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

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    • G Offline
      goodguygreg
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      Looks great, BUT WHY WONT IT WORK ON MY PC!!??

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        Like most folks who have problems getting plugins to work on their computers, YOU'VE PROBABLY INSTALLED IT WRONG!

        If you want it to work you have to give us some useful information so we have something to go on. Tell us what it does. Does it throw up any error messages in the Ruby Console? Show us screen shot of your Plugins directory showing how the plugin is installed. Do you have administrator privileges to add files to the Plugins folder. You need them on Windows 7.

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        • McGyverM Offline
          McGyver
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          I just dropped by to say- THANKS AGAIN FREDO!!!
          A long time ago I had tried this plugin and could not get it to work... Because- as it turned out, I did not install it correctly... I forgot all about Curviloft and after seeing this post again, I decided to try it again (installed correctly this time).

          BEAUTIFUL! Truly a tool to empower the imagination!... At the moment I did not have a specific project to try this on so I just started playing around with various shapes and paths... WOW, so cool... So quick too... and I love the way it shows you what it will look like before you commit to it... nice. So many ideas... now where to start!!??

          Thanks!!

          [Visit My ShareCG Freebie Gallery](http://www.ShareCG.com/pf/full_uploads.php?pf_user_name)

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            egraves
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            Hey Fredo6,

            I have just begun using some of your plugins and I am LOVING them!!! πŸ’š

            I downloaded Curviloft and the LibFredo6 4.2 and dropped them into the plugins folder on my mac, but when I open SketchUp 8 I receive this message;

            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

            Any clue on what is going on? Thanks for your help and the great plugins!

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              Exactly where did you place the files? The full path please? OR even a screenshot of your plugins folder?
              Just about every time someone has problem installing it is because then installed them incorrectly. Either in the wrong location or they didn't maintain folder structure of the zip package.

              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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              • fredo6F Offline
                fredo6
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                NEW RELEASE: Curviloft 1.2d - 13 Apr 12

                This release marks diagonals in the mesh in ALL generation modes, not just with the PseudoQuad option on. This will better guide mesh reconstruction for usage by the QuadFaceTools by Thomthom and also for Texturing in Mesh UV mode in Thrupaint.

                Marking of diagonals is simply to set their edge property with Casts Shadows = false

                To summarize

                • With option Pseudo-Quads on, you force a complete triangulation of the Mesh. Diagonals are marked
                • In other modes, the mesh is triangulated only where needed. When there is triangulation, the diagonals are also marked.

                See main post for download

                Fredo

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                • Rich O BrienR Offline
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
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                  Thanks Fredo πŸ‘

                  Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                  • EarthMoverE Offline
                    EarthMover
                    last edited by

                    Thanks Fred! Great update to further SU Quad capabilities. Hoping other authors continue with this trend. (hinting Artisan)

                    3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                    Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                    Content Creator at Skapeup

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                    • guanjinG Offline
                      guanjin
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                      @unknownuser said:

                      NEW RELEASE: Curviloft 1.2d - 13 Apr 12

                      This release marks diagonals in the mesh in ALL generation modes, not just with the PseudoQuad option on. This will better guide mesh reconstruction for usage by the QuadFaceTools by Thomthom and also for Texturing in Mesh UV mode in Thrupaint.

                      Marking of diagonals is simply to set their edge property with Casts Shadows = false

                      To summarize

                      • With option Pseudo-Quads on, you force a complete triangulation of the Mesh. Diagonals are marked
                      • In other modes, the mesh is triangulated only where needed. When there is triangulation, the diagonals are also marked.

                      See main post for download

                      Fredo

                      Thank Fredo again update this iconic tool, thank you

                      I come from China, is to learn

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                        Pherim
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                        I know this is still beta but I think the included features are supposed to work in the current version (sorry if I am wrong). However, the option to generate the junction edges of the skinning tool does not work for me. It only generates the first one and then does nothing any more, although the cursor still shows the hourglass symbol. Generating intermediate edges works fine, however. Can you confirm this problem? And if yes, when will this be fixed?

