Is this what you were talking about? http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=80%26amp;t=64302

@jql said: That is a very interesting plugin glro, it's also very interesting how you modeled that scafold as you seem to have done that based on a line or "bone" system. Have you done that based on some plugin? The base concept is indeed similar to this request however the fact that it compares bounding boxes doesn't fit in this case as it's the actual faces and edges I would wish to compare. This is something I have to do by hand on all my projects, but follows a very simple rule, so it could be fit for a plugin. It would save me literally hours of work, so it would be worth a lot to me. Here's a real example I made in sketchup: [attachment=0:1d3fe13i]<!-- ia0 -->example.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1d3fe13i] the example scaffolding is made totally with components, no edges, no surfaces; so it is possible to use the bounding boxes; the axis line is needed to position precisely the components one onto another The example you show is made of lines, hatches, ... traditional 2D drawing elements; i wouldn't know how to deal with that; maybe the rules you mention might be translated into code lines.

Why do you need an update ? The current versions should work...

should I add this feature? does anyone have any feedback... [image: cP7P_Castlelation_Demo_02.gif] john

Exactly Rich, thanks for suggesting it as such.

@nektares said: Maybe this, on first step just draw a rough aproximation of where you want the rope to go. on step two adjust it and then convert it with bz toolbar to catmull spline and then the final step just tube along path or follow me along the generated catmull spline. [attachment=0:25tsseem]<!-- ia0 -->rope_test1.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:25tsseem] The times I tried the same workflow tube along path worked better.

Thanks. I just tried it and it didn't seem to work. It's also too many steps to make an efficient workflow.

Ohh ok ! i got it ! Thank you so much Pbacot and JQL for the help !

Lo malo de sketchup es que hay que tener una indinidad de plugins para poder trabajar adecuadamente, deberían tener un programa completo aun que se pague un poco mas.

Thank you. You can't imagine how much you helped me. Robert

A SketchupExtension registrar script for the outer "Plugins" folder. ngon_bezier_patch.rb

Working on a similar vase. [image: lwbw_ScreenShot2016-04-19at10.07.50PM.png]

@pixero said: Would it be possible to make it simpler with just extending edges until it meets a edge? For a case like in the image above that would work for all but one. (The diagonal edge.) Yes, it is the diagonal edges that complicate the problem but I'm still thinking about it.

In the meantime, you can do it with BezierSpline and Curviloft Along Path. This gives you the control of the junction spline. Fredo [image: RnxT_Curviloft-JointFaces-Edges.gif]

Does not seem to work for me. In SU 2016 I did put the plugin under USER application Data, since I understand this is where the plugins are located now. The dialog box opens i enter all the specs but no component is drawn.

And seems replace random components by Sdmitch can make some tricks shown on the video!

@Grice There is something weird in the style of the model that makes Sketchup freeze when views are changed by program. This is true for the native animation, whether Play or Export Video. This even happens when you change scenes manually. I notice the same behavior when building a fly-through animation based on your scenes with Animator. Sketchup seems to block and freeze at certain transitions, which makes the generation quite long (I cannot attach it here as it is too big, but I can post it on YouTube if you are OK). Anyway, the model is useful to me for Animator, as it shows that Animation should be edited with simple styles, using complex styles only for generation of videos. EDIT: I investigated deeper this problem of freeze: for some frames, and inexplicably, write_image can take more than 2 minutes this seems to be related to the watermark This has nothing to do with the face-me components Fredo

Thanks for your reply. I finally use classification ( an ifc one ) for components and put all my parameters on it ( ref, name, details ... ). That allow me to avoid the "instance" use and exploit my component definition on layout drawings notes ( on that case it is for electrical draw with a lot of repeated references/details ). regards

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Thanks! It seems this does what I wanted. I will try it. Thanks again for your precious time and help. Best regards