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    [Plugin][$] Curviloft 2.0a - 31 Mar 24 (Loft & Skinning)

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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
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      @thomthom said:

      Looking very nice. Can one edit the control splines afterwards?

      1:24 - Float Pal window: is that done using view.draw* method?

      Tom,

      Yes the button palettes are all based on view.draw methods. And for Curviloft, I had to introduce the concept of a floating palette to allow edition of each of the individual sections, as shown on this small video:
      Float palette.gif

      Fredo

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
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        Fredo

        As ever, a "tour de force".
        Can't wait to try your new tools...
        Very impressive interface and speed.
        πŸŽ‰

        TIG

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        • CadFatherC Offline
          CadFather
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          sugar.. everytime Fredo starts these things, it's like another copernican revolution! πŸ˜†

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
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            @unknownuser said:

            And for Curviloft, I had to introduce the concept of a floating palette to allow edition of each of the individual sections, as shown on this small video:
            [attachment=0:3bpbsi8t]<!-- ia0 -->Float palette.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3bpbsi8t]

            Is that adjustments one makes before you end the tool? Or can you take a shape you created earlier and readjust it? On other words, is it parametric?

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

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            • fredo6F Offline
              fredo6
              last edited by

              @thomthom said:

              @unknownuser said:

              And for Curviloft, I had to introduce the concept of a floating palette to allow edition of each of the individual sections, as shown on this small video:
              [attachment=0:x5clniez]<!-- ia0 -->Float palette.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:x5clniez]

              Is that adjustments one makes before you end the tool? Or can you take a shape you created earlier and readjust it? On other words, is it parametric?

              It's difficult to make things parametric in Sketchup, because all you have at the end is faces and edges.
              My plan to help a little bit would be to attach some information to the Component created so that you can reedit later on.
              also, and already working is the possibility to generate the juctions as curves so that when you move the profiles, then the shape deforms accordingly (something that is shown in Kirill's scripts).

              Fredo

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
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                Yea - it was something like that I was wondering if it would do. Very promising!

                Once I get Vertex Edit out of the way I want to make Bezier Path modelling tools. The control points stored as attributes for later edit-ability. Of course, if the user was to edit the geometry with other tools that would be ignored.
                If the observers behave better in the next SU I want to make modifiers that one can apply to groups/components. Stack them up and apply the modifications after the user edit the base shape.

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

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                  notareal
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                  Stunning! What a return.

                  Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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                  • Mike LuceyM Offline
                    Mike Lucey
                    last edited by

                    I think I've figured out how Fredo is doing all this fantastic work ...... if you listen carefully to the video you will hear a lot of squeeking going on in the background ....... well these can only be Creative Gremlins! πŸ‘

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                    • olisheaO Offline
                      olishea
                      last edited by

                      wow 😲

                      oli

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
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                        @unknownuser said:

                        I guess this is a job for JPP. Curviloft only generates the thin surface.

                        JPP : the "Jean Pierre Papin des surfaces" πŸ˜‰
                        ( a famous French footballer πŸ˜‰

                        [flash=480,385:2ce7u8sg]http://www.youtube.com/v/OgTMXQ2mtfA&hl[/flash:2ce7u8sg]

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

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                        • jim smithJ Offline
                          jim smith
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                          Big thanks in advance for creating this plugin. 😍 Frank Gehry will probably be switching to GSU pretty soon if Fredo keep this up πŸ˜’

                          "Out of clutter find simplicity,
                          from discord find harmony,
                          In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity"
                          Albert Einstein

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                          • shuraS Offline
                            shura
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                            Omg, we are drowning in pleasant anticipation!

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                            • R Offline
                              Rainie
                              last edited by

                              Hi all,
                              where we can download this very helpful plugin!!! Thanks!!!

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @rainie said:

                                Hi all,
                                where we can download this very helpful plugin!!! Thanks!!!

                                When it is released. This was just a teaser. πŸ˜‰

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

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                                • soloS Offline
                                  solo
                                  last edited by

                                  Fredo strikes again!!

                                  Looking forward to another true Gem.

                                  http://www.solos-art.com

                                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                    DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
                                    last edited by

                                    fredo, great plugins. thank you very much for their continued contributions to the user of sketchup

                                    two questions.

                                    floating panel interface, which uses programming language?
                                    you can use images *. png or other format for icons?

                                    when can download the first version of the plugins?

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                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      @diego-rodriguez said:

                                      floating panel interface, which uses programming language?
                                      you can use images *. png or other format for icons?

                                      It is written in pure Ruby and SU API (which makes it portable PC and Mac).
                                      Unfortunately, png cannot be used (the SU API is missing this functionality, but it would be a good idea to add it)

                                      @diego-rodriguez said:

                                      when can download the first version of the plugins?

                                      Probably not before a month, except if I released only a subset.
                                      This is also why I need to have some sample geometry, beyond what I am doing test with, because I prefer to adapt the algorithm before the script is released)

                                      Fredo

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                                      • fredo6F Offline
                                        fredo6
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                                        @earthmover said:

                                        Holy crap!!! Is that speed realtime? Looks amazing! Do the number of segments in the rails matter? Could this possibly be used to replace the standard from contours in the sandbox tools to create graded terrains?

                                        Videos are real time. As usal the performance is driven by the number of facets created, with the exponential slow-down noticed in all scripts.
                                        The number of segments does matter because Curviloft always respects the vertices of the contours and rails. This is why meshes created can be unbalanced or very crowded. In principle, it would be good that users do a rebalancing before applying Curviloft.

                                        For terrain shaping, I would appreciate if you had an example, so that I can answer more accurately.

                                        Fredo

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                                        • soloS Offline
                                          solo
                                          last edited by

                                          Fredo, what kind of example would work for you?

                                          contour maps, completed terrains, an image, point cloud?

                                          http://www.solos-art.com

                                          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                          • bagateloB Offline
                                            bagatelo
                                            last edited by

                                            Yes, Only Fredo6... OMG
                                            I can't wait to try this one.

                                            While the cat's away, the mice will play

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