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    • humbertorbH Offline
      humbertorb
      last edited by

      Thanks Dave! That was exactly the case. The way I read the instructions gave me the impression I had to dump all the files instead of moving the directory.

      Cheers

      HB

      @dave r said:

      It looks like an installation error. My guess is that you either took the contents of the Curvizard_Dir_11 folder out and dumped them into the Plugins folder or you have that folder inside another folder which makes them not load correctly. Go back to the first post where the footprint for the plugin is clearly shown and make sure yours looks like that.

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      • jeff hammondJ Offline
        jeff hammond
        last edited by

        i haven't checked this out since last time i talked with you about it. it's awesome πŸ‘
        (and i still havent thoroughly checked it out.. only weld and smooth)
        (havent read the thread yet either 😳 )

        not sure if youd be into it but with make curves, a speed mode would be great.. hypothetical usage:

        β€’ push W (or whatever your welding shortcut is)
        β€’ the curvizard cursor comes up
        β€’ select your line (i.e.- up til now, everything is the same except there's no palette up top)
        β€’ the line turns orange except only for a split second.. a flash.. then the line welds as per your previous(? or otherwise customizable) settings **
        β€’ the tool exits (maybe back to the previous tool if possible or even practical?)

        β€’ then there's also multispeedβ„’ mode which is ⇧W (or whatever).. that makes the curve but doesn't exit.. its ready for another..
        β€’ click blank space to exit..

        i dont' really think they should be added to the icon menu because it might clutter it up but it doesn't really matter.. these are mainly hotkey tools

        ala jean.. just ideas πŸ’š

        **[edit] - basically, it's acting like my current welding plugin with the benefit of not needing to preselect as you have your own cursor...

        also, the flash gives some visual feedback in two ways.. first, you get to see that something actually happened and you'll also see what actually was made into a curve.. (whereas with recurve, i always (every single time) find myself reselecting the line to make sure a) the plugin worked and b) to see what was welded..

        • you have control over the settings

        dotdotdot

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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
          last edited by

          Jeff,

          I understand the requirement, but the capability of Curvizard to know exactly which segments will form a curve is limited (the Follow mode is based on angle continuity).

          However, Curvizard include an autoexit feature (See Default parameters). You preselect the segments by the SU Selection tool and then call Curvizard (icon or context menu) that will just make them curves and exit. I can easily do the brief highlight (actually I implemented the feature and disabled it). Instead, you have the highlight in pale green of any SU curve you mouse over.

          Fredo

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          • R Offline
            rv1974
            last edited by

            I have a feeling that curvizard could help me in my specific case:
            Here's some kind of square put on very primitive ugly mesh. I'd like to refine (normalize, smooth out) the curb's polyline (copied upward) to redefine the squre surface.
            Could anybody post step-by-step instructions? the plugin became a bit over-complicated πŸ˜•
            Thanks in advance.


            hjhjhj.JPG


            fred.skp

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            • V Offline
              victor hugo
              last edited by

              RV1974 I'm not a user of this plugin but I saw the demo on the attached link, it looks it will help whit what you're wanting to do.

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              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                jeff hammond
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                However, Curvizard include an autoexit feature (See Default parameters). You preselect the segments by the SU Selection tool and then call Curvizard (icon or context menu) that will just make them curves and exit. I can easily do the brief highlight (actually I implemented the feature and disabled it). Instead, you have the highlight in pale green of any SU curve you mouse over.

                Fredo

                oh.. yeah.. that's good for preselecting then welding πŸ‘
                pretty much what i was imagining to myself earlier in the thread.. ha! 😳

                @unknownuser said:

                Jeff,

                I understand the requirement, but the capability of Curvizard to know exactly which segments will form a curve is limited (the Follow mode is based on angle continuity).

                right.. that's how recurve is set up too.. the angle is 1 radian.. the main reason i use recurve is because you only have to select one segment then it follows/selects anything under a radian.. (well, also because i don't have to answer any questions at the end as in weld.rb)

                i was thinking in the speed idea, the follow mode is using whatever number is listed in the palette.. (defualt 40 but if i change it to 60 at some point, then it will use that next time i use the speed mode)
                [sorry for this 'speed mode' talk.. sounds kinda corny.. i don't know what else to call it though]

                further, the mode could combine preselect & no selection.. (everything is already written/functioning.. i'm just suggesting (in my non-ruby-knowing-head) moving some of the wires around for a different style of user interaction)... usage-

                β€’ select a segment
                β€’ press keyshortcut
                β€’ curvizard's follow mode kick in then selects accordingly and welds
                β€’ auto exit

                -AND-

                β€’ have nothing selected
                β€’ press the same keyshortcut
                β€’ curvizard's cursor comes up
                β€’ select a segment, follow mode, weld
                β€’ auto exit

                i honestly think that would be the best welding tool yet.. by far
                not sure how others would feel about it but i can't grasp someone not liking it much better than weld.rb

                anyway, thanks for listening πŸ˜„

                dotdotdot

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  NEW RELEASE: Curvizard v1.2a - 18 May 13

                  Curvizard 1.2 is an technical update dedicated to the management of big number of edges and contours. It also fixes bugs related to operating on duplicated groups[/list]

                  Duplicated groups are groups which are just been copied from an existing group (via the Move+ tool or Copy / paste). Until they are edited, Sketchup treats them as pseudo components. This creates a lot of issues for Ruby scripts and is the source of potential crashes or errors of type "Reference to deleted entity".

