[REQ] -- BEND.rb

MALAISE

Thanks Pilou for theses links, I didn't know that !

@ Fred, what will be the max angle for bending ( ~ 180°) ?

MALAISE

jeff hammond

@ Malaise: There were many great photos of skate constructions like this above here but seems disapears
Jeff where are they?

oops.. that was a thread i posted a while ago.

the latest thread (probably the one you're referring to) is here:

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jim smith

This will be a great tool with many practical 3 D design life uses. I like using curves in building shapes and items in buildings-furniture-millwork etc. but have felt very curve challenged. The curved surface push pull was a major step forward and this should be an even bigger jump forward.

Daniel S

@unknownuser said:

PS: Attached is another one, based on a Google component

In the video I see that you have problems with the orientation of the Protractor to get the blue axis. Seems that you use the keyboard key up and then shift to lock that axis.

This remembers me that in your shear transformation plugin a feature of the native protactor-rotate tool is missing and perhaps the same happens to this one. The ability of holding down the primary mouse button, and dragging the protractor is faster and better in most of the cases:

http://sites.google.com/site/sketchupsage/tweak/rotate

Daniel S
PS: And the other icons of the toolbar?
Looks like shear and twist???

plot-paris

that teaser looks spectacular indeed, Fredo6.
how is it working, are you auto-subdividing the objects? could be quite difficult with complex objects.

pilou

@Jess : Yes That was this one!
Very cool use of SU for real wood working! Very smooth forms

kwistenbiebel

Simply amazing, ...again!

I Can't wait to start using it

RayOchoa

This would be AWESOME!! cant wait

Whaat

@plot-paris said:

that teaser looks spectacular indeed, Fredo6.
how is it working, are you auto-subdividing the objects? could be quite difficult with complex objects.

Yeah, looks amazing Fredo6! I would very very interested to hear the method you are using.

matteo

Dang!

Dear Fredo,
you will recive the bill of my parodontal surgeon for the jaw operation.

urgen

.... BRAVO!

chippwalters

Yes, that is certainly one fine script! Look forward to seeing more

craigbic

@unknownuser said:

The reason I asked is that, although Bending is definitely not part of the native Sketchup transformation and can give interesting results, I am curious to know if it could be useful in a 'practical' 3D design life.

I have been doing 3D design work for many years and can say with absolute certainty that bending is useful in 'practical' 3D design.

I would give my left leg (need my left arm for 3D design work ) for an SU bending script! I am really looking forward to whatever you may come up with! You're the best!

wrecknball

@unknownuser said:

Fredo6 wrote:
The reason I asked is that, although Bending is definitely not part of the native Sketchup transformation and can give interesting results, I am curious to know if it could be useful in a 'practical' 3D design life.

I am a environmental graphic designer. I design high end custom signage all day long. The most tedious part of designing in sketchup for me is the inability to "bend" text onto a curved surface. For now I have to go through many steps to get the text to appear to wrap the surface. If my client needs a change then it just takes me even long because I have to start over.

This script of yours would be way up there on my list of the most valuable scripts in my arsenal.

Looking forward to making my life easier.

Thanks.

takesh h

@unknownuser said:

I am curious to know if it could be useful in a 'practical' 3D design life.

There are some operations I can think of that cannot be done (at least easily, when not impossible) without using this Ruby.
The first is a bent text (text put on a path) as shown in earlier posts in this thread.
Those letters can be many different things... very promising.
Another possibly new operation is bending entities whose section profiles change along their lengths.
The Ruby can be used as lofting tool or sweep tool. Now we can make curvy legs of certain tables very easily.

In any case, good control on how bending take place is the key. Cannot wait to try it.