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  • B Offline
    bowlr
    last edited by 3 Oct 2010, 05:56

    I have dl the Shape Bender, but have an error
    "Error Loading File clf_shape_bender_loader.rb
    No such file to load -- progressbar.rb"

    when I open SU.

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      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by 3 Oct 2010, 06:01

      Hi Barry, shape bender also requires a script called "progressbar" to work. You can download it from here:

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      (www.smustard.com)

      Install that and hopefully that will do the trick!

      Chris

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        charly2008
        last edited by 10 Oct 2010, 20:31

        Hello Chris,

        thank you for your wonderful plugin. It works fine except for the edge in the picture. With the previous version, there was no problem with such edges.

        Charly


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          SahmElshamal
          last edited by 24 Oct 2010, 09:43

          can you help me please < it doesnt work with me < it always says ( Error Loading File clf_shape_bender_loader.rb
          No such file to load -- progressbar.rb)
          whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

          😒 😳

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            Gaieus
            last edited by 24 Oct 2010, 10:04

            Hi Salma,

            Please, go back to page 1 in this topic and there is Progressbar.rb linked somewhere at the top. You also need to download/install that plugin so that this can work.

            Gai...

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            • S Offline
              SahmElshamal
              last edited by 24 Oct 2010, 15:27

              Hi Gaieus
              thanx 4 ur reply

              i will try what u said

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              • S Offline
                SahmElshamal
                last edited by 24 Oct 2010, 15:35

                No such file to load -- clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rbError Loading File clf_shape_bender_loader.rb
                No such file to load -- clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb

                that message came after i downloaded the Progressbar.rb[
                i have already downloaded the plugin and the Progressbar.rb , i work with SU 6

                plz tell me the steps of installing a plugin
                i cant find set up icon
                so i copy - past it to the plugins of SU
                is it right ???

                thanx

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                • S Offline
                  SahmElshamal
                  last edited by 24 Oct 2010, 15:40

                  it finally worked
                  !!!!!!
                  thank u ,moderator
                  thank u chris
                  great plugin
                  😄

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                    charly2008
                    last edited by 28 Oct 2010, 15:47

                    Hi,

                    what I still don't understand is how do I control the length of the curved object?

                    Charly


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                      Dave R
                      last edited by 28 Oct 2010, 16:07

                      You have to make the arc the desired length. In your example, the arc needs to be 2.80 metres long. You can get the length from the Entity Info box after you've drawn it but that doesn't make it easy. How you arrive at that arc length will be the challenge. I wonder if someone could write a plugin that would take a given radius and arc length and draw the arc.

                      Generally I draw the arc first, measure its length and draw the straight line and the straight shape to match.

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                        charly2008
                        last edited by 28 Oct 2010, 16:26

                        Hi Dave,

                        thanks for your reply. I've done it with your method, but can still get a different length in the curved object.

                        Charly


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                          Dave R
                          last edited by 28 Oct 2010, 16:31

                          Ah. Yes. Put the original shape directly above the straight line. The plugin draws the bent shape with the same offset from the arc as you have between the original shape and the straight line.


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                            charly2008
                            last edited by 28 Oct 2010, 17:18

                            thanks Dave,

                            If you place the line exactly at the origin z-axis below the shape you will not have an offset.

                            Charly


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                              Chris Fullmer
                              last edited by 28 Oct 2010, 17:38

                              Its a game of percentages. Think of the arc as being 100%. Then your straight line, however long or short it is is also 100%. And it comes down to how the component matches up to the straight line. If the straight line is drawn precisely from end to end along the component (on the red axis of course), then you could say the component sits along 100% of the straight line. Therefore when it bends, it will become 100% the lengt of the arc.

                              arc = 1m
                              line = 1m
                              component sits on 100% of line (therefore is 1m long)
                              final shape will remain 1m

                              arc = 1m
                              line = 200m
                              component sits on 100% of line (200m long)
                              final bent shape will squish down to 1m

                              arc = 1m
                              line = .5m (50% of arc length)
                              component sits on 100% of line (0.5m long)
                              final bent shape will be 1m long

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                                Dave R
                                last edited by 28 Oct 2010, 18:19

                                @charly2008 said:

                                thanks Dave,

                                If you place the line exactly at the origin z-axis below the shape you will not have an offset.

                                Charly

                                Exactly.

                                Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                  LeoZ
                                  last edited by 28 Oct 2010, 20:35

                                  Hai Chris
                                  First I must say I am impressed with your work on Sketchup. I was very enthusiastic about your Shapebender. But I stumbled on some problems with it. I tried to make a “real” metric bold; a M10. That’s a 10mm bold with a thread of 1.5 mm /turn. I wanted to use the method of “fret2424” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKrWDNDd62c )
                                  So I started with half a circle with a radius of 5 mm and I lifted one end 0.75 mm. That is not exactly right, but it was just to try.
                                  I got some very strange results you might like to investigate.
                                  Perhaps I am doing something wrong, but then I would like to know what.
                                  Thanks


                                  The result looks like this

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                                    Chris Fullmer
                                    last edited by 29 Oct 2010, 04:27

                                    My guess is that the faces are too small. You might try scaling everything up by 10 or 100, then scale it down afterwards. Can you upload the model here?

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                                      charly2008
                                      last edited by 29 Oct 2010, 12:47

                                      Hi,

                                      this is a wonderful tool. Here is a test with a wood carving model.

                                      Charly


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                                        Chris Fullmer
                                        last edited by 29 Oct 2010, 15:41

                                        That is precisely the kind of stuff I wrote this for - intricate models that need to be bent to match an actual surface. Bending detailed woodwork to match a curved piece of wood, adding signange/letters to a curving wall, etc. It is definitely a quirky plugin, but once you really get it down solid in your head the process it goes through and how to get what you want, it works pretty well. Thanks for lookig at it,

                                        Chris

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                                          charly2008
                                          last edited by 29 Oct 2010, 16:35

                                          It can also be misused for other things


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