Super impressive!! I have a question in regards to exporting a finished model (to OBJ or DAE)... With some plugins that allow you to modify, or reposition a texture, when the finished model is exported, multiple copies of the texture image are generated (or in some cases, copies of parts of the image)... does this occur with SketchUV? Thank you in advance for any info.
McGyver wrote:Super impressive!! I have a question in regards to exporting a finished model (to OBJ or DAE)... With some plugins that allow you to modify, or reposition a texture, when the finished model is exported, multiple copies of the texture image are generated (or in some cases, copies of parts of the image)... does this occur with SketchUV? Thank you in advance for any info.
That is great!! Thank you Whaat for replying so quickly and providing a link to the video! Once again another great plugin for SU! Thanks!... And THANKS for making it affordable for those of us on a budget!
I had a support question about how to map a curving deformed tube-like shape composed of triangles so I created a quick video showing how I would do it. (I could have saved some time by not exporting the cap faces but you get the idea)
Whaat, this is amazing tool. Thank you! The only thing I could complain about are the shortcuts. My U,V and arrows keys set for other tools. Was it hard to make a temporary shortcuts override?
rv1974 wrote:Whaat, this is amazing tool. Thank you! The only thing I could complain about are the shortcuts. My U,V and arrows keys set for other tools. Was it hard to make a temporary shortcuts override?
Thanks! Unfortunately, you can't override the shortcuts (AFAIK). Maybe I can come up with a solution in a future update...
Whaat wrote:Thanks! Unfortunately, you can't override the shortcuts (AFAIK). Maybe I can come up with a solution in a future update...
Whaat,
For info, I have logged a bug to Google on that, asking them to let all alpha characters be captured by the VCB after a valid character (digit, (, +, -, ...) is entered. They do it for some charcaters like 's', 'm', 'x', etc... Let's see if they listen or hear!
Whaat wrote:Thanks! Unfortunately, you can't override the shortcuts (AFAIK). Maybe I can come up with a solution in a future update...
Whaat,
For info, I have logged a bug to Google on that, asking them to let all alpha characters be captured by the VCB after a valid character (digit, (, +, -, ...) is entered. They do it for some charcaters like 's', 'm', 'x', etc... Let's see if they listen or hear!
Hi there, sorry to a bother... I just purchased and installed SketchUV and I can not find it anywhere in SU... No toolbar, no listing in the plugins menu. It has been placed correctly in the plugins folder as far as I can tell... Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 6 /SketchUp/Plugins. I tried it in SU 6 and 8 and it does not show up. The downloaded file was SketchUV.rbz I have never installed a RBZ file so far, could this be a problem? Does this require a password or some other method of activation? Is this a PC only plugin?
In case you need to know: 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo running OS 10.5.8
McGyver wrote:Hi there, sorry to a bother... I just purchased and installed SketchUV and I can not find it anywhere in SU... No toolbar, no listing in the plugins menu. It has been placed correctly in the plugins folder as far as I can tell... Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 6 /SketchUp/Plugins. I tried it in SU 6 and 8 and it does not show up. The downloaded file was SketchUV.rbz I have never installed a RBZ file so far, could this be a problem? Does this require a password or some other method of activation? Is this a PC only plugin?
In case you need to know: 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo running OS 10.5.8
Thank you Whaat, you are VERY quick to respond! Sorry to have bothered you... Apparently I just had a "DOH!" Homer Simpson moment... The rb part of rbz threw me off and I thought it was a different version of .rb.... like .rbs. I've actually had this problem before (and apparently totally erased it from my tiny memory)... I googled the problem right after the post and when I realized I've had this problem before, I wanted slap my brain... sorry to bother you. I used stuffit expander and now I see the appropriate files. Once again, thank you for the quick response.
Edited to add- Thank you Rich O'Brien too... I just noticed your reply!
