[Plugin][$] Curviloft 2.0a - 31 Mar 24 (Loft & Skinning)

jgb · 29 Sept 2011, 11:36

They have exactly same number of segments and the segments are all aligned approximately above each other, So I'm not sure why curviloft creates extra intermediate junction curves in some places?
Joel

I too have noticed (and remarked about a long time ago) CL's penchant for adding multiple vertexes where none should be logical.

CL does a fantastic job of lofting, but often adds a lot of unnecessary lines that I spend a lot of time simplifying by simply deleting the redundant lines and triangulating the quad face. It is rarely a logical midpoint on a straight-line split, they seem to me to be almost random in generation, both position and number.

I haven't tried the new version yet, and I won't have time for a while, as I only get less than an hour on the PC a day due to a temp. 12 hour a day job.

ivreich · 29 Sept 2011, 13:28

@unknownuser said:

Could you post the model so that I have a closer look

Thanks

Fredo

Hi Fredo

I've attached a model showing the problems I described. I've showed the exact steps i took and colour coded/labelled the problematic areas.

Thanks so much for looking into this!

Cheers,

Joel

CL Test Model

pilou · 29 Sept 2011, 16:50

Have you same result when you scale the B Splines *100 ?

fredo6 · 29 Sept 2011, 19:33

@ivreich said:

I've attached a model showing the problems I described. I've showed the exact steps i took and colour coded/labelled the problematic areas.

Joel,

I had a look and there is definitely a problem in the vertex matching. Actually, even if the number of vertices are the same, thereare some which are very close and unequally spaced. This create issues with the current matching algorithm which still needs to be improved in case there is no 'sharp' edges to be used as a reference start point.

In addition, the problem of vertex matching makes the Global F-Spline method not really work. But I knew I had problem on this one.

I am afraid that this cannot be fixed instantly. What I suggest is that you play with the vertex matchning by dragging the junction curves and eliminating the auto-pairs.

Fredo

ivreich · 30 Sept 2011, 14:46

@unknownuser said:

I am afraid that this cannot be fixed instantly. What I suggest is that you play with the vertex matchning by dragging the junction curves and eliminating the auto-pairs.

Fredo

Thanks for looking into it anyway Fredo. I guess this issue of vertex matching becomes very important now that there is a lot of buzz going on around thomthom's quad face tools which require a regular set-out of quad faces in order to properly utilise features such as loop and ring select etc.

My dream is that one day this kind of quad-based system will lead to a free-form paneliser tool for SU. I posted a topic on it here:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=39992

It has huge architectural implications for architects like me who use SU heavily as a design tool. Not many people seem to be interested in it though...which is rather strange.

Cheers,

Joel

konara · 1 Oct 2011, 00:47

thanks freddo ...!!unbeleivable..

Mcgee2005 · 3 Oct 2011, 11:22

Hello everyone! I'm newbie to this community so I just wanted to thank you for sharing this wonderful information in this thread, it really helped me a lot!

taiyungokjoseph · 3 Oct 2011, 11:58

this is great

thomthom · 6 Oct 2011, 13:09

I'm loving this tool Fredo! So quick to generate a nice clean mesh - and with the latest Quad option - working with it afterwards is such a joy!

fredo6 · 6 Oct 2011, 22:02

@thomthom said:

I'm loving this tool Fredo! So quick to generate a nice clean mesh - and with the latest Quad option - working with it afterwards is such a joy!

Glad to see that this is useful for real-world modelling.
I have installed the Quadtools and start playing with it, trying to catch the essence of the tutorial videos. So far, I am still struggling to understand how to do a simple application of an image texture on a shape, but I will try again.

Fredo

thomthom · 7 Oct 2011, 06:37

I got on my todo list to make some more tutorials.
I also need to update QuadFace Tools to give proper feedback to the user when the shape can't be mapped to a 2D grid. Please post back with the things you find troublesome - with sample models would be great.

lauris.gouiran · 9 Oct 2011, 16:40

Bonjour
est ce que Curviloft marche sous Sketchup8 (mac)?
Merci

Hello,
does Curviloft work under Sketchup8 for mac?

Thank you

fredo6 · 9 Oct 2011, 18:10

@lauris.gouiran said:

Hello,
does Curviloft work under Sketchup8 for mac?

Yes it does

Fredo

WDITrent · 15 Oct 2011, 03:42

Hey everyone, I downloaded this plugin and sketchup tells me that there have been errors loading the Curviloft plugins, though they are in the same folder as the LibFredo6 plugin as well as Tools On Surface plugin (which works great, by the way). Is it a bug with this version? I tried telling the Ruby Console to load the plugins, and it accepted some of them but about half of them have problems and as a result Sketchup won't show me any of the tools for Curviloft.

Thanks!

fredo6 · 15 Oct 2011, 09:32

@wditrent said:

Hey everyone, I downloaded this plugin and sketchup tells me that there have been errors loading the Curviloft plugins, though they are in the same folder as the LibFredo6 plugin as well as Tools On Surface plugin (which works great, by the way). Is it a bug with this version? I tried telling the Ruby Console to load the plugins, and it accepted some of them but about half of them have problems and as a result Sketchup won't show me any of the tools for Curviloft.

Thanks!

What are the errors you get ?

Fredo

toddbg · 28 Oct 2011, 21:29

@unknownuser said:

What are the errors you get ?

Fredo

I just downloaded and tried to use the Curviloft plugin and am getting this error with sketchup 8 on a Mac.

Error Loading File __loader.rb
uninitialized constant TraductorError Loading File bootstrap_Curviloft.rb
uninitialized constant Curviloft;;T6Error Loading File CurviloftAlgo.rb
uninitialized constant Curviloft;;T6Error Loading File CurviloftCurveMover.rb
uninitialized constant Curviloft;;T6Error Loading File CurviloftPalette.rb
uninitialized constant Curviloft;;T6Error Loading File CurviloftTool.rb
uninitialized constant Curviloft;;T6

Dave R · 28 Oct 2011, 21:38

Looks like an installation error to me. Could you post a screen grab of your Plugins directory?

toddbg · 28 Oct 2011, 21:59

@dave r said:

Looks like an installation error to me. Could you post a screen grab of your Plugins directory?

Here you go.

Dave R · 28 Oct 2011, 22:11

Yup. As I expected. Installation error. Delete all the files you find related to Curviloft and reinstall. In the Plugins directory you should find a file called Curviloft_Dir_12 just as it shows when you open the ZIP file. All the files with the Curviloft name as well as _loader.rb, bootstrap_Curviloft.rb and a directory called IMAGES_Standard should be in that Curviloft directory.

You must make sure when you install plugins from zipped files not to change the file structure. There's a sticky post at the beginning of the Plugins forum that would be worth reading.

Alomphega · 3 Nov 2011, 18:35

Hello all,

Thank you very much Fredo for this tool wich seems to be the one I searched !

But I have to tell that for a new user here it is a bit confused to find within these 38 discuss pages where are the good stuff and to understand what are the right files to install, what are the directories to create, etc.

May I suggest/ask you to make a complete and ultimate step by step here to guide the newcomers of your crazy Curviloft tool ?

Best Regards,
Guy