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    Re: [Plugin] Quick Lathe v1.2.0 31mar2013

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    • T Offline
      Trogluddite
      last edited by

      v1.2.0 now available in the top post.
      New Stuff...

      • Negative angles now supported, so you don't need to keep reversing faces.
      • Faces don't need to be co-planar - though take care, it means the faces must be triangulated, so much more geometry!
      • Face orientation improved - 'inside out' forms should happen much less often.

      @unknownuser said:

      version number in the rb file should be the same.

      Oops, yes, that was a bit naughty. v1.1.1 was a bit of a rush job after I realised that I broke the previous upload by leaving in some de-bugging code.

      @Pilou
      Your funny shapes are very inspiring! May have to re-name the tool though - it's some funny kind of lathe that could do those shapes! 😉

      This will probably be the last v1.x update - I'm now working on a whole new user interface to make the settings more visual and easier to work with, and enable a few of the other cool features that people have requested.
      Here's a little sneak preview of where I'm at so far...

      COMING SOON(ISH)!
      Features which will almost certainly be included...

      • Ability to select faces from other contexts (e.g. inside multiple groups/components)
      • Axis and angle setting by drawing them with inferences from other geometry.
      • On screen direction arrows and colour coding, so you can visualise the settings more easily.
      • Quick VCB input of values, and help/hints in the status bar.

      Dammit, this Ruby thing is addictive... 🤓

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
        last edited by

        Very cool effort! 👍
        Test as soon as possible! ☀

        Works fine except unexpected oriente face

        Missing automatic Updated Selection between new axis 😉
        Must be not a "face" but a profil until the last end face!
        So result will be a real "solid"!

        Suggestion : run the script with only a list of axis in one pass

        tiedous2.jpg

        tiedous3.jpg

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
        My Little site :)

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          smicha
          last edited by

          Great plugin. Thanks a lot.

          I find it similar to TIG's "extrude edges by lathe" - I like both of them.

          My question is - is it possible to add an extra option to "follow me" around a square?

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          • charly2008C Offline
            charly2008
            last edited by

            Hi,

            again a great tool. Right now I have not any specific application but it is fun to experiment with it.


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            He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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              Trogluddite
              last edited by

              @unknownuser said:

              Works fine except unexpected oriente face

              Hmm, I'll have to have another look at that - seems that the shapes in Charly's pictures also show some 'inside out'.
              First, I will check my 'testing' schematic - somehow the shapes I'm using are not showing this problem when I test, so I need to identify some definite problem ones.

              'Face moving' should come soon - this will be part of a new feature I am making to allow holes in the faces - for making pipes etc.

              @smicha said:

              I find it similar to TIG's "extrude edges by lathe"

              Aha, I wondered when someone would discover my 'inspiration' for my plugin! Indeed, TIG's tools are an indispensable part of my toolbox - in fact, used so often that I made this plugin just to save a few seconds every day doing curve selections...
              ...and for some practice using Ruby - it will be a long time before I could ever get as good as TIG, ThomThom, Fredo, Dan etc., but I hope to extend this tool for many other types of automatic 'shape creation' eventually.

              @charly2008 said:

              but it is fun to experiment with it

              Thanks - and apologies for those inside out sections; they really shouldn't be like that, as Pilou already spotted.

              The reactions so far to my first proper 'geometry' Ruby has been amazing - that people can see so much to do with what began life as a tool for knobs and table legs really inspires me to see how far I can push the code...

              ...but first, I really must get that 'inside out' problem dealt with once and for all!! 🤓

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              • gillesG Offline
                gilles
                last edited by

                Believe me this one will be a Ruby.

                " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  @unknownuser said:

                  I'm using are not showing this problem when I test, so I need to identify some definite problem ones.

                  About the oriente face selection (blue / White)
                  I believe it's just that the face's selection becomes Out/ In at each apply!
                  (look the Charly's image above)

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                    lapx
                    last edited by

                    Is this tool ideal for this? Can it also be done with "Edge by Rail" ruby?


                    stone_towers_zaha_hadid_architects_cairo-2.jpg

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      Extrude Edges by Rail by Tig ?

                      Extrude Edges by Rail works with 2, 3, or 4 curves maxi and has not the same concept!

                      And can't have a closed profile!

                      here 2 curves, blue is the profile, Violet is the rail

                      quickla.jpg

                      Must be like this for have similar than a lathe 😉

                      quickla1.jpg

                      @unknownuser said:

                      Is this tool ideal for this? Can it also be done with "Edge by Rail" ruby?

