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      mlajessica
      last edited by

      Thanks everyone. I think I installed it and I can see it under my plugin menu. However when I try to use the tool by following Chris' tutorial, it doesn't work. After I selected the component I created I try to click the curve line/straight line, but there is no line can be selected. Anyone has same issue? Or it just because I haven't install the plugin properly?

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
        last edited by

        Upload the SKP in your post so we can see what you have set up.

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          Also read some of the other posts....
          Common reasons for failure:
          Not installing everything properly.
          Not downloading and installing the additional 'progressbar.rb' file.
          Not preselecting an appropriate group/component-instance.
          Having very tiny objects/dimensions etc.
          Having the line drawn so it is not parallel to the x-axis [red].
          Having that line touch other geometry.
          Having the curved path touch other geometry.
          The line and the curve must not connect to any other geometry OR even each other...

          TIG

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            pbacot
            last edited by

            Thanks for helping guys. Perseverance furthers as the good book says, and you (TIG and Dave especially) show real perseverance with the age-old users' problems of plugin installation and startup. Maybe the new SCF loader will take some of that fun away...

            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              @pbacot said:

              ...Maybe the new SCF loader will take some of that fun away...
              Let's hope against hope... πŸ˜„

              TIG

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                cholme
                last edited by

                This looks awesome... but I don't know if I have something set wrong. I was trying to bend some text to an arc and it took about 3 minutes just to see the preview. I looked at the sample video and it looked like it went pretty quick, am I missing something?

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  Maybe your text has more polygons. Hard to tell without sample model or screenshots.

                  Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    alio
                    last edited by

                    Im a rookie...how do I install this plug in? Is it a rbz. file? Is that how I go about it?

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Please read this...
                      http://sketchucation.com/resources/tutorials/37-beginner/108-installing-sketchup-plugins
                      Can I recommend that first you learn to use the SCF Search functions - you'll be amazed what you might then learn...

                      TIG

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                        alio
                        last edited by

                        Thanks for the information.

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                          panda_ska8er
                          last edited by

                          Thank you very much!

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                            JLspeeddragon
                            last edited by

                            Great Plugin! I cant get enuf of how easy and fun it is.. Dont forget to DL the weld and Progress plugin if you are trying this for the first time

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                              Vic12
                              last edited by

                              Hi -
                              I've downloaded and installed both shape bender and progressbar.rb

                              I can see shape bender checked in my extensions folder - so it should be active
                              I can also see progressbar.rb in my plugins folder - although can't find it anywhere on screen - but assume it is there (is there a way to check that?)

                              but I cannot find shape bender (or Chris Fullmer's tools) anywhere in my toolbar

                              any suggestions on how to activate/use?

                              thanks

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Progressbar.rb is the helper that adds a progress-bar to the status-bar when you are using ShapeBender plugin.
                                That 'script' doesn't 'appear' anywhere else otherwise...

                                You haven't completed your User-profile details so we don't know your OS or SUp version...

                                If you can see the ShapeBender plugin's Extension and check it, then it should add the Toolbar option to the View > Toolbars list
                                Unless perhaps you have somehow mis-installed the plugin's files and moved some of them from their subfolder into the main Plugins folder?
                                How did you install the plugin?
                                There are several 'foolproof' ways of doing this - with 'AutoInstallers' etc...
                                Manual installs are prone to have problems...
                                Do you have FULL security permissions to your Plugins folder?
                                Is there a 'Compatibility Files...' link/button on the Explorer window's top bars - a sure sign of limited rights...
                                Fix the permissions to be FULL for all users etc...

                                TIG

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                                  Vic12
                                  last edited by

                                  Help-

                                  I've downloaded and installed both progressbar.rb and shape bender - progressbar is in my plug-in folder and shape bender shows up as checked in my extensions -
                                  but I cannot find it in my toolbar anywhere
                                  what am I doing wrong-
                                  what am I not activating?

                                  thanks

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                                    Vic12
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi TIG - sorry missed your first post-

                                    I installed both shape bender and progressbar manually
                                    library - applications support - sketchup 8 - plugins

                                    but I think I might have moved the shape bender rb out of the folder it came in - when it first wasn't showing up -

                                    maybe that's the problem- just moved back in and I'll restart and see if that helps?

                                    I'm on MAC OS 10.7.5 and running SU 8

                                    or do I need to uninstall and re-install?

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                                      Vic12
                                      last edited by

                                      when I unzip the file - I get a folder
                                      clf_shape_bender_v055
                                      inside the folder is another folder w/ clf_shape_bender and the ruby script clf_shape_bender_loader.rb
                                      I took the ruby out of the folder and placed it in my plugins folder
                                      HD-library-applications support-google8-SU-plugins
                                      then shape bender showed up in my extensions - checked-

                                      but nowhere in my toolbar -

                                      when I put the rb back in the folder it came in then the extension went away-

                                      thanks - Victoria


                                      Screen Shot 2013-07-13 at 9.25.20 AM.png

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                                      • Dave RD Offline
                                        Dave R
                                        last edited by

                                        Victoria, your screen shot shows you haven't installed Shape Bender correctly. Move the two files in the far right column into the Plugins folder directly. Then restart SketchUp. If you installed it with the SCF Plugin Store you wouldn't have this problem.

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                                        • V Offline
                                          Vic12
                                          last edited by

                                          got it working thanks - but it hasn't solved my problem like I thought it would

                                          I'm trying to create a curved ramp and cannot solve the complex curve

                                          I'm uploading the file - with the desired curve - and the desired ramp
                                          I'm thinking there's a drape tool?
                                          or??

                                          thanks

                                          (macos su8)


                                          complex curved ramp.skp

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            This is not the plugin for that as the starting form. 😞

                                            There are several other approaches... πŸ˜„

                                            Look at Fredo's CurviLoft to extrude the profile along the paths
                                            Or say my Extrude tool's EEbyRails.
                                            Or FredoScale on a simple PushPulled slab?

                                            It's an 'extrusion of a bent form' issue, not really a 'bending of an extruded form' issue...
                                            [mod=:160kk3hv]EDIT: TIG
                                            I see you have posted this in another thread and got similar answers from others.
                                            Use their examples...[/mod:160kk3hv]

                                            TIG

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