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    • bigstickB Offline
      bigstick
      last edited by

      Great work with the updated version Pascal!

      One suggestion however, when inserting multiple instances of the same plant/tree, what would be very cool would be an option in the 'Settings' dialog to randomly scale and rotate each new instance.

      With 3D plants, you can naturally get a degree of variation just by rotating and scaling components. The benefit of this is that it works with instancing for render engines, and keeps the file size down πŸ˜„

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      • Bob JamesB Offline
        Bob James
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        Totally, unequivocally, without question, absolutely OUTSTANDING 😍

        Note: Does not work if loaded into "additional folder". Needs to reside in the SU standard plugin location.

        i7-4930K 3.4Ghz, 2x GTX780 6GB, 32GB DDR3-1600 ECC, OCZ Vertex 4 500GB, WD Black 3TB, 32TB NAS, 4x 27" Monitors, SpaceMouse Pro, X-keys XK-60

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          dtrarch
          last edited by

          Great work Pascal
          A quantum leap for in-SU bushing up.
          Really quite amazing and only 10 Euro.
          πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘
          Thank you β˜€

          dtr

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          • ppoublanP Offline
            ppoublan
            last edited by

            @bob james said:

            Note: Does not work if loaded into "additional folder". Needs to reside in the SU standard plugin location.

            Hi Bob,
            Thanks for your support. Yes you're right regarding plugin files location that needs to stay within default Sketchup Plugins dir. I started to make changes to fix that, but was blocked by limits of .rbs files (scrambled scripts) that does not work the same way as non scrambled scripts with ruby Files/Dirs functions. Hope to find a workaround for future versions. Will have to get help from the developers forum experts...
            Yours
            Pascal

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            • ppoublanP Offline
              ppoublan
              last edited by

              @bigstick said:

              One suggestion however, when inserting multiple instances of the same plant/tree, what would be very cool would be an option in the 'Settings' dialog to randomly scale and rotate each new instance.

              This is the way it works. When you place multiple trees, or duplicate (right click a tree to access this feature), new instances are randomly rotated around their z axis and randomly scaled. The only thing is that the "amplitude" of scale cant be chosen.
              +1 on my "todo" list

              Yours
              Pascal

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              • L Offline
                lebsays
                last edited by

                Just got this PLugin today... and it may be my favorite ever!!! I'm always struggling to find good trees when I'm modeling landscapes.

                Can I turn the grass proxy on and off?

                If the grass is turned on proxy will it render in photo-realistic renderers?

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                • ppoublanP Offline
                  ppoublan
                  last edited by

                  @lebsays said:

                  Just got this PLugin today... and it may be my favorite ever!!! I'm always struggling to find good trees when I'm modeling landscapes.

                  @lebsays said:

                  Can I turn the grass proxy on and off?

                  Yes, grass is just handled like other trees and plants

                  @lebsays said:

                  If the grass is turned on proxy will it render in photo-realistic renderers?

                  No. But :

                  • renders that can use SU components will only take one copy/export of one grass and use it to build all the grass plants into the final render.
                  • for those not taking into account SU components, you may sometimes "tcheat" them by exporting once the grass object and separately the components places/scales (like for Octane now).
                    Check the forum of your prefered render to learn more on that.
                    Yours
                    Pascal
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                    matt.gordon320
                    last edited by

                    This plugin is absolutely amazing, a steal at 10 euro, and once of my top favorites! I wanted to throw a feature request out there that might be a little odd (or specialist) but figured it might be helpful for certain types of plants.

                    I'd love to see an eventual option for root systems, and especially on option for Aerial root systems like on the mangrove or banyan trees.

                    I do a lot of work in China's more tropical regions, and the clients would absolutely love local species in the models.

                    Thanks again for an incredible plugin!

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                    • ppoublanP Offline
                      ppoublan
                      last edited by

                      @matt.gordon320 said:

                      I'd love to see an eventual option for root systems, and especially on option for Aerial root systems like on the mangrove or banyan trees.

                      Hi Matt,
                      This is a good idea. I've seen this feature in more complex trees/plants generators.
                      I will look how to develop it, but it can take me long. Will try.

