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[req] follow me helix

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    boofredlay
    last edited by 8 Sept 2011, 03:12

    Ha ha, no Pete, I just changed the profiles of the lines to 5 and did a screengrab.

    http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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      tridem
      last edited by 8 Sept 2011, 07:34

      it works magic! Thanks sdmitch

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        numbthumb
        last edited by 8 Sept 2011, 07:52

        Thank you, sdmitch!

        Comfortably numb...

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          boofredlay
          last edited by 8 Sept 2011, 14:51

          You know what Pete, it was late last night and I think I read your question wrong. It did take some time for the helix to follow that path. I thought you meant I did a pipe along path afterwards. Sorry.

          This plugin is nice for making stitching. Just run it then scale the helix to almost flat. Around a curve might take some tweaking like I did for this one. I actually made the helix on one segment, scaled it "flat" then copied it around the curve. I am also finding out that the longer the helix the less responsive it is to moving or editing. Even though the straight line one is just that, a straight line, it was difficult to manipulate. Best bet is to do a short segment then copy it inside a group or component.
          Anyway, enough of my rambling.


          Stitch.jpg

          http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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            EarthMover
            last edited by 8 Sept 2011, 14:54

            Perhaps change the OP to reflect [Plugin] and attach the script to the first post.

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              Jim
              last edited by 8 Sept 2011, 20:04

              @earthmover said:

              Perhaps change the OP to reflect [Plugin] and attach the script to the first post.

              But best to start a new post.

              Hi

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                ivreich
                last edited by 9 Sept 2011, 01:49

                cool plugin!

                next step: allow the helix radius to change along center path according to target points. 💚

                joel

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                  mitcorb
                  last edited by 12 Sept 2011, 12:40

                  Hi:
                  Using Fredo6's Bezier curve with 20segments and two control points, follow me helix with 1' diameter, 0.25" segs, and 30 degrees(I think), the result shows some odd kinks in the curve.


                  FMHtest.jpg

                  I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                    sdmitch
                    last edited by 12 Sept 2011, 14:03

                    Mitcorb, The kinks occur when the helix linear increment "spans" a start/end point of the centerline segment. If you have the original version posted, it made no attempt to account for this. The latest version I posted does try but is not totally successful. It is something that I am still working on.

                    Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                    http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                      mitcorb
                      last edited by 12 Sept 2011, 17:31

                      Hi, modelhead:
                      The missing question is missing because I was merely reporting an observed condition in the instance. Unfortunately, I ran out of time to also include the .skp The stuff in the background was prior results with other parameters. If the skp might be helpful, I can upload it, but sdmitch may have answered the question I did not ask. I presume I have the current version of the script since I did not download it till just prior to testing today--whatever "today" means in this environment.

                      EDIT: I see that Follow Me Helix now has a [Plugin] heading. Let me download from that location and try the process again.

                      I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                        tractor12306
                        last edited by 2 Aug 2017, 06:45

                        I don't know how to download this stuff,could you help me ?

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                          pbacot
                          last edited by 2 Aug 2017, 16:00

                          look at the first post. It gives a link to another thread and you can see a file listed in the post . Click on that to download it.

                          Here is the link again to the other post.https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=353348#p353348

                          It's in the post by sdmitch. it says "ATTACHMENT" and file is called Follow Me Helix.rb. Whether or not it still works in later SU versions is the question. It is very old.

                          MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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