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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
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      @baiduaiya said:

      Who can tell me,why can't i download this plugins,please
      You give us few details of your problem... 😒
      There is a download link on the very first page of this thread [just like with 99.9% of all toolsets' threads].
      BUT if you can't see that link [i.e. all attachments and images etc are 'blocked'], and instead you get a red-colored warning banner about 'Ad Blockers', then you are not keeping your agreement in the ToS when you took up membership.
      Because SCF is mainly funded by modest advertising revenues [and without them we will no longer exist!] then those advertisers need to have confidence that their information will be seen by users. All of SCF's ads are filtered to be relevant to Sketchup, CAD, rendering etc, and can be of considerable interest to members...
      If you have add-ons for your web-browser - like 'AdBlock' - you need to deactivate it for SCF pages, then after a 'refresh' you will be able to see all of the forum's attachments [and the ads]... Other tools that can also 'block ads' are add-ons named something like 'do-not-track' and full-on javascript-blockers like 'NoScript', also your computer's 'Internet' or 'Firewall' settings might be too limiting to SCF and be seen as blocking ads too. Most members access SCF quite happily, just a few have issues - they are resolvable with a little effort...
      Try using different web-browsers like IE, Firefox and Chrome to see if one in particular has blocking add-ons active - then disable them or at least deactivate them for SCF pages...

      TIG

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      • demD Offline
        dem
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        Very useful plugin! I just wish for it to work at intersections)

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          @dem said:

          Very useful plugin! I just wish for it to work at intersections)

          It's not so difficult to make the two pieces and then edit them in turn, intersecting with model so the cuts form and deleting the unneeded parts... Use View > Component Edit > Hide rest of model > ON, so you can better see what you are doing...

          TIG

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          • demD Offline
            dem
            last edited by

            @tig said:

            @dem said:

            Very useful plugin! I just wish for it to work at intersections)

            It's not so difficult to make the two pieces and then edit them in turn, intersecting with model so the cuts form and deleting the unneeded parts... Use View > Component Edit > Hide rest of model > ON, so you can better see what you are doing...

            I know, but in this case, I prefer not to glue the groups to avoid of producing unnecessary polygons 😄
            It is good if them two, but sometimes you have to transform into pipes complex structures.

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            • SkyBlackS Offline
              SkyBlack
              last edited by

              thx...bro

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              • L Offline
                lifefun
                last edited by

                nice job thank you!

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                • R Offline
                  RichardBronosky
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                  @tig said:

                  This ruby ('PipeAlongPath.rb') doesn't round corners, it makes a 'pipe' along a 'path' - although you could use it to add 'piping-trim' to shapes too... To round the corners of things use something like Fredo's 'Round Corners' script

                  Fredo's Rounded Corners plugin is awesome. Thanks for the lead. I'm sure I'll get lots of great use out of it.

                  For people looking to create pipes with rounded corners, I'll suggest this method of creating them:
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrdW_mN7Tt8

                  You will, of course, be giving up all of the additional benefits of the PipeAlongPath.rb plugin if you use the "Follow Me" tool method from the video. But, that's the trade off. You have lots of options to choose from. You use what works best for your situation.

                  I mean no disrespect to TIG by offering an alternative.

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    @RichardBronosky

                    You should of course use and understand the native tools before considering the use of any 'plugin'.

                    The linked video does show a somewhat simple use of FollowMe...

                    One thing it fails to explain is that if you first preselect the path's edges/curves, then you activate FollowMe and then pick the desired profile-face, the whole extrusion is done in one go, without you having to drag the extrusion around the path... This is often the easier way.

                    The other principle advantage of PipeAlongPath is that the face-profile is automatically made perpendicular to the first edge in the path, this can be awkward to create manually if the path doesn't start along an axial vector...

                    TIG

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                    • V Offline
                      vojo
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                      So Tig, ever thought about extending your plugin to basically spoof thick lines?

                      • one more menu item: Pipe vs duct
                      • inner and outer diameters ==> width and height
                      • In your "getting to real work" section, use the menu item to determine
                        if creating a circular face or a rectangle
                      • etc

                      It would be a great way to make thick lines and not suffer from the aliasing issue on curves in the other plugin that seems focused on this kind of thing.

                      on top of spoofing thick lines, I guess, it could be a great way to make a serpentine wall easily (draw the line freehand or whatever, call your plugin and set width height, execute)

                      For thick line width = say 5mm Height = say 0.1mm
                      For wall width say 100mm height say 1000mm

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                        tashaco
                        last edited by

                        TIG - it's late at night and I have about a hundred little pipes to draw - each at a slightly different angle - before tomorrow morning, and have just stumbled across your plugin. I could cry I am so pathetically grateful, I thought I was going to be up all night doing it. Thanks so much!

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                        • kingsiK Offline
                          kingsi
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                          Great plugin. Many thanks

                          Noobtastic

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Version v1.9 now available in the PluginStore.
                            http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=PipeAlongPath
                            It has a trap for the occasional lockup if the path has a very slight skew and changes of direction, which SketchUp's FollowMe can't handle.
                            It now allows any units to be used in ne input [defaults to Model Units display]
                            It remembers the last used options across sessions and globally for all models.

                            TIG

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Version v2.0 now available in the PluginStore.
                              http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=PipeAlongPath
                              The lockup/skew trap is now improve and far less likely to appear.
                              The v2014 graphics glitch with some pipes not appearing smooth unless they were subsequently edited is resolved.
                              The name now better reflects if the pipe's internal diameter == 0.

                              TIG

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                              • B Offline
                                Bethidralas
                                last edited by

                                Hello there.

                                Is there any RAR file available for this plugin? I really don't know how to install sketchUcationTools.rbz

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                                • massimoM Offline
                                  massimo Moderator
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                                  I see that you have SU8. If you have the latest version of SU8 you must be able to install .rbz by clicking on window-->preferences-->extensions-->install extension.
                                  Cattura.JPG
                                  If you want to install the plugin manually, just rename the .rbz as .zip and unzip it.

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                                    bwantedstar
                                    last edited by

                                    why can't I find the download button?
                                    where is it?

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                                    • massimoM Offline
                                      massimo Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      At the bottom of the very first post of this thread.
                                      Cattura.JPG

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                                      • B Offline
                                        bwantedstar
                                        last edited by

                                        OH, I found it! Thank you very mush!!

                                        @massimo said:

                                        At the bottom of the very first post of this thread.
                                        [attachment=0:3tt49ous]<!-- ia0 -->Cattura.JPG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3tt49ous]

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          Version v2.1 is now available in the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=PipeAlongPath It fixes some rare issues when edges in paths have a very slight skew in Z, it still warns if <~0.3 degrees etc which might Bugsplat, but traps for such slight differences which have previously caused a failure, but which would not have caused a Bugsplat...

                                          Please test and feedback...

                                          TIG

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Version v2.2 is now available in the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=PipeAlongPath It addresses a glitch with the misplacement of node-cpoints [if that option was set], if the path was found to be slightly skewed, and the user chose 'No' in the additional dialog to process things anyway...
                                            Now the node-cpoints are correctly placed in every case...

                                            TIG

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