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

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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... πŸ˜‰

            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


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                      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!! πŸ‘

                        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!! πŸ‘

                            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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                            • JClementsJ Offline
                              JClements
                              last edited by

                              Fredo:

                              Is there a possibility that coplanar surfaces would be created with Curviloft?

                              John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                              • fredo6F Offline
                                fredo6
                                last edited by

                                @jclements said:

                                Fredo:

                                Is there a possibility that coplanar surfaces would be created with Curviloft?

                                Do you have an example?

                                Fredo

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                                • J Offline
                                  Joarek
                                  last edited by

                                  Simply amazing. Great work Fredo!

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                                  • A Offline
                                    arjunmax09
                                    last edited by

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                                    • J Offline
                                      Jim
                                      last edited by

                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      @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!! πŸ‘

                                      Bye!

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

                                      Fredo

                                      Fredo, it probably came from this thread:

                                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=13475&p=99818#p99542

                                      That was an old attempt at include rexml in the plugins folder, but rexml required a set.rb from the ruby language installation which is in direct conflict with the built-in Set class.

                                      Hi

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        Yea, the Set class is one that does differ in SU from the native. Not exactly sure what the differences are - wish it was documented.

                                        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:

                                          Yea, the Set class is one that does differ in SU from the native. Not exactly sure what the differences are - wish it was documented.

                                          And using Sketchup::Set instead generates a lot of warning messages.

                                          Anyway, I found a way to do without the Set class.

                                          Fredo

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                                          • D Offline
                                            d12dozr
                                            last edited by

                                            Karl, that's very neat, thanks for sharing πŸŽ‰

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