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    [Plugin] Lines to tubes

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    • MarianM Offline
      Marian
      last edited by

      Silly me....i did download the plugin and tried it before posting that...which makes me a bigger fool...but i didn't try the options...and manuals...who ever reads them? πŸ˜›

      http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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      • Didier BurD Offline
        Didier Bur
        last edited by

        @unknownuser said:

        and manuals...who ever reads them?

        Those who don't want to bother doc writers πŸ˜†

        DB

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          lorca
          last edited by

          Great plugin. Is there a way to close the gaps in sharp corners just like in "Pipe Along Path"?

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            lexmonteiro
            last edited by

            @gaucho said:

            @didier bur said:

            @unknownuser said:

            would be possible to modify so we could extrude along square shapes as well?

            Use a precision of 4 and you'll get square section prisms.(RTFM)

            Simple anD easy.. MERCI!

            Great plugin, I was trying to create a window and realized that using precision 4, the corners were at 45 degrees, can I control the orientation of the angles?
            Thanks!

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              chango70
              last edited by

              Doesn't show up for me. I don't have older version at all. Any ideas?

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                xrok1
                last edited by

                i just DLd and it showed up in tools menu.

                thanks dedier! πŸ˜„

                β€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                  chango70
                  last edited by

                  Whats DLd?

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                    chango70
                    last edited by

                    Its working now! WOOHOO! Great plugin!

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                      xrok1
                      last edited by

                      @chango70 said:

                      Whats DLd?

                      downloaded 😳

                      β€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                      http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                      • F Offline
                        flipya
                        last edited by

                        I love this plugin! It's so incredibly easy to use and all the options I need are included. A+ for ease of use!
                        Combined with the soapskin bubble plugin it's almost addictive 😲

                        It does sometimes crash my sketchup. The progress percentage builds up, slows down, and eventually just stops. A second or third try (saving before starting) usually does the job though.

                        All in all, pretty much brilliant!

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                        • majidM Offline
                          majid
                          last edited by

                          first I must thank you for your handy tool Dider, and then I thought if you could combine this plugin with a geosphere creator + an option to have sphere in junction points, then we would have A LATTIC TOOL ,right in sketchup, that makes space frames easy.

                          My inspiring A, B, Sketches book: https://sketchucation.com/shop/books/intermediate/2612-alphabet-inspired-sketches--inspiring-drills-for-architects--3d-artists-and-designers-

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            @majid
                            for some things you can use that πŸ˜‰
                            A cool use of this "Multiple Face Offset" By Remus 😎
                            If you don't use it in this case Windowizer(3 free or 4) By Rick Wilson @Smustard
                            don't make the "Frame Inset"! πŸ˜‰
                            Windowizer is a crazzy plug : All types of piercing windows + multiple selections 😲

                            Selection Only faces by Selection Toys by Thomthom β˜€
                            Invert Selection by TIG β˜€

                            For Crazzy Geodesic domes By TaffGoch @ 3Dwarehouse 😲
                            His site πŸ€“ Crazzy PDF collector! 😎

                            http://forums.polyloop.net/picture.php?albumid=23&pictureid=655

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

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              My EEbyFace also does something similar but it allows you to define the extrusion's cross section by making a 'flat' face [it's Y green axis = extrusions initial Z blue axis] - the face can be any shape you like so you are no longer limited to circular tubes...

                              TIG

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                                harshal kshatriya
                                last edited by

                                wow its working man............
                                i love it
                                thanks a lot πŸ‘

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                                  cadmunkey
                                  last edited by

                                  Just installed this plugin and its great for converting custom autocad hatches into solids. Thanks man!

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                                  • pilouP Offline
                                    pilou
                                    last edited by

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    no longer limited to circular tube

                                    Didier Bur plug "Line to tubes" can make circles of 3 edges so a triangle, 4 edges so a square, etc...β˜€ πŸ˜‰

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

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                                      agamemnus
                                      last edited by

                                      I tried this, but the tubes don't get "welded" / smoothed at edges:
                                      http://img109.imageshack.us/i/tubes.png/

                                      Is there a plugin that does this?

                                      Edit: Ok, never mind.. I used BZ tools to convert my loop to a bezier curve (edit 2: polyline is better, actually, for this...), and then applied this plugin. It's all welded now! πŸ˜„

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                                        alvin_pox
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi.
                                        I've downloaded the .rb file in the plugin folder but when I restart sketchup, I keep getting a pop-up window with the following...

                                        Error Loading File lines2tubes.rb
                                        undefined local variable or method `book' for main:Object

                                        This plugin would really help with my design project greatly, so I'm really hoping someone here could help me get it to work.
                                        I'm using sketchup 8 on mac btw.
                                        Thanks.

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          Sounds like the file is corrupted as there is no reference to 'book' in it. πŸ˜•
                                          Get the file again and put the .rb file into the Plugins folder, and retry.
                                          Don't edit it with a word-processor or similar as this might corrupt it...
                                          The file is 'packed' and is unencrypted as it loads - I have no problems with it so you seem to have messed up something in the file's text itself ? πŸ˜•

                                          TIG

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                                          • majidM Offline
                                            majid
                                            last edited by

                                            Thank you Pilou
                                            I was specting junction spheres. like this , 1 min try wings3d ( it is handy in some cases, while a different approach, and is easy enough for me that am not a 3dsmax fan)


                                            geo.gif

                                            My inspiring A, B, Sketches book: https://sketchucation.com/shop/books/intermediate/2612-alphabet-inspired-sketches--inspiring-drills-for-architects--3d-artists-and-designers-

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