[Plugin] Sketchup Ivy

Thiago Luz

When I SHIFT + CLICK nothing happens ... creates just one line ends and not the creation of branches and leaves ... what's wrong??

smooge

i can not get this to work at all! on mac with su8 have looked thro forum and still no help? is thare sumthing rong with what im doing?

thomthom

@smooge said:

i can not get this to work at all! on mac with su8 have looked thro forum and still no help? is thare sumthing rong with what im doing?

You'll have to explain more detailed what "isn't working".
No menus? Error messages? Unexpected results?

smooge

sorry! when i click on an object in the space it dos nothing at all i can see all the plugin and looks like it will wurk but wen i click nuthing happens?

thomthom

@smooge said:

sorry! when i click on an object in the space it dos nothing at all i can see all the plugin and looks like it will wurk but wen i click nuthing happens?

If you keep the Ruby Console open, do you get any error messages?

smooge

yes!

MX: unloading Fire data
MX: load => plan 12-09-11

smooge

sorry no that is from maxwell i think!

craigcampbell66

Some help with Sketchup Ivy appreciated. I have downloaded/installed and run the plugin fine although there was an error message at installation and each time I start the plugin(capture). My issues are that The leaf 2 and 3 have a white background displayed in model and when rendered. see image capture1. The material editor in Sk8 has leaf 1 as a .tif and 2 and 3 as .jpg's. I thought I could just go into the folder in plugins find the images and convert them to tifs to give a see through background but therein lies my problem. I can't find the plugin or folder where I extracted it to nor in any of the sub folders of sketchup. I have tried to reinstall (both extract to and copy from a separate location) but it says the file is already there and would I like to overwrite it?? Given I can't find it I can't remove it to try and re-install again in case the initial was corrupted ie the white backgrounds. Thanks to Pierre though for what looks like a great plugin once I get it sorted.

Thanks also to whoever is able to assist

gilles63

it works actually quite well for me, at least on windows . A few things are a bit mind boggling , like for example why it generate ghost leaves components that appears in textures and components editors, but once you replace the awfull leaves in the folder textures with decent ivy leaves components ( be sure to give them the same name, ivyleaf_1 etc, it looks as good as the original plugin . More, you can always reload the components with others to create climbing roses, bougainvillea etc . I ll post some of my components tomorrow .

gilles63

gilles63

ok, here are new more realistic ivy leaves and components for a climbing rose . Just delete everything in the plugin's texture folder except the branch texture and replace them with the ivy leaves components you ll find in the Zip file ( ivyleaf_1 . 2 . 3 ) et voilà , you can now grow your ivy . If you want to make a climbing rose, grow an ivy then reload the ivy leaves with the roses components contained in the zip file

ivy textures.zip

baroc fountain2.png

Oxer

@gilles63 said:

ok, here are new more realistic ivy leaves and components for a climbing rose . Just delete everything in the plugin's texture folder except the branch texture and replace them with the ivy leaves components you ll find in the Zip file ( ivyleaf_1 . 2 . 3 ) et voilà , you can now grow your ivy . If you want to make a climbing rose, grow an ivy then reload the ivy leaves with the roses components contained in the zip file

Thanks, very useful!!

gilles63

you are welcome , and myself i must thank Pierre for a great plugin . This textures can be improved, especially the roses, and i realise that some axis should be changed, the leaves tend to hang in the same direction, but i ll work on it and post a better version in the next days .

gilles63

like promised, i worked on the components . My apologies by the way, i realised that the leaves components for the roses was seriously so underscaled that it became invisible . Anyway, here is a better one with a 3d flower and components to create a bougainvillea . I think it looks quite good . My advice would be to manually edit the model by removing blooms or leaves where necessary . Besides, the model can be quite heavy, lets say around 5 Mb for an average climbing rose .

textures for ivy generator.zip