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    • panixiaP Offline
      panixia
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      would be nice.
      also IF i may suggest, i think you have the tecnology to improve/expand a bit the make planar tool. looks like it makes planar only on a "average" plane wich is useful in many situation. but would have been also nice to have option to choose the plane, e.g. red/greenn red/blue /green blue. that can be helpful.
      πŸ’­ but maybe the trick to scale it to 0 can work also for a selection wich is not a simple ring, now that i'm thinking of it, i should try how it work..

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      • panixiaP Offline
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        @panixia said:

        :idea: but maybe the trick to scale it to 0 can work also for a selection wich is not a simple ring, now that i'm thinking of it, i should try how it work..

        yes, i tried. it does.. so no need for additional tools/option. the gizmo does it all! πŸ˜›

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        • thomthomT Offline
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          πŸ˜† I love it! I love it when users find good tricks like this which I hadn't even thought about. πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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

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          • panixiaP Offline
            panixia
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            πŸ˜„ yeah man, the point is your tool is f#kin' amazing! can't stop to play with this in the sparetime.
            yes sparetime.. i mean: i'm modelling those boring small houses for the boss.. boring bloky squared-out-at-all houses.
            so i have to test your organic tool in the lunchbreak..

            i hope the days will come for a detailed fully organic-objects-loaded vray render.. πŸ˜‰

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            • panixiaP Offline
              panixia
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              not sure i fully understand what's exactly the matter with your door shape, but if the point is to avoid triangles from loops while having the crested shape to smoothly "vanish" into the main door shape, then this is my try at it with VT+QFT.
              no reference image/size.. just thinking of the general loops arrangement for such a shape..


              door loops test.skp

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
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                @panixia said:

                not sure i fully understand what's exactly the matter with your door shape, but if the point is to avoid triangles from loops while having the crested shape to smoothly "vanish" into the main door shape, then this is my try at it with VT+QFT.
                no reference image/size.. just thinking of the general loops arrangement for such a shape..

                It's not the crested shapes that's my main concern. It's the different detail lines that flow into each other merging multiple surfaces.
                DoorLoops.png

                Haven't tried anything yet. Been ill and got distracted by subdivisions. 😳 Time to get back on track.

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

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                • panixiaP Offline
                  panixia
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                  now i see.. the "critical intersection" is quite hard 😲

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
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                    Ok - now I promise to get back to modelling. πŸ˜„

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

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                    • hellnbakH Offline
                      hellnbak
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                      Jeez, I would love to be able to use this on my cars. I could stop spending half my time trying to smooth everything and spend more time doing actual work. I see this is a menu item in your SU, so is this a plugin we can download yet? I'll pay

                      "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                      • panixiaP Offline
                        panixia
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                        looks great!
                        i didn't understand from the vid if it is possible to crease in your beta! great job anyway! πŸ‘
                        here is my super-crappy effort to the door topology.. never tried to model cars before.. looks very difficoult indeed.. πŸ˜•


                        evil door.jpg

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                        • pbacotP Offline
                          pbacot
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                          @panixia said:

                          @panixia said:

                          :idea: but maybe the trick to scale it to 0 can work also for a selection wich is not a simple ring, now that i'm thinking of it, i should try how it work..

                          yes, i tried. it does.. so no need for additional tools/option. the gizmo does it all! πŸ˜›

                          So it looks like you can bring the center edges in line again, by selecting all and scaling to 0 with the scale tool. but there doesn't seem to be control of where this new plane is. You still have to bring it back to the mirror line periodically, changing the work you've done in that area. Or am I missing the technique?

                          being able to lock edge vertices and nearby unconnected geometry πŸ‘ πŸ‘ --maybe this is a discussion for the plugin thread.

                          MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
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                            @hellnbak said:

                            I see this is a menu item in your SU, so is this a plugin we can download yet? I'll pay

                            It's just an experiment I've played around with the last couple of days. Nothing that should leave the confinement of the guinea pig testing area. There's lots to do to make this safe to the public.

