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

chris87

@chris87, @ewan

It may simply be a bug.

I'll come back with some instructions in order to figure out what it could be.

What would help me is that you tell me what you see in the contextual menu when you are in this screen (a screenshot is OK).

Fredo

screenshot

fredo6

Chris,

I mean when you are within TopoShaper and have the display of your screenshot, right click and tell me what is the contextual menu.

Fredo

chris87

@fredo6 said:

Chris,

I mean when you are within TopoShaper and have the display of your screenshot, right click and tell me what is the contextual menu.

Fredo

Visible on my screenshot :
right click
toposhaper ---- > générer terrain (maillage carré)

best regards

solo

I'm getting a warning when starting SU 2013

Error loading File bootstrap_TopoShaper.rb
uninitialized constant bTopoShaper;;T6

I have tried reinstalling and even checked that bootstrap_TopoShaper is present in plugin folder.

Still get the error.

Rich O Brien

Is this the path?

C:\Program Files (x86)\SketchUp\SketchUp 2013\Plugins\TOPOSHAPER_Dir_10

solo

@rich o brien said:

Is this the path?

C:\Program Files (x86)\SketchUp\SketchUp 2013\Plugins\TOPOSHAPER_Dir_10

Yes.

fredo6

@solo

Strange, because there is nowhere bTopoShaper in my code (I checked).

I hope it does not come from a corruption of the files or the zip archive.

Could you go to the LibFredo6 Trace Log and check if you see an error. If so, it is usually more documented.

Thanks

Fredo

solo

@fredo6 said:

@solo

Strange, because there is nowhere bTopoShaper in my code (I checked).

I hope it does not come from a corruption of the files or the zip archive.

Could you go to the LibFredo6 Trace Log and check if you see an error. If so, it is usually more documented.

Thanks

Fredo

That's a typo, there is no b.

How do I do the libFredo6 trace thing?

Rich O Brien

go to C:\Users#####\AppData\Local\Temp

Look for LibFredoTrace-##-#########.txt

solo

@rich o brien said:

go to C:\Users#####\AppData\Local\Temp

Look for LibFredoTrace-##-#########.txt

>>>> 1369346329.538;LibFredo6.rb;62; in `log'
DATE / TIME; Thu May 23 16;58;49 -0500 2013
SKETCHUP VERSION; 13.0.3759
RUBY_PLATFORM; i386-mswin32
LOG FILE; LibFredo6Trace_13_1369346329538.txt

>>>> 1369346329.538;LibFredo6.rb;103; in `startup'
LibFredo6; Starting up LibFredo6.rb

>>>> 1369346329.538;LibFredo6.rb;118; in `startup'
LibFredo6; Beginning of loading Cycle***+

>>>> 1369346329.548;LibFredo6.rb;129; in `startup'
LibFredo6 Core; LIBFREDO6_Dir_49/Lib6Core_49.rb successfully loaded

>>>> 1369346329.771;Lib6Core_49.rb;642; in `load_full_rubies'
LibFredo6 4.9c; Ruby files loaded         [213 ms]

>>>> 1369346329.871;Lib6Core_49.rb;642; in `load_full_rubies'
ToolsOnSurface 1.6c; Ruby files loaded         [80 ms]

>>>> 1369346329.921;Lib6Core_49.rb;613; in `load_bootstrap_rubies'
TopoShaper 1.0b; Bootstrap Ruby files loaded         [0 ms]

>>>> 1369346329.931;LibFredo6.rb;139; in `startup'
LibFredo6; End of loading Cycle***-

>>>> 1369347588.651;Lib6Core_49.rb;642; in `load_full_rubies'
TopoShaper 1.0b; Ruby files loaded         [30 ms]

fredo6

@solo said:

How do I do the libFredo6 trace thing?

Go to menu Windows > LibFredo6 Settings... > Trace Log files.

You'll get a dialog box. Select the current or most recent trace file.

Do an expand and check if there are statements in Red.

You can then export the file from there and post it.

Fredo

solo

@fredo6 said:

@solo said:

How do I do the libFredo6 trace thing?

Go to menu Windows > LibFredo6 Settings... > Trace Log files.

You'll get a dialog box. Select the current or most recent trace file.

Do an expand and check if there are statements in Red.

You can then export the file from there and post it.

Fredo

Nothing in red.

