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Artisan User Guide (v. 1.2)

1. MM ER ROR CK TE OTF ARTE 3 RE KR MR OR OKA Mors ES ES EN ES IN IN Ve ve VE XS SE SE SE Sp 1 ELA I amp New Mesh after 50 polygon reduction Original Mesh The Reduce Polygons tool is used to optimize the number of polygons in a mesh Launching the Tool i e O Bl en es 2 uc O 2 c O gt O A Q O gt O O ad O C prar Ea 2 5 c N D N m c gt O 5 O D gt 3 O ux t an lt gt Artisan gt Reduce toolbar or choose Tools isan CI 1 Selectthe faces in the area that you wish to reduce 2 Launch the tool 3 Choose the percent reduction For example if yu choose 30 the total number of polygons will be reduced by 30 Note e The mesh must be triangulated prior to reduction Any faces that are not triangles will be automatically triangulated when the operation is performed e The percentage of reduction refers to the number of triangles not the number of faces An individual face could be made up of many triangles e This tool does not maintain material assignments e The reduction operation may produce overlapping faces One way to fix this issue is to apply the Sculpt Brush in smooth mode in the area of overlapping faces e The reduction operation may take several min
2. Vertex Transformation Artisan User Guide v 1 2 64 Vertex Select Introduction t TT 4 Ne NL A mm The Vertex Selecttool allows you to select vertices as a hard or soft selection so thatthey can be transformed using the other vertex transformation tools move rotate scale make planar Launching the Tool z CERN 4 Click the Vertex Select icon from the Artisan toolbar or choose Tools gt Artisan gt Vertex Select from the menu Artisan User Guide v 1 2 65 1 Launch the tool 2 Ifa SketchUp selection is currently active it will be transformed into a vertex selection For example ifa face was selected before launching the tool all vertices of that face will become selected when the Vertex Select tool is launched 3 Ifthere is no SketchUp selection currently active the last vertex selection in memory will be loaded 4 Click a vertex face or edge to create a new vertex selection 5 Click drag to window select vertices 6 Hold SHIFT and click to toggle selection 7 Hold CTRL and click to add to the selection 8 Hold CTRL SHIFT and click to remove from the selection 9 Press TAB to toggle between hard and soft selection modes 10 Press ESCAPE to clear the selection The Radius determines the area that is influenced by the soft selection operation There are several ways to adjust the radius e Keying in a measurement such as 10m e Tapping the left or right ar
3. If you have created a custom language file please email it to support artisan4sketchup com so it can be included in a future Artisan release Artisan User Guide v 1 2 87 Active Plane Introduction The active plane is the plane thatis used as a mirror plane or the planar lock plane during sculpting modes Both of these settings are turned off by default but they can be enabled by using the Settings dialog Setting the Active Plane New Active Plane Plane aligns to face Current Active Plane Choose Tools gt Artisan gt Set Active Plane from the menu The black rectangle shows the current active plane Artisan User Guide v 1 2 88 Click to seta new plane Hold SHIFT to lock the current plane orientation Artisan User Guide v 1 2 89 Additional Support Artisan User Guide v 1 2 90 Video Tutorials Video Tutorials Official Artisan video tutorials can be found on the Artisan website Artisan Video Tutorials Artisan User Guide v 1 2 91 Troubleshooting Registration code is not valid 1 Use copy paste CTRL C and CTRL V to copy and paste the code from the email to the registration dialog box Lost registration code 1 Contact Artisan support purchased Artisan but have not received a registration code 1 Check your spam or junk email folder 2 Ensure that you are checking the email account that was used to make the purchase through Paypal Artisan User G
4. OK Cancel The simplest way to remove Artisan is to disable the extension from the Preferences gt Extensions window Uncheck the Artisan extension to disable it Artisan will no longer load when launching SketchUp However Artisan will still be available to use in the future if you would like to re enable it Artisan is installed in the SketchUp plugins folder Windows C Program Files Google Google SketchUp 8 Plugins Mac Macintosh HD Library Application Support Google Sketchup 8 SketchUp Plugins To remove Artisan from your computer delete the following files from within the plugins folder artisan_loader rb artisan folder Artisan User Guide v 1 2 16 Subdivision Modelling Artisan User Guide v 1 2 17 Subdivide and Smooth Introduction Subdivided and Smoothed The Subdivide and Smooth tool is probably the most powerful feature inside Artisan It allows you to model a rough low poly approximation to the final 3D model and then by applying the tool the model will be transformed into the smoothed shape that you are trying to achieve By keeping the proxy low poly version of the model as simple as possible the modeling process will become the most efficient The tool works by first subdividing all of the selected faces and then smoothing the resulting mesh This process can be repeated several times up to 4 iterations Each iteration will result in a smoother model with more polygons Launchi
