[Plugin][$] TopoShaper - v2.7a - 01 Apr 24

mozzie

Thanks for Toposhaper - it is wonderful!!!
I'm using it on the last Google version of Sketchup (8), and have had no problems over a long period. I recently updated to v2.5b (and LibFredo v8.9b) and have not been able to complete the final build.
I would appreciate your suggestions - I know that SU 8 Pro is now very outdated, but it is a all I need!

NOTE: The latest versions work fine on Sketchup Make 2015, but fail on the final stage with SU 8.
CLEANSING - no problems
PREVIEW - no problems
Choosing flat or rounded - no problems
Generate Terrain - Ruby error here is the log file.

Date; 22-Jun-19 21;30;15
An error occurred in GENERATION OF TERRAIN
The operation is fully aborted

undefined method `hovering_notification' for #&lt;Traductor;;Palette;0x1bd6e938&gt;
 
(eval); 102 -- onMouseMove
(eval); 870 -- onMouseMove
(eval); 865 -- onMouseMove_zero
(eval); 1309 -- geometry_terminate
(eval); 449 -- call
(eval); 449 -- terminate_execution
(eval); 332 -- next_step
(eval); 2548 -- geometry_step_exec
(eval); 2493 -- geometry_execute
(eval); 370 -- call
(eval); 370 -- step_geometry
(eval); 419 -- start_execution
(eval); 2493 -- geometry_execute
(eval); 1280 -- geometry_execute
(eval); 668 -- execute_validate
(eval); 130 -- execute_from_palette
(eval); 76 -- notify_from_palette
(eval); 431 -- getMenu
body_Lib6Tool.rb; 1478 -- call
body_Lib6Tool.rb; 1478 -- show
(eval); 102 -- call

fredo6

@mozzie

There must be something wrong in your installation of LibFredo6 and the problem you have is very strange, including the bug report.

Can you clean up LibFredo6 and reinstall.

Fredo

mozzie

Thanks Fredo.
All working now.
Not sure what the problem was, but the Sketchucation Uninstall process did not fix it.
I had to completely remove LibFredo and Toposhaper including all directories from the Plugin Folder and reinstall using the Sketchucation Installer. I tried the Preferences installer first, but that was not successful.

I dearly love Toposhaper!
Moz

fredo6

@mozzie said:

I had to completely remove LibFredo and Toposhaper including all directories from the Plugin Folder and reinstall using the Sketchucation Installer.

Glad it works. For a strange reason, you had a mix of old and new files in LibFredo6. Maybe this is the installation in SU8. Always make sure you overwrite the files.

Grey24601

Hi I love this tool but am doing something wrong here? When I run Toposhaper on my contours it expands the countours beyond the shape of the area? Is there a way to switch this off so it stops at the boundary footprint? I want to compare to identical shapes in terms of footprint. This is the first one. They both have identical footprints but different contours.

Does anybody have any documentation on what the parameters and options on the Selection screen do such as Limit prolongation on edge crossing??

Thanks

fredo6

Currently TopoShaper IsoContours compute the hull based on contours. In this version, there is no way to specify a particular hull.

I notice also an area where you are going to have problems with the calculation of the terrain, because you have contours crossing each other. I suggest you clean up this area before using TopoShaper.

Grey24601 - contour issues.png

Grey24601

Hi Fredo Thanks for the response. I cleaned it up and it still makes no difference.

For my own education what do the options on the Selection panel do? Such as Limit prolongation on edge crossings?

fredo6

@grey24601 said:

For my own education what do the options on the Selection panel do? Such as Limit prolongation on edge crossings?

A said, there is no way to address your problem in the current version. The terrain hull is computed automatically and cannot be specified.

josefen

I'm stresstesting Toposhaper:Cloud as i type.

I've imported 57 816 points with z-values from a dwg file.

Any predition - will it work with this amout of points?

fredo6

@josefen said:

I'm stresstesting Toposhaper:Cloud as i type.

I've imported 57 816 points with z-values from a dwg file.

Any predition - will it work with this amout of points?

Not sure, but you'll have time for more than a coffee...!
I suggest that you first start on a subset of points. Be aware that if you have a dense mesh of points, you may have some spikes in the terrain, because the surface goes through ALL points.

Anyway, once you have constructed the terrain as a triangular mesh, you can generate the iso contours, and then use the TopoShaper QuadMesh to make it smoother and more regular.

Fredo

KMAM

Toposhaper was not letting me increase my grid it would get stuck at 50% so I uninstalled and reinstalled both Toposhaper and Lib and now it is crashing when I try to generate terrain at all.

error report for crash

fredo6

@kmam said:

Toposhaper was not letting me increase my grid it would get stuck at 50% so I uninstalled and reinstalled both Toposhaper and Lib and now it is crashing when I try to generate terrain at all.

This is a very unusual error. Could you post of PM me the model and the desired grid resolution.

Fredo

KMAM

I sent a PM

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: TopoShaper v2.5c - 29 Oct 19

Requirement: LibFredo6 8.7a

TopoShaper 2.5c is a maintenance release for bug fixing.

Home Page of TopoShaper for information and Download.

Main post of this TopoShaper thread.

BenRitter

Thanks again for your generosity

zooen

Merci Fredo, tes plugins me sont très utiles, voire indispensables pour certains travaux.

Zooen

xtov

First Fredo, "Mille mercis", Thank you so much for all your plugins. They are invaluable...

I like and use a lot TopoShaper and i have a request. Could it be possible to add some editing tool for Cloud Points as you did for contours: set CP to a specified Z, remove CP, Add CP at specified Z ?

This will greatly speed up the process of building a nice and clean topography for projects (like for example the site tools in Revit where you just build some topo points by giving the altitude).

Kind regards,
thanks again
and Excellentes fêtes de fin d'année

Xtov

fredo6

@xtov said:

Could it be possible to add some editing tool for Cloud Points as you did for contours: set CP to a specified Z, remove CP, Add CP at specified Z ?

This is in my plan and will be fully addressed in a new plugin called FredoGuides.

I think there are some plugins doing what you are looking for, for instance Thomthom Guide Tools.

Possibly, you may want to have a look at FredoTools:DrawAlong, which allows to create guide points and specify their position.

But I agree that a dedicated tool would be better.

sketchartist023

Do you think this plugin will work for details like this or no?

isos 2 z alt

fredo6

@sketchartist023 said:

Do you think this plugin will work for details like this or no?

Difficult to judge, but what is sure is that

you need to clean up the crossing lines, and also 'artificial' contours that do not seem to belong to the terrain itself.
A lot of the small rounds may be useless, unless you use a high-resolution grid

Anyway, the best is to try and see.