                  Here is a short video showing the visual effect on a Make Curve process on 13,000 edges.
                  Curvizard 12 big contours.gif

                  Curvizard 1.1 requires an upgrade to LibFredo6 4.9 or higher.

                  See main post of this thread for Download.

                  Fredo

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                  • CadFatherC Offline
                    CadFather
                    last edited by

                    Thanks Fredo ...some alternative icons just in case.

                    cv.png

                    CV.zip

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                    • OxerO Offline
                      Oxer
                      last edited by

                      Hi,
                      I have installed the last versions of Curvizard and LibFredo and an error appears now.
                      I work on Mac.

                      Curvizard Error.png

                      "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                      [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                      • fredo6F Offline
                        fredo6
                        last edited by

                        Oxer,

                        This is very strange that the value for angle max is written 40,0 (with a comma).
                        I can't reproduce how this has been made possible, because even if comma may be the decimal separator in Spanish (like in French), the Ruby code only uses the notation with '.' as the separator.

                        Just to be sure, could you type the following in the Ruby console:
                        { :a => 40.0 }.inspect

                        To fix it, you may start any Curvizard tool and click on the AngleMax value of the edge picker section and type another value. Tell me if this work.

                        Thanks

                        Fredo

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                        • OxerO Offline
                          Oxer
                          last edited by

                          Hi Fredo,
                          I typed in Ruby Console and I obtain this:
                          %(#FF0000)[> { :a => 40.0 }.inspect
                          {:a=>40.0}]

                          I select a curve then I press an icon tool of Curvizard but I can't see the Tool Options Menu.

                          EDIT:
                          I deleted the sketchup preferences and for the moment it works fine again (it's possible that the preferences file was corrupt).

                          "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                          [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                          • N Offline
                            nesh70
                            last edited by

                            I just wanna say thanks for all your amazing SU tools!!!

                            πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                            • utilerU Offline
                              utiler
                              last edited by

                              Hi Fredo, when converting an arc / circle to construction lines a point is added to its segment end. Is there a way of not doing so?

                              And once again, thank you for what you do for SU!!

                              purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                              • utilerU Offline
                                utiler
                                last edited by

                                @utiler said:

                                Hi Fredo, when converting an arc / circle to construction lines a point is added to its segment end. Is there a way of not doing so?

                                And once again, thank you for what you do for SU!!

                                Anyone? Here's a screenshot of what I'm referring too...


                                2013-06-26_1020.png

                                purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  Select all
                                  Right Click /Select Only Guide Points / Delete ?

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

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                                  • Dave RD Offline
                                    Dave R
                                    last edited by

                                    πŸ˜‰


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                                    • massimoM Offline
                                      massimo Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @utiler said:

                                      @utiler said:

                                      Hi Fredo, when converting an arc / circle to construction lines a point is added to its segment end. Is there a way of not doing so?

                                      And once again, thank you for what you do for SU!!

                                      Anyone? Here's a screenshot of what I'm referring too...

                                      Like this? πŸ˜„
                                      Cattura.JPG

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                                      • pilouP Offline
                                        pilou
                                        last edited by

                                        Efectively more speedy than my basic method! πŸ’š

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

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                                        • utilerU Offline
                                          utiler
                                          last edited by

                                          I knew it had to be something simple.... Thanks guys! πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                                          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                          • D Offline
                                            dedmin
                                            last edited by

                                            2013-08-25_055853.jpg

                                            Date; 25-Aug-13 05;57;22
                                            An error occured in Curvizard#edge_prop
                                            The operation is aborted
                                            
                                            undefined method `length' for nil;NilClass
                                             
                                            CurvizardAlgo.rb; 451 -- execute_geometry
                                            CurvizardTool.rb; 1596 -- geometry_generate
                                            CurvizardTool.rb; 1496 -- top_execute
                                            CurvizardTool.rb; 290 -- handle_initial_selection
                                            CurvizardTool.rb; 267 -- activate
                                            CurvizardTool.rb; 46 -- select_tool
                                            CurvizardTool.rb; 46 -- launch_tool
                                            CurvizardTool.rb; 41 -- action__mapping
                                            Lib6Plugin.rb; 134 -- call
                                            Lib6Plugin.rb; 134 -- launch_action
                                            bootstrap_Curvizard.rb; 51 -- launch_action
                                            bootstrap_Curvizard.rb; 81 -- declare_command
                                            Lib6Plugin.rb; 1044 -- call
                                            Lib6Plugin.rb; 1044 -- command_invoke
                                            Lib6Plugin.rb; 1026 -- build_config_commands
                                            Lib6Traductor.rb; 1074 -- call
                                            Lib6Traductor.rb; 1074 -- add_command
                                            
                                            
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