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    [Plugin] Slender - Baking textures in Sketchup with Blender

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    • Q Offline
      qpik
      last edited by

      Have you unpacked the whole 'slender' folder from the zip file?
      Do you have blender installed? Maybe the installation path is different than mine (C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\blender.exe), check slender.bat in the 'slender' folder.
      In sketchup open Ruby Console and type

      load 'C;/../../slender/slender.rb'
      

      with the actual path.

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      • filibisF Offline
        filibis
        last edited by

        @qpik said:

        Have you unpacked the whole 'slender' folder from the zip file?
        Do you have blender installed? Maybe the installation path is different than mine (C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\blender.exe), check slender.bat in the 'slender' folder.
        In sketchup open Ruby Console and type

        load 'C;/../..slender/slender.rb'
        

        with the actual path.

        Yes, unpacked, have Blender (2.78c) on default location.
        But i found out that .dae and .log files are in my default plugin location (...\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2017\SketchUp\Plugins). So appearently my problem was copying 'slender.rb' file to that location in order to make the command (load 'slender.rb') work.

        Now i tried your new code line with my path and it did some CMD stuff and received 'true' result on Ruby Console. But seems there is no imported result in SU. I tried importing that 'overwritten' .dae file but they seem identical. What should i expect at this point? Is it going to import baked result to side of the original model (as you show in first post)?

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          qpik
          last edited by

          @filibis said:

          What should i expect at this point? Is it going to import baked result to side of the original model (as you show in first post)?

          The result should be the same as after importing COLLADA, a model ready to be placed in SU, but with shadows baked.
          If you add

          pause
          

          at the end of slender.bat you should be able to see any blender errors.

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          • filibisF Offline
            filibis
            last edited by

            Well, i got home and i tried on my laptop, it worked like a charm!
            I will see tomorrow what causes problem in the office computer (only difference is that's Windows 7 64-bit).


            Then i created my own scene, it worked pretty well too.
            Except when i tried to experiment with some interior scenes. See attachment for faulty result. It's completely dark inside (with some light artifacts).


            Original Model vs Baked Result


            baked_result_comparison_v2013.skp

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            • Q Offline
              qpik
              last edited by

              Simple triangulation issue in slender.rb (you should see HOLES NOT SUPPORTED in Blender console).

              triangulated_faces => true
              

              Fixed and reuploaded whole package. Result:

              baked_result_comparison_v2013_qpik.jpg
              baked_result_comparison_v2013_qpik.skp
              After tweaking slender.blend scene (Environment Lighting Raytrace -> Approximate) which you can try with your own settings:
              baked_result_comparison_v2013_qpik_1.jpg
              baked_result_comparison_v2013_qpik_1.skp

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              • filibisF Offline
                filibis
                last edited by

                Hmm, i see now better.
                So, can we say it's not that suitable for interior stuff? Or is it possible to add other light types in addition to sun into baking process?

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                  qpik
                  last edited by

                  @filibis said:

                  Hmm, i see now better.
                  So, can we say it's not that suitable for interior stuff? Or is it possible to add other light types in addition to sun into baking process?

                  It's all a matter of translating objects from SU to Blender, then everything is possible.

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                    JQL
                    last edited by

                    qpik, you're using cycles or is this blender internal?

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                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
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                        qpik
                        last edited by

                        @jql said:

                        qpik, you're using cycles or is this blender internal?

                        So far internal, why do you ask?

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                        • JQLJ Offline
                          JQL
                          last edited by

                          Out of curiosity. I've seen great things coming from cycles and heard it's improving very fast.

                          Who knows where this plugin will lead so, maybe cycles would be a good bet.

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                            filibis
                            last edited by

                            @filibis said:

                            I will see tomorrow what causes problem in the office computer

                            I tried again in the office today, i noticed this code was missing in slender.bat

                            %~dp0\slender.blend
                            

                            (see attachment) I don't remember deleting it, maybe downloaded the .zip yesterday before you update or something idk ๐Ÿคฃ
                            So i downloaded .zip again today, it worked fine. ๐Ÿ‘


                            slender_blend_missing.jpeg

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                            • PixeroP Offline
                              Pixero
                              last edited by

                              A couple of question.

                              How does the geometry look when imported back into SketchUp?
                              Is it grouped the same?
                              Are the components intact?
                              Is the geometry triangulated or as it was originally in SU?

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                                filibis
                                last edited by

                                @pixero said:

                                How does the geometry look when imported back into SketchUp?
                                Is it grouped the same?
                                Are the components intact?
                                Is the geometry triangulated or as it was originally in SU?

                                Seems it imports one component that contains the whole geometry and everything inside exploded. Also triple clicking only select ones that shares the same material. See below for gif demonstrations.

                                Triangulation and other export features are optional (see attachment). (But making "preserve_instancing => true" doesn't seem to be working)

                                https://gifyu.com/images/slender_demonstration.gif

                                https://gifyu.com/images/slender_demonstration_tripleclick.gif


                                export_collada.JPG

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                                  qpik
                                  last edited by

                                  Unless I'm missing something there's no combination of COLLADA import/export settings in SU and Blender that would keep components. It's just how those exporters/importers work.

                                  Triangulation solves issue with holes in faces, which are not supported, as far as I learned, in Blender.

                                  The real question is whether keeping component structure is really necessary, I doubt it.

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                                    n8phu
                                    last edited by

                                    I am getting the same result as qpik, I put the pause i nthe bat file and this is the error it is giving me:
                                    TypeError: Converting py args to operator properties: : keyword "include_material_textures" unrecognized

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                                      n8phu
                                      last edited by

                                      I should have also included I am using win 10, blender 2.79c, sketchup 17

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