sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    ℹ️ Licensed Extensions | FredoBatch, ElevationProfile, FredoSketch, LayOps, MatSim and Pic2Shape will require license from Sept 1st More Info

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

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Plugins
    1.3k Posts 297 Posters 2.4m Views 296 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • 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!!!!

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • 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

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          Fredo

          This is already too impressive 👊
          😉

          TIG

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
            last edited by

            Here is the Moebius ribbon with closure
            Curviloft Moebius.png

            Fredo


            Moebius - curviloft.skp

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • 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 😄

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • 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

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • 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

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • massimoM Offline
                    massimo Moderator
                    last edited by

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

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • charly2008C Offline
                      charly2008
                      last edited by

                      Some ideas with Grow and Curviloft


                      Grow.JPG


                      Untitled.skp

                      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • 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

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • 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

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • 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

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • charly2008C Offline
                              charly2008
                              last edited by

                              The same shape with small modifications


                              Unbenannt.JPG

                              He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • L Offline
                                lapx
                                last edited by

                                Thanks Tig! I'll try it out 🎉

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • 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

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • 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

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • 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

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • urgenU Offline
                                        urgen
                                        last edited by

                                        ...Oh, Fredo,thank you very much! 👍

                                        --pupil forever...------

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • D Offline
                                          djorkaeff
                                          last edited by

                                          Very good and promising plugin. Thank you for your effort and generosity!

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • JClementsJ Offline
                                            JClements
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi Fredo:

                                            Is there anyway, once the surface group is created, that it could store the Curviloft parameters used? That way the user, if they had not completed all the surfacing, could verify and reuse those settings at a later time.

                                            Perhaps there could be an eyedropper that could "suck up" the values of an existing surface-group and paste them into the Curviloft dialog?

                                            =========

                                            I have been doing a bit of testing using contours from CAD and comparing the results with the Sandbox tool. I was not able to reduce the total curviloft surfaces (triangles and quadrangles) between contour elevations compared to the triangulated surfaces sandbox creates BUT Curviloft places its surfaces where they SHOULD BE unlike Sandbox which places surfaces that "bridge" across vertices of the same elevation ...that is a big time saver.

                                            John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • 1
                                            • 2
                                            • 3
                                            • 4
                                            • 5
                                            • 6
                                            • 7
                                            • 8
                                            • 65
                                            • 66
                                            • 6 / 66
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Buy SketchPlus
                                            Buy SUbD
                                            Buy WrapR
                                            Buy eBook
                                            Buy Modelur
                                            Buy Vertex Tools
                                            Buy SketchCuisine
                                            Buy FormFonts

                                            Advertisement