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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

          He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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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.


                      2011-06-29_232310.jpg

                      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        Reminds me of hook worms. 😄

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                        • charly2008C Offline
                          charly2008
                          last edited by

                          Hi,

                          by ShapeBender


                          ShapeBender Art1.jpg


                          ShapeBender Art.jpg

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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

                              Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                              All my Plugins I've written

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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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                                    shapes.jpg

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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.
                                        All my Plugins I've written

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                                        • charly2008C Offline
                                          charly2008
                                          last edited by

                                          Thanks Chris

                                          could be interesting also for wood working.

                                          Charly


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                                          • L Offline
                                            liviuroman
                                            last edited by

                                            Google SketchUp 8 - Windows 7 x64

                                            Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `all_connected' for #<Sketchup;;ComponentInstance;0xaccf740>>
                                            C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb;307;in `line_picker'
                                            C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb;239;in `onLButtonUp'
                                            C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb;307
                                            
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