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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. 😕

                  --

                  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

                        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


                          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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                              All my Plugins I've written

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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


                                1.jpg


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                                5.jpg


                                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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                                            cancincon
                                            last edited by

                                            @dave r said:

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

                                            yes i did 😐

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