Free plugin: Sidewalk

[c4d-Jack]

Hi,

sometimes one needs to relax a bit. Can't fumble with SurfaceSPREAD all the time. So I took 1.5 days off and wrote a little free plugin...

Sidewalk is a parametric... well, a sidewalk, as it can be seen here (http://img.i7m.de/images/la2ht-7cjch-lgnhi-5b8ui.jpg). It was inspired by Fredi Voss' Sidewalk Tutorial (http://c4dnetwork.com/board/showthread.php?t=7500) (in german).

Here's a little test image (I know, the materials won't win a price):
http://img.i7m.de/show/uk7dp.jpg.

The plugin is free and was successfully tested in R10, R11.0 and R11.5. Of course, it runs in 32 and 64 bit mode. Currently there is no MAC build yet, but that will be added soon. Sidewalk is currently in beta state and it's likely that some features will be added, or that the GUI will change.

Download here (http://www.c4d-jack.de/html/downloads/dl_exp_modelling.html) (Website is in German, just download "Sidewalk")

Have fun with it,
Jack

[Tong]

thank you Jack, looks cool, needs tests -0

[hiro]

Cool, Thanks a lot!

[segnoprogetto]

As always do great plugin thanks for the work you're doing!
:wink:

[colibert]

Looks great Jack, i could have really done with something like this a few weeks ago, will look forward to a the MAC version....hopefully also another surfacespread purchase coming your way this weekend, read the manual 5 times now and i cant hold off any longer :wink:

[stefan]

danke Jack
gruss
stefan

[Tong]

c4d-Jack can i post it in resources vrayc4d with all credits?

[c4d-Jack]

Of course :)

[c4d-Jack]

Had some minutes to improve it a little...

v1.00.03
Now you can also create curbstones. Also, there's a slider which is used to eliminate random elements, to simulate a damaged sidewalk.

New test image:
http://img.i7m.de/show/gwcbt.jpg

There's still no MAC build, but it will come soon.

Download is still here:
http://www.c4d-jack.de/html/downloads/dl_exp_modelling.html

Cheers,
Jack

[zickboom]

Hi Jack,

Can we expect a mac version soon ?
It's really interesting and not only for ground.

Thanks.

[c4d-Jack]

There will be a Mac version, of course.

But since I don't have a Mac, somebody else compiles it for me, so I have to wait. Also, the MAC compiler often throws some errors which don't occur on the PC compiler. I have to fix those errors first.

Also, I still have something else to do :D

[stefan]

with curbstones... you read my mind:-)

thx a lot Jack!
+cheers
stefan

[prayas]

Danke Frank,

another great plugin by you. Great to see what you can do in one and a half day off. :) So get back to work now.

P..:

[Rich_Art]

I like the update a lot.. Great job Jack and very kind of you to make a free plugin during your holiday. :)

Peace,
Rich_Art. :wink:

[jeremy coombs]

This is really brilliant - is it possible to make the pavement go around a corner?

Cool stuff and very kind of you to put it on this site free of charge.

Jeremy.

[c4d-Jack]

And here it is for Mac!
Thanks to Don from Py4D.com for compiling!

http://www.c4d-jack.de/html/downloads/dl_exp_modelling.html

@Jeremy: If someday I will have lots of free time, I may think of a Sidewalk Corner Object. Anyway, I have not yet figured out any working algorithm to create those automatically. Also, there's no free time at the moment.

Greetings,
Jack

[jeremy coombs]

Hi Jack - thanks for the response - I think you should be perhaps selling this stuff anyway - it's fabulous!

Jeremy.

[c4d-Jack]

I wouldn't make any money with other people's ideas. And since the Sidewalk plugin just automates the same steps of work that are shown in Fredi Voss' Sidewalk Tutorial, it's actually him who did most of the work (in sense of research & development of the actual work to do). I just translated German Language to code ;-)

Cheers,
Jack

[choppir]

nice! thanks Jack!

[nycL45]

A special thanks to your wife for allowing you to spend some free time on this clever tool. :wink: And thanks to you for producing and sharing it.

Leonard