5. the mesh will be displaced in the vertical direction only Itis recommended to use a relatively small strength value 10 20 of the radius value and gradually deform the mesh through successive brush strokes This will provide smooth deformation and greater control Artisan User Guide v 1 2 49 Reverse Sculpting Vas tu v Anegative strength value strength indicator points towards the mesh will result in the mesh being deformed in the opposite direction Artisan User Guide v 1 2 50 Smooth Mode Smooth Mode Brush stroke direction A A E NP o um amp E PR LER EUN RS Smooth mode is used to smooth out a mesh Brush strokes will tend to pull the vertices towards the average position of the adjacent faces Reverse Smoothing Brush stroke direction e gt e TER ol A negative strength value strength indicator points towards the mesh will result in the mesh being displaced randomly adding jitter to the vertices Artisan User Guide v 1 2 51 Pinch Mode Pinch Mode Pinch stroke AB FL COLT PALL FR 777 SR Pinch mode can be used to add creases to the mesh Brush strokes will pullthe vertices towards the center of the brush This mode is most effective on areas of the mesh that have first been deformed using the basic sculpt mode Artisan User Guide v 1 2 52 Reverse Pinching e wv Say TAO ET A negative streng
6. Paint Brush Artisan User Guide v 1 2 61 Paint Brush Introduction The Paint Brush is used to apply materials to surfaces by dragging across the surface Launching the Tool Artisan E 0 6 4 6 Click the Paint Brush icon from the Artisan toolbar or choose Tools gt Artisan gt Paint Brush from the menu Artisan User Guide v 1 2 62 Materials UT 4 T 4 AR N B LIT N Pj 1 Open the Materials Window and select a material that is in your model The material cannot be from an external library Ensure thatitis currently in your model 2 Click and drag to paint faces beneath the brush The Brush Radius determines the area of faces that may be selected by the brush There are several ways to adjust the radius e Keying in a measurement such as 10m e Tapping the left or right arrow keys left to decrease right to increase e Holding the left or right arrow key down while dragging the mouse up or down Notes The first face that is clicked will set the planar projection orientation for the UVs e Hold the ALT Mac COMMAND key and click a face to sample the material and UVs from that face e Mac users mustfirst paint a face using the Paint Bucket tool prior to using the Paint Brush tool in order to select the material for painting e Only faces can be painted not edges groups or components Artisan User Guide v 1 2 63
7. be inherited in the subdivided surface which can make it easier to UV map a subdivided mesh Artisan User Guide v 1 2 85 Soften Edges Subdivide and Smooth 2 Iterations Tools Affected Subdivide and Smooth Subdivide Selection This settings determines whether subdivision operations will produce softened edges or hard edges Create Proxy From Group Create Proxy Create Proxy from from Group Off Group On u gt 2 TN of nd I Le X i Be Tools Affected Subdivide and Smooth Artisan User Guide v 1 2 86 This settings determines whether proxy mode will be activated when using the Subdivide and Smooth tool on a Group Auto Smooth Sculpt Auto Smooth Off amp Auto Smooth On Tools Affected Sculpt Brush Sculpt Mode Only When this settings is enabled asmoothing pass is performed on each brush stroke Onlythe basic sculpt mode is affected bythis tool Other modes such as pinch inflate flatten smooth are not affected Selectthe preferred language After changing the language itis recommended to re start SketchUp so thatthe toolbar and menu items will be properlytranslated Language files are located in the Plugins artisan localization folder Custom language files can be created by duplicating one of the language files and editing it with a text editor The language files must be encoded in UTF 8 format or errors may occur
8. cuts are usually used in the early stages of subdivision modeling The idea is to create loops and edges in areas where more detail will be required Here by using loop cuts a rounded cube can be easily created Artisan User Guide v 1 2 43 Extrude Tool Introduction The Extrude Tool is a tool to help create clean geometryin the early stages ofthe modeling process Itis much like the Push Pull tool except that it will create a loop of edges at the start of the operation The advantage of the extrude tool is that it will not create interior faces like the Push Pull tool does Launching the Tool MNOS MRR RM XJ 19 9 0 0 Ad Click the Extrude Tool icon from the Artisan toolbar or choose Tools gt Artisan gt Extrude from the menu 1 Launch the tool 2 Click a face in the model 3 Move the mouse away from the face to begin extruding Artisan User Guide v 1 2 44 4 Click again to complete the extrusion 5 Click dragging can also be used 6 Bykeying in a measurement after the first click you can extrude the face a precise distance Extrude vs Push Pull Created using the After Subdivide and Smooth Creating using the Extrude Tool Push Pull tool When using the Push Pull tool and pressing CTRL to toggle the creation of a new face this new internal face results in messy non manifold geometry that gives a poor result when using the Subdivide and Smooth tool Note The extrude tool only works to Pull faces
9. outwards It cannot be used to Push a face inward Artisan User Guide v 1 2 45 Sculpt Brush Artisan User Guide v 1 2 46 Sculpt Brush Launching the Tool Click the Sculpt Brush icon from the toolbar or choose Tools gt Artisan gt Sculpt Brush from the menu to launch the tool ud aep E aS En SNP ge p UP u SU Ir DER S aep CIOS EFT ze CZ CZ 2 AL EL 77 7 ay a ED Au ILL ai ee saa gl fy NT Ys ET Ei 1 Ensure that you are in the proper editing context for the geometry you wish to sculpt You cannot sculpt across the boundaries ofgroups and components 2 Click and Drag across a highly subdivided mesh 3 The Brush Radius determines the area that is influenced by the sculpting operation There are several ways to adjust the radius e Keying in a measurement such as 10m e Tapping the left or right arrow keys left to decrease right to increase e Holding the left or right arrow key down while dragging the mouse up or down Artisan User Guide v 1 2 47 4 The Strength determines the amount of displacement and can also indicate the direction If the arrow points away from the mesh the displacement is normal If it points towards the mesh the displacement direction is reversed In the Sculpt mode the strength indicates the m
