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    ⚠️ Important | Libfredo 15.6b introduces important bugfixes for Fredo's Extensions Update

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    • soloS Offline
      solo
      last edited by

      Stringer is not working for some reason on my rig.

      Will try copy along path.

      Thanks

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      • ely862meE Offline
        ely862me
        last edited by

        Copy along path will work , but the chairs will not be rotated in the right direction .

        For the attached image i made a normal row and bent it with radial bending from Fredo's scale . Too bad they are not components anymore. I would have create copy on the other rows too, they would have had more space between them , but it would have been pretty nice !


        huh-2 - radial bending with fredo-s scale.jpg


        huh-2 - radial bending with fredo-s scale.skp

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        • ely862meE Offline
          ely862me
          last edited by

          Component stringer seems to work . It rotated the chair downward but i rotated it back and then i copied other instances up to the other rows . They are not nice and even but with a bit more care will do !


          huh-2 - component stringer.jpg


          huh-2 - component stringer.skp

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
            Rich O Brien Moderator
            last edited by

            Component Stringer works for me?

            Solo_Chair.png

            You need to align the axis

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            • andybotA Offline
              andybot
              last edited by

              That's interesting, so it's not just me. I've had to use the dummy object trick with component stringer too. It does weird things/ doesn't work sometimes with certain components.

              http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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              • soloS Offline
                solo
                last edited by

                This is gonna be one tricky project.

                Here is my reference, so you can see what I need to achieve.


                Theatre ref-1.png

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  Draw a Component "segment" with axes at its middle
                  Draw this component segment at any places and orientations you want
                  Select all components "segments"
                  Menu Component / Choose Component "Chair" (with same axes than "segment" ) / Replace Selected

                  = all chairs will be well aligned!

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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    seems symetric so half work to make 😉

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                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by

                      I'm gonna pitch a curveball and suggest TGI3D Warper and Terrain tools.

                      Warper to form delicate curves and Terrain tools to drop them.

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                        Ecuadorian
                        last edited by

                        I can confirm that the latest version of Copy Along Path in SU 8 Free correctly rotates each component according to the path. I guess you're gonna render in something that allows the use of instances, Pete?


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                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                          jeff hammond
                          last edited by

                          it's not bad at all using vanilla tools… for that theater, i think you'd just need to do a few sections then mirror them etc…

                          here's a step_by_step .skp:

                          theater_seating.skp

                          theater_seating.jpg
                          good luck.

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