[Plugin] Sketchup Ivy

Pierreden

@alan fraser said:

Some great improvements there...and pretty easy to customise (I doubled the float length). One issue I have on my system is that when the progress meter hits 100% I still can't see the red latent growth path. It's only visible from certain very specific angles, so I have to keep constantly orbiting to a new position to see where it's up to. I have the latest graphic drivers. It's no biggee, but I thought I'd mention it.

That's probably because the tool doesn't implement the Tool.get_extent method: http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/tool.html#getExtents

@Pierreden: Beware that adding methods into the base classes risk running into conflicts with other plugins. It's the same as adding methods to the root namespace - everything is shared. Method names such as .to_v, .to_p, .all_faces could potentially be used by other plugins authors.
Even though it looks nicer to extend the base classes there always is a risk of clashes. I always advice people to void it just to be on the safe side.

Yeah. Im aware of this but do this mostly because my experiments and tests never leave my computer/Sketchup. Will do something about this soon.

Dave R

It is an interesting plugin. Thank you. Like Alan, I don't see the red latent growth path. Most of the time orbiting doesn't help. Also, even with branching probability set to .99 I don't get any branches. If I have units set to Fractional as I normally do I get the following in the console.

%(#FF0000)[nil
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:43:in onLButtonDown'
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:43]

TIG

To ensure that all of the model is included in the current drawn view within the Tool's class you have this method

def getExtents
    bbox=Sketchup.active_model.bounds
    bbox.add(@ip.position)if @ip and @ip.valid?
    return bbox
end

assuming that @ip is your input point etc

TIG

@dave r said:

It is an interesting plugin. Thank you. Like Alan, I don't see the red latent growth path. Most of the time orbiting doesn't help. Also, even with branching probability set to .99 I don't get any branches. If I have units set to Fractional as I normally do I get the following in the console.

%(#FF0000)[nil
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:43:in onLButtonDown'
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:43]

Line #43 in tool.rb should read something like this, so that the raytest can fail and not break things when there is no intersect...
@iv = Si::Ivy.new(intersect[0], intersect[1].last.normal) **if intersect and intersect[1]**
It should NOT be the result of 'units' settings - it's just an untrapped occurrence in the code when the raytest returns 'nil'.

Dave R

Well, you know how much I know about Ruby. Still, if I change the units to Decimal>Millimeters, the plugin works. If I change it to Fractional, it doesn't.

TIG

@dave r said:

Well, you know how much I know about Ruby. Still, if I change the units to Decimal>Millimeters, the plugin works. If I change it to Fractional, it doesn't.

BUT the error you published isn't caused by the units change ?
Do you get any other errors...
The way it's coded is quite convoluted but I see no issues with fractional sizes as these are [probably?] returned as lengths anyway ?

Oxer

Hi,
I work on Mac and i have probed to add the tool.rb to my Plugins Folder, when run the plugin this is the message in Ruby Console:

Message Ruby Console

thomthom

@Oxer: plugins should not go in your User folder. They should be under the root folder.
See this page for description: http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/loading.html

/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp [n]/SketchUp/plugins

TIG

Oxer - the tool.rb file is to go into the Ivy subfolder, NOT into Plugins directly!

Dave R

TIG, I shut down SketchUp and restarted it. It doesn't give any errors this time running in Fractional so I don't know why changing units affected the results. I didn't get any other error messages before. It still doesn't create branching and the red lines don't show up. Perhaps the author will refine the plugin further and I'll give it a try then. I've got too much other stuff to do for the moment.

Pierreden

@Dave: Uploaded a new version in the Top post. Try that one

Lobster

Hi,

Replaced the tool as suggested,

Ruby Window output on activating plug in is

Error: #<ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (0 for 1)>
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:87:in activate' /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:87:in select_tool'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:87

When clicking to grow it is this

/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:15:in add' /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:15:in getExtents'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:71:in refresh' /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:71:in onLButtonDown'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:15

Regards

Sam

Dave R

@pierreden said:

@Dave: Uploaded a new version in the Top post. Try that one

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchupIvy/node.rb:50: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchupIvy/node.rb:85: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
(20.7643", 4.678738", 0")
#Sketchup::Face:0x8a963e0
Faces: 1
10 / Branches: 1 / Live Branches: 1 / 0.016

Nor red lines or branching either.

Oxer

Thomthom, i have changed the plugin to the root /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp [n/SketchUp/plugins] (generally i haven't problems with the plugins if i put them in the other root) and i replaced the tool.rb in the Ivy subfolder, but the plugin don't works, this is the new message in the Ruby Console:

Captura de pantalla 2011-04-27 a las 14.48.04.JPG

Pierreden

Sorry Guys! The file i updated 10 minutes ago was actually a downdate Sorry for the inconvenience. The new one should work.

robert111

andre51
how to make leaves with this plugin plzzzzzzzzzzz

i like you ivy very nice

can you make tutu for your ivy setting plz

Pierreden

@robert111 said:

andre51
how to make leaves with this plugin plzzzzzzzzzzz

i like you ivy very nice

can you make tutu for your ivy setting plz

Thats from the original standalone plugin foud here

Leaves will soon be available in this plugin too, but isnt at the moment

Oxer

I have installed the last revision SketchupIvy_v.0.1.5 but the problem persists on Mac OSX

Captura de pantalla 2011-04-27 a las 15.10.10.JPG

TIG

The Tool class activate doesn't have arguments ( initialize can)

def activate(view)
  puts view
end

line#88 et al is superfluous and could be omitted in its entirety ? Why give it 'view' simply to print to the Console?
It could be

def activate
  puts Sketchup.active_model.active_view
end

with little use??

andre51

Hi Robert111

Just convert the lines to tubes, create an ivy leaf component and use the fur plugin - you wil need a bit of trail and error but it works ok.

Regards

Andre