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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      For the invokation via contextual menu, I dicover a small bug, whihc is harmless but produces error logging in the Ruby console.
      I have fixed and will republish.

      For the automatic splitting of contours, that's a diffcult question because you may well want to weld a contour presenting sharp angles. This is why the interactive mode exists.

      Fredo

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      • jeff hammondJ Offline
        jeff hammond
        last edited by

        @fredo6 said:

        For the automatic splitting of contours, that's a diffcult question because you may well want to weld a contour presenting sharp angles. This is why the interactive mode exists.

        yeah, i was trying to think of a UI way which would allow the curves to be split at the follow mode angle while giving the user an option to weld adjacent curves..

        it seems like thing would start getting confusing and/or too many options.. it's good how it is.. i'm just happy i figured it out now ๐Ÿ˜„

        dotdotdot

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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
          last edited by

          NEW RELEASE: Curvizard v1.7c - 16 Feb 14

          Curvizard 1.7b fixes a major bugwhich was present in v1.6a, whereby the vertex marks and tooltip for number of segments were no longer displayed. Then, a bug was introduced in v1.7a and then another one 1.7b. So, it is strongly advised to upgrade to v1.7c.

          See main post of this thread for Download of Curvizard.

          Fredo

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          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
            last edited by

            NEW RELEASE: Curvizard v1.8a - 04 Mar 14

            Curvizard 1.8a introduces an Auto-extension feature for Make Curve, as illustrated in the video below. This was requested by a few users.

            1. You can configure the Auto-Exit in the Default Parameters dialog box for:

              • contextual menu
              • when Curvizard is launched on a pre-selection
            2. When you pre-select one or a few edges, Curvizard MakeCurve will try to extend the edge(s) by continuity, then make the curve(s) and Exit.

            [flash=425,344:u7pfpgu4]http://www.youtube.com/v/ZJrSoyhnK6E&hl[/flash:u7pfpgu4]

            See main post of this thread for Download of Curvizard.

            Fredo

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            • BoxB Offline
              Box
              last edited by

              Fredo, you are a God!

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              • cottyC Offline
                cotty
                last edited by

                Great and very helpful update. Thank you!

                my SketchUp gallery

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                • R Offline
                  rilian
                  last edited by

                  I recently updated to the latest version (Sketchup ๐Ÿ˜Ž and I'm having difficulties. The previous version (honestly not sure which one I had) allowed me to pre-select any edge or edges, launch the tool from the toolbar, exit the tool and they would be immediately converted to a curve. VERY handy, quick and intuitive.

                  Since I upgraded to 1.8a (w/ libFredo6 6.0b), things seem to not work as expected. Take the attached pic as an example.
                  screenshot_cvz_ex1.png

                  It shows a simple object that is 3 edges created w/ the rectangle tool. The 4th edge was erased and replaced w/ an arc pointing in the Blue direction. It may be tough to see in the screenshot but 2 of the edges are on the green and red axis respectively.

                  In any event, If I select one of the straight edges and launch curvizard's weld function from the GUI or the context menu, it welds all 3 edges + the curve into one big curve rather than turning the pre-selected edge only into a curve.

                  If I use the GUI to manually select that edge after launching (even though it was pre-selected), it will convert it but the arc gets exploded into it's component parts even though the arc wasn't pre-selected. If I then weld the arc back to together, the previously converted edge reverts from a curve back to an edge. None of this happened w/ the previous version I was using. It's very frustrating.

                  The only way I have managed to get around this problem is to copy any edge I want to transform away from the other geometry then run curvizard's weld function, then delete the original edge and replace it w/ the one now made into a curve.

                  What happened in between? What has changed? Am I doing something wrong with the new version? This seems far more cumbersome than it was before...

                  I'd appreciate any advice...

                  Thanks,
                  Rilian

                  <Edit> I should note that I just discovered that if I launch the plugin Without any preselected edges, then select only one of the straight edges seen in the attached pic, it transforms correctly w/o breaking the arc into segments. Why doesn't preselection do the same?

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
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                    @rilian said:

                    I recently updated to the latest version (Sketchup ๐Ÿ˜Ž

                    SketchUp 8 isn't even close to the latest version. Before going on, why don't you really install the latest version which is SketchUp 2014?

                    Etaoin Shrdlu

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                    • fredo6F Offline
                      fredo6
                      last edited by

                      @rilian,

                      The latest release includes an auto-detect mechanism on the pre-selection for MakeCurve. Curvizard prolongs the edge until it reaches a crossing or a sharp angle.

                      This feature was requested by many users.

                      I'll check the dรฉtails and republish a version where these options are more explicit and can be activated / deactivated.

