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

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    • TIGT
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      Norway is turning into the UK ???
      We don't have a Climate/Seasons, we just have Weather...

      TIG

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      • thomthomT
        thomthom
        last edited by

        Yea - we have a whole year worth of seasons in 30 minutes. Pretty much how I remember England to be like when I lived there. Just a bit colder and a tad more snow.

        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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        • jgbJ
          jgb
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          In Canada, except for the left coast, we get winter then a coupla nice days.
          Badum boom πŸ˜†

          In Toronto, if you don't like the weather, just wait a few hours.
          Badum boom πŸ˜†

          Not kidding. 6 weeks ago the furnace was on, then 2 days later the air con was on for 4 days, then a week and a half of torrential rain and thunderstorms. Then the furnace was back on for 2 days, then it became almost nice out.

          Garfield says it best.....


          jgb

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          • fredo6F
            fredo6
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            Thanks to all for being beta testers between the 26th and 27th.πŸ˜„
            So the release should be OK by now!!

            Fredo

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            • jeff hammondJ
              jeff hammond
              last edited by

              finally had a chance to try the new one out and..

              .. that's awesome how you can do this (obtaining the curves) using loft instead of skinning now.

              i thought you might of just changed the skinning part of curviloft but being able to get the mean curves via loft (without the need for the extra set-up lines) is really sweet.

              thanks for the update!

              dotdotdot

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              • GaieusG
                Gaieus
                last edited by

                One more thing, Fredo (certainly I could also edit it but that's just a last resort). In the first post, you write Curviloft 1.1a and below you can download 1.1b. This may cause confusion.


                Curviloft-1-1-a-b.png

                Gai...

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                • fredo6F
                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  NEW RELEASE: Curviloft 1.1c - 29 Jun 11

                  Curviloft version 1.1b introduced the generation of mean curves between contours.

                  There was however a bug, signaled by Defisto, when contours are closed loops.

                  Version 1.1c fixes this issue

                  See main post for download

                  Fredo

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                  • pilouP
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    And this does be again the case?

                    @unknownuser said:

                    Curviloft plugin is still released in BETA

                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                    My Little site :)

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                    • fredo6F
                      fredo6
                      last edited by

                      Pilou,

                      There is no doc yet and there are many missing features (and probably many bugs).
                      So I won't call it an official release!

                      Fredo

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                      • F
                        fiors
                        last edited by

                        Hi. Great plugin!
                        I do have one question/concern. I'm trying to use it for a curved railing. The profile is obviously not a perfect circle so it twists along the bezier. Is there a more effective way or different plugin to prevent the twisting and have the profile maintain some universal orientation?

                        Thank you!
                        S

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                        • Dave RD
                          Dave R
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                          Follow and Keep?

                          Etaoin Shrdlu

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                          (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                          G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                          M30

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                          • jason_marantoJ
                            jason_maranto
                            last edited by

                            Profile Builder also may work for your needs.

                            Best,
                            Jason.

                            I create video tutorial series about several 2D & 3D graphics programs.

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                            • thomthomT
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              @jason_maranto said:

                              Profile Builder also may work for your needs.

                              Best,
                              Jason.

                              PB performs a follow me operation and will twist.

                              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                              • M
                                mac1
                                last edited by

                                FAK keep will not twist but does not keep elevation in 100% of cases. 1001 bit tools will work. It has a free eval period that you my want to check it out...
                                Clarification: FAK elevation comes into play when you go over a "hill" and for railing this should not be an issue 😳

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                                • R
                                  rjjvirusx
                                  last edited by

                                  Thank you & I need learn some more~!

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                                  • T
                                    tutu7931
                                    last edited by

                                    good tool man, thanks for sharing!!

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                                    • L
                                      lapx
                                      last edited by

                                      I've tried it as well. Thanks Fredo for such a wonderful tool. Can you get it to maintain a sharp edge? I noticed it round the corners. Would be nice to have this as an option if available.

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                                        clmene
                                        last edited by

                                        only amazing ....

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                                        • T
                                          TrisQ
                                          last edited by

                                          Fredo, this tool is brilliant. Thank you so much. I am using it for 3D Printing, and the one issue I am struggling with are "holes" in the shells, that make the resulting STL files cause trouble in the further printing process. Do you have any advice on how to avoid such tiny holes, or what situations to avoid that are prone to causing them? Thanks, TrisQ

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                                          • TIGT
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @trisq said:

                                            Fredo, this tool is brilliant. Thank you so much. I am using it for 3D Printing, and the one issue I am struggling with are "holes" in the shells, that make the resulting STL files cause trouble in the further printing process. Do you have any advice on how to avoid such tiny holes, or what situations to avoid that are prone to causing them? Thanks, TrisQ
                                            When you make complex geometry in code [and sometimes by hand] tiny tolerance issues result in microscopic holes. If your initial geometry is too small this can be more prone. Sketchup/OpenGL can't create faces <~1mm [0.01sq"] but they can exist later - so making something perhaps x10 the final size and scaling it down later by x0.1 will avoid many problems.
                                            There is an excellent tool by Thomthom - 'Solid Inspector' - which highlights 'errors' in your near-solid groups and lets you see where they are, so you can fix them. Look in the Plugins Index [big red button above here] - http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=250026#p250026 > http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=267832#p267832

                                            TIG

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