Another Shape Bender Problem
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I'm trying to put this barbasol label on the can. The label is a group and everything is on the green axis. I click the label, then the line, then the circular line. After diddling with the up and down arrows I get the green lines in the right place. Then I hit Return and get a plain white cylinder with no label on it. I'm stumped.
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First, the line should be parallel to the red axis. You imply its on the green. Read the instructions for the plugin.
Second, is the label a material applied to a component? Or did you import an image to use as an image? I wouldn't use Shape bender for this. I would just apply the label as a material to the cylinder.
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@dave r said:
I would just apply the label as a material to the cylinder.
ditto dave
i'd do the same and maybe overkill it some but i'd use fredo's ThruPaint to do it..
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=44552
it just makes it a lot easier to align/transform the texture once it's been applied.. (i.e.- you don't have to edit an individual facet of the texture in order to reposition it… you can just apply the texture to the entire cylinder then use the arrow keys or measurement box to move it around)
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FWIW, when I applied that image of the salmon label, it went on with absolutely no adjustment needed.
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@dave r said:
FWIW, when I applied that image of the salmon label, it went on with absolutely no adjustment needed.
nice.. it's just that sometimes we aren't so lucky
so when those times come, shapebender isn't the way to go about it.. (and actually, i'm not even sure if shapebender will transfer UV.. for some reason, i don't think it will)
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@unknownuser said:
...and actually, i'm not even sure if shapebender will transfer UV.. for some reason, i don't think it will...
In order to preserve UV's it would need to be pre-subdivided and UV mapped that way. So you are back at square one where it's easier to UV map it this way on the cylinder itself than do it in two steps.
In order to get Dave1s "very lucky" situation, that label needs to be exactly the size of the circle segments added up. Incidentally, I have a 5-y-o "oldie" about this in the Warehouse (as I am looking at it, it1s the same age as SCF itself!)
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I did draw the can first. Then I got the circumference of it and drew the rectangle for the label to match. whenever I bring any material image into SketchUp I create a face of the known dimension of the texture and apply it to that face.
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[off:1xcwis0t]Do you think some people post problems here just to get us going, then lurk to watch the fun? [/off:1xcwis0t]
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@dave r said:
I did draw the can first. Then I got the circumference of it and drew the rectangle for the label to match.
Well, exactly like in that example I linked to.
@unknownuser said:
whenever I bring any material image into SketchUp I create a face of the known dimension of the texture and apply it to that face.
Ditto. Then you can easily scale/snap to the boundaries of the rectangle. Did you know that if the aspect ratio of the rectangle and the image do not perfectly match, you can press the Shift key to distort the material to adopt to the face?@pbacot said:
Do you think some people post problems here just to get us going, then lurk to watch the fun?
Well, as the learned Chinese used to say in Ancient times, "Repetitio est mater studiorum" - so in the newbie section, this is not an issue I hope.
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I didn't know that the Chinese had latin accents. Golly, you learn something new every day.
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I even used to teach Latin at university. To me, each Chinese has a Latin accent. -
"Don't let the bastards grind you down..."
Perhaps...
Id imperfectum manet dum confectum ...
or more colloquially
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum ...
or more obviously...
Nolite bastardes te carborundorum ...
or in mock-latin...
Illegitimi non carborundum ...
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I dunno about newbies. I usually take something away, or get reminded, that's why I check in so often. (the other reason is boredom I guess
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@unknownuser said:
I dunno about newbies. I usually take something away, or get reminded, that's why I check in so often
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Hi,
You all seem to know your stuff so hopefully have some advice for me. I have watched several tutorials and read several problem forums, but I must be missing a key part of the process.
I want to bend a flat plane to a curve. I have made the plan a component, both that and the curve it on the red axis, they are both the same length. However, once I activate shape bender, it wont even let me select a line, let a lone a second. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
LJ
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Can you upload the file ?
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Where's the line you're trying to select? It cannot be inside the component.
Note in my example that the component to be bent is located directly above the straight line. After the plugin runs, the bent version of the component is located directly above the curve. If there is any horizontal displacement between the straight line and the original component, there'll be a horizontal displacement between the curve and the bent component.
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Good Morning,
The line was parallel with the base of the rectangle, as shown in Chris's tutorial. Even if I separate it out I still cannot select a line. Nothing highlights in blue. I almost think I've downloaded the program wrong!
Unfortunately I can't upload the file as it is too big. This is a nightmare =/ -
I knew it was a straight forward piece of software, just reloaded it and it works fine! Thanks for your help.
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