10. the curvature in the subsurf Artisan User Guide v 1 2 28 Example 2 Inner Faces NEIN KIT EX RE XD TR CPI j AY NN I INN gt STE in the subsurface you may want to check for a hidden inner When you see unexpected pinching face Example 3 Using the Crease Tool N yu Uu Ld Creasing edges and vertices allows them to be locked in place In the figure above the green vertices and edges have been creased Artisan User Guide v 1 2 29 Example 4 The Effect of Adding Edges 7 77 LIT 5 VISIT LLLI IA S 1 Holes in the Proxy Example 5 Artisan User Guide v 1 2 30 Example 6 Subsurf Primitives N A 1 3 SV NIA NIA INIT INA y7 4 7 NY od US CER HL cD DT x RAN TA d N 7o RZ s y Mh TR LS LA 5 LI P Cm nep ZW Ew 1 re ST j IMIS 3 I XN TV RE a E LI rax 7 cr gt EE XP RE Ss I 4 RUN RTE Artisan User Guide v 1 2 31 Example 8 Cones m AAW ANS VN A iv NN ii 1 NYY MITTIS PT Example 9 Torus w Law E Ee p 2 t IP Artisan User Guide v 1 2 32 Subdivide Selection Launching the Tool Click the Subdivide Selection icon from the Artisan toolbar
11. Artisan User Guide v 1 2 Artisan User Guide v 1 2 1 Introduction and Installation 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 Introduction to Artisan Release Notes Installation and Registration Uninstalling Subdivision Modelling 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 Subdivide and Smooth Subdivide and Smooth Examples Subdivide Selection Smooth Selection Crease Tool Crease Selection Knife Subdivide Extrude Tool Sculpt Brush 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 9 3 6 Sculpt Brush Sculpt Mode Smooth Mode Pinch Mode Inflate Mode Flatten Mode Select Brush 4 1 Select Brush 11 16 18 28 33 34 35 37 41 44 47 49 51 52 54 55 59 Paint Brush 5 4 Paint Brush Vertex Transformation 6 1 Vertex Select 6 2 Vertex Move 6 3 Vertex Rotate 6 4 Vertex Scale 6 5 Make Planar Mesh Tools 7 1 Reduce Polygons 7 2 Triangulate Settings 8 1 Settings 8 2 Active Plane Additional Support 9 1 Video Tutorials 9 2 Troubleshooting 9 3 Contact Artisan Support 9 4 Acknowledgements 62 65 68 70 72 74 f 79 82 88 91 92 93 94 Introduction and Installation Artisan User Guide v 1 2 4 Introduction to Artisan What is Artisan Artisan is a set of organic tools for SketchUp Itis a plugin written by Dale Martens aka Whaat who also wrote the SketchUp plugin Subdivide and Smooth which was released in 2008 at www smustard com Artisan builds upon the pre
12. ad J LM a gt SxS A negative strength value strength indicator points towards the mesh will displace the vertices away from the plane of the first face that was clicked on at the start of the stroke This operation has limited practical use It tends to produce sharp peaks and deep valleys which Artisan User Guide v 1 2 56 could be suitable for sculpting a rocky mountain range Artisan User Guide v 1 2 57 Select Brush Artisan User Guide v 1 2 58 Select Brush Introduction The Select Brush is used to select faces in the model by dragging the mouse across them Launching the Tool Click the Select Brush icon from the toolbar or choose Tools gt Artisan gt Select Brush from the menu to launch the tool 1 Click and drag to select faces beneath the brush 1 The Brush Radius determines the area of faces that may be selected by the brush There are several ways to adjust the radius e Keying in a measurement such as 10m e Tapping the left or right arrow keys left to decrease right to increase e Holding the left or right arrow key down while dragging the mouse up or down Artisan User Guide v 1 2 59 2 Hold the SHIFT key while you click and drag to deselect faces 3 Press ESC to clear the selection Note Only faces can be directly selected by the select brush Additional Settings In the Settings dialog e Brush Mirror Plane Artisan User Guide v 1 2 60
13. aunching Settings Click the Settings icon from the Artisan toolbar or choose Tools gt Artisan gt Settings from the menu Soft Falloff Mode Tools Affected Sculpt Brush Vertex Select Artisan User Guide v 1 2 82 Vertex Move Vertex Rotate Vertex Scale Make Planar The Smooth Mode will result in a smooth selection curve that is tangent atthe selection boundary The Linear Mode will result in a linear selection curve that is discontinuous at the selection boundary Brush Mirror Plane mu D QU D Cc Ar 88 D Q lt to YZ plane 2 ts Mirror Target Tools Affected Sculpt Brush Select Brush If this setting is enabled the brush strokes of the affected tools will be mirrored on the opposite side of the active plane which allows modeling of symettrical objects The active plane is the YZ plane by default but it can be changed byusing the SetActive Plane tool found in the Artisan menu Ared Xwill be displayed to show where the mirrored cursor position is Artisan User Guide v 1 2 83 Sculpt Planar Lock T 1 E 1 ORY UK xTM Mirrored Component nr j VER Wt Y2o d e az PEN TA N Gp dfe CN Ad 5 Active vil ta Ve O T _ E o HER UN Component gt RATE PA E kr a km 2s wa t AUS 7 NM WEE REN Tools Affected Scu
14. aximum amount of displacement but in other modes it simply gives a visual cue for the strength and direction of the deformation There are several ways to adjust to the strength e Keying in a measurement followed by the letter s For example keying in 10ms will set the strength to 10 meters e Tapping the up or down arrow keys down to decrease up to increase e Holding the up or down arrow key while dragging the mouse up or down e Press the up and down arrow keys at the same time to reverse the displacement direction while keeping the same absolute strength value 5 Press the TAB key to cycle through the different sculpting modes Sculpt Smooth Pinch Inflate and Flatten 6 The current sculpt mode can also be changed using the right click context menu 7 lf you have pre selected any edges or faces prior to activating the sculpt brush a sculpt mask will be created The sculpting operation will only affect the selected edges and faces Press Escape to clear the sculpt mask Additional Settings In the Settings dialog e Soft Falloff Mode e Brush Mirror Plane e Sculpt Planar Lock e Auto smooth Sculpt Artisan User Guide v 1 2 48 Sculpt Mode Sculpt Mode EN py JP TH etna Sculpt mode is used to perform basic sculpting operations By default the mesh will be displaced in the direction of the average normal of the vertices that fall within the brush radius By holding the SHIFT key
