[Plugin] Extrude Edges by Rails by Face

pilou · 16 Apr 2010, 16:49

And at the end you can now rotate each "lines volumes" between them!

For the pleasure of the eyes
A geometric study by Cristobal Vila

simon le bon · 16 Apr 2010, 18:04

Hi Pilou,
Isfahan is a pure Gem (as you sometimes like to say) It would deserve a dedicated thread IMO.
(I would like to know what softs Cristobal Vila had used.)

@unknownuser said:

And at the end you can now rotate each "lines volumes" between them!

Can you please explain further. I don't understand what you mean. What you say let me think I have missed an important enhancement..

A remark for TIG:
Here and there, the process make Su krashes whith the following message: BUG SPLAT RC _ RESOURCE DLL NOT FOUND
Is there some manipulations to avoid?

*simon

pilou · 16 Apr 2010, 18:14

@unknownuser said:

It would deserve a dedicated thread IMO.

I believe that it's yet exist somewhere in this forum

Cristobal uses in general Electric Image! It's a big fan of it

@unknownuser said:

I don't understand what you mean. What you say let me think I have missed an important enhancement.

You absolutly no missed something
Is just that your final example is some "Flat"
So if you take each form you can rotate it

simon le bon · 16 Apr 2010, 19:57

@unknownuser said:

Electric Image Animation System v8.0 EIAS 8 full version $895.00

not for me dear Pilou

@unknownuser said:

You absolutly no missed something

Oh! I see!

In my mind that wasn't really an "exemple" to show but a potential to point out. ->How can we obtain else way a regular evolution of a curve from a shape to another in SU without any calculation? I see plenty of possible applications in architecture..
-> the other possibility offers a great time saving in building fences, trellis, framework...

Here is a quick rather poor exemple

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pilou · 16 Apr 2010, 20:12

yes you have also the 2 faces + path who give the evolution of a curve/ surface

simon le bon · 16 Apr 2010, 20:24

Kirill 2 faces + path exact, exact

simon le bon · 22 Apr 2010, 13:16

I pursued my idea with : "La jolie petite fontaine"

*s

Morphing_24 · 12 Jul 2010, 23:07

Hey TIG
I have just downloaded this plugin and I tried to find an answer here if there is always a default number of ribs . Everytime, I find that there are always 21 ribs and I have no idea how to change it. How can I do it??
thanks

TIG · 12 Jul 2010, 23:11

That number depends on the segments in the "rail/profiles's" curve - so add/subtract segments to change that...
Your 'rail/profile' must have 20 segments >> 21 "ends" ???

Morphing_24 · 13 Jul 2010, 03:35

thanks, problem solved
But now i have one problem and another question.
I use a macbook pro and this only happens on mac not on the PC generally. The problem is that whenever I try to use the extrude edges by rail by face, and most of the time after I choose profiles and rails it crashes and the crashDialogHeader appears . What do you think it might be??
And the other question is if the number of ribs depend on the segments, I made a curve using the line tool but it looks really edgy, and if I draw a line with the bezier tool, how can I control the number of ribs using this tool and at the same time keeping it smooth?
Thanks in advance

TIG · 13 Jul 2010, 10:41

The Bezier tool has an Edit option on its toolbar - so use that to change the number of segments in a curve - it's similar to how you can change the segmentation of an Arc in 'Entity Info'.

charly2008 · 17 Jul 2010, 13:12

Hi TIG,

I find your EEbyFace is very suitable for the construction of Gothic vaults. But one problem I have! How can I predetermine the orientation of the final Profile exactly? So far I have turned the initial profile until I accidentally had the desired direction. Is there a simpler solution?

Charly

Extrude.skp

TIG · 18 Jul 2010, 21:34

When you draw the 'Profile' face flat on the ground its Y [green] axis is used as the Z up axis of the extrusion. If this extrusion starts flat it is kept at Y [?]

joebamber · 26 Aug 2010, 14:33

TIG - the other extrusion tools are awesome and i now use them as much as i can,

But the Extrusion by Rail by Face; just has never worked for me, i've included pictures for you to understand...

It always says i haven't selected the face and so wont extrude them across either rails or profiles (though as you can see, i defintly did select it),

I have a MAC pro with sketchup 7 - and on bootcamp in both MAC and PC worlds i get this trouble...

TIG · 26 Aug 2010, 15:21

It's because your selected Face isn't made 'FLAT' - i.e. it must line flat on the ground, and its Y [green] axis will be taken as the 'UP' direction when extruding it. It doesn't matter if it faces up or down the tool assumes it's facing up anyway!
Just rotate it about an edge so it's 'flat' on the ground.

stefx · 26 Aug 2010, 19:25

Hi TIG,
I use a MacBook too and I have the same problem of Morphin_24....have you got any idea to solve that?
Thank you very much.

Stef.

TIG · 26 Aug 2010, 19:36

stefx

You can control the number of points in a Bezier curve - as explained in my earlier response.
Can you give any more info or an example SKP with a failing set of curves ?
PM or posted

stefx · 26 Aug 2010, 20:00

It is a simple bunch of curves....could you explain how i can manage the segments with the bezier curves?
thank you very much.

Stef.

12~.skp

TIG · 26 Aug 2010, 22:18

You don't have Beziers They are 'Arcs' and you need to use the built-in tool 'Entity Info' to manage those. They have 12 segments which is reasonable. Reduce the face's size/shape to get 'bars' formed...
See this illustration for more details

shoeb_cars · 27 Aug 2010, 02:55

you are like right outta a scifi movie mahnnn....awesome
RESPECT +++

consider me ur fan...