[Plugin] Extrude Edges by Rails
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Seriously sketchstatic script... I can't imagine what's the next step for this!
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@tig said:
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Thanks for all of the permutation testing...My pleasure, I know there's a few people needing very accurate meshes for different things and quantifying what affects the outcome adds POL to your excellent script. {Principle of Least Surprise~ to quote Kirril}.
My contribution is minor compared to the effort you put in, and I don't write scripts (yet) so the least I can do is pass on some learning (and point out my errors).
@tig said:
I'm unclear about this one missing small triangle - did EEbyR miss it out or did you ?
I deleted the the inner edge of the wayward point (instead of fixing it) to keep tabs on when it did and didn't appear during my testing, and then decided it was tidier to leave it exposed then to fix and label it, I don't need to use the drawing.
why it's happened? I initially used 'paste in place' to add the top line sans surface for the top rail, later on I used 'paste in place' for the whole profile, to use it as the top rail. I was using group layers to keep everything separate, but when I did my final cleanup I had two identical ungrouped but separate polylines occupying the same space on my drawing layer, so maybe it was there all along and SU got confused by that, I certainly am...
I take it the file link works?
john
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hsjzyangbin
Here's a brief tut' on making Lathed shapes with EEbyRv2 - if you want a pure 'Lathed' Vase then use my Lathe.rb Tool - [Type D] instead... If the lathed 'rail' path isn't circular then make it an arc initially and then scale the mesh group later to distort it to suit ?
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@tig said:
Here's a brief tut' on making Lathed shapes with EEbyRv2
Thank you TIG for detailed answers, which helps to me , I am now able to make alot of mesh surface, SKETCHUP will eventually develop into a more powerful software than 3DMAX step by step,TIANK Again
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I think Extrude Edges by Rails had replaced Extrude Edges by edges ,SO I use Extrude Edges by Rails only ,did you?
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Hip-hip hooray TIG! Finally a patch tool for sketchup! thanks again TIG.
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@hsjzyangbin said:
I think Extrude Edges by Rails had replaced Extrude Edges by edges ,SO I use Extrude Edges by Rails only ,did you?
EEbyRails does most of what EEbyEdges can do ... but with EEbyEdges you can make groups of two sets of separate edges, arcs etc and they'll mesh with gaps etc - though that mesh is limited to one rail and one profile...
EEbyRails won't replace Lathe as the method and results are quite different... -
Any idea why on a MAC (os 10.6.2) and SU 7.1.58 the EEbyR plugin runs successfully then causes SU to go into a stall and then crash?
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@red_shift said:
Any idea why on a MAC (os 10.6.2) and SU 7.1.58 the EEbyR plugin runs successfully then causes SU to go into a stall and then crash?
no, but I could test your 4 profiles on 10.5.8 and see if it's a 10.6 issue, if you want.
at first I had problems which I now think were caused by using one of Kirrel's or one of Chris's tool earlier in the session, since then I've been restarting once I've done the curve construction and haven't had any problems.
john
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Same thing happens with Loft tool...it runs..then SU goes into a full CPU use and eventually crashes...
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@red_shift said:
Same thing happens with Loft tool...it runs..then SU goes into a full CPU use and eventually crashes...
How many profiles/rails/faces are reported in the VCB area ?
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It's something about the model as a whole...when I copy the rails and profile into a new SU file it works fine..so for now I'll do that and import the result back in...
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@red_shift said:
It's something about the model as a whole...when I copy the rails and profile into a new SU file it works fine..so for now I'll do that and import the result back in...
Geometry sometimes gets muddled in the database.
Have you trued Model Info > Statistics > Fix Problems ?
Have you tried grouping a rail and immediately exploding it ?
Or Edit>Cut'ting a rail and Edit>Paste-in-Place in the same Model?
Or Edit>Copy a rail and the Erase it and immediately Edit>Paste-in-Place in the same Model?
Or rail Select and right-click Explode Curve and immediately Welding it again ?
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@tig said:
EEbyRails won't replace Lathe as the method and results are quite different...
I chose the semi-circle as a profiles,I finally get the same effects of lathe
here is test:
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If 2face +2 path can do it, it would be a pioneering
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Further to say, I chose as a semi-circular and semi-rectangular as their path, get the desired effect of lathe will not be able to do
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Extrude edges by rail v2 is better than Soap Skin Bubble!
Drawing Mesh is more regular!
That will be better for the UV!
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Works like a charm
The funny thing is that curves are not obliged to touch themselve!
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In fact, if the rails / profiles are looped [i.e. they are without an end] then it is better if they don't touch. The profiles are 'moved' to the ends of the rails before making the mesh in any case...
Thanks for the demos - if you would like to make a detailed tutorial I won't stop you !En fait, si les rails / profils sont bouclĂ©es [c'est Ă dire qu'ils sont sans fin], alors il vaut mieux qu'ils ne se touchent pas. Les profils sont «dĂ©placĂ©s» Ă l'extrĂ©mitĂ© des rails avant de rendre le maillage, en tout cas ... Merci pour les dĂ©mos - si vous souhaitez faire un tutoriel dĂ©taillĂ© je ne vais pas vous arrĂȘter!
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