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

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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      @thomthom said:

      @unknownuser said:

      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)

      I've also requested that SU supports this.
      Meanwhile, I've made a framework to read BMP images and render them to screen. Though you can't have too many as it'll slow down. But it works fine for creating toolbars.

      Tom,

      This was also my first approach (with view.draw GL_POINTS) but it was definitely too slow. I think that if this is added in native code, it can be ultra fast, even fatser than drawing lines and polygons by view.draw.

      Fredo

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        What speeds up thing greatly is if when you load the bitmaps you sort the pixels by colour, and then draw each colour in bulk.
        I load each bitmap for each toolbar button into a hash with the colour as key and the value as an array of point3d objects. Note that I merge all buttons into one hash.

        This means that if you are careful about your icon creation and use a palette of fewer colours you increase performance. A little bit pre-processing required, but the bulk drawing makes up for it many times over.

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

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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
          last edited by

          One more video, on the possibility to borrow contours from within components....
          Contour components.gif

          Fredo

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            @unknownuser said:

            One more video, on the possibility to borrow contours from within components....

            👍 👍 😄

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

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            • EscapeArtistE Offline
              EscapeArtist
              last edited by

              That last process vid you just posted would be a great time saver all by itself. I'm trying to think of something creative to offer as a sample, but you've covered pretty much what I'd use already.

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              • EarthMoverE Offline
                EarthMover
                last edited by

                Bloody genius! I'd swear I was looking a video from Rhino or Bonzai!!! 👍 👍

                3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                Content Creator at Skapeup

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  On the last example, the curve can make a loop on the same plan?
                  If yes,there is an automatic clean of the complex auto-intersect skin resulting?

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

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                  • soloS Offline
                    solo
                    last edited by

                    oooh, good thinking.

                    Would it make a torus shape?


                    try this.png


                    try this.skp

                    http://www.solos-art.com

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

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      A Torus is easily made using the built-in FollowMe tool or even my EEbyLathe - BUT Fredo's new tool seems far more powerful, and so it should be able to do much greater things 🎉
                      We await in anticipation...

                      TIG

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                      • soloS Offline
                        solo
                        last edited by

                        Okay, let's up the ante.


                        how about this then.png


                        and this.skp

                        http://www.solos-art.com

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

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                        • D Offline
                          Daniel S
                          last edited by

                          Fredo

                          For loft along path you always show two faces or surface and a path...
                          It will be possible to select more faces?
                          Something like this image that I found:

                          https://forum.solidworks.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-149439-7018/450-194/3-25-2010+9-53-54+AM.png

                          And I attach some models to see if they work with loft along path.

                          Daniel S


                          loft along path tests.skp

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                          • bagateloB Offline
                            bagatelo
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            One more video, on the possibility to borrow contours from within components....
                            [attachment=0:23rqfyk7]<!-- ia0 -->Contour components.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:23rqfyk7]

                            Fredo

                            This remember solidworks. Non destructive work can be very interesting. And if can be possible to make smooth junctions.
                            Fredo, never doubt: WE LOVE YOU!!!

                            While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                            • D Offline
                              driven
                              last edited by

                              hi Fredo,

                              if you need a mac tester...

                              this is a simple version of something I can't get any of the other tools to manage easily, but maybe it's me...
                              low-poly version of with a simplified path and face
                              cantfollow.skp

                              learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                              • D Offline
                                Daniel S
                                last edited by

                                @driven said:

                                this is a simple version of something I can't get any of the other tools to manage easily, but maybe it's me...

                                I don´t know how to explain it in english, but you follow and rotate. So if curviloft works with closed paths and you can select more than 2 faces you will need to make something like the attachment.
                                Not really sure, but this is how should work this feature Fredo?

                                Daniel S


                                cantfollow2.skp

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                                  DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi FREDO
                                  I have drawn some models for you to teste the loft plugins

                                  you need other models?

                                  http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/870/sinttulo1ta.jpg


                                  Sin título.skp

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                                  • P Offline
                                    Panga
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi Fredo,

                                    As promised, I attach to this post some test files in order you can evaluate your plugin with terrain work.

                                    The first file (road test.skp), show you one of my principal process in order to make roads, and the boring step of cleaning the faces outside the original contours after using the sandbox...I weld all the contours of the road, but I think you'll have to create somme edges in order to divide the whole road in parts.

                                    The second file are classic contours for terrain.

                                    Hope it will help you to test your plugin.

                                    Regards.


                                    Road test.skp


                                    Terrain test.skp

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                                    • R Offline
                                      Rainie
                                      last edited by

                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      When it is released. This was just a teaser. 😉

                                      Hi, Thanks Thom for your very quick reply..Thanks!

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                                        gofrez
                                        last edited by

                                        When i've seen this plugin i falled down the chair!! Amazing Fredo!!

                                        Frez

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                                        • D Offline
                                          Daniel S
                                          last edited by

                                          Here I make another quick test for loft feature. It´s simple but y really want to know if it would work in this cases.

                                          Daniel S


                                          Pencil for loft.skp

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                                            robert111
                                            last edited by

                                            i like this plugin, but i dont see link to dowload it
                                            can anyone have link for this good plugin??

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