                      A kind of cheat/workaround to achieve this with the current version may be :

                      • create your root system as a second tree
                      • when happy with the result, flip it vertically, scale, and place under the first tree.

                      Here is an example :
                      rootsystem.jpg

                      Yours
                      Pascal

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        Works fine with LightUp! β˜€

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                        And the fabulous Rail road system by Eneroth! β˜€
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                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                        My Little site :)

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                          laudhi
                          last edited by

                          i wish there is more option for vine/ivy.it will be amazing.... πŸ˜›

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                          • ppoublanP Offline
                            ppoublan
                            last edited by

                            @laudhi said:

                            i wish there is more option for vine/ivy.it will be amazing.... πŸ˜›

                            Hi Laudhi,
                            Have you checked the Ivy tool from pierreden publihed in this forum ? I'm also using it and maybe it will allow you to achieve what you want.
                            Regarding 3D Tree Maker, you can use existing parameters to make "ivy like" trees. Let me know if they are any others you are thinking of ?
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                            but it is not interactive (like Ivy) and does not take into account existing objects in the model, as 3D Tree Maker is only based on predefined parameters.
                            I think that both tools are complementary.
                            Yours
                            Pascal

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                              laudhi
                              last edited by

                              Let me know if they are any others you are thinking of ?
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                              I'm just curious if there are plans for vines, there may be an easier way to make vines on the pole ...
                              Your plugin is amazing, worth to buy the pro version.... πŸ‘

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                                rubenamaroh
                                last edited by

                                Help!!!
                                I can't run this ruby, the program display in "Plugins" folder but dont display
                                right next to the arrow the window options " New" , "License" and "About", whats wrong?
                                Thanks.

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                                • TIGT Online
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Have you got available, and then activated its Toolbar ?
                                  How did you 'install' it ?

                                  TIG

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                                  • deaneauD Offline
                                    deaneau
                                    last edited by

                                    @tig said:

                                    Have you got available, and then activated its Toolbar ?
                                    How did you 'install' it ?

                                    hi TIG

                                    i have the same problem in 2013

                                    in the menue appear only 3d ArcStudio.

                                    i have installed via sketchucation pluginstore plugin.
                                    if i try to open the toolbar this will not show in the windows.

                                    regards dean

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                                    Big Thank You to all Programmers
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                                    • ppoublanP Offline
                                      ppoublan
                                      last edited by

                                      Dear all,
                                      Just got an error with one of the version published, that did not work on SU8 nor SU2013.
                                      Pushed the last one (1.10.11) on Sketchucation and my website.
                                      Should load and setup menus now on all SU versions.
                                      Let me know if you discover other errors.
                                      Pascal

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                                      • deaneauD Offline
                                        deaneau
                                        last edited by

                                        @ppoublan said:

                                        Dear all,
                                        Just got an error with one of the version published, that did not work on SU8 nor SU2013.
                                        Pushed the last one (1.10.11) on Sketchucation and my website.
                                        Should load and setup menus now on all SU versions.
                                        Let me know if you discover other errors.
                                        Pascal

                                        Hello Pascal,
                                        this work now in 2013

                                        thank you for your fast respond.

                                        regards dean

                                        MADE, BORN AND LIVING IN BERLIN
                                        Big Thank You to all Programmers
                                        Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                                        • J Offline
                                          Jorgensen
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Pascal

                                          I have just purchased the plugin (version 1.10.07) and installed it in SU 8 pro.

                                          I get an error when I try edit a tree πŸ˜•

                                          Do you know how I can avoid this?

                                          Thanks

                                          [EDIT]
                                          It seems to work if I just press ok.

                                          Is it somehow possible to speedup the redraw process - I'll have to wait several minutes before the tree is updated πŸ˜•

                                          I guess it's a limitation of Sketchup, but I find the plugin hard to use then I have to wait this long every time πŸ˜•


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                                          • OxerO Offline
                                            Oxer
                                            last edited by

                                            @jorgensen said:

                                            Is it somehow possible to speedup the redraw process - I'll have to wait several minutes before the tree is updated

                                            I came back to the v1.06.04 because this version draws the trees in few seconds (between 3 and 8 seconds in my computer), but there is one inconvenient, you lose the feature make grass and other features related with the Materials, present in the last version.

                                            "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                                            [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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