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

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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
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        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 πŸ‘

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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 πŸ“–

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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 πŸ“–

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    If you are unclear about where your β€˜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... πŸ€“

                    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 β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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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 πŸ‘ plugin . im new in sketchup....perhaps everybody would like to help me....thank's again πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ πŸŽ‰

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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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                                        • Dave RD Offline
                                          Dave R
                                          last edited by

                                          Almost always when a user reports that a plugin doesn't work, the reason turns out to be that it was installed incorrectly. Since I know for a fact that the plugin does work, I'll assume the your problem is the same. It appears you have Win7. In that OS you must have administrator privileges to install files into the Plugins folder. Do you? If not, you'll need to change that so you do.

                                          Second, you say you dragged it into your Plugins folder. Did you extract the contents of the ZIP file? When you open the ZIP file you'll see there is a file whose extension is .rb and a folder. The folder has some icon and other files. Those contents must remain in that folder inside the Plugins folder.

                                          There's a sticky post about installing plugins in this forum. Read it. After you've made sure you have administrative rights to add files to the Plugins folder and you've installed it correctly, check to see if it works. If you still have problems, let us know. Include screen shots that show the plugin installed correctly in the Plugins folder.

                                          Also, this plugin contains a single button toolbar. You'll want to turn that on under View>Toolbars.

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                                            pigfreezer2
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