[Plugin] Shape Bender Beta

Edson · 20 Mar 2011, 21:36

@dave r said:

I select the softened edges (View>Hidden Geometry) and then set the slider to 20 where it normally is by default. In the lower of your screen shots, there's a softened edge at the bottom to take care of.

dave,

I followed your advice and it worked. thanks. never had this problem before.

BlueFalcon · 25 Mar 2011, 13:29

I selected my group and clicked the shape bender icon, i click on the straight line than the curved line, and it gives an error telling me to select the group before clicking the shape bender icon

wath is the problem? i did everything like you did in the video and it wont work

also, how can i make those really soft curved lines?

I'am not new to sketchup or somthing, but i never had problems using plugins.

Dave R · 25 Mar 2011, 14:38

It would be a big help if you either post the SKP file or at least a screen shot.

Edson · 26 Mar 2011, 11:01

just to let you know that the crashing SU8 when running Shape Bender was due to the fact that I was running an outdated version of HOlePunchTool (1.6). as soon as I updated it the crashes stopped.

Dave R · 26 Mar 2011, 11:06

Edson,

Glad that is sorted out. Now you can bend and punch.

TIG · 26 Mar 2011, 14:03

Edson

v1.7 of HolePunch was done around late January and it was to fix a reported conflict with the unusual way ShapeBender made groups, "It appears that the way ShapeBender copies/adds component-instances/definitions and also uses 'make_unique' etc fell foul of the HolePunch definitions-observers: a definition could occasionally get two of the same HolePunch observers added which really messed everything up big time!"
See http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=302853#p302853 [and presumably Solid Tools was doing something similar ?]

All fixed now anyway [btw v2.0 is the current version]...

Edson · 26 Mar 2011, 17:38

@tig said:

Edson

v1.7 of HolePunch was done around late January and it was to fix a reported conflict with the unusual way ShapeBender made groups, "It appears that the way ShapeBender copies/adds component-instances/definitions and also uses 'make_unique' etc fell foul of the HolePunch definitions-observers: a definition could occasionally get two of the same HolePunch observers added which really messed everything up big time!"
See http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=302853#p302853 [and presumably Solid Tools was doing something similar ?]

All fixed now anyway [btw v2.0 is the current version]...

I am sorry I missed that. as I said somewhere else, it is quite hard to follow all the threads about the plugins one has installed. in my case, I have 315 items in my plugins folder...

Chris Fullmer · 26 Mar 2011, 20:08

@tig said:

Edson

v1.7 of HolePunch was done around late January and it was to fix a reported conflict with the unusual way ShapeBender made groups, "It appears that the way ShapeBender copies/adds component-instances/definitions and also uses 'make_unique' etc fell foul of the HolePunch definitions-observers: a definition could occasionally get two of the same HolePunch observers added which really messed everything up big time!"
See http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=302853#p302853 [and presumably Solid Tools was doing something similar ?]

All fixed now anyway [btw v2.0 is the current version]...

Oh my, I missed all of this also TIG. Hopefully its all sorted now. I'll have to make sure to adjust the way shape bender does that if I ever get around to re-writing it.

BlueFalcon · 26 Mar 2011, 23:53

Here is a picture of my problem:
http://portablenetworkgraph.deviantart.com/art/shape-bender-202454409

Gaieus · 27 Mar 2011, 07:35

BlueFalcon,

In those pictures I cannot see the axes. Don't forget that ShapeBender works only along the red axis.

TIG · 27 Mar 2011, 12:03

Assuming that the straight line is drawn along the red-axis...
How big is the group ?
If bending it would make facets <1mm then it might fail...

BlueFalcon · 27 Mar 2011, 13:47

I have done the same procces along the red axis with lines all higher than 1 meter, and the same happens.

Dave R · 27 Mar 2011, 21:02

Could you post a screen shot of your Plugins folder as well as the contents of the folder called clf_shape_bender?

Chris Fullmer · 27 Mar 2011, 21:19

Hmm, not sure why the previes is not shoing up. Just try pressing "enter" after you select the line and curve. See if that does anything.

Also, run it with the ruby console open, see if it shows any errors.

TIG · 27 Mar 2011, 21:55

The line should be ON the red axis ??

BlueFalcon · 27 Mar 2011, 23:43

i have tried everything thats told me, nothing helps.
i have a screen shot of my folder with the plugin and the folder, but i cant upload cause the site is down.
only when i opened the ruby console, an error appeared.

the error:
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `/' for nil:NilClass>

here is the picture but i dont know if this link works:
file:///C:/Users/Gebruiker/Pictures/shape%20bender%202.png

TIG · 27 Mar 2011, 23:56

BlueFalcon

Please attach your image to your post, using the tools accessible at the foot of the page when you are typing your reply = 'Upload Attachment'...

Dave R · 28 Mar 2011, 01:26

@tig said:

The line should be ON the red axis ??

To avoid potential confusion, the line needs to be parallel to the red axis but it does not have to be literally on it.

pilou · 28 Mar 2011, 07:49

it's better also to make all the process on the positive quadrant x,y,z in case of

Termin8 · 7 Apr 2011, 16:57

I want to thank you really much Chris, for the Shape Bender plug-in.
It is realy one of the most wanted tools for me!