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    • J Offline
      Jet
      last edited by

      @unknownuser said:

      Select the middle joining lines and delete them.

      On the flat one of course you can do that. the one I was showing is on a curve. when deleting the joining lines it will only destroy the structure.
      Like this:


      2.png

      Never give up, Never surrender!

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Hide them - Erase+Shift
        or
        Smooth them - Erase+Ctrl

        TIG

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          As Victor shows it's probably best to copy/mirror one half so you bend the whole thing centered on the line/curve so you avoid the 'seam' problems...

          TIG

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          • V Offline
            Vicspa
            last edited by

            Yes Jet that happened to me, so I only deleted the front, back and bottom, left the curved one in place.


            Capture2.JPG

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              Vicspa
              last edited by

              Tig, ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘

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              • J Offline
                Jet
                last edited by

                @tig said:

                Hide them - Erase+Shift
                or
                Smooth them - Erase+Ctrl

                I knew. that's what I've done.
                I need to delete the line, but not just hide them. Cause I need to work on a seamless surface.

                Never give up, Never surrender!

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  'Smooth' them then!
                  They will then be like any other surface edge ๐Ÿ˜•

                  TIG

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                  • J Offline
                    Jet
                    last edited by

                    @unknownuser said:

                    Yes Jet that happened to me, so I only deleted the front, back and bottom, left the curved one in place.

                    thanks, vicspa. I did that too. but the curved shape became too big. Is there a way to control it?

                    Never give up, Never surrender!

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                    • gillesG Offline
                      gilles
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      I did that too. but the curved shape became too big. Is there a way to control it?

                      Make the curve the shape and the line the same length (entity info).

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

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                      • S Offline
                        sondos
                        last edited by

                        @sketchupnoobie said:

                        Works fine for me.

                        Try to be a little more specific. What does "not work" mean? Does SketchUp crash? Does does the plugin just hang? Do you get an error message? Do you get messed up geometry?

                        You'll get a better answer if you let people know whats going on.

                        why shape bend can't choose the line when it ask me to choose it

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                          sondos
                          last edited by

                          I recently started using plugins on sketchup and Im also kinda amateur in using this program. I added your Plugin to my sketchup. Im trying to bend a wall with all its windows and openings but Im having a problem. Every๏ปฟ time that I wanna activate the plugin it says "Please have a single group or Component to bend selected before activating the script."

                          I tried it with making my wall into a group and then selecting it, or exploding it and selecting the very bottom line, or drawing a line at the bottom of the wall and selecting it, or selecting both the line from the wall๏ปฟ and the curved single line that I had made but nothing is working. Any suggestion?

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @sondos said:

                            ...why shape bend can't choose the line when it ask me to choose it
                            The line AND the curve must NOT touch any other geometry, including each other.
                            This first picked line must also be parallel to the X-axis [red].
                            Tips:
                            If you get Ruby Console errors relating to 'cursors' it suggests that you have not installed this tool correctly and its folder of cursor images etc is missing or it's incomplete.
                            If you get other errors in the Ruby Console or the tool 'stalls' after starting, then also ensure that you have downloaded and installed the helper file 'progressbar.rb' from 'smustard.com', as instructed in this tool's download page notes... [mod=:12dkj2cy]EDIT: the v2014 compliant version no longer needs progressbar.rb ![/mod:12dkj2cy]

                            TIG

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                              1232sean
                              last edited by

                              I am having a problem with shapebender where I get it to work but it only gives me the frame of my shape and not the surfaces. Do you know what is going on?

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                                cotty
                                last edited by

                                Do you have a picture?

                                my SketchUp gallery

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                                  Painreliever
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi guys,

                                  when I select the horizontal line drawn on red axes, it does not really be selected (I don't get the notification of start&end) so the bending does not occur??

                                  Moreover, in extension manager a warning is shown "Unsigned", may that be the problem?

                                  Thnx

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    What version of SketchUp are you using - I suspect your profile is out of date ?

                                    The unsigned issue is a red-herring.
                                    It just means that it's an older tool and will run in Extension loading policy > Unrestricted - which you must have set, otherwise it wouldn't even appear in the menu !

                                    Run it with the Ruby Console open to see any error messages...

                                    Is the 'red' line really parallel to the model's red-axis or have you perhaps reset the axes to confuse things ?

                                    There was a version of v2019 that broke this tool, it was fixed by a latest MR - so do you have that later version ?

                                    TIG

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                                      muazzam5abbas
                                      last edited by

                                      hi!
                                      i am stuck with shape bender. i recently added shape bender plugin from sketchUcation in SU pro 2019.
                                      i am doing everything right as told in various tutorials. placing base line along red axis. but when i select base line after initiating shape bender , it selects the base line successfully and ask to select the curve for bend. but doesn't show start and end point as shown in tutorials. similarly when i select the curve, it neither shows the start and end points and does nothing. what should i do.
                                      i have already tried uninstalling and reinstalling shape bender tool.


                                      step 1 while choosing base line


                                      step 2 after selecting base line


                                      step 3 after selecting curve


                                      ruby console

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        The error you are getting was noticed as a 'reversion' in a SketchUp v2019 update - what's yours ?
                                        It was fixed by a SketchUp update of that version...
                                        It was caused by the tool's code using the selected line's vertex to place text, rather than the vertex.position - however, using a vertex OR a vertex.position should both work !
                                        As I say this was fixed on the SketchUp side, so have you got the latest version of your particular SketchUp version installed ??
                                        Please update your profile details accordingly...

                                        You can get the current versions of all supported downloads here:
                                        https://help.sketchup.com/en/downloading-older-versions

                                        TIG

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                                          betofg90
                                          last edited by

                                          @muazzam5abbas said:

                                          hi!
                                          i am stuck with shape bender. i recently added shape bender plugin from sketchUcation in SU pro 2019.
                                          i am doing everything right as told in various tutorials. placing base line along red axis. but when i select base line after initiating shape bender , it selects the base line successfully and ask to select the curve for bend. but doesn't show start and end point as shown in tutorials. similarly when i select the curve, it neither shows the start and end points and does nothing. what should i do.
                                          i have already tried uninstalling and reinstalling shape bender tool.

                                          DID YOU FIX IT? I'm having the same problem

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Have you got the latest version of v2019 and installed it ?

                                            TIG

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