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

fredo6

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

notareal

Thank you!

chloesdad

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

Fletch

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.)

rattusNOR

Great work. Thank you Fredo !

bowlr

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"

Dave R

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.

mitcorb

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 My hardware is going beyond outdated, and the logistics of migrating what I have accumulated is not trivial for me.

Dave R

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

mitcorb

Ok, I missed the subtle distinction there.

Dave R

@mitcorb said:

Ok, I missed the subtle distinction there.

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

mitcorb

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.

Dave R

I knew you were going to type that.

bowlr

Dave R

Thanks for pointing this out, much appreciated

fredo6

@mitcorb said:

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 My hardware is going beyond outdated, and the logistics of migrating what I have accumulated is not trivial for me.

As Dave relevantly mentioned. I was talking about my Plugins. If you use the latest version of LibFredo6 and of the scripts, it is easier for me to reproduce possible bugs and issues.

For SU, I try as much as possible to have them working with most SU versions (most work in SU 6 and even SU5).

Fredo

Pherim

I just successfully used Loft along Path for the first time! (That means I used it for the first time and it worked immediately, not that I have tried it several times without success)
It is simply awesome. This has to be one of the best plugins ever!

make.GQ.china

Great! A useful plug-in

jason_maranto

Hey Fredo, I have a file here with some geometry that gave me a hard time -- and I also have some examples of how I got it to work to a tolerable level but certainly not what I had envisioned.

I'm sure user error was responsible to a degree but I though I'd share it with you if it helps debug at all.

Best,
Jason.

loft issue.skp

fredo6

@jason_maranto said:

Hey Fredo, I have a file here with some geometry that gave me a hard time -- and I also have some examples of how I got it to work to a tolerable level but certainly not what I had envisioned.

I'm sure user error was responsible to a degree but I though I'd share it with you if it helps debug at all.

Best,
Jason.

Jason,

Thanks. This is a good example which shows some limitations of Curviloft (and it's not your errors at all!).

You probably have to do it in 2 parts, as you did. First part should be with the option 'Line junction' and second part with Cubic Bezier, but you should simply skip the last profile before the rear face of the hull.

Alternatively, you can take some inspiration of what it could give with the two other methods: Skinning and Loft along Path.
Jason Hull2.gif
In any case, I would suggest that you redraw the long profile to show more continuity at the junction(maybe with a single piece of spline).

Fredo

loft issue - Fredio.skp

jason_maranto

Thank-you again... that was very helpful and led me in a different direction that worked much better.

I have another file for you -- I suspect this is asking for too much

Best,
Jason.

Interesting_loft.skp