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

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    • halroachH Offline
      halroach
      last edited by

      As all of your wonderful plugins!
      Very nice fredo!

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      • D Offline
        dolphus
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        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

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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
          last edited by

          @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

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          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
            last edited by

            @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

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            • G Offline
              grim
              last edited by

              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

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              • D Offline
                dolphus
                last edited by

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

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  @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
                  Pencil for Loft - Daniel S.gif

                  Fredo


                  Pencil for loft.skp

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                  • G Offline
                    grim
                    last edited by

                    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


                    grimshape.skp

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                      Daniel S
                      last edited by

                      You can select all the contours to make the loft:
                      1.gif
                      You will see that there is a problem with the default method.. try to change it with the toolbar for different results:
                      Captura.JPG

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

                      Daniel S

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                        Daniel S
                        last edited by

                        The idea was a result like this for that model:
                        pencil.JPG
                        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.
                        1.JPG
                        2.JPG
                        it is better to make a loft between 1-2-3, then explode and after that make the loft 4-5 for better results:
                        3.JPG
                        4.JPG

                        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


                        shape.skp

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                        • fredo6F Offline
                          fredo6
                          last edited by

                          @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.


                          Pencil Loft Daniel S.png

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            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.

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                            • fredo6F Offline
                              fredo6
                              last edited by

                              @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.
                              Pencil for Loft - Daniel S - linear.gif
                              Fredo

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                              • Bob JamesB Offline
                                Bob James
                                last edited by

                                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

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                                • K Offline
                                  KarinaGM
                                  last edited by

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

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                                  • pilouP Offline
                                    pilou
                                    last edited by

                                    A little use of it 😉
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                                    Curviloft by Fredo6
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                                    • charly2008C Offline
                                      charly2008
                                      last edited by

                                      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.


                                      Portal 1.JPG


                                      Portal.jpg

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                                        notareal
                                        last edited by

                                        @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...

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                                        • D Offline
                                          Daniel S
                                          last edited by

                                          I just see:

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

                                          And made me wonder... would be possible something like this?
                                          strangeloft.jpg
                                          Daniel S

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                                          • charly2008C Offline
                                            charly2008
                                            last edited by

                                            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.


                                            Portal.jpg


                                            Portal1.png

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