                      Fredo

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                      • R Offline
                        rilian
                        last edited by

                        @dave r said:

                        @rilian said:

                        I recently updated to the latest version (Sketchup ๐Ÿ˜Ž

                        SketchUp 8 isn't even close to the latest version. Before going on, why don't you really install the latest version which is SketchUp 2014?

                        @Dave
                        Apparently I wasn't clear. I updated to the latest version of Curvizard. I know sketchup 8 isn't the latest sketchup.

                        @Fredo - Thanks for the reply...

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                        • fredo6F Offline
                          fredo6
                          last edited by

                          NEW RELEASE: Curvizard v1.9a - 19 Oct 14

                          Curvizard 1.9a is required for the support of usernames with non-ascii characters in Sketchup 2014

                          See main post of this thread for Download of Curvizard.

                          Fredo

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                          • P Offline
                            Penelope
                            last edited by

                            Help! I just used the SCF Plugin tool to install both Curvizard and LibFredo06 (in SU 2015 Pro).
                            Get the following error: Curvizard 1.9a: Error starting up plugin (creating menus and icons) undefined method 'declare_topmenu' for #<Traductor::Plugin: etc. etc.
                            Please help. I need to use this plugin for a project I'm doing this weekend.
                            Thanks very much in advance!

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                            • P Offline
                              Penelope
                              last edited by

                              Please ignore my post of a few minutes ago. I finally got this plugin to work by restarting SU another time!

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                              • LucideL Offline
                                Lucide
                                last edited by

                                Thanks Fredo for all your hard work.
                                I want to ask you about a problem that i have with Curvizard 2.0a on sketchup 2016.
                                Both Curvizard and Libfredo are updated. (i checked with the sketchucation store v3 and with your tool)
                                Every time i clic on any button, sketchup acts as i clicked on "undo" (like ctrl+z).
                                This hissue happens only on Curvizard, but with almost any button.
                                Do you know what could be the problem? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                                Thanks,
                                Lucide.
                                ps. i don't speak english very fluently ๐Ÿ˜ณ

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                                • LucideL Offline
                                  Lucide
                                  last edited by

                                  **Update:**i reinstalled sketchup (actually, i reinstalled completely windows) and i replaced it with the 2017 edition, but this problem is still occurring! Help, it makes the entire tool unusable, and i was used to work so much with it...

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Did you install SketchUp 2017 as an administrator ?
                                    It is important to do this, otherwise weird things can happen.
                                    You do not need to uninstall to correct it.
                                    Close Sketchup 2017 if it's open.
                                    Find the SketchUp 2017 installer's exe file [Download Folder ?].
                                    Select its icon.
                                    Right-click.
                                    Context-menu.
                                    Run as administrator.
                                    If it is not a fresh install, then you can repair the existing installation by accepting a 'Repair' when prompted.

                                    Restart SketchUp 2017 to see if that helped.

                                    It is insufficient to have administrator powers and to install by double-clicking on the exe file, or or simple Run, you must explicitly use the 'Run as administrator' option...

                                    TIG

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                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      @lucide said:

                                      **Update:**i reinstalled sketchup (actually, i reinstalled completely windows) and i replaced it with the 2017 edition, but this problem is still occurring! Help, it makes the entire tool unusable, and i was used to work so much with it...

                                      It seems there is a bug coming from LibFredo6. I will republish tonight.

                                      Fredo

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                                      • LucideL Offline
                                        Lucide
                                        last edited by

                                        Thank you TIG and Fredo6!
                                        I managed it to work by downloading the plugin from sketchucation store "manually" (search->download), instead of through the "bundle" menu as i was used to.
                                        Actually i don't know if it has really fixed the glitch, because sometimes the problem occurs again (it's sufficent to reload the model to get it working), or the interface vanishes during the "select" phase (this always happens on curviloft, more rarely on curvizard).
                                        Thank you for your your responses! ๐Ÿ˜„
                                        Lucide

                                        ps. i always run sketchup as administrator, and so i did with the installer.
                                        I tried to disable all the other plugins too, to prevent potential conflicts, but it didn't change anything. (i don't use particularly exotic plugins)

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                                        • fredo6F Offline
                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          @lucide

                                          I just published LibFredo6 7.2e, which hopefully should fix your problem.
                                          Thanks to advise the status, and also thanks for signaling the issue.

                                          Fredo

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                                          • LucideL Offline
                                            Lucide
                                            last edited by

                                            And here he is, Fredo6 ๐Ÿ˜Ž
                                            Lightning fast, with a new amazing update for one of the most used sketchup plugin in the entire community!

                                            By the way, thank you
                                            Lucide

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