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    • hellnbakH Offline
      hellnbak
      last edited by

      No, I don't want to bend it, I just want to lean it to the right. I know it can be done using Box Tapering, I actually did it before on an earlier version of this object, I just can't seem to get it to do it again.


      3 a.jpg

      "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
        last edited by

        Is it possible you want to use Plane Shearing instead? That worked for me.

        Etaoin Shrdlu

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        • hellnbakH Offline
          hellnbak
          last edited by

          @dave r said:

          Is it possible you want to use Plane Shearing instead? That worked for me.

          You are the master! 😍 Why ain't I smart like you is? Thanks.

          "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            I keep an extra brain cell in a jar just for emergencies like this. 😆

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            • hellnbakH Offline
              hellnbak
              last edited by

              Can I borrow it?

              "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
                last edited by

                Sure but it's kind of used up, now.

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  NEW RELEASE: FredoScale 2.1a- 12 Jan 11

                  This is mostly a new release in relation with the migration to LibFredo6 3.6 and to small SU8 issues.
                  There is no functional evolution, but it is advised to upgrade when you can in order to get a better support with up-to-date code.

                  You will need to migrate to LibFredo6 3.6 or higher

                  Please see main post for download

                  Fredo

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                  • boofredlayB Offline
                    boofredlay
                    last edited by

                    I know I have kept up with every release however I am seeing something odd.
                    I installed the latest but still have the Free Scale toolbar but now have the Fredo Scale toolbar as well. Furthermore I don't see the ZLoader__FredoScale.rb file, just the ZLoader__FreeScale.rb file. Hmmm.

                    See images.

                    Fredo03.jpg
                    Fredo01.jpg
                    Fredo02.jpg

                    http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                      jeff hammond
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      Hmmm.

                      probably delete freescale_dir & zloader_freescale and install the fredoscale files instead..
                      ditch the libfredo_dir_34 as well
                      ?

                      [edit]
                      probably also delete the older bezierspline and toolsOnsurface as well (BZ_dir, BZ_dir_12, & TOS_dir15)
                      ?

                      dotdotdot

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                      • fredo6F Offline
                        fredo6
                        last edited by

                        @unknownuser said:

                        I know I have kept up with every release however I am seeing something odd.
                        I installed the latest but still have the Free Scale toolbar but now have the Fredo Scale toolbar as well. Furthermore I don't see the ZLoader__FredoScale.rb file, just the ZLoader__FreeScale.rb file. Hmmm.

                        Yes, you need to remove ZLoader__FreeScale.rb and FREESCALE_Dir_20 folder.
                        Also, do not forget to upgrade to LibFredo6 3.6.

                        Fredo

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                        • boofredlayB Offline
                          boofredlay
                          last edited by

                          Cheers guys.

                          http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                          • M Offline
                            MartinK
                            last edited by

                            Another GREAT plugin. Thanks.

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                            • mitcorbM Offline
                              mitcorb
                              last edited by

                              @Fredo: If FredoScale is not designed to do this currently, what are the possibilities:

                              1. FredoTaper along a centroidal axis of a non-straight tubular mesh, such as a tree limb. It might have to impose a temporary lattice like FredoBend does, or use the suitably subdivided mesh of the tube as the control lattice.
                              2. FredoStretch a mesh along a predefined or preselected non straight path such as bezier curve.

                              The intention here would be to do these changes after formation of the meshes for workflow.
                              I am sure the implementation is not a trivial exercise, so this is just something to think about.

                              I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                              • J Offline
                                Jim57
                                last edited by

                                I love FredoScale/ Box Taper. It seems the way Scale should have been in the first place. It pains me to say it seems to be off.

                                Try this:
                                -Turn on Style/ Edges/ Color By Axis
                                -Make a 6" square
                                -Push-Pull it to ~18" tall
                                -FredoScale/ Box Taper/ From Center one of the long sides to ~15° angle (30° total), about 18" wide.

                                Now check the edges that were just lengthened for alignment to axes. I find there is not enough misalignment to measure but enough to throw things off.

                                Hope it's an easy fix, I use this plugin a lot.

                                Best,

                                Jim

                                Running SU 8.0.3161 on Mac using 10.6.5

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                                • fredo6F Offline
                                  fredo6
                                  last edited by

                                  Jim,

                                  I am unclear on what is exactly the problem.
                                  I tried to taper the shape and did not find particular issue.

                                  FredoScale Jim 57.gif

                                  Could you please post your model or at least illustrate what is going wrong with a picture

                                  Thanks

                                  Fredo

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                                  • J Offline
                                    Jim57
                                    last edited by

                                    Fredo—

                                    A thousand apologies. When I discovered it last night I duplicated the issue several times on my model. This morning I try it three times in new windows and no problem, the alignment is perfect on all of them. I go back & try again in last night's drawing and I still get the same issue. I assume it is a problem with that window— something in it must be corrupting new data.

                                    Best,

                                    Jim

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                                    • mitcorbM Offline
                                      mitcorb
                                      last edited by

                                      Your cursor may be inferencing on background edges or vertices.

                                      I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                      • pbacotP Offline
                                        pbacot
                                        last edited by

                                        Hello all,

                                        I love FredoScale! Especially Stretch. It is amazing. However some times using stretch I have these problems:

                                        1. Components within the group stretch too far. Sometime this means smaller individual components will move out of their position maybe twice as far as the objects being stretched or larger components stretch way beyond the others. I think it may even happen with components whose other instances nearby did stretch correctly.

                                        2. The stretching is sometimes "jumpy", not updating with the mouse action and releasing the mouse it stretches a little beyond where I thought I was leaving it.

                                        Thanks for any help.

                                        Peter

                                        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                        • pbacotP Offline
                                          pbacot
                                          last edited by

                                          @mitcorb said:

                                          Your cursor may be inferencing on background edges or vertices.

                                          No, I think not. There wasn't anything in the background in two instances recently. Sometimes the tool seems smooth and demonstrates typical feedback.

                                          Thank you, Peter

                                          MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                          • mitcorbM Offline
                                            mitcorb
                                            last edited by

                                            And you have no hidden layer geometry? (I don't know if this can cause anything)

                                            I have nothing to base this on, but could your processor be overtaxed, perhaps you have other applications in operation but minimized and you are trying to run Fredoscale?

                                            I know that some of the scale operations are difficult for me to select the little boxes, and depending on the complexity of the geometry the processing can take an extended period of time. But I have an old Pentium4, XPhome, NVidia MX class video card. I also have software with process hog issues. None of this may apply to your situation, just possibilities.

                                            I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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