[Plugin] QuadFaceTools

GoodWin_2203

Good day! I have a problem with the make planar tool. when I select it, an unknown error is displayed. what could be the cause of this problem? SketchUp 2018

juju

@goodwin_2203 said:

SketchUp 2018

kindly consider updating your profile (refer to version 2016 there) whenever changing SketchUp version

zooen

Hi,
Could we hope for a French version of QuadFaceTools?
There is one person who knows how to do that!

I thank her in advance if she does it.

Pourrait-on espérer une version française de QuadFaceTools?
Il y a bien une personne qui sait faire cela !

Je la remercie par avance si elle s'y adonne.

pilou

Je ne crois pas que cela soit prévu pour recevoir l'intégration de langages mais...

Il y a déjà la version en français du mode d'emploi!

Oxer

@zooen said:

Hi,
Could we hope for a French version of QuadFaceTools?
There is one person who knows how to do that!

I thank her in advance if she does it.

Pourrait-on espérer une version française de QuadFaceTools?
Il y a bien une personne qui sait faire cela !

Je la remercie par avance si elle s'y adonne.

I translated the plugin to Spanish language manually, you have to edit some strings in the files with a text editor ( I use BBEdit on Mac), I don't know if Thomas will give support to translations in near future.

zooen

Thank you Oxer for your answer. I edited the file "core.rb" and translated with Notepade ++ for windows. I used google translation to translate so I will have to rework the texts in French.

AlegoZ

Hey there genious, im just wondering if u know why i cant get a "floating" menu i tried all i know and i can only use quad Tools from the main menu "Tools"

Einstein

Hi!
Recently I discovered Connect tool to be very useful. However, if I set number of Segments to 1 and "Pinch" to any value, position of connecting segment doesn't change - it sticks to the middle, regardless. I thought about a little improvement for this plugin so that Pinch would also apply to single connecting segment, altering its position along edges. This would help a looot! And push SketchUp more towards poly-modelling which I personally miss soo much.

An illustration of the case:

QuadFaceTools pinch.png

Einstein

What about kind of "collapse edge" feature? There's a nice sub-tool "remove loops" but as stated, is removes entire loop (screenshot on the left, original quad-mesh on the right). The mesh in the middle shows how I imagine "collapse edge" would work. Only the selected edges are removed and ends are connected to surrouding quad corners.

collapse edge - QuadFaceTools request.png

uwesketch

When using "Remove Triangulation" on the below selected quads, then the triangulating edges are removed not only from planar quads, but also from non-planar quads.

Selected Quads:
QuadFaceTool Before RemoveTriangulation

After executing the "Remove Triangulation" command - it looks like a Swiss cheese

QuadFaceTool After RemoveTriangulation has been executed

Is there are way to avoid this?

optimaforever

@uwesketch said:

When using "Remove Triangulation" on the below selected quads, then the triangulating edges are removed not only from planar quads, but also from non-planar quads.

Selected Quads:
[attachment=1:ylc5a5am]QudFaceTool_RemoveTriangulation_Before.png[/attachment:ylc5a5am]

After executing the "Remove Triangulation" command - it looks like a Swiss cheese

[attachment=0:ylc5a5am]QudFaceTool_RemoveTriangulation_After.png[/attachment:ylc5a5am]

Is there are way to avoid this?

You just want to remove triangulations on planar quads? use Fixit101 script.

optimaforever

Hello Thomthom!
Perhaps has it already been discussed, but I often misclick on the Live mesh analysis button instead of connect edges tool button. Not a big deal, you'll say, but as Livemesh doesn't work with Undo, I usually need several clicks to undo it manually.
I quasi never use Live mesh analysis because I model cleanly most of the time. But I guess some people use it.
Now my question is; is it possible to remove it from the toolbar? or make it unclickable or invisible? Alla Fredo6, make a customizable QFT toolbar? Some functions would still be accessible from the menus... I realize I never use the UV mapping tools, nor build corners/ends. and they eat some real estate on my screen.

uwesketch

@unknownuser said:

optimaforever wrote:
You just want to remove triangulations on planar quads? use Fixit101 script.

Also the "Merge Faces" from "TT cleanup3" does the trick. - which seems the same in FixIt101.
But it would be nice if the function in QFT would work as well.

optimaforever

@uwesketch said:

@unknownuser said:

optimaforever wrote:
You just want to remove triangulations on planar quads? use Fixit101 script.

Also the "Merge Faces" from "TT cleanup3" does the trick. - which seems the same in FixIt101.
But it would be nice if the function in QFT would work as well.

I guess QFT remove triangulation’s use is different... If you want to regenerate the missing planes, you could use « make surfaces » script.

uwesketch

I am not looking for a work around. The intent of the post is to report a misbehaviour of the QFT function "Remove Triangulation".

To reproduce the issue I have attached a sketchup file.

The below animated gif shows how to reproduce it.
![How to reproduce holes created by the QFT function "Remove Triangualtion"](/uploads/imported_attachments/a7Pe_QFT_Remove_Triangulation_Issue.gif "How to reproduce holes created by the QFT function "Remove Triangualtion"")

Example sketchup model to reproduce QFT "Remove Triangulation" issue

tecnomijas

Aprende a pronunciar
I would appreciate your help since when I install the quadface tools plugin the plugin toolbar does not appear. I have installed it in sketchup 2018 and 2019

optimaforever

@tecnomijas said:

Aprende a pronunciar
I would appreciate your help since when I install the quadface tools plugin the plugin toolbar does not appear. I have installed it in sketchup 2018 and 2019

Right-click an icon on the toolbar zone and check if the QuadFace Tools is checked on.

optimaforever

Thomas, is there a "drape" a quad mesh on a "target" triangulated mesh (in another group, serving as a reference) along Z axis?
I'm fond of your "Flatten selection" command in Architect Tools, but I'm looking for a tool that basically "drops" all the vertices of a quad group on a target triangulated mesh group, while keeping the first group as quads.

panixia

@optimaforever said:

"drape" a quad mesh on a "target" triangulated mesh (in another group, serving as a reference) along Z axis?

Is something like this what you are after?

optimaforever

Impressive modeling video!
Not exactly what I'm looking for but impressive nonetheless!

Let's say I have a simplified 3d mesh from a topographic survey (drawn from isohypse lines and meshed with toposhaper for instance). Very complex and heavy, and full tris so impossible to edit quickly.

Then I have a site in quad topology modeled in 2D from CAD plans with correct projections of roads, buildings rivers, and so on.

Right now, I move manually each vertice of my quad site to fit the correct height of the topographic mesh, beginning by the roads, then outlines of buildings, etc.
Of course, I use separated groups to keep the quads from merging with the tris, and I regularly test if SubD works without generating errors) and save a lot.

For complex sites, it takes hours. I enjoy the zen attitude when modeling sites but sometimes I realize that it's very repetitive and boring.

So, what I'd like is a script that 'drapes' the vertices of my quad mesh on the topographic mesh with one click, just like the sandbox's drape tool but that keeps the quads, so I can keep subDing afterwards, and of course further editing because the project always evolves...