15. e Introduction The Vertex Rotate tool is used to rotate a selection of vertices similarly to the SketchUp rotate tool Launching the Tool 806 2 Rt OK Click the Vertex Rotate icon from the Artisan toolbar or choose Tools gt Artisan gt Vertex Rotate from the menu 1 Launch the tool 2 If a SketchUp selection is currently active it wil be transformed into a vertex selection For example if a face was selected before launching the tool all vertices of that face will become selected when the Vertex Rotate tool is launched Artisan User Guide v 1 2 70 3 If there is no SketchUp selection currently active the last vertex selection in memory will be loaded Click the first reference point to set the rotation plane and origin Click the second reference point to align the bottom of the protractor Click the third reference point to complete the rotation operation Press ESCAPE to clear the selection If there is no selection hovering the mouse over an entity will select it ee Modifiers e Press TAB to toggle between hard and soft selection modes e Hold SHIFT when choosing the first reference point to lock the plane of the protractor Artisan User Guide v 1 2 71 Vertex Scale Introduction The Vertex Scale tool is used to scale a selection of vertices This tool can create the effect of inflating or deflating areas of a mesh Launching the Tool Click the Verte
16. e another layer called SDS hidden This layer is used to temporarily hide the selected geometry when in preview mode Artisan User Guide v 1 2 25 Committing the Sub Smoothed Model After being unlocked the sub smoothed model is ready to edit Proxy is selected and exploded Io If you have finished modeling in proxy mode and you wish to start directly editing the sub smoothed model you can commit the model by doing the following 1 Select the Proxy group 2 Explode the group right click context menu gt Explode 3 Press the delete key to delete the proxy faces Note Since the proxy faces are located on the Proxy layer you may wish to simply hide this layer in case you need the proxy later 4 Select the sub smoothed model 5 Unlock the component right click context menu gt Unlock Notes Regarding Proxy Mode Proxy mode is a great learning tool to learn how to visualize what the sub smoothed model will look like However this mode can be a bit unstable at times Keep in mind the following tips e Do not use other SketchUp plugins to edit a proxy while in proxy mode This may cause a crash or bugsplat However other Artisan tools can be used to edit a proxy in this mode e You cannot duplicate a proxy by using the move copy tool or the copy paste command The copied proxy will not behave correctly e You can disable group proxy mode by using the Settings dialog T ools gt Artisan gt S
17. ertex Select tool or by using the SketchUp selection tool 2 Launch the tool 3 Selectthe desired plane from the dialog box 4 Click OK and the vertices ofthe selection will be aligned to the chosen plane Artisan User Guide v 1 2 74 Note The Best plane is the plane that best fits the selected vertices Soft selected vertices can also be used with this tool Make Planar using Soft Selection FT TR 2 0 ar FRS ILL RN ALTES RS ES hi e ROK Wien lag RRO tee CI RY TAL LT KIKI NX KY BO CRO In the figure above the Select Brush tool was used to select a sequence of faces forming an S Then the Vertex Select tool was used to transform the selection into a soft selection of vertices Finally the Make Planar tool was used to flatten the vertices to the XY plane Artisan User Guide v 1 2 75 Mesh Tools Artisan User Guide v 1 2 76 Reduce Polygons c m gt O im Ew 2 E N x EV st Jos EIET RER I Kr a K k M ok ch wart 1 Lin st v 7 5 E E ISIN IN EX IN EN PERE KG I V VQ Iw u E k Rk he oe OK OT CT UT RF ES 5 R8 EX
18. ettings and changing Create Proxy from Group to Off Artisan User Guide v 1 2 26 Adding Detail to a Mesh Adjacent faces divided The Subdivide and Smooth tool can be used to add refinements to your model only where you need them Select the faces that you wish to refine and then launch the tool Notice that the adjacent unselected faces are also divided so that the mesh remains clean Additional Settings In the Settings dialog e Subsurface Materials e Soften Edges e Create Proxy from Group Artisan User Guide v 1 2 27 Subdivide and Smooth Examples Introduction Users who are not experienced in subdivision modelling may have some initial difficulty in understanding the relationship between the proxy and the subdivided model subsurf This section aims to give some examples and tips on how to predict what output you will achieve by subdividing different types of geometry Definitions Proxy meaning substitute This is the model that you actually create or draw in SketchUp on which the Subdivide and Smooth tool will be applied It is a rough low poly approximation of the model you are actually trying to achieve basically a cubic construction with no curves Subsurf subdivided surface This is the resultant high poly organic model you obtain when the Subdivide and Smooth tool is applied Example 1 Edges and Curvature Notice how the number and location of edges in the proxy affect
