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      sepo
      last edited by

      It seems it was component spray. When I removed plugins one by one I just upgraded to new compospray thinking that will do the job. I made a point to update it as you asked before but it seems it still clashes with other plugins. I removed it now completely and it works like charm. Also made my protrude work again. I am really sorry to have bothered you.


      bend.jpg

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      • Chris FullmerC Offline
        Chris Fullmer
        last edited by

        Hey, thats great!

        And not a bother at all. But the new version of component spray really should be compatible now.

        Mind trying to upgrade it one more time? Here is the link to the newest compatible version:

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        Chris

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          sepo
          last edited by

          😳 I do not know what happened when I upgraded. It works now. Thanks very much for your patience. BTW some of the forms which would have taken long time to model or were almost impossible now can be done in no time. I suggest you change the name from bend to morph because that is exactly the thing this plugin is capable of. BTW I showed the plugin to my students today. There was just one big woooow.
          Thanks once again for your patience.

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          • Chris FullmerC Offline
            Chris Fullmer
            last edited by

            WooHoo! Glad its all working now.

            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
            All my Plugins I've written

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              watkins
              last edited by

              Dear Chris,

              I have just installed your shape bender ruby and tried one of the shapes shown in Massimo's post. Amazing!! You really are a very clever chap.

              It struck me that we might begin a thread where people can post tutorial examples of using your ruby to solve tricky modelling problems. Perhaps Massimo could start the thread with his two examples. This could be useful to new users of Sketchup, and also to expand the use of your ruby. As it stands it is almost a loft tool which people have been asking for for a long time.

              Thank you for all your hard work.

              Regards,
              Bob

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                dylan
                last edited by

                I agree Bob.
                Seeing a few examples with explanations would be a big help to people.
                It seems this tool is far more poerful than it first seemed!

                http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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                  gaucho
                  last edited by

                  Hi Chris,

                  Not sure if I'm doing something wrong here.
                  It shows up the right bending, but when I finally press enter, it just desapers!

                  thanks for the plugin!


                  bend problem...

                  "eat well, stay fit, die anyway..."

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                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                    Chris Fullmer
                    last edited by

                    @Gaucho - Could you open the Ruby Console (Windows>Ruby Console) and then run the script. It should hopefully output a bunch of errors when you hit enter. Please copy and paste those here into the forum. That should help figure out the problem. Does it happen with every model, or just that specific example?

                    @Bob and Dylan - I agree, I didn't think about my script doing those things quite honestly. I wouldn't mind seeing more examples to help my brain understand how the script is being used. Maybe its a gallery topic? Showing off the output from a script? I could see that. Or maybe in plugins - shape bender in action! I don't know. Or maybe I can include their images in the first post of this thread to show what the script does beyond my basic tutorial video.

                    Chris

                    Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                    All my Plugins I've written

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                      waltw
                      last edited by

                      @chris fullmer said:

                      That sounds like it did not get installed quite right. There should a file called clf_shape_bender.loader.rb in the main plugins folder. Then there should be a folder caled "clf_shape_bender" and inside that folder should exist the files:

                      clf_shape_bender.png
                      clf_shape_bender.rb
                      clf_shape_bender_small.png
                      curve_pointer.png
                      default_pointer.png
                      line_pointer.png

                      I'm guessing you might have ended up with everything in the main plugins folder. So manually create the clf_shape_bender folder and move all those files above into it, leaving only clf_shape_bender_loader.rb in the main plugins folders.

                      See if that is by chance the problem and let me know, thanks!

                      Chris

                      Thank you Chris............you were spot on
                      You're certainly taking SU to higher levels

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                        dtrarch
                        last edited by

                        Hi Chris

                        Your magic script will also do a follow and keep and no need to align to the end point.

                        Just thought y'all would like to know. ☀

                        dtrBend_and_Follow.png

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                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by

                          Hey, thats a good one! Thanks for all the examples, very useful!

                          Chris

                          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                          All my Plugins I've written

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                            watkins
                            last edited by

                            Dear Dtr,

                            Not sure how you have arrived at that. Is the bending done out of plane? Could you be more specific? A brief tut would be good.

                            Regards,
                            Bob

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                            • massimoM Offline
                              massimo Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Watkins, the plugin works also out of plane.

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                                dtrarch
                                last edited by

                                Watkins

                                Reference object and reference line must be on red axis.
                                The reference line must also be the same length as the object and offset in plan as you want.
                                (in this case it was centered and above one of the elements)
                                1-Pick the object
                                2-invoke the script
                                3-pick the reference line
                                4-pick the path and [enter] to create the sweep.
                                Done

                                dtr

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                                  watkins
                                  last edited by

                                  Dear Dtr,

                                  Thanks for that. I didn't know the script would bend a group/component around a 3D path. I must pay more attention.

                                  Kind regards,
                                  Bob

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                                    pilou
                                    last edited by

                                    For the fun ☀
                                    Only problem calculates become more and more longer 😄
                                    Choose very fine your second curve and some funny surprises will arrive 💚


                                    fun.jpg

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

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                                      piyanan
                                      last edited by

                                      Hello any one

                                      I did install this plugin for my SU-7
                                      Lay down plugin clf_shape_benderand clf_shape_bender_loader.rbin my Plugin then try working see at below screenshot


                                      http://www.imageupload.samuisketchup.org/images/1er6bvci8bss7pgra53.jpg

                                      1 Make group model
                                      2 click tools
                                      3 click line
                                      3 click curve

                                      And wait but notthing happen

                                      Any one to know this problem ?

                                      Thank

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                                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                        Chris Fullmer
                                        last edited by

                                        Hmm, interesting. Does it just stop right there and not keep going? I've never seen it stall like that. So try this.

                                        Open the webconsole by going to Window>Web Console.
                                        Then run the plugin

                                        If there are any errors or any messages that pop up in the web console, copy and paste them into this thread and I'll take a look at it.

                                        Chris

                                        Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                        All my Plugins I've written

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                                          gaucho
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Chris,

                                          I've managed to make it work, actually, is was working already, just for some strange reason, the final bended text was located 15m above the original position...

                                          anyway, thank you very much for this plugin.. real time saver!

                                          "eat well, stay fit, die anyway..."

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                                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                            Chris Fullmer
                                            last edited by

                                            oh good, glad it works. Hope it keeps working! 😄

                                            Chris

                                            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                            All my Plugins I've written

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