[Plugin] Extrude Edges by Face

[TIG]

It's the Extrude Edges By Rails **By Face** plugin that does this.
That works very similarly to EEbyRails BUT it makes the ribs from a preselected face - like the individual 'rib' made with EEbyFace..............

[DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ]

tig apologize. not understand well what you say.
My idea was that the plugins Extrude Edges by Face, work with both sides and a rail.

like the example attached. ( picture + file )

Operating:

select two sides + a curved edge
run the plugins
generates geometria

this is possible?

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[pilou]

@unknownuser said:

this is possible?

2 faces + path by Kirill2008

[TIG]

OK you can already do this with EEbyRails IF the edges of the two faces are Curves and you make the 'path' curve as the two Rails...
You want a tool Extrude Face to Face By Rails ?
You pick Face1 then Face2 then Rail1 and Rail2 [or Rail1 again].
It'd work just like EEbyRails but the Profile and the Melding-Profile are made from the edges forming the two faces' outer_loop...
I'll think about it but I think it's been done

[DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ]

if Tig. It has done something similar.
2 faces + path but it can do, but is more complex.

other plugins that generates something like this is tapermaker. but is limited
only use preset faces in a dialog box

but

Extrude Edges by Face is fantastic plugins. is simple and fast

[TIG]

See here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=226249#p226249 for Extrude Edges by Faces...

[TIG]

Tool has been updated
1.4 20100220 Glitch on some text in db fixed.
1.5 20100220 Glitch with number of Rail-Ribs fixed.
Color coding of picked curves added.
Profile=Cyan
Rail1=Magenta
Rail2=DarkVioletRed
MeldingProfile=DarkCyan
FaceEdges=Orange
See here for download link http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=224218#p224218

[chrisjk]

TIG, there now seems to be a problem with your latest EEBRF:-

so far so good..

It just stops working here after clicking OK.

[pilou]

Are you sure?
Just wait end calculation ?
Do you see something bottom screen left corner screen line help?

[chrisjk]

Frenchy,

I am sure. I replaced the latest version with a version from 18 Feb and that works fine. Changing the older one out for the newer again and it still hangs at the same point.

I am on a Mac - maybe there's a difference?

[TIG]

There are two tools EEbyFace and EEbyRailsByFace - you are jumbling the threads.
EEbyFace - you pre-pick a Face and a path of Edges and run the tool there are no prompts to pick curves etc
EEbyRailsbyFaces
Pre-pick the ProfileFace

• you run the tool
  Pick the profiles as with EEbyRails...

BUT it shouldn't dump out like that.
I have tried to replicate this and got it too...

I have a fix - publishing it soonest...

[chrisjk]

TIG,
True, I was jumbling the threads, I got confused here :-

Face - Faces..

and went on to see which of the plugins was actually giving me colours and got hung up on EEBRF. A different naming scheme would make it easier for us mortals! After all, EEBRBF extrudes a selected face along chosen edges, so something like "ExtrudeaFacebyRails" could help differentiate it better.

[TIG]

I puzzled long about the names
I have a fix for that glitch but it's made another - offsetting the colored lines !
I'll fix it tomorrow...

[pilou]

about a quarter circle
there is a divergence: I understant that is perpendicular to the last segment,
but it is annoying for make a perfect quarter volume!

[TIG]

EEbyFace is a kind of 'FollowMe' and you will get un-square ends - use EEbyLathe to be perfect solid by revolution - simply select the face+edges and an axis centered on the arcs cpt...

[magnato]

Is there a plugin that can delete all the faces in a structure, leaving it with only the edges? I would like to use the nice Extrude Edges by Face plugin to create a typical steel-like structure.

Magnar

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[TIG]

To add/remove things to/from a selection there are several tools [e.g. see thomthom's selection_toys script]...
Here's a one liner that takes a selection [it assumes faces and edges are selected, and leaves only faces in the selection - hit delete key to erase faces...]

m=Sketchup.active_model;s=m.selection;sa=s.to_a;s.clear;sa.each{|e|s.add(e)if e.class==Sketchup;;Face}

Paste it into the Ruby Console and hit return...
To make a function wrap it in a 'def' thus:

def isolatefaces()
  m = Sketchup.active_model
  s = m.selection
  sa = s.to_a
  s.clear
  sa.each{|e|
    s.add(e) if e.class == Sketchup;;Face
  }
end#def

ans save it in a plain text file called isolatefaces.rb in the ../Plugins/ folder.
To run it first select somethings, including faces, and type isolatefaces in the Ruby Console - out of the original selection just the faces are now selected - to erase them press the delete key...

[magnato]

It worked! Very Cool!
I have find a symbol for this so I remember it when I need this function again !

Magnar

[zainulx3]

Hi, i've been searching the link to download these extrude plugin(each of the features, faces, edges) but I can't find any.

Can you guys give the link beside this link
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ExtrudeTools

Thanks guys

[cotty]

What's wrong with this link?