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

[dolphus]

Fredo I am a big fan of your work, i hang my head in shame and confess that i cannot get the Curvilot to work when i start uo SU i get the following message " Module Curviloft requires LibFredo6 version greater than 35. Current version is 34" but i do have Version 35 in the plugin dir as well as 34 if i remove the 34 many of my other Fredo plugins work is it possible for anyone to diagnose my problem?
Thanks in anticipation

[fredo6]

@grim said:

fredo and charly

this tool is fantastic, however after reviewing the examples posted by charly i was eager to try them out for myself but when it came time to try step 3 if found that the curviloft menue did not display the same information nor did the black backround profile menu appear i have sinced removed all rubies and reloaded only the latest from you posting to see if i had installed it incorrectly however i get the same responce

can you enlighten me as to the problem or is there somthing i am over looking

thanks

Maybe you just need to click on a junction to get the floating palette appear, if it is your problem.

Fredo

[fredo6]

@dolphus said:

Fredo I am a big fan of your work, i hang my head in shame and confess that i cannot get the Curvilot to work when i start uo SU i get the following message " Module Curviloft requires LibFredo6 version greater than 35. Current version is 34" but i do have Version 35 in the plugin dir as well as 34 if i remove the 34 many of my other Fredo plugins work is it possible for anyone to diagnose my problem?
Thanks in anticipation

Check out if you have a subfolder named LIBFREDO6_Dir_35 in the Plugins directory. Normally, the script automatically select the latest version of LibFredo6

Fredo

[grim]

fredo

thanks for the pointers, they work... there seems to be a lot more to using this tool than i realise, i am getting the hang of it slowly

[dolphus]

Thank you for the quick reply, I thought i had put the folder in i have now and it works
Thank you very much

[fredo6]

@daniel s said:

Here I make another quick test for loft feature. It´s simple but y really want to know if it would work in this cases.

Daniel S

I missed this one.
Here is the result, with Loft by Spline

Fredo

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Pencil for loft.skp

[grim]

danial

tried you shape file and came up with very different results see attached file

can you enlighten me as to where i am going wrong as i followed your instructions as well as trying one of my own

regards

david

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grimshape.skp

[Daniel S]

You can select all the contours to make the loft:

You will see that there is a problem with the default method.. try to change it with the toolbar for different results:

Or you can make it in two parts (for this model I wanted this result):

Daniel S

[Daniel S]

The idea was a result like this for that model:

Is better to make the loft in parts and not all togheter in a lot of cases.
For example, I´m making a shape where two contours share edges.


it is better to make a loft between 1-2-3, then explode and after that make the loft 4-5 for better results:

I attach the skp to show that if you make a loft of 1-2-3-4-5 the results are not good in this case.

Daniel S

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shape.skp

[fredo6]

@daniel s said:

The idea was a result like this for that model:
[attachment=6:fuxjwvvf]<!-- ia6 -->pencil.JPG<!-- ia6 -->[/attachment:fuxjwvvf]Daniel S

For the pencil, use the regular Bezier method (first method) instead of Cubic Bezier (default method).
[attachment=0:fuxjwvvf]<!-- ia0 -->Pencil Loft Daniel S.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:fuxjwvvf]
Fredo

PS: for the other shape, there are still some issues when curves are partially overlapping. But it is a good example I can work from.

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[thomthom]

I've yet to try out this plugin for myself - but is there a linear option as well? Or is it just beziers? It seems to be that the pencil would require a linear morphing to get the shape of the tip.

[fredo6]

@thomthom said:

I've yet to try out this plugin for myself - but is there a linear option as well? Or is it just beziers? It seems to be that the pencil would require a linear morphing to get the shape of the tip.

The Linear option will be available in the next release (along with other spline methods). I came to that conclusion too.

Fredo

[Bob James]

Just came across this wonderful and amazing new tool.
I'm pretty much speechless: incredible

This opens up soooo many possibilities. Thank you for this great tool

[KarinaGM]

I haven't even had time to use it and I am already in love with this plugin.
Thanks Fredo

[pilou]

A little use of it
Grow by Tig
Curviloft by Fredo6
FredoScale by Fredo6

[charly2008]

Hi,

I tried with Curviloft the to make the ornaments in this historic door . But it does not look good. I have to try other shapes. In the rendered image it looks like a Crab.

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[notareal]

@unknownuser said:

@thomthom said:

I've yet to try out this plugin for myself - but is there a linear option as well? Or is it just beziers? It seems to be that the pencil would require a linear morphing to get the shape of the tip.

The Linear option will be available in the next release (along with other spline methods). I came to that conclusion too.
[attachment=0:12mbvobp]<!-- ia0 -->Pencil for Loft - Daniel S - linear.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:12mbvobp]
Fredo

You cannot stop amaze! This already is a true gem. Wonder to what it will grow...

[Daniel S]

I just see:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=29374#p256698

And made me wonder... would be possible something like this?

Daniel S

[charly2008]

I have further experimented with Curivloft. But for those stone sculptures, it seems to be less suitable. The current forms I have generated by the standard tools, the Freehand tool, Push Pull and Subdivide and Smooth.

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[thomthom]

Notice that the numbers for each profile alternates throughout your pre-selecting.