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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      @fletch said:

      First, TIG, thank you so much for this awesome plugin! ...
      The only issue is that the edge remains in its original orientation as it follows the path, it does not re-orient to be perpendicualar to the edge line, or at least keep the original angle between them.
      Please see attached to see what I mean, I am looking for a tool to create something like shown on the right of this image example... if this tool is not intended to do what I'm looking for here, please ignore this post. thx.

      You are correct it is 'extrude edges *by*edges' and does NOT extrude alongedges as in the followme mode... It's not exactly what you want.
      However, I am looking at another tool 'extrude edge by rails' - you'll select a profile and two 'rail' edge-sets [or just one 'rail' and the other will be inferred as being like the first but at the other end of the profile] and then it extrudes the profile along the edges in a followme manner; these rails can be different shapes and orientations and a complex surface mesh is made from the three in combination... It's WIP at the moment... watch for first beta release...

      TIG

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      • J Offline
        japanNuke
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        my jaw just hit the ground 😮
        thank you tiger-sama

        %(#BFBFBF)[be cool
        be bad]

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        • T Offline
          tigerobj
          last edited by

          cool hihi

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          • F Offline
            Fletch
            last edited by

            @tig said:

            ...
            You are correct it is 'extrude edges *by*edges' and does NOT extrude alongedges as in the followme mode... It's not exactly what you want.
            However, I am looking at another tool ... watch for first beta release...

            😄
            will be looking, thanks, TIG!

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

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            • JClementsJ Offline
              JClements
              last edited by

              Version 7.

              Seems to do the trick.

              Thank you, SIR.

              John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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              • jwlyon1J Offline
                jwlyon1
                last edited by

                So great! So many uses! This is one of my new favorite plugins!

                Macbook Pro/ iMac
                OSX 10.7.2 Sketchup 8
                rogue-z is here!

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Here's v1.8
                  Significant speed improvements in Orienting and Triangulation...
                  http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=166780#p166780

                  TIG

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                  • B Offline
                    BorgMan
                    last edited by

                    @tig said:

                    [...]However, I am looking at another tool 'extrude edge by rails' - you'll select a profile and two 'rail' edge-sets [or just one 'rail' and the other will be inferred as being like the first but at the other end of the profile] and then it extrudes the profile along the edges in a followme manner; these rails can be different shapes and orientations and a complex surface mesh is made from the three in combination... It's WIP at the moment... watch for first beta release...

                    Great bird of the galaxy, you're actually taking a go at that? I really don't know where I would be if it weren't for you guys with a SketchUppers best friend in the form of ruby's ^_^

                    More varied than the Borg, more powerful than the living dead, and better shots than Imperial Stormtroopers.

                    You've gotta love Slivers.

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      If fact. ExtrudeEdgesByRails.rb is now progressing well... Expect a release within the month !

                      It already 'works'. BUT I am trying to make it 'foolproof' - as it's possible [easy] to select a profile and 2 rails that cause all sorts of generation complications - I am trying to trap this out...

                      TIG

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                      • plot-parisP Offline
                        plot-paris
                        last edited by

                        @tig said:

                        If fact. ExtrudeEdgesByRails.rb is now progressing well... Expect a release within the month !

                        that is fantastic news, TIG. can't wait to try it out! 🎉

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                        • I Offline
                          iamarchitecture
                          last edited by

                          Many thanks...first post btw.;.

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                          • N Offline
                            Nick1
                            last edited by

                            Hi all,
                            I could be blind but where can I find or download these scripts?
                            TIA,
                            Nick
                            I think I found it. Thanks again.

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              @nick1 said:

                              Hi all,
                              I could be blind but where can I find or download these scripts?
                              TIA,
                              Nick
                              I think I found it. Thanks again.

                              It's the first post in the thread... 💭

                              TIG

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                              • P Offline
                                pr0bka
                                last edited by

                                Tig, is the extrude edges by rails going to be something that has the ability to morph 2 different polylines into each other across another polyline? Much like a cross between Chris Fullmers loft plugin and your extrude edges by edges?

                                Btw, just curious, how long does it usually take to program something like this? I'm amazed at all your and everyone else's work!!!! Thanks again.

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                                • C Offline
                                  chango70
                                  last edited by

                                  @plot-paris said:

                                  @tig said:

                                  If fact. ExtrudeEdgesByRails.rb is now progressing well... Expect a release within the month !

                                  that is fantastic news, TIG. can't wait to try it out! 🎉

                                  Hows it coming? I have a feeling this is one of those plugin that will really make organic (along with others ofcourse) modelling easy in SU.

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                                  • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                    jeff hammond
                                    last edited by

                                    @chango70 said:

                                    Hows it coming? I have a feeling this is one of those plugin that will really make organic (along with others ofcourse) modelling easy in SU.

                                    yes, the others 😄

                                    i'm probably just dreaming that there's an easier way to draw this in SU but it sure would be nice!


                                    others.jpg

                                    dotdotdot

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                                    • C Offline
                                      CosmicFlow
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks for the upload. I don't know what I'm going to do with it yet. Maybe I'll do some blobitecture for my final project in 3 weeks 😄

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Extrude Edges by Rails is now out and can probably do this more efficiently ?

                                        TIG

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                                        • K Offline
                                          kwistenbiebel
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi TIG, I am new to this thread...somehow totally missed it.
                                          This plugin looks awesome so I tried it.
                                          However when activating it, it remains unresponsive.
                                          I drew two Bezier curves, exploded each,made them into 2 groups and then used the plugin...
                                          At the bottom of the SU screen it says "multiplying edges" but nothing happens. As soon as I start moving my mouse the text disappears but nothing was created.

                                          Am I doing something wrong?

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            If there are a lot of edges it might take a while to process the mesh. You only need to group the two sets of edges/curves - usually no need to explode them...
                                            Retry with a modest number of edges in the two sets and see what happens: also please keep the Ruby Console open and see if there are any error messages...

                                            TIG

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