[Req] Loft

fakircho · 8 Oct 2008, 06:04

I have been waiting for this for a few years now. Any chance we can get this anytime soon
I believe RickW was working on it at some point in time but have not heard or seen anything in a very long time. Obviously first price is for this to be real time, ie if you move one of the profiles the lofted shape should follow

Thanks

chango70 · 8 Oct 2008, 10:48

That would be super! Sketchrino!

TIG · 8 Oct 2008, 16:33

'Skin' does something similar...

rv1974 · 9 Oct 2008, 08:41

The skin is a pale shadow of the real old good loft though..

free agent · 9 Oct 2008, 09:13

haha that guys pretty blunt eh... skin doesnt add that intermediat geometry that the Loft seems to do

fakircho · 9 Oct 2008, 13:48

Yes i know that there are a couple of scripts that do similar stuff but
we do need proper loft functionality. It is a fundamental 3D modeling concept
that is present in all the big packages, 3dmax, C4d, Maya, FormZ etc. Sketchup needs it a LOFT tool
It would enhance Sketchup modeling capabilities greatly.

plot-paris · 10 Oct 2008, 11:10

but as far as I know lofts are only possible with nurbs. that means that if you want a loft that still can be manipulated via it's curves, you need the calculation process for a nurbs form and its transformation into a polygon shape in real time...

I think for a fluent loft tool we needed something like SketchUp Nurbs, which would be great, but I am afraid is rather unlikely...

kylintz · 3 Feb 2010, 12:18

loft2 loft2 loft2

TIG · 3 Feb 2010, 12:27

@kylintz said:

:berserk: loft2 loft2 loft2

???
EEbyRails ?

plot-paris · 3 Feb 2010, 12:56

well, EEbyRails restricts you to 4 curves (two profile curves, and two path curves) whereas with a loft tool you are allowed to use as many curves as you like (order in which curves are selected will determine the order they are used).
maybe you could create a loft tool based on your EEbyRails tool...
I know there is a basic loft tool out there somewhere (I think Chris Fullmer). but last thing I know its still in early beta.
you got quite a stable tool which produces beautifully smooth forms. so maybe you could derive a mighty loft tool from it...

fredo6 · 3 Feb 2010, 22:37

@plot-paris said:

well, EEbyRails restricts you to 4 curves (two profile curves, and two path curves) whereas with a loft tool you are allowed to use as many curves as you like (order in which curves are selected will determine the order they are used).
maybe you could create a loft tool based on your EEbyRails tool...
I know there is a basic loft tool out there somewhere (I think Chris Fullmer). but last thing I know its still in early beta.
you got quite a stable tool which produces beautifully smooth forms. so maybe you could derive a mighty loft tool from it...

I am working on such multi-profile loft tool. Still a lot of work, but you can get an idea at http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=1306&start=210#p216592

Fredo