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You have no idea how happy i was when i saw this on my tablet. Rushed to my office and bought it right away. I wated for this for ages, no joke. I have no words to describe how happy i am with this. Thanks! in 3 mins i was already getting what i expected, between this and the two venti´s i drank today i´m sure i will not be able to sleep tonight. This is fantastic
nektares wrote:You have no idea how happy i was when i saw this on my tablet. Rushed to my office and bought it right away. I wated for this for ages, no joke. I have no words to describe how happy i am with this. Thanks! in 3 mins i was already getting what i expected, between this and the two venti´s i drank today i´m sure i will not be able to sleep tonight. This is fantastic
Great to read your enthusiasm! Nice render! (Hope you got some sleep )
Really loving this plugin and what I can now do inside SU with UVs.
I do however have a small problem when it comes to exporting UVs for more complex shapes. I accidentally chose a project specific location for the exported OBJ file. Is there a way to reset this?
Hieru wrote:Really loving this plugin and what I can now do inside SU with UVs.
I do however have a small problem when it comes to exporting UVs for more complex shapes. I accidentally chose a project specific location for the exported OBJ file. Is there a way to reset this?
Great job Whaat. I've only used it a bit but the Loop tool alone is worth the cost of admission. I've tried some alternatives with no success.
And the Tube mapping works brilliantly. Absolutely on my 'must have' list. As far as I can tell this pretty much solves SU's lack of UV functionality. And what's more, it seems to work in a very SU like way, very intuitive, just a couple buttons and pretty easy to figure out after skimming through the youtube tutorials.
I can't recommend it highly enough. Let me know if you ever need a kidney.
-Brodie
Hardware: Intel i7 980x 3.33 Ghz 6-Core Processor nVidia Quadro FX 3700 512Mb, 18.0 G RAM Software: Maxwell 2.5, SketchUp 8, 3ds Max 2011, Vray, Adobe CS5, AutoCAD 2007, Windows 7 64-bit
Brodie wrote:Great job Whaat. I've only used it a bit but the Loop tool alone is worth the cost of admission. I've tried some alternatives with no success.
And the Tube mapping works brilliantly. Absolutely on my 'must have' list. As far as I can tell this pretty much solves SU's lack of UV functionality. And what's more, it seems to work in a very SU like way, very intuitive, just a couple buttons and pretty easy to figure out after skimming through the youtube tutorials.
I can't recommend it highly enough. Let me know if you ever need a kidney.
McGyver wrote:Super impressive!! I have a question in regards to exporting a finished model (to OBJ or DAE)... With some plugins that allow you to modify, or reposition a texture, when the finished model is exported, multiple copies of the texture image are generated (or in some cases, copies of parts of the image)... does this occur with SketchUV? Thank you in advance for any info.
Hi. Your question is answered in this tutorial:
That saved my computer's life when it came to the number of files SU used the chuck at me when I exported
Hey guys, I'm new in participation but not in the forum, besides I like to follow the forum by the tremendous training has published its knowledge is almost unnecessary to ask. I do not possess a card or even payment method, not to mention that in my country 15 dollars (a price more than cheap), multiplies by 5. So the question is: is there any free alternative or method that allows me to export all the textures used as one as shown in the video?
Masterhand wrote:So the question is: is there any free alternative or method that allows me to export all the textures used as one as shown in the video?
Well, there is the old UVTools 0.2 by Whaat: viewtopic.php?t=23725 Though, it is not by near as good as this one.
Masterhand wrote:So the question is: is there any free alternative or method that allows me to export all the textures used as one as shown in the video?
Well, there is the old UVTools 0.2 by Whaat: viewtopic.php?t=23725 Though, it is not by near as good as this one.
Thom thank you very much for the quick reply, I have lowered that UVTools but has no option to export the texture as one. Is there a procedure I am ignorant to do so? or UVtools.rb which one should I download?
Hi, Is there any one can help me with the problem: I have bought and downloaded the sketchUV plugin then following the standard installation instruction, but when I run my sketchup i cannot locate where the toolbar is. How to show the tool bar? I tried to find them in the view/tool bar menu, tools, plugins, but it's seems no where to find. Is there anything that i missed when installing maybe?
iwayan.ekadiana wrote:Hi, Is there any one can help me with the problem: I have bought and downloaded the sketchUV plugin then following the standard installation instruction, but when I run my sketchup i cannot locate where the toolbar is. How to show the tool bar? I tried to find them in the view/tool bar menu, tools, plugins, but it's seems no where to find. Is there anything that i missed when installing maybe?
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