[RELEASE] Beta 0.3.1

[jiminy-billy-bob]

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Beta 0.3.1

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Changelog:

• Fixed scattering on surfaces with holes
• Optimized RAM usage when scattering lots and lots of items
• Hidden geometry is now discarded
• Fixed focus issues on Sketchup 2016
• The expanded/collapsed state of the dialog rollouts is now saved

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Download : http://download.getskatter.com/

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[solo]

I'm still having issues with holes.

holes.jpg

[jiminy-billy-bob]

Can you send me that file?

[solo]

Sure

holes.skp

[jiminy-billy-bob]

I'm not seeing that

[cotty]

For me, it looks like this (0.3.0)...

holes_solo.JPG

[jiminy-billy-bob]

For me, it looks like this (0.3.0)...

Can you try on 0.3.1 ?

[cotty]

I'm not able to download it, it's so slow that my browser cancelled the download several times...
(After I got it, I will try)

skattererror.JPG

[fivebythree]

Menu items have disappeared...

[eliotnz]

Seems to have worked perfectly this end. All menu items accounted for and deals with holes much, much better. Great update

[jiminy-billy-bob]

Cotty > Can you retry to download? I modified the hosting of the files

fivebythree > Do you experience this with Skatter only? Could you try to uninstall and reinstall Skatter?

[cotty]

Cotty > Can you retry to download? I modified the hosting of the files

Thank you for looking into this. I can see the changed file source, but the download starts and the speed is reduced to 0 kb/s in some steps and stops with an error after some minutes...

skattererror2.jpg

[dan16198899]

Hi, I was making some test with holes, and I included a slope, and there are some empty spaces in it, I used one of the libraries, I changed some values without luck. I´ve installed version 0.3.1

[jiminy-billy-bob]

Could you share the model? Thanks

[plot-paris]

Solo's model seems to be working fine for me...

[dan16198899]

Could you share the model? Thanks

Yes, no problem, I edited my post with the file in it.

[solo]

Slope test-Scene 1.jpg

[jiminy-billy-bob]

Thanks!

Well, the issue is simply that the slope is too steep. You can either reduce the steepness of the slope, or enter a smaller spacing value.

Keep in mind that for now there is only vertical projection. If you look from above, that slope is actually pretty small compared to its real size. That's why there are holes : Too few items for the size of the surface of the slope.

[solo]

Funny thing, I retested the noles scene today and it works perfectly, Gremlins.

holes.jpg

[krokaa]

Are the proxies not bound to the group it’s scattered on? Having trouble hiding it, I also tried to put it in a layer and hide it with no luck. This is a problem in my workflow when I’m working on large areas.

I wish the “Render only” stays preselected. I forgot to check it many times with the result of mayor crash caused by memory overload.
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I also whish the select arrow would be default when I’m outside of the Skatter menu. Seems like it goes to windows courser as a default.

[Pixero]

I wish the “Render only” stays preselected.

I agree.

[valerostudio]

Solo's file works for me also, tried in 2016 with Thea and 2015 with VRay.

[jiminy-billy-bob]

Are the proxies not bound to the group it’s scattered on? Having trouble hiding it, I also tried to put it in a layer and hide it with no luck. This is a problem in my workflow when I’m working on large areas.

I won't bound them to the surfaces, as you can have as many surfaces as you want (or curves, or even Points Sets).
But I will add the ability to bound a "Render only" setup to a layer.

I wish the “Render only” stays preselected. I forgot to check it many times with the result of mayor crash caused by memory overload.

Ok, I will have its state saved.
So if it's checked, it'll be checked next time you open Skatter. And the other way around.

I also whish the select arrow would be default when I’m outside of the Skatter menu. Seems like it goes to windows courser as a default.

Unfortunatly that's not possible. To display the preview in the viewport, I need to activate a custom tool. I can't display the preview if any other tool is activated.
That's just how the Sketchup API works.

[cotty]

For me, it looks like this (0.3.0)...

Can you try on 0.3.1 ?

holes_solo_031.JPG

[krokaa]

Maybe its possible already but I wish I could group scatters and save them to the library for later use. In testing I found that I sometimes have 6-10 scatters on one surface and when the result is god I want to keep it as a group. Later it would be neat with a possibility to export that as a pack for sharing or migration.

What about a translation falloff? I’m having great fun using your Skatter as a primitive particle system and I can see a lot of possibilities there. Rain, falling snow, sparks, sandstorms and so on.

I guess your to do list is getting longer every day. Skatter for me is after Thea Render the most useful tool for Sketchup ever for the visual stuff. Thanks again.