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    • D Offline
      driven
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      @tig said:

      driven
      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

      learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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        TIG Moderator
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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 ?EEbyRv2_and_Lathing.pngEEbyRv2_and_Lathing.skp

        TIG

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          hsjzyangbin
          last edited by

          @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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            hsjzyangbin
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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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              Ultimatez 32
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              Hip-hip hooray TIG! Finally a patch tool for sketchup! thanks again TIG. 👍

              Windows 7 64-bit, Intel Core i3 M350 @2.27GHz, nVidia GEFORCE 310M 512Mb with CUDA, 4gb RAM

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
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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...

                TIG

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                  red_shift
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                  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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                    driven
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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

                    learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                      red_shift
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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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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
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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 ?
                        Over ~2000 faces will take a while to format...

                        TIG

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                          red_shift
                          last edited by

                          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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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
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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 ?
                            These sometimes fix the

                            TIG

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                              hsjzyangbin
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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:


                              2010-01-01_1131.png

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                                hsjzyangbin
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                                If 2face +2 path can do it, it would be a pioneering


                                2010-01-01_1216.png

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                                  hsjzyangbin
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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


                                  12.png


                                  2010-01-01_1849.png

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                                    driven
                                    last edited by

                                    the curtain draws open on a New Year, have a good one

                                    learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                                      pilou
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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!


                                      eer_v2.png

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

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                                        pilou
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                                        Works like a charm 👍
                                        The funny thing is that curves are not obliged to touch themselve! 💚


                                        charm1.png

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

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          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 bouclées [c'est à dire qu'ils sont sans fin], alors il vaut mieux qu'ils ne se touchent pas. Les profils sont «déplacés» à l'extrémité des rails avant de rendre le maillage, en tout cas ... Merci pour les démos - si vous souhaitez faire un tutoriel détaillé je ne vais pas vous arrêter! 😉

                                          TIG

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                                            juan974
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                                            THANK YOU SO MUCH
                                            It helps me a lot to finish this drawing22338_238938657257_605187257_3142467_6757725_n.jpg, i've give up some months ago ...
                                            i bet it will be the most used plugin for me (whit weld.rb) ...
                                            yaris pour mimi.pdf

                                            juan974 (Réunion island)
                                            website : http://sketchucation.com/click.php?url=http://www.tarn.us

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