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

jeff hammond · 3 Oct 2010, 04:58

hey spooky,

if your loft lines were vertical then ortho would do what you're asking it to.. as it is, the splines are perpendicular to your profiles.. curviloft lets you make global adjustments to the segments etc (in the main curviloft display) as well as individual sections (while in edit mode, click in one of the sections which will highlight yellow then adjust segmentation in there)..

that aside, i think you'd be better off using a different approach as you'll see in pics 3&4 + in the attached skp

i made a few changes to your profile lines but that's a different story..

[i hope this makes enough sense.. i posted this with a 1am vino filter ]

SpookyChick1013 · 3 Oct 2010, 06:31

@unknownuser said:

hey spooky,
if your loft lines were vertical then ortho would do what you're asking it to..

%(#0000BF)[Thanks, I actually was unaware that that can make a difference. I definitely will be keeping it in mind for the future, although my question to Fredo about this still stands, because either the program was operating wrong before, and started working the way it's supposed to, or it originally was working right and something went wrong. Either way, it seems odd that a plugin would change behavior midsession like that. Then again, I do have a talent for breaking things, so who knows..... ]

@unknownuser said:

as it is, the splines are perpendicular to your profiles..

I guess I'm a bit dense, but perpendicular in what way? No sarcasm, I just don't exactly understand what you mean.

@unknownuser said:

curviloft lets you make global adjustments to the segments etc (in the main curviloft display) as well as individual sections (while in edit mode, click in one of the sections which will highlight yellow then adjust segmentation in there)..

Right. That I was aware of. One of the many things I love about Curviloft.

@unknownuser said:

that aside, i think you'd be better off using a different approach as you'll see in pics 3&4 + in the attached skp

[attachment=4:obxht400]1.jpg[/attachment:obxht400]

[attachment=3:obxht400]2.jpg[/attachment:obxht400]

[attachment=2:obxht400]3.jpg[/attachment:obxht400]

[attachment=1:obxht400]4.jpg[/attachment:obxht400]

[attachment=0:obxht400]handle.skp[/attachment:obxht400]

@unknownuser said:

i hope this makes enough sense.. i posted this with a 1am vino filter

No worries about the vino filter Jeff. You're speaking clearly enough, and 1 am is the perfect time for that... The model you sent back looks great. I had not even considered using the skinning function as you did. I definitely should have tried that. Whatever changes you made to the profile curves certainly worked out well, and I most certainlydont mind in the slightest. Although, so I can learn from this, what changes did you make and how did you do it?

jeff hammond · 3 Oct 2010, 16:11

@spookychick1013 said:

]
I guess I'm a bit dense, but perpendicular in what way? No sarcasm, I just don't exactly understand what you mean.

it's not that they need to be vertical per se but the profile splines should be parallel to get your desired results.. it's just something i noticed with curviloft and the orthogonal settings.. (fwiw, in rhino, the profiles can be tilted like you have them and the lofted surface remains straight on the bottom/top_

@unknownuser said:

Whatever changes you made to the profile curves certainly worked out well, and I most certainlydont mind in the slightest. Although, so I can learn from this, what changes did you make and how did you do it?

i redrew all the profiles using fredo's BezierSpline plugin.. it makes a smoother curve and evens out the segmentation..

here's a video showing the whole process.. i did this on a laptop using the trackpad so i apologize about the jumpy navigation etc..

[flash=660,405:3u6imqlr]http://www.youtube.com/v/Ai8ggH9NfIs?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1[/flash:3u6imqlr]

[also - i copy/pasted your lines into my own template.. i noticed with yours that they are drawn upside down.. the solid blue axis line should be pointing up instead of down.. if you turn on sky or ground, you'll see what i'm saying + the navigation is weird (for me) in your file]

olbapxpablo · 3 Oct 2010, 18:35

curviloft is not working for me.
other plug-ins works fine except this one

is there anyone can help?

thomthom · 3 Oct 2010, 19:32

@olbapxpablo said:

curviloft is not working for me.
other plug-ins works fine except this one

is there anyone can help?

Can you be more specific please?
No menus/toolbars?
Error messages?
Unexpected results?

