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    • sdmitchS Offline
      sdmitch
      last edited by

      Do you want the faces or just the lines? Are you stitching the curves together to form a surface?

      Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

      http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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      • cottyC Offline
        cotty
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        Did you activate this checkbox in the preferences?

        continueline.jpg

        From the help:
        "Continue line drawing: Use the Continue line drawing checkbox to force the Line tool to treat an end point as the start point of a new line, saving you one extra click required establish a new start point for the second line."

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        • cottyC Offline
          cotty
          last edited by

          Ok, my suggestion stops working after a face is created. Workaround:

          • group the faces
          • make lines (without faces)
          • explode faces groups
          • plugin makefaces to add missing faces

          my SketchUp gallery

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          • Subsonic MikeS Offline
            Subsonic Mike
            last edited by

            SDmitch, I am stitching faces together. I just want a plugin that means when a face is made, when a triangle is made, i dont have to click again to keep drawing the line

            Cotty, I have that box enable.
            I will post more when I get back from school, bye for now

            Micahel

            Design Crash Learn

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            • BoxB Offline
              Box
              last edited by

              I agree it would be a handy feature to be able to turn on and off, so let me see if I can describe it.
              The normal action of the pencil tool is for a line to form behind the cursor even after clicks until such time as it forms a closed loop. The closing of the loop forms a face and the line drops from the pencil. So stitching between two lines means, click line one, click line two, click line one, face forms line drops off, click line one again to start next loop, click line two, face forms line drops...............

              Better would be if able to ignore the natural drop at the form loop stage so that stitching becomes.
              Click line one, click line two, click line one, face forms, click line two, face forms, click line one, face forms.........

              Tig's 2D tools does it, but obviously not in 3D. Also tools on surface, but it needs a surface to start with and that kinda defeats the purpose.

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              • cottyC Offline
                cotty
                last edited by

                @cotty said:

                Ok, my suggestion stops working after a face is created. Workaround:

                • group the faces
                • make lines (without faces)
                • explode faces groups
                • plugin makefaces to add missing faces

                A screencast for these steps...

                my SketchUp gallery

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                • sdmitchS Offline
                  sdmitch
                  last edited by

                  Mike, I sent you, via PM, a plugin to try. I think it will do what you want.

                  Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                  http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
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                    Is there a reason why you wouldn't just use one of the plugins to automate stitching the curves together. If your time is that valuable, I'm sure you could save more time using Curviloft or one of the other tools to do what you want to do manually.

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                    • Subsonic MikeS Offline
                      Subsonic Mike
                      last edited by

                      The reason I wanted a plugin like this is because the loft tool sometimes fails to stich two faces and so I have to go manual

                      Design Crash Learn

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        Is it possible that the times it fails it's because of the way you've got things set up? Maybe a simple change to the way you're drawing would allow the plugin to work and then you're all set.

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                        • Subsonic MikeS Offline
                          Subsonic Mike
                          last edited by

                          Im not sure, I just have 2 quite different curves and it connects the top to the bottom, it doesn't bother me to much

                          Design Crash Learn

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            Perhaps if you posted a sample SKP file in which you have trouble getting Loft to work, the problem could be sorted out so you could avoid having the problem at all.

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                            • Subsonic MikeS Offline
                              Subsonic Mike
                              last edited by

                              Na, it works well enough and I have what I came for so I don't really want to continue discussing my lofting technique. It works well enough, for now 😛

                              Thanks all

                              Michael

                              Design Crash Learn

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