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      pichuneke
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      This plugin would be perfect for modelling some of the geometric figures of the church of the "Sagrada Familia" of Gaudรญ, in Barcelona... If I could live for 200 years I would start to think about making some parts in sketchup... ๐Ÿ˜†

      Forgive my spanglish...

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        plot-paris
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        I think thats a proper challenge for silvershadow's eye candy III ๐Ÿ˜„

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          maxosmedia
          last edited by

          Its for win only? A can`t see menu command for this on mac

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            bianhai
            last edited by

            @rufy said:

            nice plugin ๐Ÿ‘
            by the way,what is SUTOOL 2009? it is new plugin ?, i saw the toolbar at the video by bianhai, i search in google, i found it , i know that site but i can understand chinese languange, ๐ŸŽ‰

            see here:
            sutool v0.38
            http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10248&p=67084&hilit=+wikii#p67084

            [Plugin] SUTool: a new way to manager your RB script
            http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=5946&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=wikii
            Add a RB script to:
            Drop down menu? difficult to use~
            Toolbar? cost a lot screen area to display~
            Context menu? it is already too long~

            SUTool organises RB scripts in a AutoCAD_screen_menu_like sidemenu ,as the Gif show.

            SUTool v0.06 has ability to add in a new RB script automatically,as the Gif show.

            and:

            New chinese version released is SUTOOL2009.

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              rufy
              last edited by

              thanks bianhai ๐Ÿ˜†

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                kilgo
                last edited by

                Trying to get this plug in to work for me. I am on a mac 10.4.11, Sketchup Pro. Works well if I push/pull a face where the path is connected to it. It will not follow for a path that is not curved though. However, what I am trying to accomplish is a coil that follows a circular path (winds around the path). I have removed all of the plug-ins and restated with no results, trashed the .plist, but no joy yet.

                This example is on the thread[url]viewtopic.php?f=180&t=13014&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a[/url]
                what exactly is a "construction point" cause this is just what I needed to do.


                Screen grab of thread

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                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  Maybe this can help you ๐Ÿ˜‰
                  For weld a curve used the plug linked ๐Ÿ˜‰

                  The Plug Weld 3.0 by RickW (free) at Smustard.com โ˜€


                  rot.jpg


                  20081008102041_15s.jpg

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                    wikii
                    last edited by

                    look the pic


                    .jpg

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                      kilgo
                      last edited by

                      Wiki, Thanks for the reply.

                      I made an observation using the supplied SKP file that you included with the .rb file called "far.skp"

                      Opening the file and looking at the last model I notice that the vertical line segmented. When I apply the FFR ruby to this line and its shape the ruby functions well as in your examples. But if I draw a line that has no segments it does not behave the same way. The plug in fails to activate, it acually doesnt do anything after selecting it.


                      segments


                      successful


                      Unsegmented Line


                      unsuccessful

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                        wikii
                        last edited by

                        The path must be a curve which is constructed with several segments!

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                          maxosmedia
                          last edited by

                          not for macintosh again ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ˜ž

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                            Matt666
                            last edited by

                            @kilgo said:

                            Wiki, Thanks for the reply.

                            I made an observation using the supplied SKP file that you included with the .rb file called "far.skp"

                            Opening the file and looking at the last model I notice that the vertical line segmented. When I apply the FFR ruby to this line and its shape the ruby functions well as in your examples. But if I draw a line that has no segments it does not behave the same way. The plug in fails to activate, it acually doesnt do anything after selecting it.

                            A simple Push-Pull can do that ๐Ÿ˜•

                            Frenglish at its best !
                            My scripts

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                              kilgo
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                              @unknownuser said:

                              A simple Push-Pull can do that

                              Matt,

                              Wiki's ruby is designed to "Twist" the shape as it follows the path. Do you mean the push pull tool will rotate a shape as well as extrude it?

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                                Frank0503
                                last edited by

                                @unknownuser said:

                                Maybe this can help you ๐Ÿ˜‰
                                For weld a curve used the plug linked ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                The Plug Weld 3.0 by RickW (free) at Smustard.com โ˜€

                                Thank you so much, so your plugin you share that truly the key of "follow me rotate"

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                                  AthidhiTM
                                  last edited by

                                  thanks dude

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                                    CAD Addict
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi,
                                    It doesn't seem to work with straight paths. If the path I use is a curve it works, if it is a straight line it doesn't do anything. Is that how it is supposed to work?

                                    http://www.cad-addict.com

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                                      Jim57
                                      last edited by

                                      It works on Macintosh running 10.5.6. Get the .zip file if you have trouble with the .rar.

                                      Wow, this is a great pluginโ€” thanks!!!!

                                      It blows up on me if I scale up more than about 1.1. Looks like it scales once for every segment on the lineโ€” I was expecting it to scale over the whole length. This makes for a very sensitive scaling feature.

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                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        @cad addict said:

                                        Hi,
                                        It doesn't seem to work with straight paths. If the path I use is a curve it works, if it is a straight line it doesn't do anything. Is that how it is supposed to work?

                                        Yes.

                                        @wikii said:

                                        The path must be a curve which is constructed with several segments!

                                        Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                          boilingsnow
                                          last edited by

                                          @cad addict said:

                                          Hi,
                                          It doesn't seem to work with straight paths. If the path I use is a curve it works, if it is a straight line it doesn't do anything. Is that how it is supposed to work?

                                          you can divide a line into many segments and then weld them again.

                                          It works!

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                                            Jim57
                                            last edited by

                                            I love what this does!

                                            While it worked fine for me at first, now I'm having troubles. If anyone has fixes, let me know, I need this script!

                                            -sometimes the script reverses the follow line. It starts from one side, but when I select the script it flips to the other.

                                            -sometimes the script does not work, even after welding my follow lines religiously

                                            -sometimes all the script does is place a 2" long construction line on the underside of the face, one segment's length away from the face.

                                            -I just tried again. The first time, it didn't work. The second try, it placed the 2" construction line on the underside and reversed the path. The third try, it worked great, with the path coming from an offcenter construction point. The following five times, it shifted the path from the construction line to the center of the face and, other than that, worked.

                                            -not a bug, but a feature request: as I posted earlier, scaling and rotation are per segment of the follow path, not over the whole length. It might be more intuitive and controllable if they were measured over the whole path.

                                            Again I will repeat, I always weld my follow lines or use unexploded curves. I'm using FAR on a Mac and some posters feel it is Win onlyโ€” Is this the issue? SU seems buggier as I use FAR, though this may be coincidence, or confusing the cause and effect.

                                            Thanks for any assistance,

                                            Jim

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