Hi guys, does anyone know of a plugin that would allow me to do this on a closed loop? (ie a circle?)

@tig said:

The script 'points_cloud_triangulation.rb' [which shows in the Plugins menu as 'Triangulate Points'] is here...
http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/points_cloud_triangulation.rb
that also requires 'delauney2.rb' - which you can get here...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=117071#p117071

Thanks!!

Hi guys, I have been exporting my sketchup models as 3d max files and importing them into 3d max, but am a 3d max newbie and am still learning how to texture and light properly...in sketchup I'm really fast but this is a whole other ballgame.

I'm a landscape architect, and so I'm specifically wondering about how to go about putting trees and other vegetation into the scenes. Does anyone here work with trees/vegetation and sketchup/3ds max a lot?

Do you recommend using the 3d sketchup trees and exporting them to .3ds format?
Do you have recommendations for which tree models/types would be best?

Do you recommend placing trees/vegetation in the scene afterwards with photoshop instead of even bothering with this?

Thanks!

Edited to add: I am using Mental Ray to render the scenes.

These look really good. What does NPR mean?

wow, yes, exactly like that. Thanks!! Is there a mesh-making plugin as well, or can you do that in normal Sketchup?

hey, thanks! They kinda do the trick, still a lot of editing to do, but a million times faster than the other way I was doing things.

A suggestion for a plugin for someone to make: "Melt" - kinda like a mash up of the drop at intersection tool and the drape tool (so that the objects you drop onto the surface actually stick to or take the form of the surface they're dropping onto. I have no idea if this would even be possible to make, but if anyone out there likes a challenge, this would be so incredibly useful!

I'm trying to place groups/components (glass panels that I'm creating) in a random series along a curved wall, so that the glass panels take on the curve of the curved wall (i.e. so they would be lying flat and following the wall's contours.) The panels are placed on the wall with little metal mounts in each corner, so they are not actually straight on the wall's surface. I'm finding this very time-consuming and am wondering if there's a plugin out there that would allow me to do this quickly?

Or if anyone has any advice as to how I could model this quickly, that would be appreciated! I can't post pictures of this because it's for work.

Thanks guys!

wow, amazing stuff!

A question: does Art Rge allow you to easily adjust things like pressure and transparency of the paint tools by pressing a keyboard shortcut, or do you have to use the tool picker with your mouse to change that kind of stuff?

I haven't read through this entire thread (couldn't do 22 pages!), so I apologize if this has been mentioned already, but I'm looking to get some kind of external storage, or something to back up my system because my computer has been acting up lately.

I was wondering if there is a particular storage system/brand/type that is most reliable for long-term storage of sketchup files? and then also a system that is best for accessing files more often?

Thanks a lot guys!

@gaieus said:

You need to import it as a png with transparency in the background and only the snow flakes coloured (white and maybe some very subtly, light blue).

thanks for the quick reply! To clarify - this conversion to .png is done in photoshop right?

I seem to be having trouble saving it as a png file for some reason...the option just isn't there in photoshop (I'm sure I made a different .png earlier this afternoon, in photoshop...so this is confusing me)

Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone knows how to make a watermark that looks like snow falling for a style I'm creating. I tried following the steps involved in this tutorial: http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/photoshop-snow/ (minus the underlying image, so it looked all white) but when I imported the jpeg into sketchUp as a watermark, all that appeared was a flat white transparent rectangle. Anyone got any ideas?