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    • D Offline
      d12dozr
      last edited by

      It also looks like there is weird smoothing in Charly's original bar that may be messing it up.

      This plugin is sooo useful, I really wish you had time to develop it further, Chris...I'd even pay for a completed version...whaddya think? 🤓

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      • Rich O BrienR Offline
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        +1

        This thing is killer

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        • charly2008C Offline
          charly2008
          last edited by

          Hi Chris, Marcus, Rich,

          thanks for your quick response. In my experience the reverse of start - end has only the effect that the bended part is within or outside of the curve.

          Charly


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          • charly2008C Offline
            charly2008
            last edited by

            Hi All,

            the error shown above occurs sporadically and over again. If I download the same file again the same error appears. After a restart SketchUp, and with a new model, the faulty behavior is gone. I've uploaded the file. Maybe one of you can open the file again and check whether the error also appears. Thanks in advance.

            Charly


            2011-06-29_215620.jpg


            ShapeBender.skp


            2011-06-29_222540.jpg

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              I was getting the same results you show in your first image. How did you get it to work?

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              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                jeff hammond
                last edited by

                @dave r said:

                How did you get it to work?

                push the Down arrow
                ↓

                dotdotdot

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                • S Offline
                  SketchUpNoobie
                  last edited by

                  Karlheinz, I've been having the same thing happen to me lately. Tap the down arrow key. That fixes it for me. 😄

                  Chris, out of curiosity, what does the down arrow key do exactly? 😕

                  Edit: I've been beat. Sorry. 😳

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    I used the Up arrow to change swap ends on the curve. Didn't try the down arrow to swap ends on the straight line. Weird.

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                    • charly2008C Offline
                      charly2008
                      last edited by

                      Hi Dave,

                      I started sketchup again and made a new model then it worked. Strange!

                      Charly

                      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                      • charly2008C Offline
                        charly2008
                        last edited by

                        With a little imagination you can create some interesting shapes.


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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
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                          Reminds me of hook worms. 😄

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                          • charly2008C Offline
                            charly2008
                            last edited by

                            Hi,

                            by ShapeBender


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                            • V Offline
                              vidy
                              last edited by

                              surely nice try charly 👍

                              still so much to learn..

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                              • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                Chris Fullmer
                                last edited by

                                What the up and down arrow keys do is reverse the start and end points of the shape and the line. They should always be to the "left" of the model. This is mostly due to my poor programming skills at the time I made this thing, this was afterall my 3rd plugin I'd ever written. When you press the up/down key, you should see the start and end tags flipping places. And when you press the left/right keys, the other start/end tags will flip places. Please align them to the "left" side. If you are looking straight down on the model, with the solid red line going out to the right, then both "start" tags should be on the left of the model. I don't know how to make it more clear unfortunately. Its a little bit of bad programming, and a lot of "the ruby script can't read your mind". It needs to know which end of the shape should match up to which end of the line. Choosing the wring thing will cause the results you are seeing.

                                The reason it work once the model is closed and re-opened is because SketchUp does not remember the start and end positions of lines in between sessions - once the model is close, SU dumps its memmory of start and end. So often they come in backwards of what they were originally, meaning my script will interperet the start and end differently.

                                Anyhow, just play with pressing up/down and left/right and get good at making the starts both line up on the "left" side of the model (also known as the more negative x value, if that makes more sense in your head).

                                Good luck!

                                Chris

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                                • Dave RD Offline
                                  Dave R
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks for the explanation Chris. Much appreciated.

                                  FWIW, on my computer, the Up arrow toggles the start and end positions on the curve and the Down Arrow toggles the start and end positions for the straight line. The Left and Right arrows don't do diddly.

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                                  • S Offline
                                    SketchUpNoobie
                                    last edited by

                                    That helps a bunch! Thanks!

                                    @dave r said:

                                    FWIW, on my computer, the Up arrow toggles the start and end positions on the curve and the Down Arrow toggles the start and end positions for the straight line. The Left and Right arrows don't do diddly.

                                    Mine works the same way. 😕

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                                    • charly2008C Offline
                                      charly2008
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi,

                                      This opens up many possibilities for jewelry or stucco designs. Who has other ideas.

                                      Charly


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                                      • D Offline
                                        d12dozr
                                        last edited by

                                        Those are some wild shapes, Charly 👍

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                                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                          Chris Fullmer
                                          last edited by

                                          Thanks for clarifying Dave - I have not used the plugin in a whle obviously!, I've forgotten how it works apparently.

                                          Great shapes there Charly, looks like you're getting the hang of shapebender quite nicely now!

                                          Chris

                                          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                                          • charly2008C Offline
                                            charly2008
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks Chris

                                            could be interesting also for wood working.

                                            Charly


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