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

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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 It is admitedly outdated now though.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.
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        ovandenbroek
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        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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            arch.sani
            last edited by

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

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              anient
              last edited by

              Had to join the forum simply to get a hold of this pluggin thanks sooo much 👍

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                guillermorage
                last edited by

                how do i install it

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                • Rich O BrienR Offline
                  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 📖

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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 Offline
                      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 😲

                      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        If you are unclear about where your ‘Plugins’ 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... 🤓

                        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 — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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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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                                    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?

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                                        Alezio
                                        last edited by

                                        Thank you so much for sharing this use full 👍 plugin . im new in sketchup....perhaps everybody would like to help me....thank's again 😄 😄 😄 🎉

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                                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                          Chris Fullmer
                                          last edited by

                                          You're welcome. There are better tools for lofting now. This was the first one, but TIG and FREDO in particular have done lots of amazing work with lofting plugins. I'd recommend looking at theirs.

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

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                                            fran6fontaine
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi,

                                            one simple question, I downloaded the rb script for the loft tool but it doesn't appear in my sketchup. Neither in my plugins menu even if i click and drag it into the plugins folder of my sketchup.

                                            If you could help, i would really like to use it, seems to work like a charm to creat super smooth surfaces.

                                            Thanks

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