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    [Plugin] BezierSpline - v2.2a - 22 Apr 21

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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      @morphing_24 said:

      Hi fredo

      I work on a mac and I have a really big problem here.
      I dont know how can I view the cadfather toolbar on sketchup, I can only see the standard one and I installed all the files in the correct places bezierspline.rb, LibTraductor.rb and BZ_DIR_13 subfolder. I don't even see the option "convert to" when I right click on a bezier line , I need to use the polyline segmentor and courbette. I tried everything...reinstalling sketchup, also removing all the plugins I have from the Library/AplicationSupport/Google Sketchup 7/Sketchup/ plugins folder,but guest what, I still see all the toolbars working perfectly even though the plugin folder is empty.
      However, when I work on windows I have no problems, I install the latest bezierspline and it works perfect.... what am I doing wrong?
      Thanks for the responses

      If the Library/AplicationSupport/Google Sketchup 7/Sketchup/ plugins folder is empty and you still have BezierSpline working, then you may have something left in the other plugin folder which is under /user/....

      Otherwise, maybe some Mac users could help you to troubleshoot, as I don't have a Mac at hand.

      Fredo

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      • fredo6F Offline
        fredo6
        last edited by

        @unknownuser said:

        Thank you so much for this fantastic plugin Fredo6. Is there a way to tweak the snap? I'm a little heavy handed with the mouse - it's very easy for the cursor to fall off the line, or to move a line segment instead of a point when editing polylines.

        The script relies on the regular Sketchup inferences. So if there is a way to tweak it, then it should be valid for BezierSpline too.

        Fredo

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        • K Offline
          kurma
          last edited by

          Thanks for the quick reply Fredo6. It's not in any options that I can see. Perhaps it's something a Ruby script can do. But a cursory search for such a script lead nowhere.

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          • K Offline
            kurma
            last edited by

            Thank you so much for this fantastic plugin Fredo6. Is there a way to tweak the snap? I'm a little heavy handed with the mouse - it's very easy for the cursor to fall off the line, or to move a line segment instead of a point when editing.

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            • X Offline
              xyzt
              last edited by

              Mac user here...

              The CadFather tools disappeared, I had them working, but after installing the spheretool.rb it they when missing...

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              • S Offline
                sus4
                last edited by

                Dominant XYZ with available?

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Bump! New version available... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=100509#p100509

                  TIG

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
                    last edited by

                    Thanks Fredo for the new version!
                    πŸ˜‰

                    Gai...

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                    • jim smithJ Offline
                      jim smith
                      last edited by

                      hank you Fredo for the update - very usefull tool made moreso πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                      "Out of clutter find simplicity,
                      from discord find harmony,
                      In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity"
                      Albert Einstein

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                        Christmended
                        last edited by

                        I wanted to say thank you for this awesome plugin. The update seems to be working very well.

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                        • CadFatherC Offline
                          CadFather
                          last edited by

                          small update on icons

                          IMAGES_CadFather.rar

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                          • fredo6F Offline
                            fredo6
                            last edited by

                            @cadfather said:

                            small update on icons

                            Could you post it as a Zip file, so that I can integrate it to the distribution of the plugin. I am going to make a small upgrade tonight or tomorrow to fix a problem of toolbar status on Mac.

                            Thanks very much. Your artistic talent is of greate help.

                            Fredo

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                            • Didier BurD Offline
                              Didier Bur
                              last edited by

                              Here it is. πŸ˜‰


                              BS14_iconsCadFather.zip

                              DB

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                              • CadFatherC Offline
                                CadFather
                                last edited by

                                Thabks Didier, just saw Fredo's post

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                                • fredo6F Offline
                                  fredo6
                                  last edited by

                                  UPGRADE BezierSpline 1.4 - 24 Aug 10
                                  see main post for download.

                                  This release of 24 Aug 10is actually a small update to the version 1.4 of 16 Aug 10.

                                  • Fix a bug for state of the toolbar on Mac
                                  • added a menu to check for updates on Sketchucation
                                  • Integrated updated icons by CadFather

                                  BezierSpline 1.4 – 16 Aug 10 is an important upgrade and it is advised to install it:

                                  • Several bugs fixed, among which some majors
                                  • integration of all extensions
                                  • Transformation of curves based on sharing control points (video in main post)
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                                  • CadFatherC Offline
                                    CadFather
                                    last edited by

                                    ..Mercy!

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                                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                      jeff hammond
                                      last edited by

                                      i've been using this ruby more and more lately and i'm super relieved to be getting away from using radii for everything..

                                      the main thing stuck in the back of my head and preventing me from learning even more about these types of curves is that i can't really figure out what's happening with them.. more to the point, i can't figure out a way to draw one full scale on-site without using plotted points and/or templates cut via CNC machines..

                                      this example was drawn using Classic Bezier curve.. basically, i started off with the 3'x11' rectangle then placed the 4 control points shown with the red numbers..

                                      bezierQ.jpg

                                      does anyone know of any practical way to reproduce that line on a job site? or, any decent sources online where i can learn about these types of curves as they apply to a construction minded person (as opposed to a college minded person)

                                      dotdotdot

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                                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                        jeff hammond
                                        last edited by

                                        i haven't really found anything yet but here are a few visuals from wiki that are helping me wrap my head around what's going on..

                                        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Bezier_2_big.png/240px-Bezier_2_big.png

                                        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Bezier_2_big.gif/240px-Bezier_2_big.gif

                                        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Bezier_3_big.png/240px-Bezier_3_big.png

                                        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Bezier_3_big.gif/240px-Bezier_3_big.gif

                                        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Bezier_4_big.png/240px-Bezier_4_big.png

                                        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Bezier_4_big.gif/240px-Bezier_4_big.gi

                                        [and i guess those example are different than the one in my post above this.. these are B-splines if i'm understanding the differences correctly]

                                        dotdotdot

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                                        • fredo6F Offline
                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          These are regular Bezier curves (which are a particular case of BSplines).

                                          Fredo

                                          PS: on my long list of things to evolve is precisely a tool to draw splines with control of tangents.

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                                          • Dave RD Offline
                                            Dave R
                                            last edited by

                                            Jeff, I've wondered about reproducing curves like that, too. Clearly a flexible batten would be useful but I wonder about setting points 3 and 4, then. Just some free thinking here. If you made the batten to the exact length of the curve and fastened the ends in place, could you push or pull the batten to the desired shape?

                                            Another thought that would get you pretty close and may be more practical anyway is to do what boat builders do when lofting a boat. They identify points through which the curve passes at regular intervals along the length (stations in boat builders' terms) and offsets from a reference line (buttocks vertically or half-breadths horizontally since you only loft half a boat.) small nails are driven in at the points and a batten is sprung round the nails. Sight from low at one end of the batten to check to see if the curve is fair.

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