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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by

      Yeah, thats an interesting shape to make. Seems simple, but as you've seen, each tool has its own way of handling following a path through 3 dimensional space. I am not sure if there is a single tool out there that does precisely this.

      But Fredo's tools have some awesome bending abilities that would help. And I agree that you mgiht look at Kiril's 2 faces and a path script. It might do it how you want it.

      My perpendicular face tools is able to draw in that profile oriented exactly how you want it, but it does not "skin" the profiles. You almost need a 2 rail follow me solution so that the profile would know how to orient itself. Interesting,

      Chris

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      • mitcorbM Offline
        mitcorb
        last edited by

        Yeah Chris:
        I just bent a replica of the example skp using Fredoscale. The cross section stayed intact, I just had to set the segment number and the extent of the bending to limit it to an eyeball estimate of the bend that rainfrog is showing.

        I guess the moderator's are OK with this dialogue staying where it is?


        ubendfredo

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

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        • R Offline
          rainfrog
          last edited by

          Thanks, mitcorb and Chris! I will definitely play around with the suggested plugins. I have Fredoscale but haven't begun to experiment with it yet. It'll probably be a few days (holidays coming up and I really should pull away from the computer a bit!)

          I didn't mean to hijack the thread with an off-topic exchange. FollowMe and Keep is an incredible improvement over FollowMe and much appreciated, and it was the closest I had found to what I was trying to do.

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          • mitcorbM Offline
            mitcorb
            last edited by

            It's OK, rainfrog:
            I am just glad I was able to assist.
            By the way, when I looked at the replica I did, at first it had a bounding box like a group. I clicked somewhere and the box disappeared. I could not retrieve the group, but the model remained. Also, I noticed that a line segment was bridging one of the bends, like it did not get bent by the plugin, even though I selected the whole thing before bending.

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

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            • jarynzlesaJ Offline
              jarynzlesa
              last edited by

              works perfectly, thank you - good work 👍

              http://www.vizualizaceschodiste.mypage.cz/

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                ciudadanochano
                last edited by

                Hey!! I have a very stupid question...How can I download this plugin? I´m serching everywhere, but I can´t find the way. Thanks!!

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  Hi Chano,

                  Plugins published on these forums are generally attached at the bottom of the very first post in their respective topics - in this case, download/install FAK.rb (or extract it from the FAK.rar archive also attached).

                  Gai...

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                    kienho
                    last edited by

                    Thank you Wikii! Your plugin helps me alot in modeling.

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                    • T Offline
                      Tim Danaher
                      last edited by

                      Is FMAK supposed to smooth the result automatically?

                      I can't get this one to smooth -- the resulting sweep is nice, though...


                      FMAK_Profile.skp

                      Cheers,

                      Tim

                      http://vizarch.blogspot.com

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                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                        jeff hammond
                        last edited by

                        @rainfrog said:

                        Basically, I want a profile to follow a path much like in the FollowMe and keep plugin, but in a way that preserves the proportions of the profile perpendicular to the path, whether that path is level or on a slope.

                        hey rainfrog,

                        that's possible using the extrude along path tool in the 1001bit suite
                        http://www.1001bit.com/

                        followmeproblem_fixed.skp

                        1001bitversion.jpg

                        dotdotdot

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                          xrok1
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          @rainfrog said:

                          Basically, I want a profile to follow a path much like in the FollowMe and keep plugin, but in a way that preserves the proportions of the profile perpendicular to the path, whether that path is level or on a slope.

                          the native follow me tool works this way???? did you try it?

                          “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                          http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
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                            You can use also the TIG Extrude Edges by Rails by Face 😉
                            and maybe 2 faces + Path by Kirill2008

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                            • jeff hammondJ Offline
                              jeff hammond
                              last edited by

                              @unknownuser said:

                              You can use also the TIG Extrude Edges by Rails by Face 😉
                              and maybe 2 faces + Path by Kirill2008

                              they won't keep the bottom flat though.. i'm pretty sure 1001bit is the only ruby solution for this particular scenario.

                              dotdotdot

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                                xrok1
                                last edited by

                                i downloaded his file and to me 1001bit and native follow me are identical, except 1001 triangulates. 😕

                                “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                                http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  You can use also the TIG Extrude Edges by Rails by Face 😉
                                  and maybe 2 faces + Path by Kirill2008

                                  they won't keep the bottom flat though.. i'm pretty sure 1001bit is the only ruby solution for this particular scenario.

                                  FollowMeAndKeep?

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                                    xrok1
                                    last edited by

                                    @thomthom said:

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    You can use also the TIG Extrude Edges by Rails by Face 😉
                                    and maybe 2 faces + Path by Kirill2008

                                    they won't keep the bottom flat though.. i'm pretty sure 1001bit is the only ruby solution for this particular scenario.

                                    FollowMeAndKeep?

                                    FAK "squashes" the profile going up hill because it doesn't rotate.

                                    “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                                    http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                                      Tim Danaher
                                      last edited by

                                      I'm not having much luck with this at all...

                                      Trying to sweep a spiral stair rail. I've got the path running smack through the midpoint of the balusters, and the profile lined up as centrally as possible, but the resulting handrail is never on the path.

                                      The original path & Profile are in one group in the attached .skp, the resulting sweep in another...

                                      Anyone point me to where I'm going wrong?

                                      Ta,


                                      Spiral Stairs_Baluster.skp

                                      Cheers,

                                      Tim

                                      http://vizarch.blogspot.com

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                                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                        jeff hammond
                                        last edited by

                                        @xrok1 said:

                                        i downloaded his file and to me 1001bit and native follow me are identical, except 1001 triangulates. 😕

                                        check this comparison..
                                        fm_vs_1001.skp

                                        [edit] oh, regarding the 1001bit triangulation.. i run the deletecoplanaredges ruby on it afterwards.. found here..
                                        http://www.cad-addict.com/2009/07/sketchup-plugins-delete-coplanar-edges.html

                                        dotdotdot

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                                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                          jeff hammond
                                          last edited by

                                          @tim danaher said:

                                          I'm not having much luck with this at all...

                                          Trying to sweep a spiral stair rail. I've got the path running smack through the midpoint of the balusters, and the profile lined up as centrally as possible, but the resulting handrail is never on the path.

                                          The original path & Profile are in one group in the attached .skp, the resulting sweep in another...

                                          Anyone point me to where I'm going wrong?

                                          Ta,

                                          i really don't know what's going on there Tim and i don't have FAK.rb installed anymore but i tried it with the 1001bit extrude and it worked out..
                                          that said, we're talking a $30 tool set vs. a free plugin so...

                                          TD_baluster.skp

                                          dotdotdot

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                                            Tim Danaher
                                            last edited by

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            @tim danaher said:

                                            I'm not having much luck with this at all...

                                            Trying to sweep a spiral stair rail. I've got the path running smack through the midpoint of the balusters, and the profile lined up as centrally as possible, but the resulting handrail is never on the path.

                                            The original path & Profile are in one group in the attached .skp, the resulting sweep in another...

                                            Anyone point me to where I'm going wrong?

                                            Ta,

                                            i really don't know what's going on there Tim and i don't have FAK.rb installed anymore but i tried it with the 1001bit extrude and it worked out..
                                            that said, we're talking a $30 tool set vs. a free plugin so...

                                            [attachment=0:afd99swm]<!-- ia0 -->TD_baluster.skp<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:afd99swm]

                                            Thanks, Jeff -- Nice result... will have to pony up the dosh, then... 😮

                                            Cheers,

                                            Tim

                                            http://vizarch.blogspot.com

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