19. fferent folder dick Browse and select another folder Click Install to start the C Program Files Google Google SketchUp 8 Plugins Browse Space required 486 0KB Space available 4 9GB Cancel Nullsoft Install System v2 45 lt Back Install The plugin should install in the destination folder automatically If you have more than one version of SketchUp you may need to run the instaler again and change the destination folder Artisan User Guide v 1 2 12 Launch SketchUp z 8 0 6 7 MXM After installation is complete launch SketchUp You should see the Artisan toolbar if installation was successful Anew menu item Tools gt Artisan should now be added Note that there are features available in the menu that are not found in the toolbar Extensions Preferences Adds Tools gt Artisan to the SketchUp interface The Artisan submenu contains several tools for creating and editing organic geometry Version 1 0 1 Creator Dale Martens Whaat Copyright 2011 Dale Martens All rights reserved 9X cw If you open the Preferences gt Extensions dialog you should see the Artisan extension is enabled If itis not enabled check it and relaunch SketchUp Artisan User Guide v 1 2 13 Register Artisan Subdivide and Smooth Subdivide Selection Smooth Selection Crease Selection Crease Tool Knife Subdivide Extrude Sculpt Brush Select Brush Paint Br
20. g the boundary vertices the interface between the mesh and the adjacent out of context surface will remain continuous even when performing sculpting and smoothing operations Artisan User Guide v 1 2 39 Sculpting with Creased Vertices x ie gt RER wer LE aan A Crk 1 AMA LS K 0 NE _ mes Ye T ts With the boundary vertices creased sculpting and smoothing operations will not affect these vertices Artisan User Guide v 1 2 40 Knife Subdivide Introduction Loop Cuts The Knife tool is used to make loop cuts through a model Loop cuts are a sequence of edges that are all on the same plane and form a continuous loop The advantage of using loop cuts is that clean geometryis created which will give better results when using the Subdivide and omooth tool Launching the Tool eoed2 lmxw xemM OX Click the Knife Subdivide icon from the Artisan toolbar or choose Tools gt Artisan gt Knife Subdivide from the menu Artisan User Guide v 1 2 41 Click Here 1 Set your SketchUp camera to parallel projection Otherwise you might get unexpected results 2 Draw a cut line as shown starting and ending outside of the model The Completed Cut After completing the cut examine the model to see the result Artisan User Guide v 1 2 42 Using Loop Cuts Effectively Subdivide and 9 9 A 2 N c O e e Loop
21. isan is a set of powerful organic modeling tools It builds upon the subdivision tools in Dale s previous plugin Subdivide and Smooth and adds new tools to SketchUp that provide unprecedented control over complex high poly forms While subdivision modeling is the core of the plugin the sculpting and soft transformation tools allow you to take your models even further Artisan gives you the power to model things that were previously not 218 1 a A 8 Begin by downloading the free trial from the Artisan website Download Artisan Click either the Windows Installer link or the Mac Installer link to begin downloading the plugin Artisan User Guide v 1 2 11 Run the Installer Art san 1 0 1 Setup License Agreement ca Please read the following license agreement You must accept the terms of this agreement before continuing Artisan Plugin PRODUCT LICENSE INFORMATION NOTICE TO USERS CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING LEGAL AGREEMENT USE OF THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED WITH THIS AGREEMENT THE USER WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT 1 LICENSE GRANT The vendor Dale Martens arants vou a license to use one conv nf the Cancel Nullsoft Install System v2 45 I Agree After downloading double click the installer file to install the plugin Verify the Correct Destination Folder Artisan 1 0 1 Setup Installation Folder n on Setup will install Artisan 1 0 1 in the following folder To install in a di
22. l If there are nested groups or components within the selected component they will be deleted Operation on a Group Selected Group Proxy Mode is now activated By using the tool on a group Proxy Mode will become activated Artisan User Guide v 1 2 23 Proxy Mode Iterations changed to 3 Iterations Auto Update Update Subsurface E Sub smoothed model Proxy Settings updates automatically if Window auto update is checked Double click the transparent proxy to begin editing the proxy The Proxy Settings window will open In Proxy Mode you can see both the proxy and the sub smoothed model atthe same time As you make changes to the proxy the changes will be propogated to the sub smoothed model Un check the auto update boxto turn off automatic updates Manual updates may be performed by clicking the Update Subsurface button Note If the current SketchUp face style mode is set to Monochrome the proxy will not be transparent and you will be unable to see the sub smoothed model Artisan User Guide v 1 2 24 Proxy Mode Materials Materials By using proxy mode two new materials will be added to your SKP file These materials maybe edited if you wish to change the color and transparency settings Proxy Mode Layers By using proxy mode two new layers will be added to your SKP file These layers maybe used to control the visibility of the proxy and the sub smoothed model You may notic
23. lace e Smooth Selection creased edges will not be smoothed and creased vertices will be locked in place e Sculpt Brush creased vertices will be locked in place Launching the Tool Artisan 53 MOS MNIEISM 61 Click the Crease Tool icon from the Artisan toolbar or choose Tools gt Artisan gt Crease tool from the menu Operation NO IEEE Y AI I K AI et nn et 0 E __ x x 1 u onen lt a way 4 uw iene santo NUM aly FX 4 X 4 X FE H l 1 Ss De en A 1 Launch the tool 2 Click on an edge to crease thatedge The edge will turn green while the tool is active to indicate that the edge is creased 3 Click on a vertex to crease that vertex The vertex will be marked with a green cross to Artisan User Guide v 1 2 35 indicate thatthe vertexis creased 4 Click on a face to crease all edges of that face 5 SHIFT click to uncrease The figure above shows a few examples of how creasing can affect the Subdivde and Smooth tool For box 1 no edges are creased For box 2 all edges of the top face are creased This creates a flat top surface with rounded corners in the sub smoothed model For box3 the two opposite edges of the top face are creased This creased a hard edge at these locations For box4 the top four vertices are creased This locks the ve
