[Plugin] Sketchup Ivy

TIG

Hi TIG and all other users of this beautiful plugin,

At first I would like to thank the developer for all the support
and the work to get this off the ground. I was wondering, if you could
post some more leaf textures or just let me know where I could dl
some more leafs ...?

Your help is much appreciated.

With many thanks!
There are several leaf collections attached to posts in this thread.
They are relatively easy to make.
Make a SKP containing a face roughly shaped to the leaf's outline.
Apply a texture to it that is a PNG with transparency - that is so the bits of the model behind it will show through.
Its face will cast a shadow approximating to the outline.
These go in the folder ../Plugins/LiveIvy/Textures
When the tool loads, any SKPs in that folder are used for the leaves offered in the dialog.

halroach

@gordy_z said:

Thank you Pierreden for all the work you've put in on your ivy generator and thank you Gilles63 for providing different shaped leaves.

In order to understand how the different variables affected the morphology of the ivy, I tested each variable on separate white walls. After doing this I modeled the ivy for the model I'm working on by choosing the best starting point for any variable by looking in the "ivy library" then exploring the nearby values of that variable on a test wall with my model's texture on it. I've uploaded the model that shows these first two steps so that you can see how the variables behave.

Then I mixed and matched variables to get the final look for my model (not shown in the upload). I think mixing and matching gives unexpected results, so if you use the library, please use it only as a very general guide.

It's an approximately 45 MB file, is at DropBox address https://dl.dropbox.com/u/79073930/Sketchup%20Ivy%200pt6pt3%20Tests.skp , and seems to work better with View/Face Style set to as simple a style as you can (you probably don't need to see the textures on my test walls). I tried to upload it here but couldn't, presumably because of the file size. If a file this size can be included here, let me know how and I'll do it. I hope it helps!

Gordy_Z

Hi,
The library looks very useful, yet the dropbox link above is offline.
Any chance for a re-up?

halroach

When I use Vray to render geometry generated with Sketchup Ivy, the leaves don't render the same size as they appear in sketchup.
I've seen this issue noted by others here, when using Thea render if I'm not mistaken.
Other than exploding all the leaf components before rendering, I haven't found any other solution to solve this issue.
Exploding all the leaves causes model sizes to be quite large.

Is there any way to render the ivy without exploding? (I've combed the forum here, and all over the internet, so forgive me if I've missed something).

Attached are 2 images illustrating the issue.

Thanks for an amazing plugin!
Image from Sketchup
Image from Vray

ZaludovaK

Hi,
this is really amazing tool, but i have the same problem as Jersago, I have skp2015x64, i install de .rbz file with custom>extension..but when i open skp the subfolder menu doesn´t appear, only the Liveivy icon, but don´t work, don´t do anything. Instalatin was succesfull, i restarted sketchup, i tryed to run it from 'Draw' menu, but it's still not work. Do you know how to help me somehow.
Thanks Kristyna

TIG

Have you tried running it with the Ruby Console open ?
Can you provide a screen-shot of what you have got and what error messages you see [if any].

Also is your Windows user-name SketchUp/Ruby friendly ?
I notice you have accented characters in your 'real name'.
Sometimes extensions have issues it the path to the user's Plugins folder contains unusual letters...
Can you copy+paste+<enter> this text into the Ruby Console and post the returned path...
Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins')
It should be something like:
C:/Users/YourUserName/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins

Oxer

@halroach said:

When I use Vray to render geometry generated with Sketchup Ivy, the leaves don't render the same size as they appear in sketchup.
I've seen this issue noted by others here, when using Thea render if I'm not mistaken.
Other than exploding all the leaf components before rendering, I haven't found any other solution to solve this issue.
Exploding all the leaves causes model sizes to be quite large.

Is there any way to render the ivy without exploding? (I've combed the forum here, and all over the internet, so forgive me if I've missed something).

I have the same issue to render with Thea Render, is there some solution?
Request:
TIG made some changes in the ruby code to introduce a new feature to place different leaves, would be possible to implement the feature to save presets settings?

Thanks in advance!!

rombout

i miss one info thing in the usage tab, when using command on the mac the ivy grows to cursor location. Quite nice to "guide" the growth.

edit
never mind i just noticed it under keys

rombout

does anyone have a backup of the library from kris, it contains leaf textures and some models?

Oxer

Rombout, see this reply http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=36882%26amp;start=540#p545506

rombout

great thanks! i was searching for different name

laudhi

majid

Thanks for the incredible plugin, but is there any update version working with latest Su?

pilou

@unknownuser said:

with latest Su?

Seems it's works perfectly! (2015-2016) PC for me

majid

Strange.... also it is written that works with su version 8-2015....
P.S.
Yeah finally worked!

TIG

It was rewritten to work with v2015.
When the notes were written it was correct, the update meant it worked with PC & MAC v8 up to v2015 - as there was no v2016 at that time !

Note that 99.9% of scripts that work with v2015 will also work with v2016.
It is not signed, so the newfangled v2016 Extensions Loading Policy needs to be set at the lower level[s] to allow it to run, but otherwise it should work just as v2015 usage...

esbensjensen

Hi Kris,

Could you re-upload the package? It would be very helpful.

Thanks for sharing

@krisidious said:

Ok, since we figured out who Gordon is and I saw his posts contributing to the community, I'm going to assume everything in my folder is up for grabs.

Now don't go installing this unless you know what you're doing. Let Tig, Rich, Oxer and Myself sort them out, clean them up and see how they should fit in. We'll offer them up in a combined pack afterwards.

Here it is.

http://www.sketchup-house-plans.com/Ivy-Leaves-Kris.zip

Here's what it contains.

[attachment=4:f2flub88]Ivy-Screens-001.JPG[/attachment:f2flub88]

[attachment=3:f2flub88]Ivy-Screens-002.JPG[/attachment:f2flub88]

[attachment=2:f2flub88]Ivy-Screens-003.JPG[/attachment:f2flub88]

[attachment=1:f2flub88]Ivy-Screens-004.JPG[/attachment:f2flub88]

[attachment=0:f2flub88]Ivy-Screens-005.JPG[/attachment:f2flub88]

Oxer

See my previous entry in this page.

esbensjensen

Unfortunately, the guide posted in your previous entry (http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=36882%26amp;start=540#p545506) seems to no longer work? I cant get access to it - can any of you in here? Maybe I'm mistaking?

The package I was thinking of was based on a screenshot earlier in this thread. It seemed to have more than the 10 leaves in the zip package - is there no more than those 10 leaves? Not to sound ungrateful, I just want to make sure I'm understanding it right

TIG

I'll PM you a collection of extra leaves...

esbensjensen

Great, I'll try it out first thing tomorrow morning. Thanks!

Anyone who also has the forementioned jpg image "guide"?