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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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            other one can be Vertex tools at http://www.thomthom.net/software/vertex_tools/

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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

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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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                                          • D Offline
                                            dedmin
                                            last edited by

                                            http://screencast.com/t/9JjK72VbWeCd

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