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    davecoopstl
    last edited by 27 Feb 2009, 20:50

    Take a look at this model of a basic roller coaster track.

    I drew three circles as the profile: one for the main beam, and two for the coaster rails.

    Look at the top of the hill, how the rails cross paths and switch to the opposite sides of the main beam.

    Is this expected behavior? Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way to keep this from happening?

    Hope someone can help.
    Thanks!
    Dave/


    Here's a simple roller coaster track, but the profile is 'reversing' at the top of the hill!

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      hebrides
      last edited by 27 Feb 2009, 22:03

      Unloaded your rar into SU7 plugins....nothing!. Not surprising, I find that 2 out of 3 free rubies just don't work on first try.
      I wish the ruby community would buy themselves installer software and use it when there are other files or folder dependancies.

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        Click Draw
        last edited by 1 Mar 2009, 14:13

        Which rubies are these???


        rubies.jpg

        Have I mentioned how much of a laugh I get out of some of the Signatures on here!

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          sorgesu
          last edited by 2 Mar 2009, 19:23

          I was just getting ready to start up dating the manual for my advance classes, in which there is the spiral stair exercise. I thought I would check here to see the progress on this ruby and was so pleasantly surprised to see that it has arrived. Thank you so much for this. Really really appreciated.

          Susan Sorger
          Former Seller Hand Rendered Entourage
          Former Canadian Authorized Training Centre, SketchUp

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            Ecuadorian
            last edited by 5 Mar 2009, 05:12

            Thank you, Wikii!


            Great_Wall_of_SketchUp.jpg


            Great_Wall_of_SketchUp_2.jpg

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

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              xrok1
              last edited by 5 Mar 2009, 05:22

              which part did you use followmeandkeep for?

              “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

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

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                gata
                last edited by 5 Mar 2009, 05:22

                Dave, you need to add a contruction point at the end of the path. Select all faces, path and point and run script. There are at least 2 scripts which which let you add a construction point - AddVertex+.rb and add_construction_point.rb.

                And to model a loop-de-loop, you need to do the loop part separate. Make a helix from one of the helix scripts. Rotate a copy of your rail faces 90° and position it at the end of the helix path. Don't forget to add a construction point. Then rotate the new extrusion to the correct orientation.

                hebrides, rar is a zip file used in many parts of the world. The stuff you want is inside. Get 7-zip.

                Wikii, a progress bar would be a nice addition. For now I can tell the script is running by how my cursor looks and a slight flicker in a menu bar.

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                  Ecuadorian
                  last edited by 5 Mar 2009, 05:34

                  I used it to make the wall, with the profile you see in red.

                  I then "pathcopied" a component and used booltools to make the battlements.


                  Great_Wall001.jpg

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

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                    xrok1
                    last edited by 5 Mar 2009, 05:38

                    ahhh... yes, it was the cutouts i was wondering about.
                    thanks

                    “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

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

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                      pilou
                      last edited by 5 Mar 2009, 08:54

                      Seems miss the "little holes" 😉

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

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                        Ecuadorian
                        last edited by 5 Mar 2009, 08:55

                        @unknownuser said:

                        Seems miss the "little holes" 😉

                        Yup... I was lazy 😉 I'll try it with "little holes" tomorrow.

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

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                          Slimdog
                          last edited by 16 Mar 2009, 04:38

                          Hello all. I am new to the forum and have been reading back through the old posts and learning a lot. I have only been on sketchup for a few months but have a couple of years on AutoCad.

                          I have been trying to get the follow me and keep plugin to work but cant figure it out. I have installed a few plugins before with no problem. I just down load the rb. file and chuck it in the plugin folder. The thing I dont get is that in the very first post by Wikii there is a skp. file and a rar. file. I have down loaded them both. With the FAK.skp file I follow the words saying to highlight all and then run the plugin except there is no follow me in my plugins menu.

                          Not sure what to do next. Is there an rb. file some where in the skp. file?

                          -S
                          ps I am on a mac

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                            Slimdog
                            last edited by 17 Mar 2009, 04:44

                            Thanks for posting rb. file Pilou. I tried it and works great. Thanks also to Wikii.

                            -S

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                              pilou
                              last edited by 17 Mar 2009, 09:59

                              Have you seen inside Menu Tools? 😉
                              Edit: No Sorry! it's because I had put it in this Menu Tools, normally it's inside Menu Plugins! 😳

                              PS You must "unzip" the file Rar!!! If you have not such unrar prog I had linked the file unzipped 😉
                              Hope this help 😄 By Wikii


                              FAK.rb

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

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                              • david_hD Offline
                                david_h
                                last edited by 24 Mar 2009, 15:10

                                I must be doing something wrong. It doesnt seem to go for me. I am trying to test a shape around a helix form. I select all, select FAK and . . .nothing. In fact I get a Splat.

                                Any ideas? ❓

                                If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                • mitcorbM Offline
                                  mitcorb
                                  last edited by 24 Mar 2009, 19:23

                                  It is not working for me either. I downloaded the later FAK.rb posted and the bit count was the same, just the date had changed. I even grouped the path-no dice.
                                  Ended up using native followme and cleaned up.
                                  mitcorb

                                  I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                    pilou
                                    last edited by 24 Mar 2009, 21:34

                                    No special problem with helix except a big time to calculate 💚


                                    fak.jpg

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

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                                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                      jeff hammond
                                      last edited by 24 Mar 2009, 23:14

                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      I must be doing something wrong. It doesnt seem to go for me. I am trying to test a shape around a helix form. I select all, select FAK and . . .nothing. In fact I get a Splat.

                                      Any ideas? ❓

                                      do you have the construction point in place? it's treated as the align point (see original post of this thread)..

                                      if you don't have a construction point laying around, get it here:
                                      constpoint.skp

                                      if you do have the point in place already then i have no clue what the problem is..

                                      dotdotdot

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                                        Ecuadorian
                                        last edited by 24 Mar 2009, 23:24

                                        The last FollowMe and Keep requires no construction point. It adds one automagically.

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

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                                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                          jeff hammond
                                          last edited by 24 Mar 2009, 23:30

                                          @ecuadorian said:

                                          The last FollowMe and Keep requires no construction point. It adds one automagically.

                                          😳 uh.... ooops 😄

                                          [edit] even worse, i have the latest version and i've still been putting the point in there manually 😆

                                          dotdotdot

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