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    [Plugin] Simple Loft alpha 0.1b -- UPDATED May-15-09

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    • JClementsJ Offline
      JClements
      last edited by

      Daniel, you should create a dozen or so sets of "face profiles" (ie., adult male, adult female, baby, skinny face, fat face, etc.). Combine that with human head face photos (different colored hair, facial hair, makeup, different skin tones..) which then could be projected or mapped onto a lofted surface by the user or maybe done via another script. The user could mix and match. Heck, do the same for torsos.

      You and Chris could market this as "Doll Builder". Perhaps gamers would buy it in droves. ☀

      John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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      • JClementsJ Offline
        JClements
        last edited by

        Nice job, Chris!

        Using Fred0's Polyline Segmentorit is a snap to make all the curve's have the same number of segments. [HINT: a collaboration ...]

        Now if there was a way to handle closed curves... ??
        In the attached I deleted one segment in each curve, then lofted. Since each curve is planar, maybe after the loft is applied, their-open ends could be "auto-stitched" and then smoothed with the initial lofted-surface?

        In this example the top-most contour's surface can't be closed. Anyway to make a "dome" from it by selecting it and expressing the "slope/bulge" of the dome by entering the number of segments?

        Just some ideas to mull over.

        Regards, John


        _Simple Loft and Fred06.skp

        John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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        • gillesG Offline
          gilles
          last edited by

          Hi Chris, I work on a Mac when I start SU6 I can read this
          @unknownuser said:

          undefined method select_tool' for nil:NilClassError Loading File clf_simple_loft_loader.rb undefined method select_tool' for nil:NilClass
          , and your plugin does not appears.
          I have some other of your plugins working well, what could be wrong?

          " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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          • Chris FullmerC Offline
            Chris Fullmer
            last edited by

            Hi Gilles, I am not sure what the problem is. But the first thing that normally goes wrong is:

            All the "splines" you use need to have the same segment count. So if the first has 10 segments, all the others also need 10. And so on. I realize its a pain, sorry. I have a fix in the works, but I have been unable to get it ready to post.

            Also, the edges selected must not be connected to any faces.

            If none of that works, you could also upload the model that you are trying to use it on and I'll look at it to see if I can see what is wrong. Thanks for trying it out!

            Chris

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

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            • gillesG Offline
              gilles
              last edited by

              the problem is that the plugin does not appears in Chris Fullmer Tools.
              I'd like to know if other mac user have the same issue.

              " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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              • F Offline
                Fletch
                last edited by

                Thanks Chris! Looks lovely - can't wait to try it. Just for filling in the gaps in places, or for curtains as you showed. Should be handy.

                Fletch
                Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                • simon le bonS Offline
                  simon le bon
                  last edited by

                  Dear Chris,

                  I take account of this Simple Loft for the first time. Wahoo! it is totally amazing: I love it!!! and will love it even much more in plenty of my futur works.

                  How are we going to call you: Master Chris; Dear Honoured Master Chris; Fullmeinstein ???

                  http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/Einstein_02.jpg

                  http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/Einstein_02.jpg
                  😎

                  But we know your simplicity and kindness so we'll continue to call you "Dear friendly Chris" 👍


                  http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/SimpleLoft_A_550.jpg

                  +++ simonlebon

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                  • P Offline
                    pnorwood13
                    last edited by

                    I love the loft tool, but is there any way of giving lofted items depth? I design furniture and use the loft tool for creating complex chair backs. While loft gives me the contours I am looking for, it doesn't give me the thickness I am looking for.

                    Paul

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                    • W Offline
                      watkins
                      last edited by

                      Dear Paul,

                      As a simple workaround, select the created surface and then copy and move. Stitch the edges to create the 'solid' surface.

                      Regards,
                      Bob

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                      • Jean-FrancoJ Offline
                        Jean-Franco
                        last edited by

                        What watkins said +1
                        You can maybe also try with JointPushPull plugin from the first surface created with Simple Loft ?

