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    • utilerU Offline
      utiler
      last edited by

      Awesome TIG!!!!!!

      purpose/expression/purpose/....

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        @unknownuser said:

        Seems that works like a charm ๐Ÿ˜„
        ...
        Crashed if Rail1 is clicked first ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

        I think that's because the profile (now rail1) would need to be infinitely small where the two rails (profile+rail2) meet... I think it's trying to make tiny faces in the 'corner'... I know of this glitch and I am looking at ways of trapping it - it's not 'foolproof' yet ! ๐Ÿ˜‰

        Meanwhile use logically... ๐Ÿ˜

        TIG

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        • pilouP Offline
          pilou
          last edited by

          Seems that works like a charm ๐Ÿ˜„
          edges2rails.jpg

          Crashed if Rail1 is clicked first ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

          Frenchy Pilou
          Is beautiful that please without concept!
          My Little site :)

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          • P Offline
            pav_3j
            last edited by

            really beautiful, thank you so much.

            i used it with the BZ toolbar, and you can set the segment amout for the line at the start which is a real time saver!

            Untitled3.jpg

            thank you again

            pav

            Just won the 'Who is Least Competitive Championships' where trying to win will make you lose. Trying to lose makes you win which makes you lose. Not trying at all makes you lose which makes you win which makes you lose.

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              Next will be Coon'Surface? โ˜€
              (just add the oposite profile as Rail 3 ๐Ÿ˜„

              Frenchy Pilou
              Is beautiful that please without concept!
              My Little site :)

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                Next will be Coon'Surface? โ˜€
                (just add the oposite profile as Rail 3 ๐Ÿ˜„

                Pilou ! ๐Ÿ˜ 
                One step at a ๐Ÿ˜‰ time...

                TIG

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                • E Offline
                  Ecuadorian
                  last edited by

                  Pilou, you want SketchUp to become MoI. Each one has its own. ๐Ÿ˜„

                  -Miguel Lescano
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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    Now there are distant cousins ๐Ÿ˜„

                    If you take the previus 3 curves without connection between them you will obtain these flying fishes ๐Ÿ˜„
                    (click image if scrollbar)

                    exo.png

                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                    My Little site :)

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                    • T Offline
                      tomot
                      last edited by

                      Looks like it has a lot of potential, ๐ŸŽ‰ I have not had time to try it yet.
                      I was wondering if you had included, "Triangulate" or "Quad" face options?

                      cheers!

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

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                      • N Offline
                        notareal
                        last edited by

                        Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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                        • K Offline
                          kostas_designer
                          last edited by

                          A force of SU nature!!
                          Really cool!
                          Great job, Tig! ๐Ÿ‘

                          Here is some first trying:


                          Acquisizione a schermo intero 17112009 8.37.59.jpg


                          Acquisizione a schermo intero 17112009 8.38.50.jpg


                          Acquisizione a schermo intero 17112009 8.39.25.jpg


                          Acquisizione a schermo intero 17112009 8.40.03.jpg

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            Humhum ๐Ÿ˜‰
                            Seems we must have possibility to reverse rails before apply the plug! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                            [attachment=0:1pr20x36]<!-- ia0 -->falsebug.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1pr20x36]

                            I am looking how to fix this within the script - to fix it manually for now use scale -1 on the profile about the profile's centre...

                            TIG

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              Humhum ๐Ÿ˜‰
                              Seems we must have possibility to reverse rails before apply the plug! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                              falsebug.png


                              false_bug.skp

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                The curious thing is that the Rail2 is a "straight line"
                                So must be divided , then welded
                                But result seems no reproductible and gives some nusty result ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                                bug.png

                                PS A multi-profils along Rail1 rail2 will be sweet too โ˜€

                                Frenchy Pilou
                                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                My Little site :)

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                                • mitcorbM Offline
                                  mitcorb
                                  last edited by

                                  Pilou:
                                  I had similar results with the construction points on several attempts. Once, with rails made by Freehand tool and once with profile and rails made by Welded segments for profile and rails and once by smoothing out the profile with added arcs and Welding.
                                  Since TIG said the script was mostly stable, I figured that there would be some of this to happen.

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

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    @mitcorb said:

                                    Pilou:
                                    I had similar results with the construction points on several attempts. Once, with rails made by Freehand tool and once with profile and rails made by Welded segments for profile and rails and once by smoothing out the profile with added arcs and Welding.
                                    Since TIG said the script was mostly stable, I figured that there would be some of this to happen.

                                    Can you all give as much info about the failures as possible [PM me small skps if appropriate] Ruby Console messages etc - I want to debug this glitch ๐Ÿ˜’

                                    TIG

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                                    • mitcorbM Offline
                                      mitcorb
                                      last edited by

                                      TIG:
                                      Thanks for the Example skp.
                                      I will try to provide you with examples as time permits. And I have been observing the Ruby console.
                                      My last experiment was with Polyline Divider as the profile and rails from Fredo's Bezier collection. I got the mesh ok, but of course, the math complexity reversed and crisscrossed the beginning and ending copies of the profile causing an oblate spheroid bulge(same shape as an American football) and wings like Pilou's harlequin flying fish. However, there was no comment in the console.
                                      Unfortunately the file is saved on my home machine. I will have to send it later.

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

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                                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                        jeff hammond
                                        last edited by

                                        hey TIG
                                        here's a problem i've run into sometimes in an instance where it seems it should work. i'm only getting partial results in this case.
                                        any ideas?


                                        railQ.skp

                                        dotdotdot

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                                        • pilouP Offline
                                          pilou
                                          last edited by

                                          With the Jeff curve
                                          I have black crosses in the v7 ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                                          and a false surface in the V6 ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                          Frenchy Pilou
                                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                          My Little site :)

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                                          • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                            jeff hammond
                                            last edited by

                                            using that same file, here's another weird thing i can't figure out. (a video's probably easiest for me because i don't have to type as much ๐Ÿ˜„)

                                            (at first, it shows the problem i was previously talking about)
                                            after that, i copy/move the profile and each rail the same amount along the red axis.. then end up with entirely different results.
                                            ?

                                            [flash=640,385:lwa8fguo]http://www.youtube.com/v/LN5Q9KjU9m0&hl=en_US&fs=1&[/flash:lwa8fguo]

                                            dotdotdot

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