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

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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      @cmeed said:

      A seat i recently designed needed an end that curved round and formed the back rest. I've just played for 20mins on the beta and i'm struggling. can curviloft help?

      cheers
      chris

      I think you need to draw first the rails that give the shape of the junction, making sure that each surface would be closed by 4 or 3 curves. Then you can apply the Skinning function.

      Fredo

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      • fredo6F Offline
        fredo6
        last edited by

        @daniel s said:

        In the release note you say that there are some limitations and unfinished work.
        Modify vertex matching by selecting a vertex and dragging it to a new position inside the floating palette is a limitation or a unfinished feature?. That would be awesome.

        This is rather an unfinished feature. Actually, this is why you have a preview zone in the floating palette, because editing on the model, with faces hiding vertices may be less convenient.

        @daniel s said:

        And is possible to allow SketchUp remember the last position of the floating palette? In the default position I have to move it always because there I have all the SU tools there.
        Daniel S

        Also an unfinished feature

        @daniel s said:

        PS. Can´t wait for the other tools 🎉 🎉 Hope that you can realease more beta versions before the "official release".

        The other tools work but may have more issues and unfinished features.

        Fredo

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        • V Offline
          vidy
          last edited by

          Hai Fredo, thanks for this pre release ver, im really excited with this capability, thanks againn 😍

          regards,

          still so much to learn..

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          • cmeedC Offline
            cmeed
            last edited by

            I think you need to draw first the rails that give the shape of the junction, making sure that each surface would be closed by 4 or 3 curves. Then you can apply the Skinning function.

            Fredo[/quote]

            Thanks but i couldn't get the rails working with this. I don't understand it completely yet. i need to wait till the documentation comes out as i seem to find myself with alot of colourful lines with 7,8,9 written on them.

            But on the up side i worked the path method see pics YES!


            look at me using colour edge plugin!


            result!!!!

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            • charly2008C Offline
              charly2008
              last edited by

              This is a new milestone. I find this tool opens up new design possibilities. The loft tool works very well and easy to understand. Especially because the geometry of the forms can be calculated in advance. Thanks for this wonderful tool.

              The last image below is an almost perfect Moebius band. Unfortunately, the last segment is not closed.


              Unbenannt.JPG


              Unbenann1t.JPG


              Unbenannt2.JPG


              Unbenann3t.JPG


              Moebius.JPG


              Moebius.skp

              He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                Fredo

                This is already too impressive 👊
                😉

                TIG

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  Here is the Moebius ribbon with closure
                  Curviloft Moebius.png

                  Fredo


                  Moebius - curviloft.skp

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                  • H Offline
                    hgdn
                    last edited by

                    Fredo,
                    Great impact for SU users in creating 3d models. With yours I am not afraid of creating 3d models from now on..still new!!! Easy and powerful plugins eventhough you give bug warnings but I have not seen any thing so far!!
                    Genius and generous Fredo 😄

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                    • R Offline
                      Ruturaj
                      last edited by

                      Thank you Fredo Sir,

                      you are great
                      Many Many Many THANK you.

                      I'm shocked man 😲

                      This plugin is very helpful thank you.
                      😍 👍 😄 😉

                      Thanks,
                      RuturaJ

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @lapx said:

                        I've tried it as well. Thanks Fredo for such a wonderful. Can you get it to maintain a sharp edge? I noticed it round the corners. Would be nice to have this as an option if available.

                        These tools do work very well.... 💚
                        The form is auto-smoothed ? You can always select the resultant group and right-click > soften, and set sliders to 0 and all edges will un-smooth/un-soften etc...
                        or view > hidden_geometry toggle to 'on' and use erase+ctrl+shift to un-soften wiped edges [also remember that erase+ctrl softens wiped edges and erase+shift hides wiped edges - but you must select hidden lines to unhide them using entity info, as there is not erase >> unhide equivalent key-combo...]

                        TIG

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                        • massimoM Offline
                          massimo Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Already a must-have plugin. Thank you Fredo. 👍

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                          • charly2008C Offline
                            charly2008
                            last edited by

                            Some ideas with Grow and Curviloft


                            Grow.JPG


                            Untitled.skp

                            He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                            • charly2008C Offline
                              charly2008
                              last edited by

                              In some forms it comes to interesting but not unanticipated results.


                              Unbenannt.JPG

                              He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                              • fredo6F Offline
                                fredo6
                                last edited by

                                @charly2008 said:

                                In some forms it comes to interesting but not unanticipated results.

                                Charly,

                                There are still missing features in Loft along Path, in particular about spiral specific treatments.
                                But if you can post your model, I can have a look and see if this can be handled.

                                Thanks

                                Fredo

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                                • charly2008C Offline
                                  charly2008
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Fredo,

                                  attached you wil have a similar model because the first one i have deleted. I selected each segment separately. Thanks again for your plugin, thanks for your efforts.

                                  Karl (Charly)


                                  Unbenannt.JPG


                                  Test1.zip

                                  He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                  • charly2008C Offline
                                    charly2008
                                    last edited by

                                    The same shape with small modifications


                                    Unbenannt.JPG

                                    He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                    • L Offline
                                      lapx
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks Tig! I'll try it out 🎉

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                                      • Didier BurD Offline
                                        Didier Bur
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi Fredo,

                                        I get a bugsplat EVERYTIME I try to "loft by spline", no matter the method used. Any possible conflict with other plugins ?

                                        F: J'ai un bugsplat directement après avoir cliqué l'icône, quelle que soit la méthode de sélection que j'utilise pour les faces, contours, chemins, etc. Est-ce qu'il y a à ta connaissance un conflit possible avec un autre plugin (ceux de TIG par exemple, qui font un job similaire ?).
                                        Je suis scotché, là...

                                        DB

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                                        • fredo6F Offline
                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          @didier bur said:

                                          Hi Fredo,

                                          I get a bugsplat EVERYTIME I try to "loft by spline", no matter the method used. Any possible conflict with other plugins ?

                                          At what step do you get the bug splat: selection, preview, generation of geometry?
                                          Is it with any model?

                                          I don't think there are conflicts with other plugins, and anyway not TIG's ones, because I have them in active my environment.

                                          Fredo

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                                          • Didier BurD Offline
                                            Didier Bur
                                            last edited by

                                            @Fredo6: at any time, either in a blank new model, or in a model with geometry in it.
                                            The bugsplat occurs as soon as I click on the icon, once I have selected contours or faces and the path (no problem with selection. 😲

                                            I'm considering to start with an empty Plugins folder (except curviloft of course 😄 ) to see what happens.

                                            DB

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