FenceMaker

[TheEagle]

Sorry for bothering you - when I used the FG addon to export the fence plan, it works PERFECTLY ! And thank you for making this tool ! It saves really much work !

[TheEagle]

Well, not so perfectly - when building the fence and after that clicking Edit > Undo, Blender crashes …

Also, the blender plugin does not respect the orientation of the original fence - what to do ??

In the terminal I get ouput of

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Warning: Missing FG_SCENERY environment variable.


WHich directory should I put into this variable ? $FG_HOME ?

[merspieler]

FG_SCENERY should be either terrasync or your custom scenery.

[sfr]

that didn't happen for me. but instead of clicking Undo you can also select all the new objects and delete them manually.
i've also had an issue with the orientation of the created fence, it took me a while to figure it out.

here's the solution (with screenshot).
your imported fence object likely has a 90 degree rotation set. All that's needed is to 'Apply' it (Object->Apply->Rotation) before running the add-on.

on my system i have set it to the TerraSync folder

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FG_SCENERY=/home/sfr/.fgfs/TerraSync

but i don't think the FG addon really needs it. and it's a warning only anyways.

[merspieler]

I'd assume it needs it for elevation information....

[TheEagle]

@sfr: Thought I had tried that … Anyways, Object > Apply > Rotation did the trick ! Thank you !

[sfr]

i just did a quick test with FG_SCENERY undefined. the FG addon part works just fine without it set. the elevation is retrieved directly from FG.

[TheEagle]

Yeah, it really looks like the Blender addon doesn't need it; but … there must a reason for the warning to be implemented !

[sfr]

hi all,

the revised addon is now available as an all-in-one ZIP file.

it contains both the FG and Blender addons, the sample fence.blend file and documentation.
No new or modified functionality though, just easier to install compared to VaLeo's original version.

let me know if there are any issues with it.

bye, sfr