                        Jean-Franco

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                        • jamalitoJ Offline
                          jamalito
                          last edited by

                          wow wow wow
                          thatnk you bro to this pulg fprm long time I looking for about like this pulg
                          this winderful and your Tutorial is amazing
                          thank you again

                          Albert Einstein:
                          ((I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.))

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                          • M Offline
                            markozeta
                            last edited by

                            I don't understand why closed shapes wouldn't work...

                            [attachment=0:d559aw5a]<!-- ia0 -->Three Surfaces<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:d559aw5a]

                            Except for the 3 surfaces. Which - is kinda cool.

                            Mark


                            almost there.skp

                            BSME - Cal Poly Pomona
                            Sketchup Pipe Maniac

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                            • Chris FullmerC Offline
                              Chris Fullmer
                              last edited by

                              Heh, the only reason closed loops don't work is because how I programmed it. I need to determine a starting point, and then determine how to align the splines so that they will be connected efficiently. At the time, the best way I could think to get the script to work efficiently was to just use an endpoint, then match it up to its enarest endpoint in the next spline, and connect them like that.

                              I think I have it worked out how to do it better for the next round. Unfortunately, life has taken over and I am extremely busy with trying to secure a job, move my family, etc, etc.

                              But, hopefully sometime in the future I'll get back into my scripts and re-write them. This one is high on my list to get back to fixing up. Its a bit lame right now. Its sort of cool, but not really useful with all its eccentricities like no closed loops, splines have to have equal segments, etc. I'll get it working better in time...

                              Chris

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

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                              • mitcorbM Offline
                                mitcorb
                                last edited by

                                Hi, Chris:
                                I know you are busy.
                                This is just a heads up. Loft is not working at this time for me. Of course, I have acquired additional plugins since this one.
                                This is the Error message in the Ruby Console:
                                Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method all_connected' for nil:NilClass> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb:61:in onLButtonUp'
                                C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb:61

                                I saw somewhere, you mentioned that Progressbar seems to be the common factor.

                                Best Regards,
                                mitcorb

                                I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                • david_hD Offline
                                  david_h
                                  last edited by

                                  Another Great tool Chris. Thanks so much! It's . . .dare I say it?? SUPER!


                                  20090810094043_12s.jpg

                                  If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                  • I Offline
                                    iamarchitecture
                                    last edited by

                                    Just wondering if anyone has gotten this to work on SU7 Pro for Mac Version 10.5.7?

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                                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                      Chris Fullmer
                                      last edited by

                                      I think it should work on a Mac Oscar. The #1 error is normally that you need to make sure that both lines have the same amount of segments. That and they can not be connected to any faces.

                                      Its a bit picky on what it wants so that it will work.

                                      If none of that helps, open the Ruby Console (Window > Ruby Console) and then try running the script. See if it sends any messages to the console. If it does, copy and paste them here and I'll see if I can get to the bottom of it,

                                      Chris

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

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                                      • gillesG Offline
                                        gilles
                                        last edited by

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        Just wondering if anyone has gotten this to work on SU7 Pro for Mac Version 10.5.7?

                                        I would like to know too, for me the plugin does not even appears.
                                        SU6 OSX 4

                                        " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                                        • O Offline
                                          Oaht
                                          last edited by

                                          THANKS FOR YOUR SUPERB RUBY!!!

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                                          • honoluludesktopH Offline
                                            honoluludesktop
                                            last edited by

                                            Great tool. I made the attached drapery (left side of fixture), an improvement over the previous ones (right side, and left of new drapery material) as I was able to pinch the row below the top (as it commonly is), and have the folds fall naturally. Thanks Chris.

                                            Sorry about the dark render, didn't want to spend the time adjusting the lights. Anyone know if there is away to edit this surface? Can it be exploded?


                                            temp01.jpg


                                            temp04.jpg


                                            Drapery05.skp

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