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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      I bet Kirill's Blend Plugin would do wonders here:


      Edit - me stupid, sorry. His other plugin; 2faces+path will do the wonders needed here:
      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=21658

      Gai...

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        choppir
        last edited by

        Thanx!

        Will check it out!

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        • C Offline
          choppir
          last edited by

          Hi guys,

          I have tried it, but seems like it doesn't work.

          Here's the file if you wanna give it a go.

          Cheers

          choppir


          Curve New.skp

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            As far as I can remember, you need to attach the path to the faces, not to the endpoints. I don't have the plugin installed at the moment but try to move the line a bit.

            Gai...

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            • C Offline
              choppir
              last edited by

              thanks, i have tried it, but seems not to work.

              will try some more.

              thanks!

              choppir

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              • D Offline
                dedmin
                last edited by

                Clipboard-1.jpg

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                • D Offline
                  dedmin
                  last edited by

                  2 Faces + path. Weld the curve for smoother result. Use Perpendicular face tool to put faces perpendicular to the curve.

                  Clipboard-2.jpg

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                  • C Offline
                    choppir
                    last edited by

                    o my sack! you almost got it!

                    The end and start point should be exactly where it is drawn though...

                    will have to check how you did this.

                    Looking good man!

                    choppir

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                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                      jeff hammond
                      last edited by

                      fredoscale's twist and bend functions make this possible in about 30 seconds.

                      see this thread

                      http://homepage.mac.com/jeffhammond/.Public/scf/twist.jpg

                      dotdotdot

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                      • soloS Offline
                        solo
                        last edited by

                        and Radial bend


                        easy actually.jpg

                        http://www.solos-art.com

                        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                          jeff hammond
                          last edited by

                          pete, you're missing a 180 in there 😲 😆

                          dotdotdot

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                            choppir
                            last edited by

                            awesome!!

                            cheers guys. brilliant! Jeff, that's exactly what i'm looking for.

                            thanx again!

                            choppir

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                              choppir
                              last edited by

                              i got it!

                              When i twist it, my base point moves to an angle:

                              http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8339/curvenew.jpg

                              but i have to twist 1st, then bend:

                              http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1184/curvenew1.jpg

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                              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                jeff hammond
                                last edited by

                                [edit --- you're missing a bend.. look at the orientation of the ends of the slats on the original picture you posted]

                                i twisted it 90deg first... then bent it 90deg and bent it again 90deg..

                                http://homepage.mac.com/jeffhammond/.Public/scf/twist_sbs.jpg

                                after this, you can use the scale tool to stretch/squish it and fit it into place.. you can also set fredoscale to do the smoothing for you as you go so you don't have all those lines showing up.

                                dotdotdot

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                                • jwlyon1J Offline
                                  jwlyon1
                                  last edited by

                                  Did you subdivide that rectangular box before doing the fredo-scale operations?

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

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                                  • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                    jeff hammond
                                    last edited by

                                    @jwlyon1 said:

                                    Did you subdivide that rectangular box before doing the fredo-scale operations?

                                    nah, fredoscale divides it up for you.. you can select the amount of sections but for the most part, i keep it on auto.

                                    dotdotdot

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                                    • jwlyon1J Offline
                                      jwlyon1
                                      last edited by

                                      Well Dang! I guess I really need to learn how to use FredoScale. Thanks!

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

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