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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

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

      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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        nfmdias
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        @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

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          nfmdias
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          @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


          texture_bend2.jpg

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
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            😄 👍 👍

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              mingjae
              last edited by

              hello,

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

              http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/7431/73239079.jpg

              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

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
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                @mingjae said:

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

                You must tell CurviLoft to generate Quads.
                CurviLoftQuadFace.png

                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                  mingjae
                  last edited by

                  Curviloft can do that thing to? great!

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

                  http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7990/64175044.jpg

                  how to show the button? thx 🎉

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                  • gillesG Offline
                    gilles
                    last edited by

                    Check if you have the last version.

                    " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                      redlerred7
                      last edited by

                      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

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
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                        @redlerred7 said:

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

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                        @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.

                        QuadFace.png

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

                        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                          thomthom
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                          @redlerred7 said:

                          version 6 (newest).

                          Version 0.7 is the latest.

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

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                            redlerred7
                            last edited by

                            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

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                              thomthom
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                              @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.

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

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                                tyinykilller5
                                last edited by

                                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"

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                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  @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"

                                  requirement.png

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

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                                    ivreich
                                    last edited by

                                    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?

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      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...

                                      TIG

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        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.

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

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                                          ivreich
                                          last edited by

                                          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:

                                          1. Create quadface mesh (with EEby, curviloft etc.)
                                          2. Use JPP to turn each quad into a 3d "cell" with definable offset thickness
                                          3. 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

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                                            tedvitale
                                            last edited by

                                            HELP! Im freakin out! I installed TT_Lib2 and TT_QuadFaceTools to my plugins folder. TT_Lib2 gave me a copy and replace option when I went to place it in the plugins folder. Since I already have a number of TT's other tools installed I assumed it would be no problem. But I just opened Sketchup and bam, NONE of my plugins show up. Nothing in my tool pallet selection, nada! Their all still there in the plugins folder but nothing works in sketchup now! What happened? Suggestions?

                                            When I open sketchup I get an error that reads:

                                            C:Program Files (x86)/Google/Google Sketchup 8/Plugins/Makfaces.rb

                                            The files listed below could not be loaded:

                                            Sketchup.rb
                                            no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb
                                            progrsee bar.rb
                                            no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb

                                            Contact the developer of this script address: toddb@sumstard.com

                                            Anybody else ever have this happen?!

                                            Ted Vitale
                                            3D Artist and designer
                                            Sketchup 2013 Pro

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