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

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  • X Offline
    xrok1
    last edited by 8 Feb 2009, 02:45

    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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      pilou
      last edited by 8 Feb 2009, 03:07

      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 8 Feb 2009, 03:26

        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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        • B Offline
          bianhai
          last edited by 8 Feb 2009, 04:23

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

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            gilles
            last edited by 8 Feb 2009, 12:13

            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-Franco
              last edited by 8 Feb 2009, 13:32

              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 8 Feb 2009, 14:17

                @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 8 Feb 2009, 15:39

                  @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 8 Feb 2009, 15:41

                    @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 8 Feb 2009, 17:11

                      @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 9 Feb 2009, 01:38

                        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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                          pilou
                          last edited by 9 Feb 2009, 02:07

                          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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                            thomthom
                            last edited by 9 Feb 2009, 08:31

                            @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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                              pilou
                              last edited by 9 Feb 2009, 08:37

                              Thx for precision ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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

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                                wikii
                                last edited by 9 Feb 2009, 12:47

                                @gata said:

                                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.)

                                Try to reverse face before using FAK.

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                                  dtrarch
                                  last edited by 9 Feb 2009, 16:04

                                  Wikii

                                  Any chance of adding an align face/profile perpendicular to endpoint fcn?
                                  Maybe just a separate script would do or does one exist that will pick face and align by selecting the endpoint of the path??

                                  dtr

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                                    gata
                                    last edited by 10 Feb 2009, 04:06

                                    Wikii,

                                    I got mixed results by reversing the face. Sometimes the reversal worked, sometimes not.

                                    People who want FAK to model nice looking roads in a landscape would have some intersecting paths.

                                    I mistakenly selected two faces for the plugin to extrude at the same time. FAK made 2 groups. One good, and one looks strange.


                                    FAK .03 test 2.skp

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                                    • W Offline
                                      wikii
                                      last edited by 10 Feb 2009, 11:23

                                      v0.04 updated.

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                                        pilou
                                        last edited by 10 Feb 2009, 12:50

                                        you pass from rbs to rb ๐Ÿ˜‰
                                        So I can put your crazy plug in the Tools menu! Thx! โ˜€
                                        Seems there is yet a lilbug ๐Ÿ˜‰
                                        if I incline & rotate the curve to the ground that works ๐Ÿ˜‰


                                        lilbug.jpg


                                        lilbugs.skp

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

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                                          Ecuadorian
                                          last edited by 11 Feb 2009, 00:21

                                          It's because the profile itself is kept vertical!

                                          -Miguel Lescano
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