>>>> 1369346329.538;LibFredo6.rb;62;  in `log'
DATE / TIME; Thu May 23 16;58;49 -0500 2013
SKETCHUP VERSION; 13.0.3759
RUBY_PLATFORM; i386-mswin32
LOG FILE; LibFredo6Trace_13_1369346329538.txt

>>>> 1369346329.538;LibFredo6.rb;103;  in `startup'
LibFredo6; Starting up LibFredo6.rb

>>>> 1369346329.538;LibFredo6.rb;118;  in `startup'
LibFredo6; Beginning of loading Cycle***+

>>>> 1369346329.548;LibFredo6.rb;129;  in `startup'
LibFredo6 Core; LIBFREDO6_Dir_49/Lib6Core_49.rb successfully loaded

>>>> 1369346329.771;Lib6Core_49.rb;642;  in `load_full_rubies'
LibFredo6 4.9c; Ruby files loaded         [213 ms]

>>>> 1369346329.871;Lib6Core_49.rb;642;  in `load_full_rubies'
ToolsOnSurface 1.6c; Ruby files loaded         [80 ms]

>>>> 1369346329.921;Lib6Core_49.rb;613;  in `load_bootstrap_rubies'
TopoShaper 1.0b; Bootstrap Ruby files loaded         [0 ms]

>>>> 1369346329.931;LibFredo6.rb;139;  in `startup'
LibFredo6; End of loading Cycle***-

>>>> 1369347588.651;Lib6Core_49.rb;642;  in `load_full_rubies'
TopoShaper 1.0b; Ruby files loaded         [30 ms]

fredo6

But then, do you get the message box at startup of SU?

Fredo

solo

@fredo6 said:

But then, do you get the message box at startup of SU?

Fredo

Yup, see image.

start error.jpg

fredo6

Very weird. It looks like you have a probleme with installation of LibFredo6, which the trace does not show.

I have to check and come back

Fredo

chris87

@chris87 said:

@fredo6 said:

Chris,

I mean when you are within TopoShaper and have the display of your screenshot, right click and tell me what is the contextual menu.

Fredo

Visible on my screenshot :
right click
toposhaper ---- > générer terrain (maillage carré)

best regards

If you want to say that another particular contextual menu exists
he/it doesn't function for me
best regards

matt.gordon320

Hi Fredo,

Thanks again for the awesome plugin (as usual). I was wondering if you (or anybody else) could have a look at this topo to see where I've gone wrong with it. We graded this in the office, and the whole thing is working great except for the rear portion, where there is a bit of a sheer cliff. I wanted to see if you have any thoughts on how I could approach this area on TopoShaper, or whether there's a better way to use it, or if there's something wrong with the terrain itself.

Thanks!

Matt

Topo Master_For Fredo.skp

fredo6

Matt,

I had a look. In the area you mention, the issue is that your contours correspond to an overhang. This is not something TopoShaper can handle correctly.

Topo - Matt Gordon.png

Overhang - Matt Gordon topo.png

More generally, I think you can do with less contours, as anyway the shape of the terrain is driven by the grid resolution.

Fredo

Panga

Hi Fredo,

First feedback on Toposhaper. Nice tool but I'll have two request in order to make it near to perfection :

Is that possible that Toposhaper can handle guide points with contours simultaneously to generate terrains ? I often have points and contours to define my terrain and that was a big limitation in native sandbox.

I tried to edit my points (components) where I replaced the point by a little cross but Toposhaper ignores them as they are too small in comparison of other contours.

Next, as we have in Artisan, is that possible to have a crease tool in Toposhaper. I often have a closed contour in border of my terrain and I would like that Toposhaper keeps exactly that contour to define terrain border.

Hope I'm clear...I'll do more feedback soon.

Thanks again Fredo.

fredo6

@panga said:

Is that possible that Toposhaper can handle guide points with contours simultaneously to generate terrains ? I often have points and contours to define my terrain and that was a big limitation in native sandbox.

This is possible. Point of altitudes could be based on Construction points and small cross components. Simply, the algorithm may not give perfect results if you have too many. Points should be more to mark hill tops, but not as a substitute of iso-contours.

In the meantime, use circles which have roughly the size of the mesh cells.

@panga said:

Next, as we have in Artisan, is that possible to have a crease tool in Toposhaper. I often have a closed contour in border of my terrain and I would like that Toposhaper keeps exactly that contour to define terrain border.

I did the implementation actually just to see, with adjustable creases. The major problem is that the mesh does not follow the contours and therefore you will not obtain the desired result. One evolution I was planning to do is to constrain the mesh to a few contours designated by the user (hence the small editor in the Preview mode). Then it is easy to make them creases and influence the neighboring slope.

That will be for future releases, not immediately, as I am doing some repackaging of my scripts.

Fredo