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

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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!! 👍

      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 — 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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            d12dozr
            last edited by

            Karl, that's very neat, thanks for sharing 🎉

            3D Printing with SketchUp Book
            http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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            • charly2008C Offline
              charly2008
              last edited by

              Hi to All,

              three experiments with Curviloft and Perpendicular Square. Please show your ideas for what is possible with Curviloft. It's just fun to try out new ideas.

              Karl


              Unbenannt.JPG


              Unbenannt2.JPG


              Unbenannt3.JPG


              Unbenannt7.JPG


              Unbenannt8.JPG

              He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                alangood
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                Hi Fredo,

                Please excuse me with my newbie question.

                I am trying to get your Curviloft plugin to work on my mac (OS X 10.6.3) in SU7. (Maybe it's working already, but I don't know how to access its functions.) I've only used SU about 100 hours over two years. But as I'm starting to design, manufacture and install concrete ping pong tables, SU is proving more and more useful!

                I'm dying to create curved surfaces, so am grateful for what appears to be an ideal plugin.

                I downloaded these plug ins: Driving Directions, Ruby Console, Curviloft, and others. I installed the .rb files on min Library/App Support/SU7. I restarted SU.

                I saw that DD and RC added themselves to the top pull down menus. DD created a floating tool bar. But I couldn't find CL. I deleted all the plug ins from Library/App Support/SU7, and from Library/Internet PlugIns. I still see RC and DD in the pull down menus. I don't mind them there, but my goal is to start to use CL.

                Do you have any suggestions? Next I'll try trashing SU and reinstalling it.

                thanks,

                Alan

                Alan Good
                President
                hengetables.com

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
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                  @alangood said:

                  Do you have any suggestions? Next I'll try trashing SU and reinstalling it.

                  I don't think you need to reinstall SU.
                  Rather, check the footprint (2 files, 2 subfolders) which is indicated in the main post where you downloaded from (http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=28586#p248195).

                  If needed, unzip in a neutral directory and then move the two files and folders to the SU Plugins folder, which on Mac should normally be:
                  Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/plugins

                  Fredo

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                  • fredo6F Offline
                    fredo6
                    last edited by

                    Although Sweep is not supported (i.e. loft along two rails), you can in some situations simulate it via the Skinning function.
                    Here the model posted previously by Diego, where you can generate the sweep shape by half.
                    Sweep by Half skinning.gif

                    Fredo

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                      xrok1
                      last edited by

                      AWSOME! 😲

                      “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                      http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                      • ely862meE Offline
                        ely862me
                        last edited by

                        I don't know what is going on in ur head...but what comes out is MAGIC. 😲

                        Only if Waat would insert your editing method to his Subdivide and smooth tool. I think mixing SDS with this plugin will produce the most powerful plugin of sketchup .

                        Thank you!

                        Elisei (sketchupper)


                        Before no life was done on Earth it was THE LIFE ITSELF...GOD
                        Come and See EliseiDesign

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                        • ken28875K Offline
                          ken28875
                          last edited by

                          Wow!!!! 😲 😲 😲

                          I have been busy and did not go to the forums lately, but what a surprise when I logged in today and saw that plugin.

                          Genial! Merci beaucoup, Fredo.

                          Best,

                          _KN

                          Follow Your Dreams.

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                            rachmatrf
                            last edited by

                            Fredo, I am a real newbie, as you can see, this is my first post.... I know you've produce many plugins. And those plugins are really helpful I believe. I just started to check this plugin section of the forum, and found that you're a master here. Thank you very much for bringing sketchup to a further stage as a modelling software... 😄
                            I just downloaded your curviloft plugin and already installed it on my sketchup7 pro (windows7 platform). But, I got some real problem related to selection. I tried to follow the tutorial step by step. I tried the pre-selection mode. I selected the paths (two curves, I put one above the other), then click the "face icon" button. As we know, the curve is constructed by several connected lines (segment). And as I click the "face icon", just one segment can be selected, and I've no idea how to select the whole segment of the curve (or both curves).. I got the same problem also to apply the loft between two surfaces.. I just can select one segment.. 😢

                            I can't even select the whole segment of the curve using manual selection mode... Forgive me if my problem is very basic thing... FYI, I Already tried the whole selection options... but nothing could worked it out. Do you know how to solve it? Please..., your help will be greatly appreciated..

