[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Full Set

smiley007 · 31 Oct 2010, 18:02

Thanks very much for these exellent tools.

TIG · 2 Nov 2010, 10:27

Here's an updated set http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
There a new tweak to EEbyRailsByFace to catch no face selected or an empty selection at the start [as well as any 'inappropriate' selections].
Also two of the ES lingvo files have some minor rephrasing by Defisto [again!]...

cdurkin · 17 Nov 2010, 22:32

Hello
Ive just added the extrude tools zipped set to my ruby library but, despite getting the plugins to work on version 7, I'm having difficulty getting them to work with SU version 8. Has anyone else had the same problem??? know how to fix??

TIG · 18 Nov 2010, 15:28

cdurkin

What error messages do you get at startup or later in the Ruby Console when you try to use the tool ?

It works fine for most users in v8, if it's correctly installed.
Hove you copied all of the required files and sub-folders over ?
Make sure there are none in the wrong place too, even if you have done a full install from the zip you might have some files misplaced and causing clashes...

Their has been one report of a clash with SketchyPhysics in v8 [I suspect that SP rewrites a SUp base-class method ill-advisedly that some EEby... (and other's) tools are using... but it's not yet established/resolved].
If you have SketchyPhysics try removing its .rb files from Plugins temporarily and see if that fixes the glitch...

cdurkin · 18 Nov 2010, 21:36

Hello again
The Specific problem has to do with the icons on the toolbar and heading eg(extrude edges on edges ect.)on the menubar. Some of them work and others don't. It sounds like it may be the folder allocation problem you suggested. I have all files that came with the plugin in the the TIGtools folder accept the 10 extrudeEdgesByEdges.rb.......to...extrudeEdgesByVector.rb files which are directly in the plugins folder. The icons on the toolbar that seem to be giving my trouble are:
extrudeEdgesByEdges.rb
extrudeEdgesByFace.rb
extrudeEdgesByFaces.rb
extrudeEdgesByRails.rb
extrudeEdgesByRailsByFace.rb
extrudeEdgesByRailsToLattice.rb
I can use all the commands, it even says in the command prompt at the bottom of the screen the the geometry is being made, yet no matter how long i wait the extruded geometry does not appear.

extrudeEdgesByLathe.rb
extrudeEdgesByVector.rb
extrudeEdgesByLoft.rb all work fine

If it is the file allocation problem do you know which other files I should move?

Thanks

TIG · 18 Nov 2010, 22:09

Get the latest zip from the first post in this thread...
Extract everything into a temporary folder - keeping all sub-folders and contents intact.
Move ALL of the the files/sub-folder(with their files) into the v8 ../Plugins/ folder.
Overwriting when prompted to do so.
Check everything that is now in the ../Plugins/TIGtools/ folder... AND if there's a file with the exact same name in the main ../Plugins/ folder remove it from the ../Plugins/ folder - it should be in the sub-folder!

Now everything should work fine.

Run the tools with the Ruby Console open to see if there are error messages.
If you still get errors - if you have SketchyPhysics installed in v8 temporarily remove its .rb files to disable it and see what happens.

If it's still not working post the error messages here...

Vicspa · 9 Dec 2010, 20:19

Hi Tig,
All your extrude tools seem not to be working for me in version 8.
I think I'm doing everything right, but it gets to a point where nothing more happens. ( see enclosed jpeg )

WHAT am I doing wrong???????

Rip Tanion · 10 Dec 2010, 01:37

@unknownuser said:

WHAT am I doing wrong???????

I'm still using SU7, but I still think I may be able to help you. I'm assuming you are using Edges by Rails? If so, here's what I think you doing wrong. Looks to me as if you are choosing the wrong profiles and rails. (Blue=profile, purple=rail) You've chosen the bottom circle as the profile, while the open curve and the top circle you've chosen for the rails. I tried to duplicate this in SU7, choosing the bottom circle for the melding profile as well, and SU7 crashed. Even if it didn't crash, I suspect it would have yielded a bizarre shape, not what I suspect you are looking for.

Try this:
Choose the open curve as the profile, and the top and bottom circles as the rails, and the open curve again for the melding profile like so

That should give you something like this.

Now, if you want a symmetrical shape, simply select only the open curve—not the circles, just the open curve—and then choose EE by Lathe. Set both axis point on the same vertical axis that runs through the center of the circles, and set the rotation angle to 360. That will give you something like this:

Hope this helped you.

caarloos82 · 15 Dec 2010, 22:26

thank you for your work, such an amazing plugin!

cheers!

Charlie__V · 26 Jan 2011, 13:24

Bravo Tig...........Bravo!!!

Thanks lots,
Charlie

Bob James · 26 Jan 2011, 23:40

This is just such an incredible set of plugins that I had to jump into this thread to say Thank You again.

junoswayam · 30 Jan 2011, 04:51

excellent stuff... Thank you very much

eebee · 3 Mar 2011, 02:42

Fantastic! Just what I needed! Works great!!

Box · 10 Mar 2011, 22:49

Just a thought Tig for another useful extrude.
Extrude Edges by Rotation.

I can see many uses for it. Most of them are possible another way but it would be nice to simply select an edge or face and extrude it around a point, much like extrude by vector. Handy for doing curved corners in pipes or adding a radius surface to a box etc.

Just an idea as I find I use your extrusion tools all the time and this is the only one I seem to miss.

TIG · 10 Mar 2011, 22:51

@box said:

Just a thought Tig for another useful extrude.
Extrude Edges by Rotation.

I can see many uses for it. Most of them are possible another way but it would be nice to simply select an edge or face and extrude it around a point, much like extrude by vector. Handy for doing curved corners in pipes or adding a radius surface to a box etc.

Just an idea as I find I use your extrusion tools all the time and this is the only one I seem to miss.

Can't you already do this with my EEbyLathe

Box · 10 Mar 2011, 23:01

Indeed you can, I just didn't know how, now I do. Thanks again.

cupko · 24 Apr 2011, 11:35

Hi TIG,
Thanks for plugins .

I have problem with Extrude Edges By Edges plugin. I draw two bezier curves and when I want to use EEbE cursor changes to white, but I can't select curves? Nothing happens?

SU ver. is 7.0.10247

Thanks

TIG · 24 Apr 2011, 17:49

Thanks Pilou for the help...

As was said... unlike most of the the other EEby.. tools that require you to pick 'curves' to make the mesh, EEbyEdges requires that the two sets of edges are assembled into two separate groups [you then pick these two groups using the tool]. This grouping allows you to use edges that are not necessarily parts of curves, or indeed even connected together at all, in the EEbyE.. operation...

pilou · 24 Apr 2011, 22:32

Have you transformed each curves in "Group?"
Menu Edit / Group
Then select the 2 groups
Then call the plug

cupko · 27 Apr 2011, 17:53

Thanks for help . Make group isn't possible from right-clik menu, but this works perefectly! Great plugin .