sorry.

Krisidious

love this plugin... still trying to get the hang of it. I don't seem to get consistent results. like adhesion doesn't seem to really make the vine adhere as it does make it grow shorter distances with each click.

tomot

@krisidious said:

I don't seem to get consistent results. like adhesion doesn't seem to really make the vine adhere as it does make it grow shorter distances with each click.

This Ivy generator is a got attempt at copying Thomas Luft's Ivy generator , but still has some minor problems such as collision detection which the SketchUp API may not not contain.

the.pjt

is it possible to change the SKP files located in the Plugins\LiveIvy\Textures and replace its JPEG textures with PNGs ?
so this plugin could results transparent textured leafs ...
because now we should change textures every time

can I do it ? ...or ... will the plugin make bad results ?? longer time ??

thanks ...

rodrigonotor

Hi Pj, is not problem change the files, only make shure you put the same names for components.

You can use the *.png file inside the leaf component.

Here are the leaf component I use.

ivy_leaf_enavas.rar

Krisidious

@the.pjt said:

is it possible to change the SKP files located in the Plugins\LiveIvy\Textures and replace its JPEG textures with PNGs ?
so this plugin could results transparent textured leafs ...
because now we should change textures every time

can I do it ? ...or ... will the plugin make bad results ?? longer time ??

thanks ...

yes you can... that's what I did to allow transparency.

the.pjt

thanks ..

so I have another question .. why Pierreden (author) have used JPG textures in Plugins\LiveIvy\Textures ? he could use PNGs ... couldn't he ? ...

I'm going to change components in the directory (Plugins\LiveIvy\Textures) ..

bigstick

This still doesn't work on the Mac. In case anyone is tempted to try the updated version in the hope that it will work on the Mac, nope. Not for me, and after all the posts so far, I'm not the only one having trouble with this. This updated version doesn't actually fix anything as far as I can see.

To summarise:-

The dialog works. This latest version has the default values as krisidious shows in his post. I'm grateful for this, it was one of the things I thought that might be the cause of the plugin not working. However, the ivy will still not 'grow'.
Also the problem where this plugin inserts the leaf components into every single model still persists. This is a bug in my opinion.

I'm guessing that it's bad etiquette to modify someone else's plugin, but I really wish someone would fix these issues. It's one I have been itching to use for a long time, and it's still frustrating that it almost works.

I haven't seen anything from Pierreden for some time, but surely he wouldn't mind someone else fixing this...

the.pjt

Hi Dear Sketchucators ..

I have Updated This Nice plugin

all I have done is Making a Toolbar and an Icon For this little Nice Ivy Plugin ..
And I also made it an Extension .. So You can temporary disable it ...and then enable it
I have NOT changed Its codes so it's still vr 1.6.3

but you will see 1.6.3.1 version in SU's preferences panel because of these little changes ...

Have a nice day .. and a nice toolbar

DOWNLOAD IT NOW
LiveIvy.zip

important : it's not an a stand alone plugin because it doesn't cautions TEXTURE folder .. you should extract it to your plugins folder and replace its files with existing rubies

Oxer

Thanks for the toolbar!!

Gus R

Noticed something the other day. When I open a new instance of SU8 it loads all of the "ivyleaf" components into the new model. It also loads these same components if I open a drawing from Windows Explorer or using the File -> Open command. It won't load if I open a drawing from the pull down menu withing SU or if I start a second new drawing.

This is using the latest version of Sketchup Ivy from the first page. Not really a critical issue for me but I thought you might want to be aware of this. Didn't see if this was brought up in the previous discussion.

pololo

@the.pjt said:

Hi Dear Sketchucators ..

I have Updated This Nice plugin

all I have done is Making a Toolbar and an Icon For this little Nice Ivy Plugin ..
And I also made it an Extension .. So You can temporary disable it ...and then enable it
I have NOT changed Its codes so it's still vr 1.6.3

but you will see 1.6.3.1 version in SU's preferences panel because of these little changes ...

Have a nice day .. and a nice toolbar

DOWNLOAD IT NOW
[attachment=0:7h5c99gs]LiveIvy.zip[/attachment:7h5c99gs]

important : it's not an a stand alone plugin because it doesn't cautions TEXTURE folder .. you should extract it to your plugins folder and replace its files with existing rubies

Hello Friend, I have problems with your toolbar, I can't see your toolbar or icons ,Could you show me step by step how to make it work?
I have downloaded your file, but doesnt work. What should I do to fix this?
I have Sketchup 8 on win7 64 bits. Thanks!!

jacimta1

I have problema installing this. I have attempted to install it both in windows and mac, could you please explain me the installing process on both? Thank you in advance

bulbangs

i am experiencing an error installing this:

Error Loading File C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/LiveIvy/LiveIvy_Base.rb
can't convert nil into StringError Loading File LiveIvy.rb
can't convert nil into String

rodrigonotor

Hi PJT, still not working. Do it in clean install.

29-07-2012 06-21-28 p.m..jpg

Thanks anyway.

Regards

Krisidious

SketchupIvy.0.6.4.beta.zip

repacked with working leaf skp files and transparent png textures also included default setting jpg's.

TIG

This telling you that it can't find a file to load...
../Plugins/LiveIvy/LiveIvy_Base.rb
This almost certainly means that the tool's subfolder of files in not in the 'Plugins' folder where it must be!
Can you post a screen-shot of your 'Plugins' folder showing what you have actually installed...
Also check your security permissions - these should be FULL for all Sketchup's subfolders, like 'Plugins'.

rodrigonotor

Hi TIG, thanks for your support.

He´re the screenshoot of my Plugins folder:

30-07-2012 04-11-52 a.m..jpg

Change security permissions in folder plugins

30-07-2012 04-17-03 a.m..jpg

And still not working, make the same error.

Regards

TIG

Now the real mystery...
I had to install LiveIvy to check this...
There is no file called LiveIvy_Base.rb in any of the three zip archives you can download... Where'd that come from?
BUT there is a Textures folder that should contain 10 files, missing from your LiveIvy folder too...
The file inside the Plugins folder called LiveIvy.rb should make no attempt to ' require' that file. It should read
require "LiveIvy/LiveVector_core" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_branch" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_node" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_leaf" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_tool"
And nothing more...
It seems to be trying to load the LiveIvy_Base.rb file unsuccessfully.
Not surprising, as it doesn't/shouldn't exist...
EDIT: See next post where the issue is clarified