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    [Plugin] Shape Bender Beta

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    • V Offline
      viahe
      last edited by

      Thank you so much. Simple but yet, great ruby

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      • danchoD Offline
        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 Online
          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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              • J Offline
                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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                  • J Offline
                    janpaw_kei
                    last edited by

                    Yeah, I've been doing that. I still can't click on that straight line on the red axis 😞

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      Upload the SKP file so we can see what you've got going on.

                      Etaoin Shrdlu

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                      • J Offline
                        janpaw_kei
                        last edited by

                        Here it is πŸ˜„


                        Bender tool.skp


                        curved ramp.pdf

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                        • BoxB Offline
                          Box
                          last edited by

                          It's three lines, it needs to be one line. Redraw it as one, and draw it along the length of your shape.
                          The length and position of all parts effect how it works.

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                          • J Offline
                            janpaw_kei
                            last edited by

                            Alright, I just did that. Still can't click the straight line. I'm so sorry for this 😞


                            Bender tool.skp

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                            • BoxB Offline
                              Box
                              last edited by

                              It's behind the shape now, draw it at the front, or move it to the front. Also you have two shapes, one on top of the other.

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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                Works fine once you get rid of one copy of the component.


                                Bender tool.skp

                                Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

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                                • R Offline
                                  rilian
                                  last edited by

                                  I have this plugin installed at work and it runs great. Very impressive. I installed in on my home computer and it doesn't seem to be working quite right.

                                  I have progressbar.rb installed (I originally forgot, got the error then installed it). The plugin actually bends shapes but it pushes them away from the selected curve by what seems to be the distance between the straight line and the original object. I don't have sketchy-physics or Compspray installed which seem to be the plugins that conflict and have caused problems for this plugin.

                                  In the first screenshot, you will note the blue preview mesh both on the curve and the original object. You can see on the original object that it is attached to the line I selected and the blue mesh runs from the curved line to the preview mesh in green.

                                  It is my understanding that the tool is supposed to bend exactly on the selected curve, not push the curve back by the distance between the straight line and the object on the green axis. I measured after letting the tool complete and the curved line is exactly as far away from the final curved object as the straight line is from my starting object.

                                  The 2nd screenshot shows the finished product after the plugin runs. I see no errors when running in the ruby console. I am fairly sure this is not happening on my work PC and it doesn't seem to happen in the videos in the original post.

                                  I should note that my object is a simple 15/2'/1' box done w/ rectangle and push/pull then made into a group. Line was drawn left to right attaching to guides seen in the screenshots. Curve used the built-in arc tool also attaching to the guides and bulging an arbitrary distance.

                                  What am I doing wrong or missing?
                                  Thank you! Thanks for such a fantastic plugin!


                                  bendtool_clip3.png


                                  bendtool_clip4.png

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                                  • BoxB Offline
                                    Box
                                    last edited by

                                    It is behaving as it is meant to. The relationship between the shape, the straight line and the curve are what determines the resultant bend.

                                    You can change the position when in preview by using the arrow keys.

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                                    • R Offline
                                      rilian
                                      last edited by

                                      @box said:

                                      It is behaving as it is meant to. The relationship between the shape, the straight line and the curve are what determines the resultant bend.

                                      You can change the position when in preview by using the arrow keys.

                                      I did use the arrow keys multiple times before posting. Based on your reply, I moved the straight line to match the back edge of my object and then the plugin behaved as I saw in the examples...perfectly matched to the curve. See first screenshot attached to this post. Pressing the down arrow key gives the 2nd screenshot...a bit wonky. Pressing down arrow again, returns back to first screenshot. Pressing up arrow moves the curve above and below the curved line as expected.

                                      These curves were generated from using the arc tool 2x. Once to draw an arc exactly 1/2 the distance between my guides and then a 2nd tangent arc the rest of the way to the guide.

                                      I thought I saw in the videos attached to the first post where the line was not attached to the object but floating in front or behind and the bent object still matched the curve rather than generate the results I saw. Very interesting.

                                      What do you make of that 2nd screenshot from pressing down arrow?

                                      Thank you again!


                                      bendtoo_clip_noarrow.png


                                      bendtool_clip_downarrow.png

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                                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                        Chris Fullmer
                                        last edited by

                                        Looks at the words "start" and "end". When you have camera oriented the way you do, which is good, you want the starts to be on the left and the ends to be on the right.

                                        That is why the top one is good and the bottom one is weird. At one point, you used to be able to actually reverse the bending direction and it worked correctly. Somewhere along the way though I accidentally broke that I guess, so now you just end up with screenshot #2.

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

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                                        • EKOARTE Offline
                                          EKOART
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Cris. Thank you for your work and sharring.

                                          My question is; Is it possible in a certain way to have our texture bended when using the shape bender tool ? Here is an example of what i get.

                                          http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa441/ekoart/Sketchup/ShapeBenderTexture_zps550285d7.jpg

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                                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                            Chris Fullmer
                                            last edited by

                                            Not at this point. It would be great if it would do it, but its more than I will be able to implement soon.

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

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