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

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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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                  • urgenU Offline
                    urgen
                    last edited by

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

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

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                    • D Offline
                      djorkaeff
                      last edited by

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

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                      • 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

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                        • pep75P Offline
                          pep75
                          last edited by

                          This is a brilliant Plug-In...Super. Fredo fantastic!!! This is just what SU needed, just that little extra spline modelling tool. And for free! Better then the Booltools where you'll have to pay for and works 25% of the time...

                          Fredo you're my hero!

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @pep75 said:

                            This is a brilliant Plug-In... And for free! ...

                            Please remember that although many of the scripters, like Fredo, do publish their tools freely, there is often a PayPal 'Donation' available - so you can give Fredo a little something, if you think he's worth it [which he is!] - I'm sure he won't object... 😉

                            TIG

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                            • A Offline
                              autarchos
                              last edited by

                              Hi Fredo -

                              I am having the same problem as Didier with bugsplats. I am able to make geometry selections, but the moment I attempt a loft by spline, SU crashes.

                              This occurs only on PC for me - the plugin works fine on Mac (both platforms have the latest version of SU)

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                              • bazB Offline
                                baz
                                last edited by

                                had a good play with loft by spline today...
                                ...no probs.
                                its looking abfab. thanks fredo.

                                ba
                                win7, (for my sins 😞 ). pent4. 3ghz. 3gb ram. nvidea 6600

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                                • Didier BurD Offline
                                  Didier Bur
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Fredo6,

                                  I finally got it to start without a bugsplat. Select edges, spline, and here is the error message:

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method -' for nil:NilClass> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftSpline.rb:953:in spline_matrix_match_point'
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftSpline.rb:930:in spline_matrix_column' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftSpline.rb:927:in each'
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftSpline.rb:927:in spline_matrix_column' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftSpline.rb:646:in spline_matrix_analyze'
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftSpline.rb:645:in each' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftSpline.rb:645:in spline_matrix_analyze'
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftSpline.rb:234:in spline_junction_construct' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftAlgo.rb:1371:in junction_construct'
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftAlgo.rb:415:in link_construct_all' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftAlgo.rb:415:in each'
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftAlgo.rb:415:in link_construct_all' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftAlgo.rb:404:in link_calculate_all'
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftAlgo.rb:377:in prepare_all' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftAlgo.rb:368:in proceed'
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftTool.rb:590:in transition_to_loft' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftTool.rb:575:in notify_edge_picked'
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_35/Lib6EdgePicker.rb:356:in call' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_35/Lib6EdgePicker.rb:356:in notify_action'
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_35/Lib6EdgePicker.rb:1214:in `click_outside'

                                  Hope this helps you to debug somewhat

                                  DB

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                                  • fredo6F Offline
                                    fredo6
                                    last edited by

                                    @didier bur said:

                                    Hi Fredo6,

                                    I finally got it to start without a bugsplat. Select edges, spline, and here is the error message:

                                    I located the problem, but it must depend on the model somehow (most likely the orientation of curves).
                                    I'll put a protection (or an error message) to avoid the bugsplat anyway and will republish.

                                    Fredo

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                                    • charly2008C Offline
                                      charly2008
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi Fredo,

                                      your plugin is a miracle. Could be a must for historical models.

                                      Karl


                                      Unbenannt.JPG


                                      Unbenannt1.JPG

                                      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                      • OxerO Offline
                                        Oxer
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi Fredo6,

                                        The plugin is fantastic, i'm modeling a XIV Century Church and it has a lot of organic details, your plugin will help me to finish it.
                                        I know that the plugin is a beta phase but i find a conflict with other plugin 'set.rb' requested for svg.rb (to import svg files to sketchup), it's a minor problem for me but i say it for inform to other users if they find that the plugin does not work and they have installed this plugin. (I work on Mac)

                                        Thanks for all your plugins!! 👍

                                        Bye!

                                        "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                                        [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                                        • brookefoxB Offline
                                          brookefox
                                          last edited by

                                          Here's a modest working use of the tool, much as exampled: to create a square to round transition, in this case for building gutter work.

                                          I hope folks will post more.


                                          scupper transition via CurviLoft-1.JPG


                                          scupper transition via CurviLoft-in place.JPG

                                          ~ Brooke

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                                          • fredo6F Offline
                                            fredo6
                                            last edited by

                                            @oxer said:

                                            Hi Fredo6,

                                            The plugin is fantastic, i'm modeling a XIV Century Church and it has a lot of organic details, your plugin will help me to finish it.
                                            I know that the plugin is a beta phase but i find a conflict with other plugin 'set.rb' requested for svg.rb (to import svg files to sketchup), it's a minor problem for me but i say it for inform to other users if they find that the plugin does not work and they have installed this plugin. (I work on Mac)

                                            Thanks for all your plugins!! 👍

                                            Bye!

                                            Where can I find this plugin svg and set.rb? I'd like to see where the conflict comes from.

                                            Fredo

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