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      Comedie
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      rather new to playing with SketchUp. I've been trying to bend a cone to a bezier curve (bezierspline + shape bender). Think .bent fishing rod'. Not being too successful. Might be easier if the straight line choice could be the centerline, but shape bender is looking for an external straight line only?

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        driven
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        @comedie said:

        Might be easier if the straight line choice could be the centerline,?

        Lines can be anywhere you want, but will effect the outcome, because it's a group you can put it's centre on a line, or directly above or below. keep your curve on the same plane as the control line, it's less confusing, even when you get use to it.... This is a sectional view to show you it's symmetrical, just in case...
        one way

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

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          wangkb
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          It is very helpful to make a curcular ramp or staircases...
          Great plugin.

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            Comedie
            last edited by

            @driven said:

            @comedie said:

            Might be easier if the straight line choice could be the centerline,?

            Lines can be anywhere you want, but will effect the outcome, because it's a group you can put it's centre on a line, or directly above or below. keep your curve on the same plane as the control line, it's less confusing, even when you get use to it.... This is a sectional view to show you it's symmetrical, just in case...
            [attachment=0:7ow9pgot]<!-- ia0 -->ShapeBender.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:7ow9pgot]

            Not sure why, but after watching the video I had some assumptions in my head for what was required in the setup. Line in conact with the object, and object oriented to the axis. Setup was painful (for me) and the results pretty weird at times.
            Jettisoned those asusmptions and tried as you showed. Much better. Guess I should have take a step back and thought about the setup. In restrospect I should have remembered orthographic projection I did in a drafting class 25+ years back. Now it makes some sense to me.
            Thanks!!!!

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              bobpang725
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              it looks great! thanks! 😄 😄 😉

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                Ulsterhound
                last edited by

                Help Please with Shape Bender Issue

                This looks like a great plugin but I can't seem to get it to work. I installed ProgressBar.rb and then dropped in all the files for Shape Bender into /Plugin and followed your instructions on how to use it. BUT, with the group selected, and clicking Shape Bender I cannot select the straight or curved lines. The status bar at the bottom does say taht I should "Select a single line that lies on the red axis," but the cursor does not change and I am unable to select anything.

                Any help is appreciated,
                Ulsterhound

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                  d12dozr
                  last edited by

                  Have you watched the videos in this post? http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=147395#p147395 Are you missing any of the steps Chris does?

                  I just installed and used it last week and it works fine.

                  Thanks for the great plugin, Chris!

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                    Chris Fullmer
                    last edited by

                    Notice also that the cursor "hotspot" is really poorly placed. You don't place the tip of the cursor over the line, its just below the tip of the cursor a bit. The line should highlight when you get the cursor positioned correctly.

                    Chris

                    Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                    All my Plugins I've written

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                      driven
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                      turn on colour by axis to see if your line is red and also make sure your clicking a 'single' straight line,

                      I often redraw a fresh line if I can't get it first click,

                      I am using it on a Mac and only get half the dialogues, but it still works.

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

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                        Ulsterhound
                        last edited by

                        Thank you everyone, especially Chris.

                        I had not completely extracted the folder and separate .rb file, instead I had just opened the zip file and dragged them all into the /Plugin folder so it didn't create the shape bender folder.

                        It works great now. Thank you agian for the help and such a great Plugin.

                        Ulsternound

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                          make.GQ.china
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                          This is indeed a very good plug-in, thank you share.

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                            suzid6050
                            last edited by

                            How do you download this pluggin and make it work with sketchup 7 i have only just started using sketch up. 😞 ps i am using windows vista

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                              Gaieus
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                              Hi Suzi,

                              The plugins on this forum are generally attached to the very bottom of the first post (by the author). As for installing them; simply extract the files/folders from the archive directlyunder your C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Plugins folder (this is for my XP). Make sure NOT to let Windows create a separate subfolder of all the extracted files but copy them directly above.
                              When it is a single file with a simple rb extension, you just need to save it above.

                              Restart SU and enjoy. (And welcome)

                              Gai...

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                                suzid6050
                                last edited by

                                why wont it let me select the line even though its on the red axis? 😕 I have tried redrawing the line several times but it still wont let me select it.

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                                  Chris Fullmer
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                                  Perhaps you changed the model axis? Try right clicking on the red axis line and choose "Reset" if the option is available. Then redraw the line on the new red axis.

                                  Chris

                                  PS: I just used this script in a real project for the first time. It only took me a year to actually put it to use!

                                  Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                  All my Plugins I've written

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                                    mitcorb
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                                    You put this gift out without any personal need?
                                    You live up to Pilou's statement "Is beautiful that please without concept"
                                    EDIT
                                    Uh, I meant the act of giving.

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

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                                      decorarq
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks a lot Chris you are very kind to share

                                      Rodolfo Prieto
                                      Mexico City

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                                        21D
                                        last edited by

                                        hi chriss, i have been using this incredible plugin for quite a while now, but i recently have been running into a small problem,
                                        i am not able to bend anymore, i can start the plugin, select the straigt line, and than select the bend line, but after that the progressbar at the bottom that states how far along it's going, just hangs at 5% and dosn't bend, so i don't even get to see the preview of the bend to even start it, would you know why this is??

                                        SU version: 7.1 (latest)

                                        i also have your LOFT plugin and this one works fine till now, so i think it's a problem with BEND itself

                                        thnx for the amazing plugins mate

                                        "I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies."
                                        Le Corbusier

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                                          archi-sketch
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                                          THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

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                                            Chris Fullmer
                                            last edited by

                                            Hey Rachid, I'm not sure what the problem is. It sounds like a similar bug others have experienced when they had a old version of component spray installed. Any chance you have component spray installed recently?

                                            Chris

                                            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                            All my Plugins I've written

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