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    sepo
    last edited by 4 May 2009, 21:39

    No, profile builder does not do the same stuff. There is similar but free tool as part of Power SU tool which works on same principal like profile builder. None of these as far as I am aware can do forking (funny word). It is quite tedious to do this pedestrian way although possible. With simple forms and flat surfaces it is quite straightforward. Little cut and paste and hiding in the workflow. But my idea was for ramps and roads...interesting bridges etc...never mind the trees.
    Anyway thanks for your reply.

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      Gaieus
      last edited by 4 May 2009, 21:55

      Rigth, PB doesn't do forking either. It would be cool however - for some intricate Gothic tracery for instance... πŸ˜’

      http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/milan/cathedral/0025det.jpg

      Gai...

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        saylrboy
        last edited by 7 May 2009, 05:19

        This is a really remarkable tool. One minor nitpick/feature request. It works great on Bezier curves, as you demo'ed in the excellent video. Unfortunately, it doesn't work very well with freehand curves. I'd like something like an O(4) Bezier curve, which the Bezier tool doesn't support. The plugin doesn't work on a group of O(2) Bezier curves, and if I draw the curve freehand, what comes out of shape bender looks pretty busted.

        Thanks again for doing this kind of stuff.

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          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by 7 May 2009, 05:24

          Hmm, not sure what an O4 and O2 bezier is. IT should work on any series of connected lines. If you have 2 beziers and they are in separate groups, they would need to be exploded first.

          Do you have a picture, or better yet a model that shows the problem? Thanks!

          Chris

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            Tobobo
            last edited by 7 May 2009, 08:32

            Chris,

            Thanks for the awesome script.

            Will it work on components like railings? or will i have to explode and group them?

            Thanks

            Toby

            Philippians 4:13

            I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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              Tobobo
              last edited by 7 May 2009, 15:53

              When I try the plugin it gets stuck at 5%. What could i be doing wrong? or is it my poor PC

              Toby

              Philippians 4:13

              I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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                Chris Fullmer
                last edited by 7 May 2009, 15:57

                It struggles when it tries to bend shapes full of components. So try a simple shape first to find out if its working at all. If it really is getting stuck, then try opening the Ruby Console and then run the script. See if it outputs and error messages. If it does, post them back here to this thread and I'll take a look at it.

                If its getting stuck, and not posting any errors, could you remove all other plugins, leaving just clf_shape_bender_loader.rb and the clf_shape_bender folder in place. Then see if it works any better.

                Thanks,

                Chris

                Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                  Chris Fullmer
                  last edited by 12 May 2009, 23:53

                  Thats great Simon, thanks for putting that together.

                  That part on the text wrapping about the corners not working correctly.....I know 😞 It is something I want to fix so it works the way you expect it to in that example. However, there are times when it is doing what would be the desired action. So I will need to build in a toggle between the 2 solutions.

                  Perhaps I'll draw up a quick diagram that shows how it currently acts, how I would like it to act, and overlay them so you can see how they are different and then show an example for each that shows when one result would be beneficial over the other.

                  But a great big thanks to you Simon for putting all that info together!

                  Chris

                  Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                    simon le bon
                    last edited by 13 May 2009, 23:09

                    Cher Chris,
                    I appreciate that you enjoy my small contribution (very far from giving back what you give us with ShapeBender). What I wanted to demonstrate is that ShapeBender is also a high geometric precision tool, that for my part I am convinced.
                    I think it would be desirable to open a specific topic on the use of ShapeBender(as we should do for all master plugin), to collect the tests and experiments very interesting and unfortunately dispersed throughout this thread.

                    And Here the first problem I encountered, that I wanted to talk:

                    http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/C1_005_650.jpg

                    ShapeBender encountered difficulties_01 slideshow
                    :-)s

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                      Chris Fullmer
                      last edited by 13 May 2009, 23:31

                      Hmm, that is interesting. I will try to play with it and see if I can repeat the results. I can't think of any good reason it would do that. But that doesn't mean its not doing it. So I'll see what I can find,

                      Chris

                      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                        Chris Fullmer
                        last edited by 14 May 2009, 16:32

                        My first guess would be to try component spray. Just unload that script and see if that does the trick. There was a problem with it and Didier uploaded a new version that fixes the problem. So remove it and that fixes the problem, download the newest update here

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                        I really think that's it. Let me know if its not,

                        Chris

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                          edmund
                          last edited by 14 May 2009, 17:49

                          This plugin is great. I had all of the profiles of my fins drawn already from a physical model I had to build. So this plugin was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a ton.


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                            Chris Fullmer
                            last edited by 14 May 2009, 17:52

                            Wow! Thats awesome! I'm surprised, I mean glad, that my script worked for you πŸ˜„

                            Chris

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                              Tobobo
                              last edited by 15 May 2009, 07:27

                              Chris,

                              Thanks for all your help that worked.

                              Also this script is awesome (Sorry) AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                              And it does railings

                              Bend Test.jpg

                              Toby

                              Philippians 4:13

                              I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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                                Chris Fullmer
                                last edited by 15 May 2009, 09:27

                                Yes, I am well aware of that little detail πŸ˜„ I would like to fix it, it just will take some time and thinking. It is only on the end segemnts that those lines do not actually align correctly. In time, I'll fix it.

                                Chris

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

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                                  pilou
                                  last edited by 15 May 2009, 09:31

                                  Suggestion πŸ˜„
                                  So resize all external segments = ED! πŸ˜‰


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                                  Frenchy Pilou
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                                    pilou
                                    last edited by 15 May 2009, 09:31

                                    So maybe make an another external "arc half circle" πŸ˜‰

                                    Frenchy Pilou
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                                    My Little site :)

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                                      Sir
                                      last edited by 15 May 2009, 11:22

                                      i get around the problem by making the curve more curvey thani need it, then intersect a plane through so its cutoff after 180 degrees rotation... its a work around, but it works!

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                                        Alsatic
                                        last edited by 15 May 2009, 13:08

                                        You can also start with a circle and explode it. Then keep one additional segment on each end of the half circle and weld it. You will get something like in the picture. Then erase the two red blocs you don't need and you're done.

                                        Shape_Bender_half-circle+.jpg

                                        This solution has been posted on a french forum here:
                                        http://www.systemed.fr/Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32570&PN=1&TPN=1

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                                          Physicsguy1
                                          last edited by 16 May 2009, 06:31

                                          It won't bend the shapes. The progress bar will completely freeze well below 20%, and won't unfreeze. i don't know what happened.

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