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    • sdmitchS Offline
      sdmitch
      last edited by

      It seems you Window Challenge is more a Mission Impossible. Shape Bender could do the job but only if you create a small gap somewhere in the curve and create a group of windows at least as long as length of the curve.

      Otherwise it would seem your only options is un-bent windows placed on the curve.

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

      http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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      • masterpaulM Offline
        masterpaul
        last edited by

        I tried using the component stringer. It works fine in most cases until you get to unevenly oriented/slanted walls (e.g one wall is facing up, but the angle slowly changes, and then you have a wall that faces down slighty)

        Im thinking that the solution to this could be a plugin that would:
        Draw/Model a "pattern" on a selected surface or surfaces. The "pattern" would be assigned by selecting a component.

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        • gillesG Offline
          gilles
          last edited by

          Do you mean your walls are not vertical?

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

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          • masterpaulM Offline
            masterpaul
            last edited by

            @gilles said:

            Do you mean your walls are not vertical?

            Yes πŸ˜› Thanks, I ment the wholes are slanted in different directions. Each floor is different. This is why I think a "paint surfaces with component" could be very useful


            window.skp

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            • gillesG Offline
              gilles
              last edited by

              In this case all your windows or most of them will be different.
              Can you imagine the cost of this?

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

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              • masterpaulM Offline
                masterpaul
                last edited by

                @gilles said:

                In this case all your windows or most of them will be different.
                Can you imagine the cost of this?

                Ye, but atleast all put my monster rig to good use πŸ˜›
                (If you mean cont of production, Im doing this project as an experiment)

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                • gillesG Offline
                  gilles
                  last edited by

                  Good luck?
                  Maybe you could find fredoscale useful for this.

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

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Perhaps you need to build the mesh and lattice it into windows - EEbyRails then LatticeMaker - one leaving diagonals and the other after manually erasing coplanar diagonals [simple selection tricks...]
                    I know the windows are not all the same width - but hey, this is a quick 5min demo... you have several hours to sort this perfectly...


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                    TIG

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                    • broomstickB Offline
                      broomstick
                      last edited by

                      THere is also a plugin called component onto faces wich could help you. You have to correctly position the center of the component though πŸ˜„

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                      • DareDevilD Offline
                        DareDevil
                        last edited by

                        My solution is not a plugin 😞 and it's a commercial soft 😞 again...
                        It's Paracloud Gem

                        http://www.3dm-world.co.nz/images/paracloud1.jpg

                        I dream about a simple free plug for SU doing that ! Waiting for it, I've bought the V4 next year.

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                          jpalm32
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                          @unknownuser said:

                          My solution is not a plugin 😞 and it's a commercial soft 😞 again...
                          It's Paracloud Gem

                          http://www.3dm-world.co.nz/images/paracloud1.jpg

                          I dream about a simple free plug for SU doing that ! Waiting for it, I've bought the V4 next year.

                          Price??? Nothing on site I can find. Not much info either

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                          • DareDevilD Offline
                            DareDevil
                            last edited by

                            @jpalm32 said:

                            @unknownuser said:

                            My solution is not a plugin 😞 and it's a commercial soft 😞 again...
                            It's Paracloud Gem
                            I dream about a simple free plug for SU doing that ! Waiting for it, I've bought the V4 next year.

                            Price??? Nothing on site I can find. Not much info either

                            Sad... there is no info on the new version of the web site 😞
                            I said "I've bought the V4 next year", but's not realy true... "My school bought it" is better πŸ˜‰
                            So, I dont realy know the price, but I remember something about 250$ for academic license.

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