[Plugin] QuadFaceTools

nfmdias

Hello!

I need your help. I'm doing a bridge and I have a problem in texture.
I wanted the texture is accompanied by the span of the bridge.

Thanks,
nfmdias

thomthom

You must create quads for the span of the bridge - then you can use the UV tool to map it.

nfmdias

@nfmdias said:

Hello!

I need your help. I'm doing a bridge and I have a problem in texture.
I wanted the texture is accompanied by the span of the bridge.

Thanks,
nfmdias

well here is the work done ... not bad. I had to do more triangulations.
Thanks for the tip.
nfmdias

bottom view of the bridge

nfmdias

@thomthom said:

You must create quads for the span of the bridge - then you can use the UV tool to map it.

after some time and several attempts ... here is the work ... not bad. I had to do more "triangles".

thanks for the tip

nfmdias

thomthom

mingjae

hello,

i want to ask something if u mind,
does quadface works with curviloft-ed models?

coz i can't click any U or V axis to fix the map on a flag model

I have post it here,:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=44024&p=393040#p393040

can somebody maybe, make a tutorial from my model?
sry, im a new start in SU..

ty

thomthom

@mingjae said:

i want to ask something if u mind,
does quadface works with curviloft-ed models?

You must tell CurviLoft to generate Quads.

mingjae

Curviloft can do that thing to? great!

but on my PC (SU7), there's no button like yours curviloft,
this is what i have:

how to show the button? thx

gilles

Check if you have the last version.

redlerred7

may I give a suggestion?

a way to convert version 5 (4?) pseudo quads into version 6 (newest).

It's easier for me to use the eraser tool and hide the lines than selecting the lines I want and then changing the properties to make them a quad face

thomthom

@redlerred7 said:

a way to convert version 5 (4?) pseudo quads into version 6 (newest).

https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/quadface-tools/wiki/Features#!convert-sandbox-quads-to-quadface-quads

@unknownuser said:

In version 0.4.0 the definition of a QuadFace changed. In order to use meshes from older QuadFace versions, as well as meshes generated by Sandbox Tools, you have to convert the mesh via this utility first.

Not the most obvious - but I figured the early version where not adopted so widely that there would be that many needing it.

thomthom

@redlerred7 said:

version 6 (newest).

Version 0.7 is the latest.

redlerred7

I forgot the "or" in "version 6(newest), and I didn't know that the sandbox2quad feature worked for version 5(4?) quads. Anyway, thanks for telling me that. I would never have found out otherwise

thomthom

@redlerred7 said:

I forgot the "or" in "version 6(newest), and I didn't know that the sandbox2quad feature worked for version 5(4?) quads. Anyway, thanks for telling me that. I would never have found out otherwise

I've been meaning to improve the documentations. Will probably do so when I release the next update.
I merged the "Upgrade old QuadFace mesh" function with "Convert from Sandbox" because I wanted to reduce the number of buttons and menu items.

tyinykilller5

When i try to install manually it gives me this error:
"Error Loading File C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_QuadFaceTools/core.rb
no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rbError Loading File tt_quadface.rb
no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb"

thomthom

@tyinykilller5 said:

When i try to install manually it gives me this error:
"Error Loading File C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_QuadFaceTools/core.rb
no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rbError Loading File tt_quadface.rb
no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb"

ivreich

UV Mapping onto Back Faces?

Hi thomthom

Is there a way to get the UV mapping tool within QuadFaceTools to map textures onto back faces as well? I tried using thrupaint from Fredo but the UI is a lot more complex than the UV tool native to quadfacetools. Also it seems to deal with tranformations differently so it's really hard to get the back faces to match the front faces.

I'm thinking this will be useful for mapping textures with alpha channel, e.g. fencing, where you can actually see through to the back faces beyond. Have attached an image as an example.

cheers

joel

Fencing texture applied to Quadface mesh...how to get the same texture mapped onto the back faces?

TIG

The latest version of my "FixReversedFacesmaterials" Toolset includes a new tool to apply the front-material onto the back of selected faces, keep matching UVmapping of textures etc... Unlike the other tools in the set it doesn't 'flip faces', it just matches the back-material to be like the front-material but UVmapped so both textures align - which is useful with 'see-throughs'...
See here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=264134#p264134
It should work perfectly with your mapped example 'latticework' material onto both faces...

thomthom

UV Toolkit will allow you to transfer front <-> back. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=18992

I'll make a note to add an option in QuadFace Tools.

ivreich

Thanks guys. I'll give them both a go.

On a separate note, is there a way that quadfacetools, JPP and kirill's new LSS tools can come together to make a proper (precise) panelising tool for SU? I'm no scripting guru but it seems like a lot of plugins out there already come quite close. I've been asking around about this a lot but no one seems to be interested. here's what i thought:

Create quadface mesh (with EEby, curviloft etc.)
Use JPP to turn each quad into a 3d "cell" with definable offset thickness
Use LSS "stick group to mesh" to map a selected component neatly into each cell, breaking/distorting along the diagonals to fill the entire surface.

I originally posted this idea and some example images here:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=39992

Didn't get very far, some suggestions to use TGI3D but it's a lot of money to fork out for just one little part of it's functionality. I'll keep pushing the idea periodically.

Joel