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    [Plugin] Cloud.rb for SU6

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    • M Offline
      Monotonx
      last edited by

      Thank you TaffGoch and Gaieus,

      I'll try the Points_cloud_trangulation later (no time at this Moment 😉) But it sounds like this ist exactly what I'm looking for.

      the mesh is a killer - I thougth something like that, but when I SEE the points, I'll get an Idea which point's I need, or I can delete evere second row and column By selecting them very simply. Doing things like this would be much more difficult for me with the text editor 😄

      Maybe this way I have a chance to get it "working" - I'LL give a post about how it works.

      there could be (sometimes if someone ist willing to) a modification/upgrade to the existing cloud.rb, a "simplyfy mesh" routine. (easy-way: leave every scond point unused, great way: check which point are planar or nearly planar so it doesn't give much additional information )

      but for now, I'm absolutely happy

      thanks a Lot 😄

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
        last edited by

        @monotonx said:

        ...there could be (sometimes if someone ist willing to) a modification/upgrade to the existing cloud.rb, a "simplyfy mesh" routine. (easy-way: leave every scond point unused, great way: check which point are planar or nearly planar so it doesn't give much additional information )

        With another plugin by Didier it is easily possible:
        http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11320

        Gai...

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        • M Offline
          Monotonx
          last edited by

          Heey...

          Finally It worked out with the Points_cloud_triangulation 😄

          ...sure it's hell of a file now, and it's really not easy to work with it.
          but THAT I have the model is, what counts for me at this moment.

          I'll try to simplify the mesh with that terrain-reshaper, but I don't know if this is the right tool for this - I mean the terrain is already regular, but there are way to much lines and polygones to work fluent. 😄

          again - thank you all 😄

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            Well, with the reshaper it would be possible to set a less dense network of points which means smaller file size / better performance.

            The overall appearance of the mesh would not change drastically.

            Gai...

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            • M Offline
              Monotonx
              last edited by

              here some pics 😄


              punktewolke_lines.jpg


              punktewolke.jpg

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
                last edited by

                Well, that's a large one for sure!

                Gai...

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                  Arkadiusz
                  last edited by

                  @Didier Bur
                  Great Work! Your scripts are very useful.

                  @TaffGoch
                  Thanks for helpfull info!

                  “Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”

                  Btw, I'm looking for *.rb to approximate edge from cloud points.

                  "I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not."

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                    SAnderka
                    last edited by

                    Just tried the plugin with both SU6 free and SU7 free, but after selecting a file (even example.dat provided by the author) in the "select points cloud file" dialog, nothing happens.

                    Are there any dependencies that I'm missing?

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                      johnpa
                      last edited by

                      Take a look at this post and download the revised script and you should be good to go. The link to the script is in the post at the top of the thread.

                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=15807&p=209535&hilit=cloud#p209535

                      JP

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                        SAnderka
                        last edited by

                        @johnpa said:

                        Take a look at this post and download the revised script and you should be good to go. The link to the script is in the post at the top of the thread.

                        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=15807&p=209535&hilit=cloud#p209535

                        JP

                        Awesome, thanks!

                        There is one interesting thing: The plugin won't work on my PC if i copy the examples.dat on my desktop. If I copy it anywhere else, it works just fine, but locating it on the desktop just reproduces the "nothing happens" error it reported above...

                        EDIT: Some further testing revealed that the plugin can't handle umlauts in directory names (my user account contains a German umlaut). I created test directories with and without umlauts and this error seems quite reproducible.

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                          bigfatfool
                          last edited by

                          Hi Guys,

                          I have tried everything writen here and I still suffer the problems of many others... nothing happens when I try to import point?!

                          I am using windows 7 x86, sketchup 7 latest version... please help cos my head now hurts...

                          Cheers,

                          Nic

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            Open the Ruby Console before you try to import and post back any error.

                            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              @sanderka said:

                              EDIT: Some further testing revealed that the plugin can't handle umlauts in directory names (my user account contains a German umlaut). I created test directories with and without umlauts and this error seems quite reproducible.

                              This is a limitation of the Ruby version that SketchUp ships with. On PC, SketchUp Ruby can not handle any files or folders with non-ASCII characters. The only workaround is for the user to ensure the file and path contains only ASCII characters.

                              Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                              • Didier BurD Offline
                                Didier Bur
                                last edited by

                                Hi,
                                I'm just about to release a new version with some improvements, but thomthom is right: avoid local characters in pathes.
                                Regards,

                                DB

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                                • J Offline
                                  johnpa
                                  last edited by

                                  I have gotten cloud to work for me in the past. I even wrote a tutorial to use to teach landscape architecture students how to create a surface from data they gather in the field. But alas it doesn't want to work for me now.

                                  I have downloaded Didier's latest version (Cloud67) and installed it. The first menu sees the file and then I click on the origin to create the surface. Nothing happens after that. The Ruby console reports the following error:

                                  Error: #<TypeError: nil can't be coerced into Float>
                                  (eval):1587:in *' (eval):1587:in draw_geometry'
                                  (eval):1584:in each' (eval):1584:in draw_geometry'
                                  (eval):1465:in `onLButtonUp'
                                  (eval):1584

                                  Any help would be really appreciated.

                                  JP

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                                  • Didier BurD Offline
                                    Didier Bur
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi John,
                                    Cloud67 isn't the latest version, here you can try with 71:
                                    http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/plugin_details.php?id=678
                                    Tell me if it works.
                                    Regards,

                                    DB

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                                    • J Offline
                                      johnpa
                                      last edited by

                                      Didier,

                                      Thanks, you have come through for me again. Cloud71 works like a champ.

                                      I just read through the revised documentation. Nice job. I appreciate how much time it takes to write something like that.

                                      Regards,

                                      JP

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                                        foudegrat
                                        last edited by

                                        Hello
                                        I'm french so excuse my poor english
                                        I just instal the last version of Cloud ( cloud_v8b.rbs) with SU8
                                        when I try with the example file, it works perfectly but when i try with a personnal file, it doesn't work at all
                                        my file is a carrect scv file with ";" for separation, but after the choose of the ile in the windows, nothing appends.
                                        9 don't understand the reasons of this bug
                                        can you help me?

                                        tahnks a lot

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                                        • Didier BurD Offline
                                          Didier Bur
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi,
                                          @foydegrat: envoies-moi le fichier, c'est plus simple, sinon je ne vois pas comment débugger...

                                          DB

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                                          • F Offline
                                            foudegrat
                                            last edited by

                                            Voila le fichier
                                            en français c'est beaucoup mieux.
                                            Merci de ton aide Didier!

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