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                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                          jeff hammond
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                          @pherim said:

                          I know this is still beta but I think the included features are supposed to work in the current version (sorry if I am wrong). However, the option to generate the junction edges of the skinning tool does not work for me. It only generates the first one and then does nothing any more, although the cursor still shows the hourglass symbol. Generating intermediate edges works fine, however. Can you confirm this problem? And if yes, when will this be fixed?

                          this feature Does work for me.. can you post the .skp you're having problems with?

                          dotdotdot

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                            Pherim
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                            What I didn't mention is that I want to use it for a flat surface. With contours that would generate a bent surface it works for me, too. But I would like to use it to divide a flat surface in many small faces that match the contours. In the preview it looks just the way I want it but when trying to generate it doesn't work.

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                            • Dave RD Offline
                              Dave R
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                              As Jeff asked, post the SKP file where it doesn't work.

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                                jgb
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                                @pherim said:

                                What I didn't mention is that I want to use it for a flat surface. With contours that would generate a bent surface it works for me, too. But I would like to use it to divide a flat surface in many small faces that match the contours. In the preview it looks just the way I want it but when trying to generate it doesn't work.

                                In my experience, CL does not handle perfectly flat surfaces very well. It will surface a "flat" plane if at least 1 vertex is at least .001 in out of planar, and may not show diagonal line(s), up to a point.

                                The latest version is much better, πŸ‘ but the older versions resulted in an empty group when surfacing a very flat perimeter.

                                As far as dividing the surface into some sort of mesh, that would be a hit/or/miss depending on how "flat" the perimeter is.


                                jgb

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                                  Pherim
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                                  @dave r said:

                                  As Jeff asked, post the SKP file where it doesn't work.

                                  I'm sorry I was in a hurry when I wrote my last reply and I was unable to look into the forums for the last few days. I have attached a sample file with explaining notes. However, this appears to happen with every flat surface, at least the ones I tried.

                                  Problem with Curviloft Skinning

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
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                                    I fail to see why you need to use this tool to do this...
                                    If you select one or more edges in the coplanar set... and run one of the several 'add-faces' tools available... it faces almost instantly...Capture.PNG If you want to 'mesh' the 'flat' one face then my ExtrudeEdgesByRails will do it thus.Capture1.PNGNo smoothing etc to show messy mesh because of uneven vertices distribution in the two original wavy curves...

                                    TIG

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                                      Pherim
                                      last edited by

                                      Yes I tried to do what your ExtrudeEdgesByRails appears to do. Will try it in a minute! I realize that the edges are not perfect for that purpose, but it's just an example file.

                                      edit: It works. Thank you!

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                                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                        jeff hammond
                                        last edited by

                                        @pherim said:

                                        @dave r said:

                                        As Jeff asked, post the SKP file where it doesn't work.

                                        I'm sorry I was in a hurry when I wrote my last reply and I was unable to look into the forums for the last few days. I have attached a sample file with explaining notes. However, this appears to happen with every flat surface, at least the ones I tried.

                                        [attachment=0:xnznwx1c]<!-- ia0 -->Skin_test.skp<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:xnznwx1c]

                                        a workaround you can do at this time is:

                                        select the edges / choose curviLoft 'skinning of shapes'
                                        under Geometry in curviloft, click 'Generate the Junctions as SU Curves' (the last icon in geometry)

                                        this will give you the lines you're seeking, albeit they are softened..
                                        (for purposes of this example, explode the curviloft generated group at this time)

                                        select everything then right-click -> Soften/Smooth edges
                                        set the slider to zero which will unhide the lines..
                                        switch to wireframe mode then select all the lines and copy/move them to a new location..
                                        switch back to a shaded mode and only your curves/junction edges will in the copied set of geometry..

                                        (and maybe the way i described it there sounds worse than doing it in reality.. πŸ˜„ .. it's pretty quick/painless )

                                        dotdotdot

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                                        • P Offline
                                          Pherim
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                                          Thank you, that worked!

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                                          • brookefoxB Offline
                                            brookefox
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                                            Just a quick note of thanks to Fredo. Here's a pic of a modest result which well pleases me.

                                            Merci, monsieur.


                                            wave-1.JPG

                                            ~ Brooke

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