24. lpt Brush Enabling Sculpt Planar Lock allows you to lock vertices to the active plane The vertices that currently reside on the active plane during sculpting willremain on this plane One use ofthis feature is that symmetrical sculpting can be performed using a regular component and a 0 or mirrored component If these components are positioned so that the interface vertices reside on the active plane then these vertices will remain on the plane during sculpting so that the interface or seam will not be torn apart during sculpting In the figure above the active plane is the YZ plane and sculpt planar lock has been enabled The interface between the two mirrored components lies directly on the YZ plane During sculpting the vertices on the YZ plane remain locked to this plane so that the seam is not torn apart Artisan User Guide v 1 2 84 Subsurface Materials Subsurface Subsurface Materials On r 8 16 115 Subdivide and Smooth 3 iterations Tools Affected Subdivide and Smooth Subdivide Selection Enabling Subsurface Materials allows subdivided surfaces to inherit the material assignments of the proxy When this settings is enabled a warning message will appear because the speed of subdivision operations will become much slower when this feature is enabled In general itis recommended to apply materials after all modeling work has been completed An advantage of this feature is that texture UVs will
25. ng the Tool Artisan E Select faces a group or a component and then click the icon on the Artisan toolbar The tool can also be launched using the menu item Tools gt Artisan gt Subdivide and Smooth 9 3 2 M Artisan User Guide v 1 2 18 Operation on a Selection of Faces Select the faces and then launch the tool Artisan User Guide v 1 2 19 Operation on a Selection of Faces After launching the tool you will see a preview ofthe sub smoothed mesh Artisan User Guide v 1 2 20 Changing the Number of Iterations When in preview mode enter a number between 1 4 to change the number ofiterations Here two iterations have been chosen by typing 2 lt enter gt You can keep changing the number of iterations by entering a different value between 1 4 until you are satisfied Artisan User Guide v 1 2 21 Creating the Geometry Press the Enter or Return key to create the geometry For large models this might take several seconds If you want to exit the preview mode without creating the geometry click anywhere in the viewport or press the Escape key Artisan User Guide v 1 2 22 Operation on a Component Pd Selected Component Component after using Subdivide and Smooth To use the tool on a SketchUp component first select the component and then launch the tool Note Only the faces directly inside the component will be affected by using the too
26. or choose Tools gt Artisan gt Subdivide Selection from the menu Operation 1 Select any number of faces 2 Launch the tool 3 The selected faces will be subdivided Adjacent faces will also be divided so that the mesh remains clean Note that if the faces contain holes itis better to first divide the face into quads using the Line Tool so that the subidvision will create a nicer mesh Additional Settings In the Settings dialog e Subsurface Materials e Soften Edges Artisan User Guide v 1 2 33 Smooth Selection Artisan a 9 el 26 M 3 MERRY OX Select the Smooth Selection tool from the Artisan toolbar or choose the Tools gt Artisan gt Smooth Selection menu item 2252222222 EEE asa AN a m _ IS PAT TEL smu Ena Eau m AE gt o an Saa ae aA 12 Sr aw OSA VEN suu 0 PO P LL DB E77 y EESTI 7 7 1 Selectthe faces for smoothing Typically the faces will be part of a highly subdivided 2 Launch the tool 3 The selected faces will be smoothed Artisan User Guide v 1 2 34 Crease Tool Introduction The crease tool allows you to mark edges and vertices to be creased or locked Marking the edges and vertices this way does nothing by itself However the behavior of OTHER tools maybe affected Tools that are affected by creasing are as follows e Subdivide and Smooth creates a sharp edge or locks vertices in p
27. row keys left to decrease right to increase e Holding the left or right arrow key down while dragging the mouse up or down Artisan User Guide v 1 2 66 Additional Settings In the Settings dialog e Soft Falloff Mode Artisan User Guide v 1 2 67 Vertex Move Introduction The Vertex Move tool is used to move a selection of vertices similarly to the native SketchUp Move FAR ee Er 1 Launch the tool 2 If a SketchUp selection is currently active it wil be transformed into a vertex selection For example if a face was selected before launching the tool all vertices of that face will become selected when the Vertex Move tool is launched 3 If there is no SketchUp selection currently active the last vertex selection in memory will be loaded 4 Click the first reference point Click the second reference point to complete the move operation 6 Press ESCAPE to clear the selection If there is no selection hovering the mouse over an entity will select it S Modifiers e Hold SHIFT to move perpendicular along average normal e Hold the UP or DOWN arrows to constrain movement to the Z axis e Hold the RIGHT arrow to constrain movement ot the X axis e Hold the LEFT arrow to constrain movement to the Y axis e Hold CTRL to move along the current camera view plane e Press TAB to toggle between hard and soft selection modes Artisan User Guide v 1 2 69 Vertex Rotat
