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      benjamin22
      last edited by

      Chris, August & xrok thanks a lot! you guys are legends, very helpful. Keep up the good work, I'm in my 3rd yr of architecture and always looking to do more and more complicated things on sketchup and its good to know there is this great site to go to when I get stuck!

      Cheers guys.

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        August
        last edited by

        @benjamin22 said:

        ... you guys are legends ...

        I am honored and humbled that you put me in the same category as Chris and Xrox.

        August

        β€œAn idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”
        [floatr:v1mcbde2]-- Charles Dickens[/floatr:v1mcbde2]

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          xrok1
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          @august said:

          @benjamin22 said:

          ... you guys are legends ...

          I am honored and humbled that you put me in the same category as Chris and Xrox.

          August

          ditto 😳

          β€œThere 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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            mbattler
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            I have down loaded the shape bender files but can not figure out how to get into the program to work. Does anyone know the steps?

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              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              @mbattler said:

              I have down loaded the shape bender files but can not figure out how to get into the program to work. Does anyone know the steps?

              Haven't you watched the movie on the same page as the download ?
              http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=147395#p147395

              TIG

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                huckrorick
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                I can't seem to get the ruby to work.
                All I get is a line at the bottom that says "5%. End @ ? (1 of 5) Searching for objects to explode."
                Nothing more happens.

                Here is what I did:
                I downloaded the zip file, unzipped, copied the folder and the 1kb ruby file to my plugin directory, started Sketchup, made a rectangular component, drew a line on one edge of the component, drew an arc, selected the component, started the plugin, selected the line, then the arc, go the line noted above and nothing else.

                I attached a screen shot of what I get.

                Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong?

                Thanks,

                Huck


                ShapeBenderProb.jpg

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  Move the cube on the green axis or anywhere on the positive xy space
                  Don't draw the line // red axis on the cube edge but on an empty space!
                  press the up arrow for select the Bender result form πŸ˜‰
                  If that don't work like this, there is a problem because I make that you say and that is working and that is instanteneous! πŸ˜„
                  Post your file!
                  bender.jpg
                  cube.jpg

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                    TIG Moderator
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                    Huckrorick

                    Have you installed ' progressbar.rb' as instructed on the page with the main download link ?

                    TIG

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      Looks like it's still in the process of running according to the bottom edge of his screen grab.

                      Etaoin Shrdlu

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                        huckrorick
                        last edited by

                        I tried all the suggestions:

                        1. I did as Pilou suggested.
                        2. I reinstalled progressbar.rb
                        3. It does appear that the program is still running considering the message at the bottom. However, I waited one half hour with no result. I thought the cube and arc would be a very simple test.

                        Is there some setting in Sketchup that could affect this?
                        Any other help?

                        I attached the screen shot of the new test.
                        I also am attaching the Sketchup file.

                        HuckShapeBenderProb.jpg


                        ShapeBenderProb.skp

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
                          last edited by

                          Well, it isn't a problem with your SKP file. I was able to run the plugin with no problem.

                          Out of curiosity, is clf_shape_bender.rb is the the clf_shape_bender folder?

                          Etaoin Shrdlu

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                            August
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                            @august said:

                            ... Shape Bender slices up the Original Object with vertical slices, according to how many segments there are in the Target Curve. One of the keys to predicting how it is going to work is that it will keep those slice faces vertical. It will rotate them in the Red-Green plane, but the slices will stay vertical. ...

                            It's a little more complicated than that. The slices stay vertical, but it's not a straight linear projection, as I was implying.

                            Based on the attached drawing, I think the Guide Line gets evenly divided into the number of segments in the Target Curve, so if the segments in the Target Curve are not evenly spaced, different segments in the Result will be stretched or compressed horizontally.

                            In the drawing, a straight projection of the Target Curve onto the Guide line results in uneven spacing, but where the Source Object is divided is different, those places are evenly spaced along the length of the Guide line.

                            I hope this helps,
                            August


                            Shape Bender with Vertical Curve

                            β€œAn idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”
                            [floatr:v1mcbde2]-- Charles Dickens[/floatr:v1mcbde2]

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                              August
                              last edited by

                              Here's a similar drawing for a horizontal (red-green plane) Target Curve.


                              shape bender horizontal.jpg

                              β€œAn idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”
                              [floatr:v1mcbde2]-- Charles Dickens[/floatr:v1mcbde2]

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                                Chris Fullmer
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                                @huckrorick said:

                                I can't seem to get the ruby to work.

                                Do you by chance have component spray installed? That plugin seems to be breaking progressbar. If you have it installed, remove it and then restart SU and then try to run shape bender again.

                                Chris

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

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                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  Maybe but I have both and no problem πŸ˜‰

                                  Frenchy Pilou
                                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                  My Little site :)

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                                    huckrorick
                                    last edited by

                                    Yes, clf_shape_bender.rb is in the clf_shape_bender folder.d

                                    @dave r said:

                                    Well, it isn't a problem with your SKP file. I was able to run the plugin with no problem.

                                    Out of curiosity, is clf_shape_bender.rb is the the clf_shape_bender folder?

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                                      huckrorick
                                      last edited by

                                      Yes, I have component spray installed. I removed it and shape bender worked fine.

                                      Since I like to use component spray occassionally, is there a solution to using both?

                                      Also, I'm wondering if having lots of plugins installed slows sketchup? (I have quite a few and some I use infrequently).

                                      Huck

                                      @chris fullmer said:

                                      @huckrorick said:

                                      I can't seem to get the ruby to work.

                                      Do you by chance have component spray installed? That plugin seems to be breaking progressbar. If you have it installed, remove it and then restart SU and then try to run shape bender again.

                                      Chris

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                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        @huckrorick said:

                                        Since I like to use component spray occassionally, is there a solution to using both?

                                        Download the updated version of Component Spray.

                                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          Chris - why not make your script detect the offending version of Component Spray? Get the file size for instance and use that to determine if the installed Component Spray (if any) is the conflicting version and prompt the user to update it.

                                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                            hchiava2
                                            last edited by

                                            Can't seem to get shape bender to work.
                                            I select group, then Fullmer - tools - sb.
                                            When I try to select the horizontal line - nothing happens.

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