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    Curviloft (Beta) Plugin Tutorial

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    • J Offline
      jose-91
      last edited by

      very impressive. thanks for posting these examples!

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      • brookefoxB Offline
        brookefox
        last edited by

        Thanks, Charly. I hope to tame the powerful beast with the insights you have shared, or at least not be consumed by it.

        ~ Brooke

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        • brookefoxB Offline
          brookefox
          last edited by

          When I've got the transitions previewed (in black), I find I am unable to orbit to really inspect the thing (like you do, Rich, in your demo tuts). If I try the operation is cancelled. Is there a secret?

          ~ Brooke

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          • L Offline
            lapx
            last edited by

            Charly,

            I have an irregular column shape I'm trying to make using curviloft. Stitching the circle and the shapes together should have worked but it did not. Do the segments on each shape have to be equal in number?
            also the top of the planter is not flat it should be from with a curve in the z plane. Not certain how I would construct this.
            How can this be done? See attached skp file.


            column.skp

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              Lapx

              Is this the result you seek?
              Select the three 'profiles' of edges and run CurviLoft.
              The initial result might be somewhat twisted, because the top circle's 'start' is rotated relative the the 'starts' of the other curves... but you can easily relocate that point around the curve in the tool.... before committing to the form...


              Capture.PNG

              TIG

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              • brookefoxB Offline
                brookefox
                last edited by

                The start point may not matter depending on the Vx setting.

                Note the black previews which if I orbit during, causes the whole operation to be discarded.

                The first pics show 1,2,3 from the bottom up.

                curviloft-loft by spline-post-1.JPG

                curviloft-loft by spline-post-1a.JPG

                curviloft-loft by spline-post-1b.JPG

                Here from the top down.

                curviloft-loft by spline-post-2.JPG

                curviloft-loft by spline-post-3.JPG

                ~ Brooke

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                • micioneM Offline
                  micione
                  last edited by

                  Hi all,
                  Watching this tutorial, I found the window (red arrow) in the photo.
                  Does anybody know tell me the path to find it?
                  Thanks in advance

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                  • micioneM Offline
                    micione
                    last edited by

                    Sorry,
                    photo.


                    curviloft.jpg

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                    • charly2008C Offline
                      charly2008
                      last edited by

                      Hi Roberto,

                      you will find it in the Tools menu.

                      Charly


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                      • micioneM Offline
                        micione
                        last edited by

                        Charly,
                        Thank you very much.
                        (I tried to send a private message, but evidently you have not received).

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                        • C Offline
                          ccs1987
                          last edited by

                          Awesome tutorials

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                          • LanaL Offline
                            Lana
                            last edited by

                            Very good . I learned a lot here . Thank you all .

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                            • sketchartist023S Offline
                              sketchartist023
                              last edited by

                              I have not been able to manipulate the GUI interface with this tool, so I am left with overlapping issues in my model 😕 I am not sure what to do, but wow this tool is amazing so far! My concept is taking a plane lettering and then using a half circle guide flow to reform it to a rectangle below the lettering facing the same direction. SO, just a morphed half loop from letter to poly. But always get overlapping and face issues since I cannot use the points on the GUI. I wish I could do this stuff above! Will keep trying 😄

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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                If you'd like help, upload an example SKP file so we can see what you are trying to do.

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