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    [Plugin] FollowMe and keep (v0.04 update 20090210)

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    • D Offline
      dtrarch
      last edited by

      Wiki Thank you Thank you ๐Ÿ˜
      WOW this is the real missing link in SU fixed at last.
      This worked perfect right out of the box.

      For Architects developing roadways on non level topography this is a must have tool and for the handrail up sweeping stairs this will be a life saver.
      I have begged, offered bribes, and even bathed every day to hopefully have someone put this together with no luck until the Wizard of Code delivered.
      An icon would be a helpful addition if not too troubling to add.

      Just brilliant and generous.

      Thanks more than I can properly express.

      dtr Architect
      PERFECT.png[/attachment]


      FAK IS PERFECT.png

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        wikii
        last edited by

        @unknownuser said:

        @unknownuser said:

        You can add a hori line at the end of curve to avoid it.

        So we must make that ๐Ÿ˜‰
        Works but curious method ๐Ÿ’š

        0.02 provide perfect ending and autosmooth.

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          Ecuadorian
          last edited by

          This should have been a tool in SU from the very beginning, thank you wikii!

          -Miguel Lescano
          Subscribe to my house plans YouTube channel! (30K+ subs)

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            @unknownuser said:

            You can add a hori line at the end of curve to avoid it.

            So we must make that ๐Ÿ˜‰ (a vertical is more easy to draw in the space)
            (bending effect on the right on the smooth view is just perspective !)
            Works but curious method ๐Ÿ’š

            Another thing : measure of lengh of the "rectangle facet" must be less than the radius of the curve else auto intersections become! ๐Ÿ˜‰


            weld.jpg

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

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              0.02 is the version, I had believed that was a parameter ๐Ÿ˜„

              But sorry seems you have uploaded a false version! I have always the same result and not your result !


              perfect.jpg

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

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                wikii
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                0.02 is the version, I had believed that was a parameter ๐Ÿ˜„

                But sorry seems you have uploaded a false version! I have always the same result and not your result !

                ๐Ÿ˜ณ

                I have uploaded a wrong package.
                Sorry for that,please download v0.02 again.

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                  xrok1
                  last edited by

                  an option for the sweep to start at the beginning of the line no matter where the profile is drawn would make this perfect. maybe a checkbox for start at path or start at profile. then maybe a normal(size of path) or distance from(size*distance from path) instead of the construction point. it seems a pain to make a construction point?

                  โ€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.โ€

                  http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                    xrok1
                    last edited by

                    hey ๐Ÿ˜ฎ , i just noticed the
                    @unknownuser said:

                    follow me rotate
                    script is written by wikii too! any chance the two will be combined ๐Ÿ˜„

                    โ€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.โ€

                    http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      Now it's perfect! ๐Ÿ˜Ž

                      Can you make a version where the plug is in the Draw menu, because I have no more place on the Plugins menu! ๐Ÿ˜ž

                      (Click on image if scroll bars exist)


                      perfect.jpg

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

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                        gata
                        last edited by

                        I have some paths where both versions of the script failed. On the bright side, they will be good for future testing.

                        Edit: More fun things to play with (done on the figure 8 path):

                        1. different results if the path is welded verses non-welded.
                        2. if the edges of the extruding face are also selected, the extrusion face is reversed and the extrusion location changes.

                        Follow Me boo-boo.skp

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                          bianhai
                          last edited by

                          Thanks Wikii!
                          ๐Ÿ‘
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                          3.jpg
                          FAK.skp

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                          • gillesG Offline
                            gilles
                            last edited by

                            I've been waiting for this tool for a while.

                            Thanks.

                            But there is something wrong:

                            It does not really follow the path, see attached files.

                            And sometimes SU quite.

                            OSX 10.4 SU6


                            FAK.jpg


                            FAK.skp

                            " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                            • Jean-FrancoJ Offline
                              Jean-Franco
                              last edited by

                              Hi, that was also my remark from yesterday. Have a look at the beginning of this thread.
                              You have to place a construction point at the origin of your curved path. Then it works.
                              This is equivalent to scene 2 in the WiKi's file FAK.skp

                              Jean-Franco

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                                boilingsnow
                                last edited by

                                @gilles said:

                                I've been waiting for this tool for a while.

                                Thanks.

                                But there is something wrong:

                                It does not really follow the path, see attached files.

                                And sometimes SU quite.

                                OSX 10.4 SU6

                                I think it will be no problem if you make the path in the middle of the profile instead at one side of it.

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                                  wikii
                                  last edited by

                                  @gata said:

                                  I have some paths where both versions of the script failed. On the bright side, they will be good for future testing.

                                  Edit: More fun things to play with (done on the figure 8 path):

                                  1. different results if the path is welded verses non-welded.
                                  2. if the edges of the extruding face are also selected, the extrusion face is reversed and the extrusion location changes.

                                  download v0.03
                                  all problems in your skp is solved.

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                                    wikii
                                    last edited by

                                    @gilles said:

                                    I've been waiting for this tool for a while.

                                    Thanks.

                                    But there is something wrong:

                                    It does not really follow the path, see attached files.

                                    And sometimes SU quite.

                                    OSX 10.4 SU6

                                    Add a construciont point at the start piont of path and select it before running.

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                                      bellwells
                                      last edited by

                                      @xrok1 said:

                                      an option for the sweep to start at the beginning of the line no matter where the profile is drawn would make this perfect. maybe a checkbox for start at path or start at profile. then maybe a normal(size of path) or distance from(size*distance from path) instead of the construction point. it seems a pain to make a construction point?

                                      I think this would be a great improvement. Regardless, this is a tremendous script, wikii. Thank you so very much!!

                                      Ron

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                                        gata
                                        last edited by

                                        Good job. There was a big improvement in just a few hours.

                                        Using the same SKP file with the face position in the same locations, some of the face profiles extruded on the wrong side and one relocated.

                                        In all cases the path, construction point, face+edges were selected to run the plugin.

                                        Paths that intersect will most likely need to be done in sections. Plugins have limited mind-reading abilities, but version .03 at least was able to do extrude something along the entire complex path in one step.

                                        (These two paths upset the last plugin attempt to correct the follow me twist.)


                                        FollowMeKeep .03.jpg

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                                        • pilouP Offline
                                          pilou
                                          last edited by

                                          Is there a conceptual difference with the Profile Builder by Whaat ?

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

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            Is there a conceptual difference with the Profile Builder by Whaat ?

                                            PB uses the FollowMe tool to create the profiles and therefore suffers from twisting. This one if a custom implmentation that prevents twisting.

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

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