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    [Plugin] Pic2Shape - v1.1a - 20 Mar 25 (Image Contouring)

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    • R Offline
      rv1974
      last edited by

      There's a serious problem (based on what I saw in YT video) with jaggedness. the plugin needs some contour refining\smoothing\straightening engine.

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      • fredo6F Offline
        fredo6
        last edited by

        You can do smoothing of curves afterwards, with dedicated tools. It's difficult to do it appropriately when extracting contours from the image, because there are too many situations.

        And of course, without the plugin, you can always draw over the image with arcs, splines and lines....

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by TIG

          Feel free to cannibalize parts of my ImageTrimmer, which smooths jaggedness...

          You pass the edges' collected vertex points, and set an epsilon factor... thus.

                ### epsilon is a float perhaps < 0.2 
                ### perhaps it's set by the user ? experiment for best default...
                ### the vertices are collected from the current outline[s]
                points = vertices.collect{|v| v.position }
                simplified_curve = douglas_peucker(points, epsilon) ### might return []
                simplified_curve << simplified_curve[0] if simplified_curve[0]  ### so it 'loops'
                edges = some_entities.add_curve(simplified_curve) if simplified_curve[0]
                ### sort out edges' faces, hide edges etc as desired
          

          the 'douglas_peucker()' method is this...

            ### http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer-Douglas-Peucker_algorithm
            ### http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/
                                                  PolylineSimplification.html
            ###
            def douglas_peucker(points, epsilon)
              ###
              return points if points.length < 3
              ### Find the point with the maximum distance
              dmax = 0
              index = 0
              line = [points.first,  points.last]
              1.upto(points.length - 2) { |i|
                 d = points[i].distance_to_line(line)
                 if d > dmax
                   index = i
                   dmax = d
                 end
              }
              ### If max distance is greater than epsilon, recursively simplify
              result = []
              if dmax >= epsilon
                ### Recursive call
                recResults1 = ImageTrimmer.douglas_peucker(points[0..index], epsilon)
                recResults2 = ImageTrimmer.douglas_peucker(points[index...points.length], epsilon)
                ### Build the result list
                result = recResults1[0...-1] + recResults2
              else
                result = [points.first, points.last]
              end#if
              ###
              return result
              ###
            end #def
          

          TIG

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          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
            last edited by fredo6

            Thanks TIG.
            Pic2Shape already includes a simplify method, more sophisticated that the Douglas Peucker algorithm.
            The real issue is that the smooting is a matter of mixing local and global scale, but also boundaries of pixels, which itself is not always clean.

            image.png

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            • R Offline
              rv1974
              last edited by

              it'd be interesting to process this fence in free inkscape for comparison

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              • fredo6F Offline
                fredo6
                last edited by

                Please do it and report.

                DXF conversion is likely to give better results.

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                • kimgaK Offline
                  kimga
                  last edited by

                  I was about to try this extension out - using SketchUp 2025 Pro, but the extension doesn’t seem to process the image. Image size 155x50 mm / 300 pixel/inch.

                  After 10 minutes still at Initialization…

                  Is there any guideline on max/ recommended picture size?

                  I tried it with a smaller resolution image, but I still can not get through Initialization....

                  Thank you
                  pic2shape.jpg

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                  • kimgaK Offline
                    kimga
                    last edited by kimga

                    update: I succeeded with the plugin, when I opened the image in a new file.

                    The original image was on a bent plane. I suppose that was the problem…

                    pic2shape 2.jpg

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                    • R Offline
                      rv1974 @kimga
                      last edited by TIG

                      @kimga Are you going to to have trees with this amount of edges per leaf ) ?

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                      • N Offline
                        nasmrtcz @kimga
                        last edited by

                        @kimga @TIG Hi. I also have this issue. It works really great in the picture, but after applying it on a textured face, it freezes like the leaf.

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                        • fredo6F Offline
                          fredo6
                          last edited by

                          Do you have the model for me to explore the issue.

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                          • S Offline
                            schramdesigns
                            last edited by

                            I installed Fredo6 Pic2Shape but can not find it anywhere to use it. What gives?

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                            • Rich O BrienR Online
                              Rich O Brien Moderator @schramdesigns
                              last edited by

                              @schramdesigns Have you met the requirements in the top post?

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                              • S Offline
                                schramdesigns
                                last edited by

                                I installed this and cant find it to use it.

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                                • Rich O BrienR Online
                                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  That suggests you either haven't installed Libfredo or you have not restarted SketchUp. But since you are omitting lots of info to help us understand fully its hard to say.

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