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    • K Offline
      kirill2008
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      Now the implementation of interaction is in progress (it is not yet stable so ver 1.8 will appear a little bit later). I think that interaction ability will solve (more or less) the inside out problem. I mean it will be easier to fix it by moving, rotating and/or flipping one of the initial faces and the result mesh or set of intermediate faces/curves will refresh automatically. This will be the step towards path processing also.
      [flash=425,344:f7q8z0yv]http://www.youtube.com/v/IYS69O6idg8&hl=ru&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"[/flash:f7q8z0yv]

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
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        Come on, Kirill, this is too much for me today. 😮 😲 😕 😒

        Gai...

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        • EarthMoverE Offline
          EarthMover
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          Mr Krillshot....fantastic work and dedication to continually improving your script. Can't wait to see v. 1.8! Thanks so much!

          3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
          Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
          Content Creator at Skapeup

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          • kenK Offline
            ken
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            Mr Krillshot

            Great pluging, however, I am having trouble duplicating all the video you are showing. Would it be possible to also attach the Sketchup file so I can try out the same file as you are using. This way I would know if the problems I am having are with my computer or the plugin.

            Again thanks for the pluging

            Ken

            Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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            • utilerU Offline
              utiler
              last edited by

              This is nuts; really. I can't beleive how fast you are developing this plugin, Mr Kirill!!!

              purpose/expression/purpose/....

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              • K Offline
                kirill2008
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                Would it be possible to also attach the Sketchup file so I can try out the same file as you are using.

                interactive tests file
                File with the model, that appears in the demo video of ver. 1.8.
                Unfortunately interactivity enabled only in run-time (untill skp file is not closed) and I don't know yet how to save interaction data to skp file (maybe it's not possible at all). So if you want to play with initial faces, then it is necessary to make new blended object.

                Ver. 1.8. does not support interaction with curves yet, because it is difficult to get the curve object from the Sketchup.active_model... The point is that active_model contains no curves (curve is just a 'conceptual entity' "all circles, arcs, and arbitrary curves are really just edges that are bound together in sequence"). So it's necessary to perform some tricky things to obtain the certain curve, that you need.
                Edges also behave strange: moving of the edge or moving of the edge vertex does not envoke onChangeEntity event handler 😕. Only if you change some properties of the edge (for example layer or smoothness), then modify event rises and onChangeEntity envokes.

                [flash=425,344:2o85cxyz]http://www.youtube.com/v/ZgOUZR3Z2xE&hl=ru&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"[/flash:2o85cxyz]

                So ver. 1.8. supports interaction only between 2 faces and face+construction point. I'm not sure if I can solve myself edge and curve problems.

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                • MALAISEM Offline
                  MALAISE
                  last edited by

                  It's amazing the way you progress. I hardly have time to test the current version, and you're already publishing the next version....... 😄

                  Thanks a lot for sharing.

                  MALAISE 👍 👍

                  La Connaissance n'a de valeur que partagée

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                  • P Offline
                    PRSS
                    last edited by

                    Fantastic, I say !!!

                    With best regards
                    PRSS

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                    • T Offline
                      tomot
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                      @kirill2008 said:

                      @utiler said:

                      Have you thought about adding a path function to this script?

                      Yes, I think about it almost every day (and some times night 😄 too). I want to add a path processing very much,

                      Yes I have been there too 😄 sometimes I have even dreamed of the answer, but forgot to write it down just before I woke up. Then later I would get a deja vú moment where the solution I eventually arrived at was the same as what I had dreamed of.

                      I like the path idea.

                      [my plugins](http://thingsvirtual.blogspot.ca/)
                      tomot

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                      • utilerU Offline
                        utiler
                        last edited by

                        Here's the idea.....

                        See the attached video example and finished result.
                        Copy an object a given distance, scale it by 0.6 and rotate it 40 degrees AND DIVIDE BY 4.

                        Can't be too hard couldn't it?


                        Blend_Idea.swf


                        blend_idea.png

                        purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                        • K Offline
                          kirill2008
                          last edited by

                          @utiler said:

                          See the attached video example and finished result.
                          Copy an object a given distance, scale it by 0.6 and rotate it 40 degrees AND DIVIDE BY 4.

                          Can't be too hard couldn't it?

                          That's cool 👍 It is a step to complex path+profile modeling tool, I guess. Looks like, the final destination is to set some 'key' positions along the path and apply some transformations (move, rotate, scale) to the profile at each 'key' position. Intermediate steps transformations (between key positions) will be interpolated between 'key' transformations.
                          Some 3d modelling programms have already implemented similar tools. It would be great to implement such tool for Sketchup too. Don't know how much time it may take.

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                            iamarchitecture
                            last edited by

                            Fantastic Plugin, Thanks.

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                            • MALAISEM Offline
                              MALAISE
                              last edited by

                              Now, let's draw icebergs...or coloured curtains easily....
                              Colors effects are awsome
                              Thanks Kirill 👍 👍

                              La Connaissance n'a de valeur que partagée

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                                Ben Ritter
                                last edited by

                                Thanks again.

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                                • K Offline
                                  kirill2008
                                  last edited by

                                  Now the work on path processing feature is in progress. For now it works stable only when the path curve is at XY plane. So I'm going to publish new plugin 'pathface.rb', when it will be possible to follow the path curve regardless of it's orientation (it will take about several days, I think).
                                  [flash=425,344:1244ddom]http://www.youtube.com/v/z-IO3YLPTeY&hl=ru&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"[/flash:1244ddom]

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                                  • S Offline
                                    sepo
                                    last edited by

                                    Fantastic.. 👍 👍

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                                      DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
                                      last edited by

                                      incredible plugins, thank you very much

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                                        cokea
                                        last edited by

                                        even v1.7 and the lower works well, 1.8, 1.9 gives a notice like this "Error Loading File sublend.rb
                                        undefined superclass `EntityObserver'" HELP

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                                        • utilerU Offline
                                          utiler
                                          last edited by

                                          @kirill2008 said:

                                          @utiler said:

                                          See the attached video example and finished result.
                                          Copy an object a given distance, scale it by 0.6 and rotate it 40 degrees AND DIVIDE BY 4.

                                          Can't be too hard couldn't it?

                                          That's cool 👍 It is a step to complex path+profile modeling tool, I guess. Looks like, the final destination is to set some 'key' positions along the path and apply some transformations (move, rotate, scale) to the profile at each 'key' position. Intermediate steps transformations (between key positions) will be interpolated between 'key' transformations.
                                          Some 3d modelling programms have already implemented similar tools. It would be great to implement such tool for Sketchup too. Don't know how much time it may take.

                                          That's great you like it Kirill, Hope you can find the time to bring it to fruition..... your work here and generosity is appreciated by all!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

                                          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                          • mitcorbM Offline
                                            mitcorb
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi, Kirill:
                                            Just want to report this observation:
                                            I did a simple blend procedure where I made a rounded corner rectangle on xy plane, copied and raised it up in the z direction, and scaled it then shifted it in the y direction. The blend completed. But when I selected the top plane and attempted to scale it, the intermediate blended geometry disappeared from the file. I did not check the console to see if any error comments came up, as I do not customarily keep the console open.
                                            Any ideas on this?

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

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