Shape Bender Woes!
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Hi all,
Having a problem with shape bender - my attached image is pretty much self explanatory. I've done everything as per the guide, grouped my object, drew a line running down the side (etc..) But I'm getting horrible results like these, what am I doing wrong?!
Many thanks for any suggestions,
M
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Is the line on the red axis the same length as the selected group? Looks like it is much shorter. The length of the 'bent' group is inversely proportional to the length of the line to the width of the group.
The relationship of the line to the group will be same as the group to the curve so draw the line along an edge of the group or center it underneath the group.
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Hi there, thanks for the post. Just tried using a centre line for the er.. line. Strangley, the preview is ok, the result is not.
Cant for the life of me, work out wtf is going on.
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The line and curve's start-end are transposed, toggle them with the arrow keys...
Also how big is this object ?
Very tiny or enormous things can cause issues... -
Its ok, I fixed it - I just re-installed the plug-in and its working fine. Something must've of screwed up somewhere along the line (pun unintended)Cheers for the responses guys
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How did I miss the start-end reversal! That was the problem so not sure how re-installing solved that. All's well that ends well.
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@sdmitch said:
How did I miss the start-end reversal! That was the problem so not sure how re-installing solved that. All's well that ends well.
He probably redrew the line/arc after the reinstall... and by dumb-luck got them in the right orientation, so no toggle start/end was needed and so it worked... -
eh? so how do you make sure they are not reversed? or is that a daft question?
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Ah, the 'up' button. Sorry to be a dimbo - I'm working in the style of Tim layzell at the moment... need lots of curved lines
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You can't make sure they are not reversed when you are drawing them. That's why I had to incorporate a manual reversing method with the arrows. I'm sure I could make it guess smarter now that I know a little bit more about ruby, but I have not yet done it. The main idea behind the reversing is that typically you want the two starts to be on the same side and the two ends to be on the other side. I prefer to put the "starts" on the "left" side (when you have the solid green line pointing up on the screen).
Good luck with it. Its a great script with a series of, ummm, quirky personality traits
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Hi Chris! Absolutely no problems with it now, since I've been matching the start/end positions, its working absolutly fine. The plug-in is great and is saving me a whole load of time/calculations... a great bit of work there Chris
Many thanks for the response - I fear it was my lack of reading on the plug-in that caused the problem in the first place being the impatient person that I am. Deadlines wait for no man (or woman).
All the best, Matt.
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