                            Thanks a lot.....

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                            • fredo6F Offline
                              fredo6
                              last edited by

                              Rachmatrf,

                              Can you post your model so that I get a better view of your situation.

                              Also watch the videos to get some inspiration on how to select contours. Documentation is in my plan, but you can at least get some visual hints.

                              Fredo

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                              • OxerO Offline
                                Oxer
                                last edited by

                                @unknownuser said:

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

                                Hi Fredo6, this is the plugin "svg.rb" for import svg files into sketchup, the plugin need other files included in the folder, the "set.rb" is the conflict file with Curviloft.

                                svg.rb & set.rb, rexml folder, forwardable.rb

                                "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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                                  rachmatrf
                                  last edited by

                                  Thank you very much for your quick reply, and forgive me for this late reply. I've just busy with the office and didn't notice if your reply was very quick.

                                  Well, I think it's not about the model. the problem is that I can't make the model using curviloft, because I can only select one segment of a curve. I can't select the whole curve/spline...
                                  I already watch the tutorial video on youtube. I just follow the given instructions. But, still I can't select the whole curve or the whole spline.

                                  Here I attach the situation of my "all curves selection disability"... I hope this will give you a better view of my problem.
                                  http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=50224

                                  Thanks before. And I do apologize if I just missed a basic setting to solve this...


                                  Any idea what's going on with this?

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                                  • fredo6F Offline
                                    fredo6
                                    last edited by

                                    @rachmatrf said:

                                    Well, I think it's not about the model. the problem is that I can't make the model using curviloft, because I can only select one segment of a curve. I can't select the whole curve/spline...

                                    Could you open the Ruby console and check if there are some errors reported there.
                                    The situation is rather strange however.
                                    I would suggest you try with the other tools to see if you have something similar. All tools share a large part of the selection processing code, and this would help me to better figure out where this could come from.

                                    Fredo

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                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      TIP: COLOR OF THE PREVIEW MESH(SU7 only)

                                      In SU7, the color of the preview mesh may appear in pale gray, so that you do not see well the grid lines. If so,

                                      • just turn on and off the Shadows.
                                      • This should make the mesh surface black
                                      • Normally, you only need to do it once per SU session

                                      Fredo

                                      Note: there is a bug or missing feature in the SU API concerning the drawing of surface in 3D space. There is no control of the color. In SU6, it is always black. In SU7, the color is influenced by the shadow settings and sun shading. This bug / limitation has already signaled to the SU team a while ago. It is ennoying, because it limits teh capacity to develop more interactive plugins (in particular surface nurbs, if ever I engage in this path).

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                                        chango70
                                        last edited by

                                        😲

                                        SketchyRhino

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                                        • G Offline
                                          gophatecture
                                          last edited by

                                          Awesome work on this plugin!

                                          Is there a way to apply a material with a pattern, so the patterns align. ie the metal panelled exterior of Gehry's Experience Music Project in Seattle.

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                                          • R Offline
                                            rachmatrf
                                            last edited by

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            Could you open the Ruby console and check if there are some errors reported there.
                                            The situation is rather strange however.
                                            I would suggest you try with the other tools to see if you have something similar. All tools share a large part of the selection processing code, and this would help me to better figure out where this could come from.

                                            Hi Fredo,

                                            At the first, I was thinking that there's something wrong with the copy I got, so I downloaded a fresh new copy and replaced the old one in the plugins directory. But the problem still remains.

                                            As you suggest, I just checked the ruby console and found no error there. I already tried other tools as well, and the selection's just fine. Here I attach the selection using RoundCorner tool (which is another awesome work of yours). I found no problem using this tool. Is it because I am using SU7?

                                            Thank you so much.

                                            Best Regards...


                                            blank ruby console


                                            selection using RoundCorner

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