28. rtices in place For box 5 the top four vertices and edges are creased which creates a flat surface with sharp corners Artisan User Guide v 1 2 36 Crease Selection Introduction The Crease Selection feature of Artisan allows you to select any number of edges and faces in your model and perform creasing in one operation For an overview of creasing please review the Crease Tool section of this manual Launching the Tool Subdivide and Smooth Subdivide Selection Smooth Selection Crease Tool Knife Subdivide Extrude Sculpt Brush Select Brush Paint Brush Set Active Plane Vertex Select Vertex Move Vertex Rotate Vertex Scale Make Planar Triangulate Reduce Polygons Settings Register Tutorials The Crease Selection tool is only available from the Artisan menu Choose Tools gt Artisan gt Crease Selection to launch this feature Artisan User Guide v 1 2 37 Operation Crease Scope Edges Only Boundary Vertices S ini select faces and edges in your model Launch the tool 1 2 3 Choose the operation crease or uncrease 4 Choose the scope The scope allows you to filter the entities for the operation Creasing the boundary vertices is very useful if the boundary of the mesh must remain connected to other geometry that is notin the same context as shown in the figure above Artisan User Guide v 1 2 38 Creasing Boundary Vertices By creasin
29. s have now been fixed e Previously the Vertex Rotate tool required a pre selection of vertices This is no longer the case Similarly to the Vertex Move tool you do not need to first select vertices prior to using this tool e The SHIFT or CTRL keys can now be used to lock the protractor axis of the Vertex Rotate tool e Previously performance of Mac systems was reduced due to the number of status bar progress updates during some operations This has now been fixed and Mac users should see better performance when using tools such as the Poly Reduction tool e Previously ifthe user pushed the numeric zero key when using a Vertex Transformation tool Artisan User Guide v 1 2 9 the soft selection mode would change This bug is now fixed e Previously if the brush mirror plane was active when changing the brush size by holding an arrow key and mouse dragging the mirrored brush cursor would move up or down This has now been fixed e The triangulation algorithm has been improved This helps mainly during other operations which required pre triangulation such as the Smooth Selection tool e There was a bug where the soft selection and sculpt radius size would change when a different tool was selected This should now be fixed Artisan User Guide v 1 2 10 Installation and Registration Download Artisan From the creator of the best sell ng Subdivide And Smooth plugin comes next generation modeling tools in SketchUp Art
30. th value strength indicator points towards the mesh will spread the vertices away from the center of the brush Artisan User Guide v 1 2 53 Inflate Mode Inflate Mode The Inflate mode can be used to inflate the mesh much like inflating a balloon Vertices are displaced in the direction of their individual normals Reverse Inflate A negative strength value strength indicator points towards the mesh will collapse the vertices such that they are displaced in the opposite direction of their individual normals Artisan User Guide v 1 2 54 Flatten Mode Flatten Mode a Ey LEE OR E OO RS A 2 U La Flatten Mode flattens vertices to a common plane The flatten plane is set by the first face that is clicked on at the start of a brush stroke 1 Area is flattened by performing brush strokes starting from a semi horizontal face at a raised height 2 Area is flattened by performing brush strokes starting from a sloping face 3 Area is flattened by performing brush strokes starting from a horizontal face at ground level Artisan User Guide v 1 2 55 Horizontal Flattening 4 i Un de B DA NON MH E N TR P LK 71 i ico By holding SHIFT as you perform the brush stroke the flattening wil be constrained to a horizontal plane atthe height of the first face that was clicked Reverse Flatten ET US EEE IP N LIE 72 KOA KE eir o
31. uide v 1 2 92 Contact Artisan Support Contact Information For any questions or to submit a feature request please email support artisan4sketchup com Thank you Artisan User Guide v 1 2 93 Acknowledgements would like to thank the following individuals for their great contributions to Artisan Translators Arc Chinese Burkhard Deutsch Oxer Spanish Pilou French TAK2HATA Japanese Edson Mahfuz Portuguese Kirill Bannov Russian Jernej Vidmar Slovenian Simon Le Bon Subdivide and Smooth examples Pilou French manual translation The SketchUcation team http sketchucation com The CatchUp team Beta testing team Thomas Thomassen for graciously sharing his localization code and 3D point drawing hack AI those who help spread the word with your killer Artisan skills Cotty Solo and Boo to name a few Artisan User Guide v 1 2 94
32. ush Set Active Plane Vertex Select Vertex Move Vertex Rotate Vertex Scale Make Planar Triangulate Reduce Polygons Settings Tutorials After installating Artis an for the first time you have 15 days to freely evaluate it After 15 days YOU must purchase a license and registration code in order to continue using the plugin You can purchase a license for Artisan 21 artisan4sketchup com After purchasing you will be emailed a registration code Go to Tools gt Artisan gt Register to enter the code and register your license Artisan User Guide v 1 2 14 Enter License Information Register Artisan Email Address Registration Key OK Cancel You must enter your Paypal email address and code exactly as shown in the email Use Copy Paste CTRL C and CTRL V to copy the code from the email and paste it into the registration dialog box After entering a valid email address and registration key your copy of Artisan will be unlocked and the 15 day trial limit will be removed Artisan User Guide v 1 2 15 Uninstalling Disable the Artisan Extension System Preferences m Applications Compatibility viBezierSpline Dialog Bulge v Push Adds Tools gt Artisan to the SketchUp interface The Artisan submenu contains several tools for creating and editing organic geometry Version 1 0 1 Creator Dale Martens Whaat Copyright 2011 Dale Martens All rights reserved
