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  • J Offline
    Jet
    last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 14:08

    @unknownuser said:

    Works fine for me.

    Try to be a little more specific. What does "not work" mean? Does SketchUp crash? Does does the plugin just hang? Do you get an error message? Do you get messed up geometry?

    You'll get a better answer if you let people know whats going on.

    I run the shape bender command but the object doesn't bender at all.

    Never give up, Never surrender!

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    • B Offline
      Box
      last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 14:25

      Works for me.

      Did you hit enter after you clicked the two lines?


      Bend.JPG

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      • T Online
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 14:27

        It does...
        See this... I have moved the group/line/curve onto the origin.
        The bent copy was being made up in the air because nothing was at z=0. It is onlt slightly bent because the curve you use is very 'flat'...Capture.PNG

        TIG

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        • J Offline
          Jet
          last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 14:37

          @box said:

          Works for me.

          Did you hit enter after you clicked the two lines?

          Of course, I did.

          I think it might have something to do with this:


          shape bender message.png

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          • T Online
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 14:40

            Doh!

            You never mentioned that error-message until now!
            Help us help you. πŸ˜’
            We are not that psychic... πŸ˜•

            If you read the tool's download page it clearly says it also requires ' progressber.rb'.
            This is a helper file that shows progress in the status-bar.
            Download it free from Smustard.com - there is even a link........

            TIG

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            • B Offline
              Box
              last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 14:41

              Link is in the download post.


              Progress.JPG

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              • J Offline
                Jet
                last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 15:02

                @tig said:

                Doh!

                You never mentioned that error-message until now!
                Help us help you. πŸ˜’
                We are not that psychic... πŸ˜•

                If you read the tool's download page it clearly says it also requires ' progressber.rb'.
                This is a helper file that shows progress in the status-bar.
                Download it free from Smustard.com - there is even a link........

                Thanks Tig.

                I works now, takes long though. but how come it created some pieces separated from the shape. I don't see yours come out like that.


                Screen shot 2011-07-25 at 10.56.33 AM.png

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                • J Offline
                  Jet
                  last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 15:13

                  and how do I get rid of those doted vertical line on surface. I can't really use offset when they r there.

                  Never give up, Never surrender!

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                    Box
                    last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 15:16

                    Turn off Hidden Geometry.

                    View/untic Hidden Geometry

                    P.S. Normal offset won't work on a curved surface, you need the offset from Tools On Surface.

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                    • J Offline
                      Jet
                      last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 16:03

                      @box said:

                      Turn off Hidden Geometry.

                      View/untic Hidden Geometry

                      P.S. Normal offset won't work on a curved surface, you need the offset from Tools On Surface.

                      Thanks Box. It helps.

                      BTW, How do I weld these two pieces together seamlessly?


                      1.png

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                      • V Offline
                        Vicspa
                        last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 16:21

                        Select the middle joining lines and delete them.


                        Capture.JPG

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                        • J Offline
                          Jet
                          last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 16:31

                          @unknownuser said:

                          Select the middle joining lines and delete them.

                          On the flat one of course you can do that. the one I was showing is on a curve. when deleting the joining lines it will only destroy the structure.
                          Like this:


                          2.png

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                          • T Online
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 16:32

                            Hide them - Erase+Shift
                            or
                            Smooth them - Erase+Ctrl

                            TIG

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                            • T Online
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 16:36

                              As Victor shows it's probably best to copy/mirror one half so you bend the whole thing centered on the line/curve so you avoid the 'seam' problems...

                              TIG

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                                Vicspa
                                last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 16:36

                                Yes Jet that happened to me, so I only deleted the front, back and bottom, left the curved one in place.


                                Capture2.JPG

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                                  Vicspa
                                  last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 16:37

                                  Tig, πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                                    Jet
                                    last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 17:19

                                    @tig said:

                                    Hide them - Erase+Shift
                                    or
                                    Smooth them - Erase+Ctrl

                                    I knew. that's what I've done.
                                    I need to delete the line, but not just hide them. Cause I need to work on a seamless surface.

                                    Never give up, Never surrender!

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                                    • T Online
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 17:32

                                      'Smooth' them then!
                                      They will then be like any other surface edge πŸ˜•

                                      TIG

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                                        Jet
                                        last edited by 25 Jul 2011, 17:56

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        Yes Jet that happened to me, so I only deleted the front, back and bottom, left the curved one in place.

                                        thanks, vicspa. I did that too. but the curved shape became too big. Is there a way to control it?

                                        Never give up, Never surrender!

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                                          gilles
                                          last edited by 21 Nov 2011, 18:12

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          I did that too. but the curved shape became too big. Is there a way to control it?

                                          Make the curve the shape and the line the same length (entity info).

                                          " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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