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    • S Offline
      smganeles
      last edited by

      after using the shape bender plugin to bend a fairly complex shape to a specified curve, some random edges of the rendering were left out and dissapeared
      otherwise it seemed to work fine (besides making sketchup not respond for a while because i am on a slow and old computer)
      these were not in the original rendering before the object was bent
      what could have gone wrong and is there any way to fix this
      pictures of both before and after the bending are attached


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      before


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      after

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        SketchUp [and OpenGL] have problems creating facets if they are very very tiny.
        Your steel-beam has some very small segments to its rounded edges.
        You could probably make a much simpler version with far fewer facets.
        When ShapeBender [or other tools like FollowMe etc] try to 'extrude' these tiny facets they can fail to form some faces simply because they are now so very tiny.
        To overcome this...
        Scale the steel/curve/line x100.
        Do the ShapeBending etc...
        Then Scale down x0.01.
        These tiny facets can exist, BUT it's the creating them that is an issue...
        This is the known problem and it's fix.
        Depending on the facets' "tininess" you can scale x10, x100 or x1000 and then back...

        TIG

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          smganeles
          last edited by

          thank u
          i will try this

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          • D Offline
            draftprint3d
            last edited by

            When I am bending a shape, it goes a lot faster when Netflix is playing fullscreen in front. I have no explanation but that is what I observe.

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              Odd... but it might be that the full screen app in front disable UI functions in SketchUp that would otherwise slow things down.

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

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                Z Donk
                last edited by

                Hey, I just loaded this up and am trying to use it for the first time. Got it in my Plugin folder etc.. I'm trying to do exactly what chris did in his first example video and running into a wall: Once i have the simple group selected, as commanded, the "select a single line on the red axis" is the next command. Try as I might, I can't get the selection to take. It highlights blue, It's on the red axis, its a single line. The next command for selecting a curve does not come.... Tried it as a group, as an exploded group, etc. -The line is selected then the grid doesn't show and the commands stop there.. Bear in mind, I'm an intermediate sketchup user but even recreating Chris's simple example I hit a wall.

                (Ultimately, I'm trying to bend a 3d geometric rectangle plate along 3 different angles)


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                  Z Donk
                  last edited by

                  Hi moderator, I found the problem, I didn't know I had to have the entire file in my plugins folder.. Off and running.

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    @z donk said:

                    Hi moderator, I found the problem, I didn't know I had to have the entire file in my plugins folder.. Off and running.

                    So we can put your problem down to incorrect installation? That seems to be the most common reason plugins don't work for folks. It's one of the reasons for the Sketchucation Plugin Store. If you haven't got it and installed it, you should.

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                    • P Offline
                      PabloNCS
                      last edited by

                      Hi everyone,

                      I don't know what am I doing wrong, but the text I am trying to bend does not mantein its original size and it kind of stretches out.

                      Anyone can give a hint?

                      Thanks.


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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        The length of the arc is longer than the length of the original text and the original line so of course the text would get stretched. Make the straight line the same length as the text and the arc the length of the straight line and it works better. The letters will still get a bit distorted but that's to be expected. You might even make the arc a little shorter than the straight line in the case of your text.


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                          PabloNCS
                          last edited by

                          Thanks for the tip. It worked better that way.

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                            archipenti
                            last edited by

                            Hello

                            Seems we can not use custom axes for the "red axis"

                            is there any update or solutions for this little bug?

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                            • Dave RD Offline
                              Dave R
                              last edited by

                              That's not a bug. πŸ˜’

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                                viahe
                                last edited by

                                Thank you so much. Simple but yet, great ruby

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                                  dancho
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Chris,

                                  plugin don't work with FREDO's AdditionalPluginFolders.
                                  Is it possible to make it work with it?

                                  THX
                                  Dancho

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Like I told you in another recent post... πŸ˜‰
                                    The code needs adjusting around lines #158-160 of the main code file clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb...
                                    Use Notepad plain text editor...
                                    Change the lines:
                                    line_cursor_path = Sketchup.find_support_file("line_pointer.png", "Plugins/clf_shape_bender") curve_cursor_path = Sketchup.find_support_file("curve_pointer.png", "Plugins/clf_shape_bender") default_cursor_path = Sketchup.find_support_file("default_pointer.png", "Plugins/clf_shape_bender")
                                    to read:
                                    line_cursor_path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "clf_shape_bender", "line_pointer.png") curve_cursor_path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "clf_shape_bender", "curve_pointer.png") default_cursor_path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "clf_shape_bender", "default_pointer.png")
                                    Save the file and restart SketchUp...
                                    This approach will then work with any folder location. which is auto-loading a plugin like this, and which is looking for helper files in a subfolder within its folder...

                                    TIG

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                                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                      Chris Fullmer
                                      last edited by

                                      Cool, thanks TIG.

                                      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                      All my Plugins I've written

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                                      • LanaL Offline
                                        Lana
                                        last edited by

                                        Is very cool!!!Thank you!!! 😍

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                                          janpaw_kei
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Guys!

                                          I'm new in Sketchup and I just downloaded the shape bender tool for the curved car ramp that I'm making, and I can't seem to make it work.

                                          My reference would be:
                                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGHTIOMm_34

                                          I followed the video step by step.

                                          1. Click "grouped" shape.
                                          2. Click SHAPE BENDER TOOL.
                                          3. Click "straight" line.
                                          4. Click "arched" line.

                                          I have problems with step 3.
                                          I can't seem to click THAT separate straight line I made after I clicked on the shape bender tool icon. πŸŽ‰

                                          Is this a download error?

                                          Thanks a lot!!

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                                          • BoxB Offline
                                            Box
                                            last edited by

                                            The straight line must follow the red axis, not be part of a group or attached to anything.

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