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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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        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
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          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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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    @mist3ry30 said:

                    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'.
                    look at
                    http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=DM_ProfileBuilderFree_v.1.1.0
                    That's the older free-version, there's a newer/better version available for a few $...
                    http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=560134#p560134

                    TIG

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                      leo1234
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                      hey TIG, just want to thank you for your pipe along path plug in! Fantastic !!! On a v tight deadline here and your plugin has saved me untold grief. Cheers, Paul

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                        amis
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                        Thanks to author for great plugin! But I encountered the situation when I tried to make a pipe it caused my SU 2013 hang. I suppose the reason of that some problem with my edges or connections, even though TT's Edge tools inspections were done. Can anyone say what was wrong with edges? Sorry for my English


                        Pipework.skp

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          There are 8 edges connected in that SKP.
                          Selecting them all and running PipeAlongPath I get no issues.
                          The pipe forms perfectly and quickly.
                          I can also draw a circle centered on the vertical line's end and then successfully use FollowMe on the selected path.
                          Can you do that ?
                          Do you perhaps have another plugin loading that has an Observer ill-advisedly messing with group creation etc ?
                          Have you installed something new recently ??
                          Try disabling most of the plugins, except PipeAlongPath, then retry and see what happens.
                          It it no longer fails you know that one of the disabled plugins is messing you up... ๐Ÿ˜•

                          TIG

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                            amis
                            last edited by

                            @tig said:

                            There are 8 edges connected in that SKP.
                            Selecting them all and running PipeAlongPath I get no issues.
                            The pipe forms perfectly and quickly.

                            Thanks you for quick response

                            @tig said:

                            I can also draw a circle centered on the vertical line's end and then successfully use FollowMe on the selected path. Can you do that ?

                            Yes, I performed that and everything's well

                            @tig said:

                            Do you perhaps have another plugin loading that has an Observer ill-advisedly messing with group creation etc?

                            Never heard about such things. I always try to load not too many plugins

                            @tig said:

                            Have you installed something new recently ??

                            Just updated some of plugins.

                            @tig said:

                            Try disabling most of the plugins, except PipeAlongPath, then retry and see what happens. It it no longer fails you know that one of the disabled plugins is messing you up... ๐Ÿ˜•

                            That's not the shortest way actually) Anyway thanks a lot. I will try.

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              You can probably reduce the list of possible culprits by looking at the recent updates or those with do complicated processes - they are more likely to have observers etc...
                              Can you post a simple list of your installed plugins ?

                              TIG

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                                amis
                                last edited by

                                @tig said:

                                Can you post a simple list of your installed plugins ?

                                2DTools
                                Fredo6_Curvizard
                                Fredo6_FredoScale
                                Fredo6_FredoTools
                                Fredo6_JointPushPull
                                FrontFace
                                Layer Manager
                                sketchup-stl
                                tt_cleanup
                                tt_edgetools
                                TT_Lib2
                                tt_selection_toys
                                tt_solid_inspector
                                CenterPointAll.rb
                                dropGC.rb
                                ExtrudeAlongPath.rb
                                ExtrudeTools.rb
                                extrude_lines2.rb
                                HoleInTheWall.rb
                                ithil_facefinder.rb
                                ithil_reverseface.rb
                                LibTraductor.rb
                                makefaces.rb
                                mesh_additions.rb
                                Mirror.rb
                                move_to_origin.rb
                                ocean_extension.rb
                                PipeAlongPath.rb
                                PurgeAll.rb
                                pushpull_tool.rb
                                recurve.rb
                                s4u_makeface.rb
                                SectionCutFace.rb
                                SimplifyContours.rb
                                sketchup-stl.rb
                                SketchyFFD.rb
                                SliceModeler.rb
                                TIG-Split_to_plane.rb
                                tt_cleanup.rb
                                tt_edgetools.rb
                                TT_Lib2.rb
                                tt_selection_toys.rb
                                tt_solid_inspector.rb
                                Zorro2.rb
                                There are no quite new plugins here. Every of them I used for long time.

