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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
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        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
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                  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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                                        andyboy88
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi, I'm a new member and a cabinetmaker. I'm eager to try Shape Bender but I can't find the link for the script. Every link I try on the blog just takes me back to the forum's discussion page. I may be thick. Can you help?
                                        Thanks

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                                          BTM
                                          last edited by

                                          The file is on the bottom of the first post of this discussion, page 1.

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                                            piyanan
                                            last edited by

                                            @chris fullmer said:

                                            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

                                            I did install sketchup 6 it is work but su-7 not work

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