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    [Plugin] Simple Loft alpha 0.1b -- UPDATED May-15-09

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    • H Offline
      hsjzyangbin
      last edited by

      Hi Chris
      I found a problem. LOFT is to implement an order to choose the non-closed line, the feasibility of improving the closed line, I want to click on five closed lines, pop-up dialog box, creating the effect shown in Figure


      l1.png


      l2.png

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      • EscapeArtistE Offline
        EscapeArtist
        last edited by

        Issue trying to loft 3 curves:

        onSelectionBulkChange46
        onSelectionBulkChange96
        onSelectionBulkChange142
        onSelectionCleared
        Error; #<ArgumentError; Cannot convert argument to Sketchup;;Point3d>
        L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;142;in `vector_to'
        L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;142;in `middle_handles'
        L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;137;in `each_index'
        L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;137;in `middle_handles'
        L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;87;in `onReturn'
        L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;86;in `times'
        L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;86;in `onReturn'
        L;/Modeling/Sketchup Google/Plugins/clf_simple_loft/clf_simple_loft.rb;86
        
        

        In a nutshell, I select 3 unattached curves and apply loft - nothing happens.

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        • M Offline
          mspisz
          last edited by

          Hey Chris!

          Great plugin!, does exactly what I need it for in school!

          Your the man!

          Milo

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          • Chris FullmerC Offline
            Chris Fullmer
            last edited by

            Great, glad it helped. It is admitedly outdated now though. Check out TIG's extrude scripts. Those are considerably more powerful!

            Chris

            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
            All my Plugins I've written

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              ovandenbroek
              last edited by

              Hi Chris and all others,

              I like the concept of loft very much. In fact, it is one of the tools IMO that are making sketchup becoming a 'really' professional tool...

              see the attachment of a particular shape (based on a design made earlier in 3DMAX, it's a counter).

              I think you can make this only with 'loft' and not with TIG extrude tools. (?)

              Okke

              (PS For this kind of work I would love to have some more control over the 'bending' spline. In planview it's supposed to be a round counter, but as you can see the bending is not totaly 'circular')


              Loftshape-ovdb

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                EEbyRails requires some 'rails' to follow - CF's Loft doesn't - it always joins the two profiles by a bezier [?] curve [and you must have equal numbers of segments in each profile and no 'loops' allowed].

                To use the profiles you have shown with EEbyRails simply add some curves between them to be used as rails... then do a pair of profiles in turn with their 'rails[s]', using the second profile as the first profile in the next pair etc...

                This means the railed path can be any form you like...Untitled.png

                TIG

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                • A Offline
                  arch.sani
                  last edited by

                  just found it out, installed and tried: Chris, this is simply fantastico!

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                  • A Offline
                    anient
                    last edited by

                    Had to join the forum simply to get a hold of this pluggin thanks sooo much ๐Ÿ‘

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                      guillermorage
                      last edited by

                      how do i install it

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                      • Rich O BrienR Online
                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                        last edited by

                        The first post in this thread has the instructions. It's the same for most plugins here. Some are zipped so they need extracting. Others are just .rb files which need to go in your plugins folder. And some are .rb with folders containing files.

                        All plugins go in your plugin folder.

                        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp ๐Ÿ“–

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                          guillermorage
                          last edited by

                          Sorry, i am new in this forum, im using mac, i downloaded and its a ziped file, so i extracted and it appears a folder wich contains an rb file called:clf_simple_loft_loader.rb and another folder which contains; clf_simple_loft_small.png, clf_simple_loft.png, clf_simple_loft.rb.
                          I tried to move them to the plugins and then open sketchup, but nothing.

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                          • Rich O BrienR Online
                            Rich O Brien Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Hi,

                            When you extract you get this...
                            Simple Loft.jpg
                            Place both the .rb and the folder in your plugins folder. Do not take the files out of the folder as this will prevent it working.

                            I'm not familiar with Mac so where your plugin folder is located is a mytery ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

                            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp ๐Ÿ“–

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              If you are unclear about where your โ€˜Pluginsโ€™ folder might be then type [or copy+paste] this line into the
                              Window > Ruby Console:

                              Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")

                              • press <enter>

                              Typically the PC path that is returned is:

                              C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins

                              Whilst typically the Mac path that is returned is:

                              Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 7/SketchUp/Plugins

                              Test to see where yours is... ๐Ÿค“

                              TIG

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                                microracer9
                                last edited by

                                I installed it.... 1st time it worked perfectly....now...dont work.

                                Any idea why?

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  @microracer9 said:

                                  I installed it.... 1st time it worked perfectly....now...dont work.

                                  When reporting software problems please be more specific to what doesn't work. Is it a particular operation that fails? Or does it appear to not be loading at all? (No menus/toolbars) Any error messages (open the Ruby Console as see if any messages appear when you try to use the plugin) ?

                                  That's the only way for the developer, or any other, to have an idea of what "doesn't work" and why.

                                  Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                    nektares
                                    last edited by

                                    This is amazing! you are a very creative coder, thanks for this!

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                                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                      Chris Fullmer
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks!

                                      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                      All my Plugins I've written

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                                        Gromit
                                        last edited by

                                        Chris, You are A GENIUS!!!

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                                        • J Offline
                                          jeh397
                                          last edited by

                                          I just downloaded the loft plugin and I'm finding that once I select the loft tool
                                          I can't select any of the curves in my model. Any suggestions?

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                                          • Dave RD Offline
                                            Dave R
                                            last edited by

                                            Jacqueline, could you post either the model or a screen shot so we can see what you're doing?

                                            Out of curiosity, is there any chance your curves are inside components or groups that are not open for editing?

                                            Etaoin Shrdlu

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