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Ignoring those I am 99% sure are OK... ๐Ÿ˜•

                                  Try disabling these and re-test:

                                  FrontFace
                                  dropGC.rb
                                  HoleInTheWall.rb
                                  ithil_facefinder.rb
                                  ithil_reverseface.rb
                                  recurve.rb
                                  s4u_makeface.rb
                                  SliceModeler.rb

                                  You also have some 'old' ones that I think might not belong in there - there might be newer su_ versions available ?
                                  ... e.g.

                                  ocean_extension.rb
                                  SimplifyContours.rb

                                  TIG

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                                    amis
                                    last edited by

                                    You're right. Many of plugins in my set are a bit old.
                                    OK. I deleted those you've mentioned, relaunch my SU, select the whole chain (of edges), run PipeAlongPath and stil got SU hang. Looks like my Plugins folder needs total revision...

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                                    • A Offline
                                      amis
                                      last edited by

                                      I've tried another way. I redrew the same chain (of edges) near existing one and had no problem with making pipe. But still got the hang with existing chain.
                                      Finally after revision, deleting some of and reinstall/updating all of existing plugins I have no problem. Unfortunally I missed at which step it happened. Thanks TIG


                                      Pipework.skp

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                                        johnwmcc
                                        last edited by

                                        I find this plugin very useful to draw scaffolding poles when designing amateur theatre sets using scaffolding as part of the structure. I've reset (in the code) the default sizes, and options, to suit my use.

                                        I'd also very much like to have the plugin create a component, rather than a group, and to orient the component axis along the direction of the first line segment in the path. Would that be difficult?

                                        I don't think my own SU Ruby skills are quite up to this, though I may well have a go - I might to able to code for component creation, but have no idea how to set the component axes in Ruby.

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          You can do it several ways.
                                          Without recasting this as a Sketchup Tool etc I think your best bet is to make the group as it is.
                                          Then later you can turn that into a component instance...
                                          At that stage the origin of the group, and now the component definition ,is at the bounds.min of the container.
                                          To relocate the axes you need to do theses steps...
                                          Get the vector from the point you want the axes to be back to the container's origin.
                                          Then transform all of the definition's entities by that vector.
                                          Then move the instance by the inverse transformation, so it doesn't visibly move BUT its origin is now at the desired point.
                                          I assume you'd probably want that to be the center of the start of the extrusion @new_pts[0] aka pt1 ?
                                          You always want the axes to align in the red along the pipe ?
                                          Insert something like this order around line#490 [untested]...

                                          ###...
                                          ###
                                          inst=group.to_component
                                          defn=inst.definition
                                          defn.name="some_name_you_like"
                                          ents=defn.entities
                                          vec.reverse!
                                          xaxis=inst.transformation.xaxis
                                          vert=vec.cross(xaxis)
                                          trans=Geom;;Transformation.new()
                                          unless vert.length==0
                                          	ang=vec.angle_between(xaxis)
                                          	unless ang==0
                                          		trans=Geom;;Transformation.rotation(pt1, vert, ang)
                                          		ents.transform_entities(trans, ents.to_a)
                                          		inst.transform!(trans.inverse)
                                          	end
                                          end
                                          vector=pt1.vector_to(ORIGIN)
                                          unless vector.length==0
                                          	trans=Geom;;Transformation.translation(vector)
                                          	ents.transform_entities(trans, ents.to_a)
                                          	trans=Geom;;Transformation.translation(vector.reverse.transform(inst.transformation))
                                          	inst.transform!(trans)
                                          end
                                          defn.invalidate_bounds
                                          ###
                                          	model.commit_operation
                                          

                                          ??? It IS convoluted ???

                                          TIG

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                                          • EdsonE Offline
                                            Edson
                                            last edited by

                                            hi TIG,

                                            I am having repeated crashes while using PipeAlongPath to create a handrail. the model is small and should not be a problem. I wonder if there is a conflict with some other extension. list of extensions attached.

                                            any ideas?

                                            Screenshot 2015-06-10 14.46.06.png
                                            Screenshot 2015-06-10 14.45.56.png


                                            escada-emergencia_Leste.skp

                                            edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre โ€ข brasil
                                            http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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