Hi,

I love modelling now!

A couple of things really transformed my approach: Vertex Tools, Quadface Tools and Subd of course!
But not only. I recently saw this tutorial by Claas Kuhnen and it really made me understand a lot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKzxUSjZNds

I hope it can help someone else as it did for me!

I wish SubD could have a toggle on/off for an entire model or having control over the level of detail on selected objects (<-this is the worst sentence I've ever written I think... Tall me if you really didn't understand....

Again, thanks a lot for these wonderful add-ons!
Nicolas

eames wire-proxy.skp

Unwrapido!

Hi, Just uploaded a few objects modeled with basically Vertex Tools, and SubD:
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=u4ce6c724-8926-4af9-a91c-acbe495b50db

Thanks for the planet, man (if everybody could share their files in proxy mode (1,5 to 9,5Mb in my example), we'd save a lot of energy!

You well deserve the cookies you get! My hero!

@jql said:

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

@pixero said:

Please make it so it will work with other renderers too.

Here is how it performs with Thea 1.4. The render starts in a couple of seconds and the render itself took a few minutes with Presto.

This is a square surface roughly 130m*130m covered with dense grass.

Very lightweight, as all this vegetation is generated at render-time.

Bah, too good to be true, you joker

Yea, I think it's bluff too...
Isn't it?
This looks too awesome to be true... Not in 2014...

@tig said:

Aaargh!
The SketchUp/Tools folder just comes with a few files that SketchUp needs by default.
It should never contain your own files.
It also has limited permissions by default.
Your User's Plugins folder [in the AppData path] is where all Plugin files are installed by default.
Your symbolic link messing on might have messed up something...
If you have messed around with the folders, then little wonder that SketchUp can't find it in the SCF dialog code...
Although weirdly using the snippet in the Console seemed to work as expected.
In the rbs code it's 'Nil' so it fails...
Is your User's Plugins folder an ordinary folder or a 'link' ?

I tried both: ordinary folder works, symbolic link doesn't.

Yep, the symbolic link was the cause! I deleted it, repaired the installation and it's working now!
Sorry for the trouble...

But making a symbolic link from C:\Users\leminilab\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\SketchUp\Plugins to another location doesn't work anymore though...

Thanks a lot TIG!

@tig said:

That error report is very helpful.
It is failing on this:
pd = Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
Can you then try this:
pd.downcase
Can you try it in the Ruby Console a report back...

It seems strange that your SketchUp cannot find your Plugins folder ?

pd = Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
C:/Users/leminilab/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins
pd.downcase
c:/users/leminilab/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2015/sketchup/plugins

I should have mentioned I have created a symbolic link for C:\Program Files\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\Tools pointing to a folder on another hard drive. I thougt this Tools folder was containing the rubies. Could this be the cause of all this?

@tig said:

The dialog can receive data from the server, but downloading the file seems to be the issue [which then fails to AutoLoad through the dialog].
If you try the AutoLoad download with the Ruby Console open are there any error messages.
You ought to get some useful error-dialogs but maybe the unforeseen peculiar set of circumstances is not calling those...

Can you also try this in the Ruby Console [copy/paste+<enter>] - it will open the temporary destination folder for the downloaded RBZ file...
UI.openURL("file:///#{SCF::TEMPDIR}")
It should open the temp folder, pathed something like:
C:/Users/Leminlab/AppData/Local/Temp/SCF

Try to AutoInstall a Plugin from the dialog.

If that folder shows no RBZ being added to it [perhaps very briefly], then the download is failing.
But if it shows an RBZ arriving [even fleetingly] then the installer is failing to process the RBZ.
If it leaves an RBZ in that folder... then can you rename it with a .ZIP suffix and try opening it - are its contents OK, or is it 'corrupted' ?

Here's the Ruby Console message when I try an Autoinstall:
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method downcase' for nil:NilClass> c:/users/leminilab/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2015/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbs:442:in block in custom_plugins'
c:/users/leminilab/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2015/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbs:439:in each' c:/users/leminilab/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2015/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbs:439:in custom_plugins'
c:/users/leminilab/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2015/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbs:461:in autoinstall_dlg' c:/users/leminilab/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2015/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbs:405:in set_autoinstall_choice'
c:/users/leminilab/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2015/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbs:73:in block in new' SketchUp:1:in call'

No rbz downloaded in the C:\Users\leminilab\AppData\Local\Temp\SCF folder.

@frederik said:

@leminilab said:

The "More infoé and "Donate" buttons work. But Autoinstall doesn't.
The install tab is blank.

Donate a little and see if that fixes it...

@tig said:

You have a 'Download' button in the page - I did NOT mean the dialog [which has the AutoInstall button]...

Or is something blocking your browser and its ability to access the Internet and 'Download' files too - are you using Internet Explorer to access sketchUcation.com ?

It's also affecting the PluginStore downloads and the related download and AutoInstall via the dialog within SketchUp, which uses Internet Explorer [incidentally, what version do you use?].

