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    [Plugin] Simple Loft alpha 0.1b -- UPDATED May-15-09

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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by

      Ahh, I am remembering that Macs have a thing where they initialize their model at a different point than PC's do, and this can cause problems. Perhaps I am attempting to access the model in an unstable state in this plugin.

      In fact, I just checked the file, and I think I see the problem. Will someone download this script update and replace the file in the clf_simple_loft folder please? It is only replacing a single file for the script, and I think it will fix the problem.

      And please make sure to put it in the clf_cimple_loft folder. It should overwrite an existing file. If it does not, you probably put it in the wrong spot.

      Once we test it and see if this fixes anything, I'll update the script on the main page, and remove it from this post.

      Chris


      trial fix

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      • jeff hammondJ Offline
        jeff hammond
        last edited by

        yep, that fixed it.
        thank you!

        dotdotdot

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          Great, thanks Jeff! I'll try to update the script tomorrow.

          And go to bed! Its almost 02:00 in the morning!

          Chris

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            ohmohm
            last edited by

            How to Activate the loft tool?
            I clicked on it and it opens the notepad.???

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            • Chris FullmerC Offline
              Chris Fullmer
              last edited by

              You have to install it by unzipping it into your SketchUp plugins folder. The loader file goes into the plugins folder and all other files go into the sub folder, exactly how it is in the zip file.

              Then it should install a SketchUp toolbar that you can use to activate the tool inside of SU.

              Chris

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                ivreich
                last edited by

                Hi Chris

                I tried out your loft tool on my office computer and built a form with a series of b-splines. It worked fine, but when I took the model home and tried to replicate the same loft on my home computers, the face orientation became all screwy and the model folded in on itself.

                I've attached my model for you to take a look at. The form coloured red is the problematic one that I built at home; the b-splines used in both forms are identical.

                Thanks!

                Joel


                Problematic loft...


                Loft Problem.jpg

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                  tald311
                  last edited by

                  This Ruby is brilliant.

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                  • H Offline
                    hsjzyangbin
                    last edited by

                    Hi Chris
                    I found a problem. LOFT is to implement an order to choose the non-closed line, the feasibility of improving the closed line, I want to click on five closed lines, pop-up dialog box, creating the effect shown in Figure


                    l1.png


                    l2.png

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                    • EscapeArtistE Offline
                      EscapeArtist
                      last edited by

                      Issue trying to loft 3 curves:

                      onSelectionBulkChange46
                      onSelectionBulkChange96
                      onSelectionBulkChange142
                      onSelectionCleared
                      Error; #<ArgumentError; Cannot convert argument to Sketchup;;Point3d>
                      L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;142;in `vector_to'
                      L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;142;in `middle_handles'
                      L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;137;in `each_index'
                      L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;137;in `middle_handles'
                      L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;87;in `onReturn'
                      L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;86;in `times'
                      L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;86;in `onReturn'
                      L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;86
                      
                      

                      In a nutshell, I select 3 unattached curves and apply loft - nothing happens.

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                      • M Offline
                        mspisz
                        last edited by

                        Hey Chris!

                        Great plugin!, does exactly what I need it for in school!

                        Your the man!

                        Milo

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                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by

                          Great, glad it helped. It is admitedly outdated now though. Check out TIG's extrude scripts. Those are considerably more powerful!

                          Chris

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                            ovandenbroek
                            last edited by

                            Hi Chris and all others,

                            I like the concept of loft very much. In fact, it is one of the tools IMO that are making sketchup becoming a 'really' professional tool...

                            see the attachment of a particular shape (based on a design made earlier in 3DMAX, it's a counter).

                            I think you can make this only with 'loft' and not with TIG extrude tools. (?)

                            Okke

                            (PS For this kind of work I would love to have some more control over the 'bending' spline. In planview it's supposed to be a round counter, but as you can see the bending is not totaly 'circular')


                            Loftshape-ovdb

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              EEbyRails requires some 'rails' to follow - CF's Loft doesn't - it always joins the two profiles by a bezier [?] curve [and you must have equal numbers of segments in each profile and no 'loops' allowed].

                              To use the profiles you have shown with EEbyRails simply add some curves between them to be used as rails... then do a pair of profiles in turn with their 'rails[s]', using the second profile as the first profile in the next pair etc...

                              This means the railed path can be any form you like...Untitled.png

                              TIG

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                                arch.sani
                                last edited by

                                just found it out, installed and tried: Chris, this is simply fantastico!

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                                  anient
                                  last edited by

                                  Had to join the forum simply to get a hold of this pluggin thanks sooo much 👍

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                                    guillermorage
                                    last edited by

                                    how do i install it

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                                    • Rich O BrienR Online
                                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      The first post in this thread has the instructions. It's the same for most plugins here. Some are zipped so they need extracting. Others are just .rb files which need to go in your plugins folder. And some are .rb with folders containing files.

                                      All plugins go in your plugin folder.

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                                        guillermorage
                                        last edited by

                                        Sorry, i am new in this forum, im using mac, i downloaded and its a ziped file, so i extracted and it appears a folder wich contains an rb file called:clf_simple_loft_loader.rb and another folder which contains; clf_simple_loft_small.png, clf_simple_loft.png, clf_simple_loft.rb.
                                        I tried to move them to the plugins and then open sketchup, but nothing.

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                                        • Rich O BrienR Online
                                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi,

                                          When you extract you get this...
                                          Simple Loft.jpg
                                          Place both the .rb and the folder in your plugins folder. Do not take the files out of the folder as this will prevent it working.

                                          I'm not familiar with Mac so where your plugin folder is located is a mytery 😲

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            If you are unclear about where your ‘Plugins’ folder might be then type [or copy+paste] this line into the
                                            Window > Ruby Console:

                                            Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")

                                            • press <enter>

                                            Typically the PC path that is returned is:

                                            C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins

                                            Whilst typically the Mac path that is returned is:

                                            Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 7/SketchUp/Plugins

                                            Test to see where yours is... 🤓

                                            TIG

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