SpookyChick1013 · 3 Oct 2010, 19:37

@unknownuser said:

it's not that they need to be vertical per se but the profile splines should be parallel to get your desired results.. it's just something i noticed with curviloft and the orthogonal settings.. (fwiw, in rhino, the profiles can be tilted like you have them and the lofted surface remains straight on the bottom/top_

Ooooohhh-k...Now I get it. Still having my morning coffee, so it took a moment to get it. Thanks, now I understand what you meant.

@unknownuser said:

i redrew all the profiles using fredo's BezierSpline plugin.. it makes a smoother curve and evens out the segmentation..

Downloading that plugin today! Looks like more options and less of a PITA than the native bezier stuff.

@unknownuser said:

here's a video showing the whole process.. i did this on a laptop using the trackpad so i apologize about the jumpy navigation etc..

Excellent! Thank you for the tutorial and the time you spent on this.

@unknownuser said:

also - i copy/pasted your lines into my own template.. i noticed with yours that they are drawn upside down.. the solid blue axis line should be pointing up instead of down.. if you turn on sky or ground, you'll see what i'm saying + the navigation is weird (for me) in your file

%(#0000BF)[OOOOOps! um, yeah...There was a reason I set it up like that. I was aware of that, but I just forgot to put it back the normal way way before copying the file. I guess I need to take better process notes as I'm working, and reread them occasionally. My apologies for that, Jeff; and also you Fredo, if you have taken a look at this model.
Anyway, once again, thanks very much for your time and effort explaining things and helping me on this Jeff. It is greatly appreciated. ]

olbapxpablo · 4 Oct 2010, 09:19

@thomthom said:

@olbapxpablo said:

curviloft is not working for me.
other plug-ins works fine except this one

is there anyone can help?

Can you be more specific please?
No menus/toolbars?
Error messages?
Unexpected results?

thanks sir

theres menu and i can do the steps but theres no result or looks like nothing happen still on its original form
and sometimes after i click on the shape 1,2 & 3 then click outside or anywhere to finalize the steps my SU8 turn to notresponding state

thomthom · 4 Oct 2010, 12:05

@charly2008 said:

Hi Thomas,

i welded each line and below the result in Sketchup 8.

Charly

I just tried to weld - and I could not get it working.

charly2008 · 4 Oct 2010, 12:56

Hi Thomas,

I tried it again (Without welding). Select the lines, each with double click and activate Curviloft. If the lines have changed the color, select the lines again and re-enable Curviloft. Then it works. I don't know why. Maybe Fredo can answer the question.

Charly

thomthom · 4 Oct 2010, 13:08

aaaaah!
I so very nearly had it there. selecting the curves and extra time so it said 3 and 4 made it computer - but as it generated I got a BugSplat.

Would you mind upload the mesh you got from that loft? I really need that patch.

charly2008 · 4 Oct 2010, 13:22

Here is the mesh

CurviError1skp.skp

thomthom · 4 Oct 2010, 13:25

cheers!

blair · 10 Oct 2010, 18:24

Is there a way to make a contribution to Fredo through PayPAL or something?

TIG · 10 Oct 2010, 18:28

@blair said:

Is there a way to make a contribution to Fredo through PayPal or something?

Of course!
..\Plugins\CURVILOFT_Dir_10\Curviloft_donation.html >>> PayPal.com >> fredosix @ hotmail.com

Efrado · 12 Oct 2010, 00:28

Please some advice,I was triying to reproduce the MOEBIUS thah Fredo did before ,but every time i got bugplash.
what am i doing wrong?

yokaxi · 14 Oct 2010, 09:48

thanks

charly2008 · 14 Oct 2010, 22:40

Hello community,

please show your ideas, everything what you can do with Curviloft.

Charly

SUFractal · 16 Oct 2010, 20:56

WOW! This looks looks fantastic. I believe I have this plugin loaded correctly, however, I do not see any toolbars or tool selections in the drop-downs?

Thanks!

TIG · 16 Oct 2010, 21:09

@sufractal said:

WOW! This looks looks fantastic. I believe I have this plugin loaded correctly, however, I do not see any toolbars or tool selections in the drop-downs?
Thanks!

Window > Preferences > Extensions... activate it!

robert111 · 20 Oct 2010, 12:06

charly2008 , this example is very nice modeling with curviloft , i like your modeli,g, but i need to make tuto for this example if you can plz

thanks charly