33. utes e tis suggested to reduce a mesh in several small increments eg 20 instead of using one large value e For better performance use this tool by first selecting specific areas of a mesh using the oelect Brush instead of selecting the entire mesh e Free edges border edges will be maintained when using this tool Artisan User Guide v 1 2 78 Triangulate Introduction The Triangulate tool in Artisan will divide all of the selected faces into triangles Existing triangles will not be modified Many of the tools in Artisan sculpting smoothing polygon reduction produce better results when using triangulated geometry Launching the Tool The Triangulate tool is found in the Artisan menu Go to Tools gt Artisan gt Triangulate to activate it Operation Faces selected for triangulation 1 Select the faces for triangulation 2 Launch the tool 3 The selected faces will be triangulated see figure below Artisan User Guide v 1 2 79 Result of Triangulation Artisan User Guide v 1 2 80 Settings Artisan User Guide v 1 2 81 Settings Introduction Global Settings LORS Soft Falloff Mode Brush Mirror Plane sculpt Planar Lock subsurface Materials Soften Edges On Create Proxy From Group On Auto Smooth Sculpt On m Language English m OK Cancel The Settings dialog allows you to set a number of options that affect the behavior of other Artisan tools L
34. vious features of Subdivide and Smooth sudivision surface modeling while adding many more powerful modeling features including e Sculpting Tools sculpt smooth inflate flatten pinch e Vertex Transformation move rotate scale Soft Selection e Make Planar e Polygon Reduction The powerful organic modeling features of Artisan are highly suitable for modeling objects such as e Terrain e Furniture e Characters e Abstract Sculptures artwork vases e Vehicles and machines e Fabric curtains and pillows e Rocks tree trunks and plants e Plumbing fixtures faucets bath tubs toilets sinks Below are some images of models that were created using the Artisan plugin Images are copyright to the model creator and are used with permission Some images have been rendered using additional software Artisan User Guide v 1 2 5 Chair by cotty Artisan User Guide v 1 2 6 Snoopy by solo Basin by cotty Scooter by Yogie3D Artisan User Guide v 1 2 7 Mur ninopiamon Rattan Chair by Fabric by cotty 1 Era sn EEE evt P M LA 8 dms Abstract Drops by cotty Artisan User Guide v 1 2 8 Release Notes What s New in Artisan 1 2 The following features and improvements have been added in this version e Multi language support Change the current language by going to Artisan gt Settings gt Language e Verte
35. x Scale icon from the Artisan toolbar or choose Tools gt Artisan gt Vertex Scale from the menu 1st Reference CA SS WT A MM IN 2nd Reference Point Be 1 Launch the tool 2 If a SketchUp selection is currently active it wil be transformed into a vertex selection For example if a face was selected before launching the tool all vertices of that face will become selected when the Vertex Select tool is launched 3 If there is no SketchUp selection currently active the last vertex selection in memory will be loaded 4 Click the first reference point to set the scale origin Artisan User Guide v 1 2 72 5 Click the second reference point Click the third reference point to complete the scaling operation 7 Press ESCAPE to clear the selection Ifthere is no selection hovering the mouse over an entity will select it Modifiers e Press TAB to toggle between hard and soft selection modes e Hold CTRL to scale about the selection center Artisan User Guide v 1 2 73 Make Planar Introduction This tool is used on a selection of vertices to align them to a common plane Launching the Tool Click the Make Planar icon from the Artisan toolbar or choose Tools gt Artisan gt Make Planar from the menu K M 2C on LS 5 9 SSEN PI m Wie o rore CAT sata 0 RER M 1 Create a vertex selection by using the V
36. x Scale Tool Scales the selection of vertices and operates with either normal selection or soft selection e Greatly enhanced performance of the sculpting brush It should now be significantly easier to sculpt high poly geometry e Auto smooth sculpting Enable this setting by going to Artisan gt Settings gt Auto smooth Sculpt This setting will automatically smooth brush strokes from the sculpt brush works in normal sculpt mode only e You can now use the SHIFT modifier when sculpting in sculpt mode to constrain vertical deformation only e You can now use the SHIFT modifier when sculpting in flatten mode to constrain flattening to a horizontal plane e Sculpting strength can now be adjusted for the sculpt brush in pinch smooth and flatten modes e Bysoulpting in smooth mode with the strength vector reversed jitter can be added to the vertices e Bysoulpting in flatten mode with the strength vector reversed sharp peaks and valleys can be created e Smooth Selection and Subdivide and Smooth of selected faces is now more robust and can handle more difficult geometry without giving error messages to the user e The sculpt tool in flatten mode now flattens vertices toward the plane of the first face clicked on e Vertices that have been creased now stay locked in place during sculpting operations e More options were added to the Crease Selection tool to allow creasing of boundary edges and vertices The following issues and bug

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