[Plugin] Cyma Curve Tool

[MALAISE]

Thx TIG

You've done a pretty good Job. I'm sure you enjoy coding

MALAISE

[Gaieus]

Thatnks TIG - again!

This will definitely be very handy for my ogee arches (which I would probably use more often than cymas)

[TIG]

Here's an update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=230584#p230584

v1.4 20100311
Non-square forms now possible and sizes entered, X & Y.
VCB prompt now shows the chord-proportion value needed to get tangential ends - useful if it's a non-square form.
The arcs' segments can now be set.
'Gola' and 'Ogee' added to type descriptions.
Notes and lingvo files updated to match changes.

[dedmin]

[TIG]

I assume you refer to the 'broken curve' ?
It's down to how the arcs are drawn - I'll fix it

[TIG]

Here's an update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=230584#p230584
v1.5 The 'broken' curve/arc glitch is fixed and the form is now a welded curve made from the two arcs...

[dedmin]

[lapx]

Thanks TIG!

[troyhome]

i updated and now i get an error when starting su:
Error Loading File CymaCurveTool.rb
undefined method `deBabelizer' for main:Object

i'm on a mac

[TIG]

There is a file in the zip file called 'deBabelizer.rb' - this goes into the Plugins folder ???

[youemailme]

Three cheers! You've saved me loads of time, this is a much needed tool! My (paypal) check's in the mail!

[TIG]

Thank, I have it already [£]... watch out for some other tools that are in the pipeline...

[hebeijianke]

TIG: Here's the Chinese lingvo file

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CymaCurveToolZH-CN.rar

[TIG]

Thanks. I'll add it to a future update - in the meanwhile any users wanting Chinese locale lingvo can extract this and put it into their ../Plugins/TIGtools/ folder...

[troyhome]

I had used a different deBabelizer version instead of the one included with this plug, so simply replacing that with the one included... well, that fixed it! thanks

[TIG]

All current versions of deBabelizer.rb are identical so it shouldn't cause problems, as long as you have one - I distribute a copy of it with each tool that will use it in case you haven't already got a copy in Plugins...
It's the tool needed to translate the wording of prompts and dialogs etc to your 'locale' language, if there's a 'lingvo' file found to match it - most commonly these are EN-US [English - the base default], and FR[ench] and ES[panish], and sometimes ZH-CN [Chinese] or other 'locale' codes - but any 'locale' that's returned by the system is supported if you copy/rename a lingvo file and translate the phrases in it... If you are picky you could even 'translate' the base EN-US lingvo version so it says different things - e.g. 'colour' vs 'color' if you are not American but you have a EN-US locale - or even into 'Esperanto' phrases etc where that is not an official 'locale' !

[function]

Hi TIG - thanks for the great tool : I'm experiencing this glitch in 8 using 1.5 -

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[TIG]

I tested it with exactly the same dialog and Units settings and it works fine for me - the only difference is I have Vista rather than XP, but that shouldn't make any difference
At first I thought it might be because you had units displayed and accuracy set to no dp's - 4" versus 4.000 BUT that makes no difference to me either...
Can you get it to work with other permutations of settings or Units ?

[Dave R]

I just tried it with the same settings, V8 on XP and had no problems with it.

[Bob James]

@tig said:

Here's an explanation of the the 2 types of Cyma Curve...

I tried to use this to make pipe transitions: bend the pipe x-inches and continue in the original direction.
A ratio of 1.414 does not result in vertical for me (both ends do not extend parallel)
Also, a "follow-me" circle most often results in a long tapering cone off of the opposite end!