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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
            last edited by

            @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
                last edited by

                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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                • T Offline
                  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
                    last edited by

                    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
                            last edited by

                            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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                                      • GarethG Offline
                                        Gareth
                                        last edited by

                                        thanks again Tig

                                        great work as always, and most genuinely appreciated

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                                        • B Offline
                                          bonk
                                          last edited by

                                          I am very green;experience and envy ! Thanks to Tig and others who have gone before. Trying to create a square tube spiral to specs. Steep learning curve. Thanks

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                                          • M Offline
                                            mist3ry30
                                            last edited by

                                            Great plugin, thanks! Is there perhaps a way to extrude a specific profile (instead of just a circle as with the pipe extrusion here) along, say, multiple different curves? I have a louvre profile which I wish to extrude along many different curves. Ideally I'd like to select all of the curves, select the profile, and then hit 'extrude'.

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