sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    ℹ️ Licensed Extensions | FredoBatch, ElevationProfile, FredoSketch, LayOps, MatSim and Pic2Shape will require license from Sept 1st More Info

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

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Plugins
    1.3k Posts 297 Posters 2.4m Views 296 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      @diego-rodriguez said:

      frequently, I have a little problem.
      does not generate the geometry. if I open the ruby console and run the plugins. Sketchup is labeled.
      and generate this error:

      Diego,

      The two shapes in your attached file work fine by pre-selecting all contours.
      But I did not find the small shapes where you seem to have troubles (the one with color edges on your picture).

      For the warning in the Ruby console, do not worry. This is harmless and I have already fixed it for the next release.

      fredo

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • D Offline
        DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
        last edited by

        hi fredo.
        thanks for your response.
        already solved the problem.
        Reinstall sketchup, in another partition of my hard disk and found that the problem is a file called MSVCRT-ruby18.dll

        upload the file.

        file size 853kb not works
        file size 792kb works


        file.rar

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • pep75P Offline
          pep75
          last edited by

          Thanks Fredo! Brilliant update!! Thanks so much!!

          grtzzz
          Pep

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • olisheaO Offline
            olishea
            last edited by

            this really is a different league of plugin!!

            something i've been wanting for a LONG time. how come you don't charge? its amazing

            oli

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • mariochaM Offline
              mariocha
              last edited by

              Testing the beta, the skin command cannot complete this file, attached.
              EEbyrails does it well tought.


              No-skin.skp

              %(#008000)[Mario C.
              Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                Both work for me... but there are more facets in CurviLoft's result...Capture.PNG

                TIG

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • mariochaM Offline
                  mariocha
                  last edited by

                  Thanks TIG,
                  So I tried it on the PC side of my MAC, and it worked just fine.
                  frustrated me 😒
                  Strange, cause other curves were ok.

                  %(#008000)[Mario C.
                  Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • fredo6F Offline
                    fredo6
                    last edited by

                    @mariocha said:

                    Testing the beta, the skin command cannot complete this file, attached.
                    EEbyrails does it well tought.

                    Mariocha,

                    I think I know what it is and why it is specific to Mac. I'll publish a fix soon with a new release.

                    By the way, you can adjust the density of meshing by using the Interpoland OverSamplingboxes. If you deactivate both, then you get a mesh strictly built on the original contour vertices.
                    Curvi-sampling.gif

                    Fredo

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • mariochaM Offline
                      mariocha
                      last edited by

                      A new relase ? Great !! πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘
                      And Oversampling & Interpol will be so usefull for designing !
                      C'est vraiment super !
                      as I'm working on a tensile structure these days.

                      %(#008000)[Mario C.
                      Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • cmeedC Offline
                        cmeed
                        last edited by

                        help.
                        I see skinning videos posted within this thread but i can't get this shape to work. it seems so simple.....
                        I click contours, click space, i then repeat until all three lines are coloured and click the tick button or open space. i get a PLEASE WAIT then nothing happens.
                        Am I doing something wrong, is it Because i'm on a mac?

                        the last picture is tig's rails but i have to make a 4th rail for it to work.


                        Skinning.jpg


                        Skinning2.jpg


                        Skinning3.jpg

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Should work with the 3 curves in either Fredo's or mine. With EEbyRails Pick the curve as the profile then the 2 side rails and then re-pick the profile again as the melding-profile - it will end with a point and triangular faces opposite the profile's end, as desired...Capture.PNG

                          TIG

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • cmeedC Offline
                            cmeed
                            last edited by

                            Thank you for your speedy reply. Tig your plugin is working great (i didn't know about going back to my first curve to make three curves work, cheers)
                            what i'm making is a field of 800 tents - the ones you can put up in 3 seconds. So i need a way of using the contours and keeping the the polys down.
                            see pic tent - I used the loft by spline to get this but its not that great, Skinning didn't work.
                            i wanted to used fredos to get the polys down.


                            Skinning4.jpg

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Reduce the number of segments in the arcs for the profiles/rails for EEbyRails with Entity Info [before scaling or making a 'non-arc'] ?

                              TIG

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • cmeedC Offline
                                cmeed
                                last edited by

                                Thank you Tig. damn ! i knew that.... mmmm

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • fredo6F Offline
                                  fredo6
                                  last edited by

                                  @cmeed said:

                                  help.
                                  I see skinning videos posted within this thread but i can't get this shape to work. it seems so simple.....
                                  I click contours, click space, i then repeat until all three lines are coloured and click the tick button or open space. i get a PLEASE WAIT then nothing happens.
                                  Am I doing something wrong, is it Because i'm on a mac?

                                  the last picture is tig's rails but i have to make a 4th rail for it to work.

                                  COuld you please post your model so that I can have a look and see what is going wrong.

                                  Thanks

                                  fredo

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • cmeedC Offline
                                    cmeed
                                    last edited by

                                    Here you go...Thanks for looking...
                                    I am almost sure it will work for you. Its so simple a shape.


                                    tent1.skp

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      @cmeed said:

                                      Here you go...Thanks for looking...
                                      I am almost sure it will work for you. Its so simple a shape.

                                      This bug, specific to Mac, has been corrected, but I did not publish the fix yet (due to work on the Loft Along Path). I'll do soon.
                                      It was already mentioned by Mariocha (see http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=28586&start=210#p262564)

                                      Fredo

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • fredo6F Offline
                                        fredo6
                                        last edited by

                                        By the way, I forgot to mention that, when Skinning shapes, you can swap rails and profiles, which may be useful when the surface to generate is made from 3 contours.
                                        Swap Skin.gif

                                        Fredo

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • utilerU Offline
                                          utiler
                                          last edited by

                                          Fredo, this tool is quite incredible! I just haven't had time to play with it yet but have been following with much interest!! You really have 'user operation' high on your list.

                                          Incredibly well done!!

                                          purpose/expression/purpose/....

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • fredo6F Offline
                                            fredo6
                                            last edited by

                                            New Beta version of Curviloft 1.0c and LibFredo6 3.5c - 20 Aug 10
                                            see Main Post for download

                                            This is an interim version whose purpose is to fix some bugs signaled by users and to prepare a next release which will be more functional. Again, thanks to all users for their help and contribution.

                                            1. Skinning: Bug on Mac preventing to Skin even simple shapes. Thanks to Mariocha and to Cmeed for signaling

                                            2. Skinning: Pre-selection mode should work with more shapes. Thanks to Daniel S. for providing some good examples.
                                              Skin now working.gif

                                            3. Loft Along Path: Still not finished. At least I have tried to improve the single-contour mode (kind of Follow Me, but accepting contours even non perpendicualr to the rail).
                                              Along one contour.gif
                                              By the way, I noticed some differences with the native SU FollowMe tool.
                                              Follow vs Loft Along.gif
                                              Fredo

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • 1
                                            • 2
                                            • 10
                                            • 11
                                            • 12
                                            • 13
                                            • 14
                                            • 65
                                            • 66
                                            • 12 / 66
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Buy SketchPlus
                                            Buy SUbD
                                            Buy WrapR
                                            Buy eBook
                                            Buy Modelur
                                            Buy Vertex Tools
                                            Buy SketchCuisine
                                            Buy FormFonts

                                            Advertisement