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    • T Offline
      tomot
      last edited by

      @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. 😞

      [my plugins](http://thingsvirtual.blogspot.ca/)
      tomot

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        the.pjt
        last edited by

        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 ... πŸ˜‰

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        • rodrigonotorR Offline
          rodrigonotor
          last edited by

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

          http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3357/20052011070953pm.jpg

          http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/6654/20052011075532pm.jpg

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

          Here are the leaf component I use.

          ivy_leaf_enavas.rar

          β€’ [Sketchando.net](http://foro.sketchando.net/portal.php) β€’ www.arqcad.net β€’

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          • KrisidiousK Offline
            Krisidious
            last edited by

            @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 ... πŸ˜‰

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

            By: Kristoff Rand
            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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              the.pjt
              last edited by

              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) .. πŸ˜„

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              • bigstickB Offline
                bigstick
                last edited by

                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...

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                  the.pjt
                  last edited by

                  Hi Dear Sketchucators πŸ˜„ ..

                  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 πŸ˜› .. and a nice toolbar πŸ˜„

                  πŸ‘Ž 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

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                  • OxerO Offline
                    Oxer
                    last edited by

                    Thanks for the toolbar!! πŸ‘

                    "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                    [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                    • Gus RG Offline
                      Gus R
                      last edited by

                      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.

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                      • P Offline
                        pololo
                        last edited by

                        @the.pjt said:

                        Hi Dear Sketchucators πŸ˜„ ..

                        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 πŸ˜› .. and a nice toolbar πŸ˜„

                        πŸ‘Ž DOWNLOAD IT NOW
                        [attachment=0:7h5c99gs]<!-- ia0 -->LiveIvy.zip<!-- ia0 -->[/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? πŸ˜•
                        I have Sketchup 8 on win7 64 bits. Thanks!!

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                        • J Offline
                          jacimta1
                          last edited by

                          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 πŸ˜„

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                            bulbangs
                            last edited by

                            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

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                            • rodrigonotorR Offline
                              rodrigonotor
                              last edited by

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

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

                              Thanks anyway.

                              Regards

                              β€’ [Sketchando.net](http://foro.sketchando.net/portal.php) β€’ www.arqcad.net β€’

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                              • KrisidiousK Offline
                                Krisidious
                                last edited by

                                SketchupIvy.0.6.4.beta.zip

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

                                By: Kristoff Rand
                                Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  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'.

                                  TIG

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                                  • rodrigonotorR Offline
                                    rodrigonotor
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi TIG, thanks for your support.

                                    HeΒ΄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

                                    β€’ [Sketchando.net](http://foro.sketchando.net/portal.php) β€’ www.arqcad.net β€’

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      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 πŸ˜’

                                      TIG

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Now I realize what's up! πŸ˜’
                                        Someone*** has been messing on with the zipped set [see a few posts ago] and you have this faulty version installed !!! ***Pejman 😞

                                        The LiveIvy_Base.rb that does exist in that butchered version's subfolder is called from an also changed [auto-loaded] LiveIvy.rb file, and the LiveIvy_Base.rb file now includes the text to try and load the required tools...
                                        require "LiveIvy/LiveVector_core" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_branch" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_node" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_leaf" require "LiveIvy/LiveIvy_tool"
                                        BUT this should work because those files do exist, as the path is relative to the $LOAD_PATH list - and there's a subfolder of that name in Plugins!

                                        BUT it ain't! πŸ˜•

                                        However, this way should work too:
                                        load "LiveVector_core.rb" load "LiveIvy_branch.rb" load "LiveIvy_node.rb" load "LiveIvy_leaf.rb" load "LiveIvy_tool.rb"

                                        If you are going to mess with scripts ensure that they work properly afterwards !!
                                        Pejman 😑

                                        TIG

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          TIG - require doesn't work relative to the file it's being used it. It's relative to the search paths. Prefixing the folder relative to the plugins folder should be correct.

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

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Doh!
                                            You are right.
                                            So why isn't it working ?
                                            The files seem to be there - though we can't see the main Plugins contents...
                                            The 'require' can simply get replaced with 'load' and it should work ??
                                            I've edited the post.
                                            The error message says it can't 'load' the file - presumably this is via 'require' ?
                                            I give up!

                                            TIG

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