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    • B Offline
      BTM
      last edited by

      Using the Skin rb., running SU7 on Mac OSX 10.5.5, The plugin works almost not at all. The only action working is the one that cleans up the unnecessary edges. It will only work from the toolbar too. Also, I don't know if it's supposed to be like this, but there are no icons in the skin toolbar.

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      • olisheaO Offline
        olishea
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        this is exactly the ruby ive been looking for. thank you so much. I've been wanting to 'skin' between faces for a long time.

        oli

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          AcesHigh
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          I think the problem with this plugin, in the way that it DOES NOT achieves the same result as true loft commands in other software, is that the Skin plugin SEEMS to try to achieve the transformation directly... from one shape to the other... maybe there is ONE partial step in the middle.

          Analize visually the image below... watch as it seems there is a VERY GRADUAL MORPHING between one shape and the other. Its like if the LOFT command created some 10 intermediate profiles between each ORIGINAL profile. Then, after creating lots of intermediate profiles, it does "sking" the model.

          When seeing the pictures of the SKIN plugin in this thread, I guess (but I cant be sure) that one ONE intermediate is create, half the way between the two original profiles.

          I wonder if the author agrees with me, and if he thinks its POSSIBLE to better simulate a LOFT command, by making Sketchup draw a number of intermediate profiles, who morph in shape between the two original profiles (the number of intermediate profiles maybe could be selected in a dialog box?)

          Easier said than done ๐Ÿ˜„


          Loft_Script.jpg

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          • A Offline
            AcesHigh
            last edited by

            hmmm... btw, the plugin is not working at all here at my PC... ive just downloaded 2.5... last time I used the plugin was a long time ago (many versions ago)...

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              fakircho
              last edited by

              Thank you AcesHigh, i have been moaning about this for years ๐Ÿ˜‰

              We need a proper Loft tool full stop. I did start a thread a while ago but nothing so far.
              http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=13272&p=98352&hilit=loft&sid=bcc844a9806886b037dad1618e96f9ad#p98352

              I see you use C4D ๐Ÿ˜„

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              • A Offline
                AcesHigh
                last edited by

                actually, I dont. I found that image on google ๐Ÿ˜„

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                • F Offline
                  fakircho
                  last edited by

                  Now that i look at it again i think i did that image in c4d ages ago to show what i want in Sketchup ๐Ÿ˜‰

                  If i am not mistaken i posted it on the old forum โ“

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                    AcesHigh
                    last edited by

                    lol... yes, I found it on a Sketchup forum where a guy was asking for a LOFT plugin... ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜†

                    how funny that it was YOU, and then years later, you are still asking for the loft plugin, and I post YOUR image and you thought it was mine ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜†

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                      fakircho
                      last edited by

                      Nice one man ๐Ÿ˜„ that is funny ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜†

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                        lightburn
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                        umm, Where do I sign to join in your "petition" for a loft tool? ๐ŸŽ‰ That would be a great addition to all the fine tools we have now. ๐Ÿ˜„

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                          AcesHigh
                          last edited by

                          problem is that the Skin tool is not working in my Sketchup. I opened the Ruby console and NOTHING appears when I try to use the Skin command!

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                            Marian
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                            Try an older version of it, many of the newer ones don'y work for me either.

                            http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                              sojourner
                              last edited by

                              I have tried several versions of this and get no results. 23, 24, and 25 seem to do nothing, ruby console is blank. versions earlier give:

                              Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method collect' for nil:NilClass> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/skin22.rb:166:in skin'

                              I take it this is a SU 7 problem?

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                              • MarianM Offline
                                Marian
                                last edited by

                                It works for me in su7 but dunno what version it is. if you used one of the earlier versions and didn't work probably some other plugin is interfer.

                                http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                                  agamemnus
                                  last edited by

                                  I've also been unable to use this plugin in SU7 with anything other than 22.

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                                    numerobis
                                    last edited by

                                    hi,
                                    would it be possible to add the functionality of an even division of straight lines? i don't know anything about ruby scripting, but maybe it would be possible to divide the to countours with the same amount of segments before connecting them...?

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                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by

                                      I think this function is added in one of the versions (or was that a beta? ๐Ÿ˜’ )

                                      Gai...

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                                        majid
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                                        I whish there was an optoin to have precise skin, or smooth skin ( i mean , skin goes trough the sections , or let user to have a telorance choise ) and not going tightly trough midway section guides. or maybe like what there is in max LOFT tool , if there was a choise to choose section guides as components ,so that when the section is edited ,the skin is updated automatically.

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                                          agamemnus
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                                          Is there any way to skin connected lines with this? For instance, I have several "curved" triangular faces. In each case, all three sides are curves. I have to manually skin each of these triangles and it takes a while. ๐Ÿ˜ž

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                                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                            Chris Fullmer
                                            last edited by

                                            Hmm, have a picture you could post here to show it better? There are a few scripts out there, not sure if any quite do what you have in mind though. But it mgiht help to see an example,

                                            Chris

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