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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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                    SketchUpNoobie: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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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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                      • D Offline
                        d12dozr
                        last edited by

                        Those are some wild shapes, Charly 👍

                        3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                        http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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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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                            • 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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                              • 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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                                        • C Offline
                                          cancincon
                                          last edited by

                                          Hello,

                                          First of all I thank you a lot for the script, a great idea and a great work.

                                          However I am having trouble with making it work, probably because i am being a noob, but i would still appreciate some help.

                                          When I try to make the script work it tells me to "select something" even though I already selected the object.

                                          I tried many times but still get this error.

                                          Can anyone point me out what i am doing wrong?

                                          Thanks

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                                          • Dave RD Offline
                                            Dave R
                                            last edited by

                                            Did you select a component before trying to run the plugin?

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