On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 18:21:09 +0000
"EXTERNAL Eagar Joseph (Randstad, CR/RTC1.4-NA)"
Awesome. I’m not involved in the add-on process, but I definitely
like what I’m seeing. I was afraid I’d have to code some of these
tools myself. Good work.
Joe
dear all,
my name is Alessandro and I am the developer of Tissue add-on. I
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Mesh/Tissue
It's the very first time that I contributed to this wiki project, can
someone give me a feedback about it? Did I make it well, or did I make
some bad mistakes?
I understood that the next step is to create a link in the Scripts
page: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts I'm
going to do this in Mesh: External, is it right?
Do you think that this add-on is mature enough to being part of
Contrib Add-ons?
Thanks,
Bests
Alessandro
_______________________________________________
Alessandro Zomparelli
MHOX - partner and lead designer -
mhoxdesign.com<http://mhoxdesign.com/> CARAPACE PROJECT - partner and
designer, R&D manager - carapaceproject.com<http://carapaceproject.com>
Co-de-iT - computational designer, teacher -
co-de-it.com<http://co-de-it.com>
It's very powerful and beautiful. I know English is not your first
language, and I found a few small grammatical errors I'll fix below in
a weird pseudo-diff format:
words like [This] indicate the boxed Grey background bolded typeface.
Description
- The add-on is composed by different tools for computational design.
+ The add-on is composed of different tools for computational design.
- Tessellate tool allows the user to copy a selected object (Component)
on the faces of the active object (Generator), adapting its bounding
box to the shape of quad-faces. Once the Tessellate button was
pressed, then more options will appear in the Operator parameters.
Update allows you to update the active the Tessellated mesh according
to Component and Generator changes. You can also change the
parameters of tessellation.
+ Tessellate allows the user to copy a selected object (Component)
onto each of the faces of the active object (Generator), adapting the
bounding box of the Component to the shape of the Generator's
quad-faces. Once the [Tessellate] button is pressed, more options
will appear in the Operator parameters. [Update] allows you to change
the parameters of the active Tessellated mesh, including Component
and Generator changes.
- Colors-Weight Exchanger consists of two tool:
+ Colors-Weight Exchanger consists of two tools:
- derived from the triangular mesh. Quadrangolar meshes
+ derived from the triangular mesh. Quadrangular meshes
Usage
- The add-on is composed by different tools
+ The add-on is composed of different tools
- Fill Mode: allows to chose the filling method according to user
preferences. For quadrangolar meshes Quad option is preferable, while
for polygonal meshes Fan works better.
+ Fill Mode: Choose fill method.
[Quad] is preferable for quadrangular meshes.
[Fan] is preferable for polygonal meshes.
- Merge: removes duplicated vertices according to threshold value.
+ Merge: removes duplicate vertices according to threshold value.
This sentence is unclear to me:
Randomize: create a random of the components according to seed.
Is there a 'seed' specification somewhere?
It creates a random 'what' exactly? A random tessellation?
Maybe should read:
Randomize: Generates a random tessellation of components.
dunno...
Note: I'm thinking you want 'Constant', not 'Costant' here...
- Component XY: allows to chose how the component object is
parametrized. Default is Adaptive that automatically calculate the
Bounding Box of the object. For more control chose Costant, that
consider a domain in which X and Y go from 0.0 to 1.0.
+ Component XY: Choose how the Component object is parametrized.
[Adaptive] (default) automatically calculates the Bounding Box
of the object.
[Constant] Provides additional control. Considers a domain in which
X and Y go from 0.0 to 1.0.
- Component Z: allows to chose how the thickness is calculated. Default
is Costant that use the z of the component. Using Proportional the Z
of generated components changes according to generator faces area.
(WARNING: using Proportional can create some openings if used with
Merge options.)
+ Component Z: Choose how the thickness is calculated.
[Constant] (default) uses the z of the Component.
[Proportional] the Z of generated Components changes relative to
generator face areas.
WARNING:
[Proportional] can break a watertight mesh if used with 'Merge'.
- Scale: allows to change thickness of the generated mesh.
+ Scale: Changes the thickness of the generated mesh.
- Offset: allows to offset the thickness from the center.
+ Offset: Offsets the thickness of the generated mesh from the center.
Update
- The options for the Update operator are the same of Tessellate.
Furthermore, it allows to change Generator object and Component
object.
+ Update reuses the same options as the original Tessellate, plus it
allows changing the Generator and Component objects.
Colors from Weight
- Convert to: allows to chose the following options: Value Channel
(default), Red Channel, Green Channel, Blue Channel and False Color.
+ Convert to: allows choosing the following options:
[Value Channel] (default)
[Red Channel], [Green Channel], [Blue Channel], or [False Color].
- Invert: invert the values readed from Vertex Weight.
+ Invert: invert Vertex Weight values.
Weight from Colors
- Red Channel: add a vertex group derived to red cahnnel of the active
Vertex Color.
Green Channel: add a vertex group derived to green channel of the
active Vertex Color.
Blue Channel: add a vertex group derived to blue channel of the
active Vertex Color.
Value Channel: add a vertex group derived to value channel of the
active Vertex Color.
Invert: invert the values readed from Vertex Weight.
+ Red Channel: add a vertex group derived from the red channel of the
active Vertex Color.
Green Channel: add a vertex group derived from the green channel of
the active Vertex Color.
Blue Channel: add a vertex group derived from the blue channel of the
active Vertex Color.
Value Channel: add a vertex group derived from the value channel of
the active Vertex Color.
Invert: invert the values read from Vertex Weight.
I know, a diff (or me just editing it) would have been better, but I do
not have an account. Hope this helps.
--
Regards,
Christopher