[Plugin] Shape Bender Beta

Swissmountain · 24 Jun 2009, 22:00

Thanks for the Plugin, nice work!

simon le bon · 29 Jun 2009, 14:56

Bonjour Chris,

What a plugin! I enjoy the originality of the approach, I am surprise by it great power, and I applaud to it accomplishment

I had made some studies with it and here are some of the results

ShapeBender Basics Studies:

Basic Studies SlideShow(Adobe PhotoExpress)

ShapeBender_Wrap Test

Wrap Test SlideShow >>or the album (Picasa Album/Slideshow)

(I noticed some difficulties, but I'll tell you later)
simon

pilou · 2 Jul 2009, 23:20

does it possible to have the result with the same number of groups than the start?
see this post

Coronel · 5 Jul 2009, 23:38

@darkphysics said:

@chris fullmer said:

The problem is with the compspray.rb

Update it from here:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11746

Didier had a bug in it that was breaking the progressbar, but he fixed it nicely. So just update that, then it should work.

Let me know if that does not help.

Chris

It didn't work with new compspray, but I removed it and it worked!

It's working fine again after compspray removing too on Mac

Chris Fullmer · 6 Jul 2009, 01:04

Oh good, glad its working Coronel. There is a new version of component spary that you can download and safely install. Didier fixed it up so it doesn't conflict with anything.

Chris

rem_s · 8 Jul 2009, 15:41

I try to use the shape bender but nothing happen. When I open the ruby console I saw an error message :

Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method /' for nil:NilClass> C:/PROGRA~1/Google/GOOGLE~2/Plugins/clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb:671:in draw'

thomthom · 8 Jul 2009, 15:45

@rem_s said:

I try to use the shape bender but nothing happen. When I open the ruby console I saw an error message :

Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method /' for nil:NilClass> C:/PROGRA~1/Google/GOOGLE~2/Plugins/clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb:671:in draw'

Do you have an old version of Component Spray installed?

rem_s · 8 Jul 2009, 15:55

Yes but it still not work

Chris Fullmer · 8 Jul 2009, 16:02

Thom asked if you had an old version installed, because the old version causes my script to break. Try updating to the new component spray hee:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11746

Funny thing is, compspray causes ANY script that uses the progressbar to break (including MakeFaces!). But seems like people only notice it on my script

Anyhow, update it and see if that helps.

Chris

charly2008 · 12 Jul 2009, 18:21

Hi Chris,

i had the same problem. I installed the compo spray version you mentioned above. But the problem was not solved. i had to remove the compo spray from the plugins folder, than shape bender worked fine.

Karlheinz

Chris Fullmer · 12 Jul 2009, 18:45

That really shouldn't be the case though. The new compo spray no longer intereferes with the other scripts. So if you installed the new compo spray correctly, it will fix the issue.

I don't want people to think that there is a problem with compo spray, because it works well.

Chris

hasan · 9 Aug 2009, 14:21

@unknownuser said:

Chris,

I am really impressed by what you achieved. This is a master transformation

I played a little bit with it, and I think you got the essentials. The rest is just about adjustments in UI and options. And indeed to extend it to embedded components.

Well done!

Fredo

Chris Fullmer · 9 Aug 2009, 16:05

Did you ever get it working Hasan?

tomot · 16 Aug 2009, 15:48

Wow! great tool. It looks like it would not be to hard to change the code to create orientated text for a Catenary curve? Which is not possible in the present version.

Chris Fullmer · 16 Aug 2009, 20:38

Hi Tomot, sure it can do a catenary curve. You just have to be able to draw one on your own, which I suppose is the hard part. This script will bend a shape to match any supplied line/curve. So if you can draw the catenary curve, it will certainly bend to match it.

Chris

tomot · 16 Aug 2009, 20:44

yes I know, but as my pic shows I would like the text oriented so that I don't have to read it upside down

tomot · 16 Aug 2009, 20:59

@tomot said:

yes I know, but as my pic shows I would like the text oriented so that I don't have to read it upside down

I just discovered that the first implementation of Shape bender will influence a second implementation, in the same file. however I can combine one with cutting and pasting from another file.

Chris Fullmer · 17 Aug 2009, 02:26

Hey, thats it! That is something that has come up but I could never quite put a finger on what was going on. There has always been a bug where often the 2nd time you bend a shape, it does not work as expected. I think I am carrying overy information between shape bender uses.

As for your text, just turn it upside before you bend the bottom one. That will doe the trick.

Chris

JesperWille · 6 Sept 2009, 14:12

Consider this: - I (shamefully!) haven't kept up on plugins for a while, and this is pretty much the first new one I've tried in, well, a year or more... now ask me if my mind is in anyway blown.

Excellent piece of software there, Chris, and thank you a thousand times for sharing it!

I am currently running it with the latest 7.1 beta, I'll be sure to let you know if anything comes up - so far, flawless.

Thanks again mate!

Jesper W.
http://www.jesperwille.com

EarthMover · 6 Sept 2009, 15:36

It's great isn't it jesper!? I just wanted to say thanks again as well to Chris. I use this tool on every project and I'm really thankful to have it in my repertoire! It's been a real blessing!