                            https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn;ANd9GcQ50hXfyviW5ZnUdWh_N5i4un86qRiwcWgkpWQWOegN7FplwJuCPw

                            @panixia said:

                            i didn't understand from the vid if it is possible to crease in your beta! great job anyway! πŸ‘

                            No - so such thing as of yet. I'd have to learn that the Catmull-Clark thing do first. Implementing it is easy - understanding it is a different matter.

                            @panixia said:

                            here is my super-crappy effort to the door topology.. never tried to model cars before.. looks very difficoult indeed.. πŸ˜•

                            You have the crest shapes pretty much there. But you're missing the design lines that flows with the yellow edges. Notice how they intersect and blend - especially at the top. I'm thinking I need a loop to run across the door from the top where the front and back fender meets along the crests.

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

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                            • panixiaP Offline
                              panixia
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                              @pbacot said:

                              So it looks like you can bring the center edges in line again, by selecting all and scaling to 0 with the scale tool. but there doesn't seem to be control of where this new plane is. You still have to bring it back to the mirror line periodically

                              yes you have to bring it back.

                              @pbacot said:

                              changing the work you've done in that area. Or am I missing the technique?

                              not 100% sure about this.
                              in the original comment i said "outer ring" i wanted to say outer loop. in that case not so much would change in the geometry after scaling 0.
                              i mean place back the component on the other mirrored one require 2 click: pick endpoint -> snap endpoint
                              i suppose a lock plane tools would need at least 4 click: show menu, enable mirror plane lock, pick first point for the plane, pick second point for the plane.
                              so..

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                              • panixiaP Offline
                                panixia
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                                @thomthom said:

                                you're missing the design lines that flows with the yellow edges. Notice how they intersect and blend - especially at the top. I'm thinking I need a loop to run across the door from the top where the front and back fender meets along the crests.

                                it is absolutely not proportional cause i have no dimension, but i think the job of the upper yellow line may be done by the red faceloop.
                                by twisting it from near vertical to near flat, should be possible to remove the triangulation on top of your first picture (the one with the orange door)


                                red loop.jpg

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
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                                  FrontDoor.png

                                  I'll bring home some tracing paper today and sketch out where I think the control loops will go.

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

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                                    @thomthom said:

                                    The cold caught up with the and I'm home sick today. No working today either. Though I had to play around for a couple of minutes with the sub-divisions:
                                    [attachment=0:2cm0gofe]<!-- ia0 -->ColouredCube-Results01.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:2cm0gofe]

                                    When you subdivide it should also be possible to transfer UV mapping. Which would be another cool thing.

                                    But I digress - need to get back to modelling this car. 😳

                                    TT I can't help noticing the sphere obeys quad based rules, how can I get my hands on that?

                                    Bring on the Rain...

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                                      @iichiversii said:

                                      TT I can't help noticing the sphere obeys quad based rules, how can I get my hands on that?

                                      Break into my house, crack the password of my computer, search the HD for the source-code, copy, install. Easy peasy! πŸ˜‰

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

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
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                                        Alternative reply: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=333&t=47691&p=428150#p428097

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

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                                        • iichiversiiI Offline
                                          iichiversii
                                          last edited by

                                          @thomthom said:

                                          @iichiversii said:

                                          TT I can't help noticing the sphere obeys quad based rules, how can I get my hands on that?

                                          Break into my house, crack the password of my computer, search the HD for the source-code, copy, install. Easy peasy! πŸ˜‰

                                          Ha ha, I'm on it, I'll remotely access your desktop from here. πŸ‘Ώ

                                          Bring on the Rain...

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                                          • panixiaP Offline
                                            panixia
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                                            @thomthom said:

                                            [attachment=1:bn4paodp]<!-- ia1 -->FrontDoor.png<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:bn4paodp]

                                            I'll bring home some tracing paper today and sketch out where I think the control loops will go.

                                            something on this scheme/idea maybe??? this headscrach is driving me completely crazy. not easy at all 😑


                                            going mad.jpg

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