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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      @jason_maranto said:

      Hi Fredo,

      Thank-you again for this -- I do have a slight request... I have some re-occurring twisting and if I take the time to align the verts manually the result comes out exactly the way I want, but manually setting the verts seems a bit temperamental at this point and I was wondering if it could be possible to set the "twist" parameters to decimal increments as it would solve my problem (1 is too large a change). See attached file for example.

      If there is a better solution then I am very interested... I have split the profiles down the middle and successfully finished it that way.

      Best,
      Jason.

      Jason,

      In your case, the alignment issue can be solved by using naturalvertex matching, as opposed to best-fit of shapes(which is the default).
      Here is an illustration on your model. In your case, the natural 'straight' matching is more appropriate than the shape best-fit method.

      natural matching.gif

      Fredo

      PS: by the way, your model is a good illustration for using the transversal Spline methods (like F-Spline, second icon from the right, in red). See in attached file
      twisty verts - Fredo.skp

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      • fredo6F Offline
        fredo6
        last edited by

        @utiler said:

        Fredo, I don't know how many time I can say thank you with out it becoming monotonous but, thank you!

        Thanks to your thanks. I hope you are safe with all the water flooding in Queensland.

        Fredo

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        • jason_marantoJ Offline
          jason_maranto
          last edited by

          Thank-you again Fredo -- I tried all the other icons there but failed to try that last one (toggle natural) 😳 This is such an amazing tool for Sketchup 😍

          Best,
          Jason.

          I create video tutorial series about several 2D & 3D graphics programs.

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          • B Offline
            Ben Ritter
            last edited by

            Fredo, thank you very very much, again.

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            • erikBE Offline
              erikB
              last edited by

              Very usefull pluging !!!
              Thank you very much Fredo.
              I had some bugsplats due to the fact that I was still using an old version of JPP. (It was the libtraductor.rb file who caused it)
              But after upgrading both rudys work like charme.
              greetings, erikB

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              • mitcorbM Offline
                mitcorb
                last edited by

                Well, good to know the updates appear to be backward compatible to earlier Sketchup versions. We would expect nothing less from the very capable Fredo6.
                👍 👍 👍 😄
                And, I add my Thank You, Fredo

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

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  @mitcorb said:

                  Well, good to know the updates appear to be backward compatible to earlier Sketchup versions. We would expect nothing less from the very capable Fredo6.
                  👍 👍 👍 😄
                  And, I add my Thank You, Fredo

                  Yes. Normally the scripts should still work in SU6.
                  The issue with SU* is that, due to a change of the Ruby interpreter, there were some small bugs generated and also some unuseful warnings.

                  Also, for me, it is better is users can move to latest versions because it is easier to support.

                  Fredo

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                  • N Offline
                    notareal
                    last edited by

                    Thank you! ☀

                    Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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                    • C Offline
                      chloesdad
                      last edited by

                      Just wanted to add my thanks to you, Fredo for your generosity and talent.

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                      • F Offline
                        Fletch
                        last edited by

                        Fredo, with you+SketchUp it eliminates need for almost any other modeling software. 😄
                        (except for Sculptris... but I believe Whaat will have that covered in a few days/weeks/months.)

                        Fletch
                        Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                        • R Offline
                          rattusNOR
                          last edited by

                          Great work. Thank you Fredo !

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                          • B Offline
                            bowlr
                            last edited by

                            Thanks for the plugins, howver, after I copied the files to plugins folder, I get this error msg from SU

                            "Error Loading File ZLoader__Curviloft.rb
                            no such file to load -- LibFredo6.rb"

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                            • Dave RD Offline
                              Dave R
                              last edited by

                              bowlr, please go back and read the first post in the thread. Especially this:

                              @unknownuser said:

                              IMPORTANT: Requires to download LibFredo6 3.6 or higher if not already installed.

                              Etaoin Shrdlu

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                              • mitcorbM Offline
                                mitcorb
                                last edited by

                                Quote:"Also, for me, it is better if users can move to latest versions because it is easier to support."

                                Fredo endquote

                                I agree in principle on this statement. However, I must consider more than just upgrading to SU8. My hardware is going beyond outdated, and the logistics of migrating what I have accumulated is not trivial for me. 😄

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

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                                • Dave RD Offline
                                  Dave R
                                  last edited by

                                  I think Fredo was referring to having users move to the latest versions of his tools.

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                                  • mitcorbM Offline
                                    mitcorb
                                    last edited by

                                    Ok, I missed the subtle distinction there.

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

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                                    • Dave RD Offline
                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by

                                      @mitcorb said:

                                      Ok, I missed the subtle distinction there.

                                      Or I might have. that's just the way I read his comment, though.

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                                      • mitcorbM Offline
                                        mitcorb
                                        last edited by

                                        That's the problem with language, especially across cultures, and so forth. We should just switch to mental telepathy and cut out the stumbling blocks of spelling, grammar, semantics and time to type. 😆

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

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                                        • Dave RD Offline
                                          Dave R
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                                          I knew you were going to type that. 😄 😆

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                                          • B Offline
                                            bowlr
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                                            Dave R

                                            Thanks for pointing this out, much appreciated

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