                      All can be make that but will be not easy with the Extrude by Rails 😉

                      Frenchy Pilou
                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                      My Little site :)

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        Very funny! 😎

                        You can select the face after the fonction and Scale or move it(with Alt)! 💭

                        quicklathe1e.jpg

                        here Color by Slope by Chris Fullmer
                        quicklathe.jpg

                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                        My Little site :)

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                          Trogluddite
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          You can select the face after the fonction and Scale or move it(with Alt)!

                          He he! 😲
                          Wow, Pilou, you discovered a function that I didn't even know was there!
                          😍

                          This is a side effect of the "keep the hoops intact" function - if you show hidden edges, and try selecting once of the "ribs", you will see that they are all 'welded' - proper arc's with centre and radius.
                          For a 360deg turned shape (e.g. chair leg), you can use this to play with the diameters of the hoops for easy re-shaping...

                          ...but it never occurred to me that it would do this "tapering" effect, I had never even tested it to see what scale would do for an 'extrusion'.

                          I must, of course, now check all the new code I'm working on for the next version - to make sure that I haven't broken this, because those shapes you're making are great!

                          Hopefully will have the next update ready in a week or two - learning to make a decent GUI has been harder than the geometry, and more lines of code too!!
                          I already have several of your suggestions working. For 'loose geometry' it will work much more like an 'arc push/pull', with no internal faces, and respecting the soft/smooth of the geometry that it joins on to - and with the 'pushed' face selected for easy 'follow on'.

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                            xEme77
                            last edited by

                            a GREAT rbz

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                            • S Offline
                              SpookyChick1013
                              last edited by

                              Apparently I'm missing something here. How do you install a .rbz when there is no "install" option in your plugins menu? I'd very much like to use QuickLathe, but there seems to be no way to install it on my system. WinXP, SU7.1

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                              • BoxB Offline
                                Box
                                last edited by

                                You can change the file extension from .rbz to .zip then extract the contents and install in the usual way.

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                                  Dave R
                                  last edited by

                                  @spookychick1013 said:

                                  Apparently I'm missing something here. How do you install a .rbz when there is no "install" option in your plugins menu? I'd very much like to use QuickLathe, but there seems to be no way to install it on my system. WinXP, SU7.1

                                  You could update to SU8 and then you'd be able to install the RBZ file normally, too.

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                                  • mitcorbM Offline
                                    mitcorb
                                    last edited by

                                    In case it is unclear how to rename the file, look at this procedure:
                                    http://www.mediacollege.com/microsoft/windows/extension-change.html

                                    Keep in mind that the author may not have tested his script in earlier versions. Whether he did or did not would be nice to have this spelled out. So, proceed with caution, even though maybe nothing will happen, and the worst case may be that you will just need to uninstall.

                                    I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                    • Dave RD Offline
                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by

                                      What's not to like? And you can keep 7.1 if you want even with 8 installed.

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                                        SpookyChick1013
                                        last edited by

                                        Wow, Thank you, gentlemen. Quicker replies than I expected.

                                        @ Box: That was my first instinct, but I guess I psyched myself out and decided it couldn't be that simple, so I didn't even think to try.

                                        @Dave R: Yeah, I suppose I could do that. Except that I didn't just plain didn't like SU8 when it came out.

                                        Anyway, thanks, both of you.

                                        Edit: Thanks Mitcorb. Looks like we cross-posted there. I'll report back on whether it works with 7.1

                                        Just to clarify; I may finally switch over to SU 8 when I finally get the new machine I've been trying to get for over a year. Right now, this thing is a delicate balance in order to even keep the machine running, and it's not worth it to muck about with SU 8 when I'm sooner or later going to be redoing everything anyway.

                                        Thanks, all

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                                        • mitcorbM Offline
                                          mitcorb
                                          last edited by

                                          Like Dave said. Many people hang on to their earlier versions of Sketchup.

                                          I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                            SpookyChick1013
                                            last edited by

                                            Update: Works beautifully under 7.1! This solves so many problems...Thanks awfully much, Trogluddite. THis does exactly everything I have wanted a lathe plugin to do without any major identifiable problems. Definitely going in my must have plugins file.

                                            @ Mitcorb. It could be worse, I could be one of those Paleo-Luddites who still uses SU 5!

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