Hi Gaieus,TIG,ThomThom

Thanks so much for your replies/help.

All the leaf textures are applied the same on all leaves, so i'm going to try both techniques, which will no doubt help my understanding.

I wasn't sure how much performance i would gain from using components, but thought it would help But yes, i would be handy to have that control.

I work for Landscape Architect so there is no escaping trees and plants! I'm just trying to strike a balance and make things a bit more manageable.

I am also trying to build a case for purchasing VRay - fingers crossed

I know i could just Google, but does any know any good 'ruby for beginner' resources?

Thanks again, i'll let you know how i get on!

Corey

Hi all,

I've got got a tree with MANY leaves, all of which are groups and are identical(for now).

Basically, to improve performance i want to just use one component definition.

So, i'm wondering if i make a component out of one, if i can replace all the groups and still retain their rotation etc.

Any help would be great... otherwise i may need to finally splurge on that brain upgrade iv'e been saving for

Cheers

C

haha- so many plugins!

BTW, how do you get the tools to show in your context menu / right click?

Thanks so much Gaieus.

That's a super handy little plugin

Yes, the trees have come from XFrog, i'm trying to figure out a way to export the leaves as components.

Thanks again

Corey

Hi all,

I am trying to import a tree .3DS into SketchUp8.

All the geometry comes in fine , but all faces with materials (leaves) have the correct texture applied to one face, but SketchUp default material applied to the other face.

From what i can tell, the problem arises from the .3DS only having a texture defined for one face, so SketchUp just applies default to it.

If I eyedrop one side and paintbucket it onto the other side it maps well, but only for that leaf as the other have different rotation etc.

So i guess my options are to correct inside SketchUp, or covert to a format that has two sided mats by default or something similar then import into SketchUp.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers

Corey

Just wanted to say thanks for this plugin, it really is super helpful!

Hi Guys,
I have recently been exporting a few .3ds files from SketchUp and when i take them into another package i get dark faces. On further inspection with Deep Exploration i found that the ambient material was set really dark (almost black). I had a good look around but can't seem to find a fix, apart from changing the ambient in DeepEx. Any help would be awesome!

Cheers