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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

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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

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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


                          2011-07-02_152703.jpg


                          shapes.jpg

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                            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

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                              • charly2008C Offline
                                charly2008
                                last edited by

                                Thanks Chris

                                could be interesting also for wood working.

                                Charly


                                2011-07-03_005613.jpg

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                                  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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                                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                    Chris Fullmer
                                    last edited by

                                    That looks like a problenm with what you are selecting. I think you need to have just a single component selected when you begin the tool. Then click on a line.

                                    Could you upload the model you tried it on? I could look at it and see what is wrong,

                                    Chris

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                                    • charly2008C Offline
                                      charly2008
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi,
                                      I'm still experimenting with the different profiles and different paths.

                                      In the example shown below,at the first step the profile is messed up. But that's not a problem. Press the up arrow key and then the down arrow key and the profile is then aligned.

                                      Charly


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                                      7.jpg

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                                      • L Offline
                                        liviuroman
                                        last edited by

                                        I solved the problem. I didn`t have any line parallel to x-axis (red axis).

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                                        • charly2008C Offline
                                          charly2008
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi,

                                          Another attempt.


                                          2011-07-04_130252.jpg


                                          shape.jpg


                                          temp_ppt.jpg

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                                          • charly2008C Offline
                                            charly2008
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi,

                                            here again, the individual steps.

                                            Charly


                                            2011-07-04_231541.jpg


                                            ShapeBender1.skp

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