Try and reset your IE Internet Options to use the default settings, perhaps they are too strict ?

Have you also emptied the IE cache as I suggested previously...

I did download the .rbz and installed it from the Window/Preferences/Extensions Menu.
I'm using Firefox but the plugin seems to be able to connect to internet because I can see the list of plugins when I click the Sketchucation Plugin Store button.
IE version is 11.0.9600.17358. I did empty the cache.
I really don't think it's a browser-related issue: it works fine with my SU 8 version.

I really don't want this to take too much energy from anyone: I can still install my plugins manually!

@tig said:

That last part sounds like a Filewall issue.
Make sure SketchUp 2015 is set to allow it to make changes and access the Internet...

Can you download an RBZ from the PluginStore page - linked above.
Then install it using the Preferences > Extensions > Install button in v2015.
Does its file[s] appear in the Users Plugins folder.
Does it then appear in the Plugins Manager and My-Installs ?

This is weird...

I enabled Sketchup in Windows Firewall.
The "More infoé and "Donate" buttons work. But Autoinstall doesn't.
The install tab is blank.

@tig said:

:?
Can you tell us what your Users user-name is ?

Next...
Find the SketchUp.exe icon in the 2015 Programs folder.
Change its Properties > Compatibility > Run As Administrator... to ON [tick]... OK.

Try again...

• My user name is leminilab:
  

• Changed compatibility to run as Admin.
  
  I now get a message from Windows when I launch Make 2015 ("Do you want the following program to allow changes to this computer?").
  But it's still not working.

@tig said:

We might be able to save you
More diagnosis needed...

Can you open Internet Explorer, ensure its version is up to date, then empty its cache.
Now restart SketchUp and retry the SketchUcation PluginStore dialog - any luck AutoInstalling something ?

Can you use the item under the menu Plugins [now renamed Extensions in v2015] > SketchUcation submenu item to 'Open Plugins Folder'.
It should open something like:
C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\SketchUp\Plugins
Are there any files in it ?

If you go up one folder to .../SketchUp and use Properties > Security > Edit does every entry listed have FULL read/write/modify permissions setup?
Change them if necessary, apply/OK...

Try AutoInstalling again...

Also open the SketchUcation > Plugins Manager dialog.
Is the folder listed in the top-bar ?
Are there any contents ?

Report back

• Cache emptied. Not working.
• 
• All permissions granted. Not working.
• I can't open the Plugins Manager.

@tig said:

I guess you are expecting to see 'Bundle' named 'LEMINLAB-PROD-15' ?
Have you tried restarting SketchUp ?
In v2015 what does you're 'My Installs' tab show ?
If it's empty there is no Bundle.
Try installing a Plugins and re-check the 'My Installs' and the 'Bundles'...

If no joy can you try copy+paste this snippet into the Ruby Console + <enter>

puts;puts(SCF_Dialog.getMyPlugins.split('|').join("\n"))

This will tell us what is getting sent to the server...
It ought to star with your Computer-Name:SketchUp-Version
Then a list of available installed v2015 Plugins in order [both enabled and disabled]...

If still no joy then we need to get Gábor onto it server-side...

• Yes

• 

• It's empty

• When I try to Autoinstall a plug-in (like extrude tools for example ;p), nothing happens on screen.

• I got this:
  puts;puts(SCF_Dialog.getMyPlugins.split('|').join("\n"))
  Error: #<SyntaxError: <main>: syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting end-of-input
  puts;puts(SCF_Dialog.getMyPlugins.split('|').join("\n"))
  ^>
  SketchUp:1:in `eval'

• How bad is it, doc?

P.S.: I love this "Great!!! All of your plugins are up to date." message!

It's a bundle I created of my installed plugins in SU8.

@krisidious said:

it's ready and should be the first plugin you install. you are installing it from the downloaded file in 2015 correct?

Hi,

Yes. Downloaded here http://sketchucation.com/resources/plugin-store-download and installed from Window/Preferences/Extensions menu.

But Make 2015 doesn't show in the Bundle tab:

Hi,

The plug-in doesn't seem detect my Sketchup Make 2015. Is it normal (not implemented yet) or is there something I must do to fix this?

Oh, and before I forget: the bundle option is a hit! Thanks a lot for that!

Stunning! I'm a terrible dad...

Congratulations! This is awesome! Daughter must be proud!

@3dita said:

@leminilab said:

I think I'll end up texturing the shape... Not too great...

I would go like this:

Model the terrain with sand box

Model a cd, make it a component, or proxy it (I use vray)

Use Chris Fulmer's awesome: Place Component on Faces Plugin.

Set up material

Profit

3dita, I thank you, it works perfectly!
I just need to find the best spacing in the sandbox to make sure my computer doesn't die rendering this but it is what I needed!

Thanks a bunch!

I think I'll end up texturing the shape... Not too great...

Well I thought the grid would do but it's not what I hoped...