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      Fabtins
      last edited by

      I've used the '4-pointed star' shape in this sketchup file sir. This shape, i've scaled and there are adequate gaps but the results are drastically different. The mesh formed isn't at all the same.
      Also there is the persisting issue of mesh design. It's still rather plain compared to the elaborate and realistic design formed in your tutorial.
      Thanks


      Extude tools 2.skp

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
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        What is made is what's to be expected using the profile and paths in your example SKP.
        I still can't understand what you think it should do 😕
        The shape of the face determines the extrusion's cross-section.
        The cpoint [guide-point] selected with the face determines its setting out relative to the path [if included, otherwise the face's bounds.center is used].
        The number of segments in the curves forming the path determine the number of ribs etc...
        To change that... before 'welding the parts into a curve use 'divide' [context-menu] on selected edges to subdivide them, then weld all into a curve - that way a long straight run of edges can be split into several extrusions...

        Incidentally, I did not make the 'tutorial' video to which you keep referring - Rich did...

        TIG

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          AcesHigh
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          @fabtins said:

          I've used the '4-pointed star' shape in this sketchup file sir. This shape, i've scaled and there are adequate gaps but the results are drastically different. The mesh formed isn't at all the same.
          Also there is the persisting issue of mesh design. It's still rather plain compared to the elaborate and realistic design formed in your tutorial.
          Thanks

          4 pointed star shape??? You mean, a RECTANGLE? Like you selected the Polygon Tool Shape and input 4 for four sides... which obviously results in a square? Then you scaled it so it became a RECTANGLE???

          you know... I do not suppose is just a coincidence that the shape you used as a profile... the "4-pointed star" (also known in indo-european languages as rectangle) is the same shape actually used as a PROFILE in the rails, as shown in this image

          http://i.imgur.com/rFAtZn3.jpg

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            AcesHigh
            last edited by

            behold... using a different face shape... it resulted in different rails and profiles!

            http://i.imgur.com/r6QBo7N.jpg

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
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              @aceshigh said:

              @fabtins said:

              I've used the '4-pointed star' shape in this sketchup file sir.

              4 pointed star shape??? You mean, a RECTANGLE?

              Huh. You learn something every day. I never knew a rectangle could be called a 4-pointed star.

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              • pbacotP Offline
                pbacot
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                I think of this for "star".


                Screen Shot 2015-07-03 at 4.57.30 PM.png

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  That's what I thought, too. Hmmm....

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                    AcesHigh
                    last edited by

                    Yes, that would be my guess too. However, there is no shape like that at all in the file he shared with us. He used the rectangle as the shape.

                    So I can only guess "four pointed star" is a weird Google Translation from "rectangle" in his original language, whatever language that is. (probably not indo-european)

                    I can´t think of another reason for him to say he wanted a four pointed star shape when there is none in his Sketchup file.

                    IF textures were not embedded on Sketchup files, I would think that he had a 4 Pointed Star texture on that rectangle, and expected the plugin to extrude the shape of the bitmap...

                    edit: hovering the mouse over his nickname, it shows his name (Pranjal) which I guess is from India. There shouldn´t be such difference from Hindi to english for his word for "rectangle" to be translated as "4 pointed star".

                    So I really do not know... maybe there was a four pointed star bitmap on that rectangle?

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                      Fabtins
                      last edited by

                      Thank you gentlemen! I guess that answers my queries. As i said in my first post i m pretty much a newbee when it comes to extrude tools or for that matter sketchup in general. I hadn't known that the shape of the flat face had any bearing on the profile in the rails(Thought it was just supposed to be that i.e., a flat face nothing more) or that if we divide the number of segments of the curve edge then it affects the number of ribs as well. Thanks a lot. 😄
                      Incidentally, the 'four pointed star' thing wasn't my production. I was merely quoting what line of terms TIG had used previously referring to example 'A'. Note that y'all, if you will. As you deftly pointed out Aceshigh, the rectangle term is 'indo'-european AND assuming I am an Indian, i'm the last person to harbour any doubts about what a rectangle(a polygon enclosed by four sides at right angles to each other) or a star(a polygon with sides cutting each other so as to form a star shaped figure)mean. 😉

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                        AcesHigh
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                        @fabtins said:

                        Thank you gentlemen! I guess that answers my queries. As i said in my first post i m pretty much a newbee when it comes to extrude tools or for that matter sketchup in general. I hadn't known that the shape of the flat face had any bearing on the profile in the rails(Thought it was just supposed to be that i.e., a flat face nothing more) or that if we divide the number of segments of the curve edge then it affects the number of ribs as well. Thanks a lot. 😄
                        Incidentally, the 'four pointed star' thing wasn't my production. I was merely quoting what line of terms TIG had used previously referring to example 'A'. Note that y'all, if you will. As you deftly pointed out Aceshigh, the rectangle term is 'indo'-european AND assuming I am an Indian, i'm the last person to harbour any doubts about what a rectangle(a polygon enclosed by four sides at right angles to each other) or a star(a polygon with sides cutting each other so as to form a star shaped figure)mean. 😉

                        well, yes, it was just that we were all quite baffled since you were mentioning the 4 pointed star but all we saw on your SKP file was a rectangle 😆

                        I do not doubt for a second that Indians, who excell in mathematics since antiquity, can differentiate between a star shape and a rectangle. What I was wondering was if perhaps you were from some part of India where only some local dialect was spoken and not much english at all, so the TRANSLATION (via Google or something else) was problematic.

                        But as you can see, later on I moved to the theory that you had used a star bitmap/texture on that rectangle face, and expected the extruded rails/profiles to have the shape of the texture. (this CAN actually be done, with a plugin that "cuts" a shape following the patterns it recognizes in the bitmap)

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                          Fabtins
                          last edited by

                          While we're at it, can you name this plugin you mentioned in the last para? The one that "cuts" a shape following the patterns it recognizes in the bitmap?

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @fabtins said:

                            While we're at it, can you name this plugin you mentioned in the last para? The one that "cuts" a shape following the patterns it recognizes in the bitmap?
                            My ImageTrimmer, part of SKMtools...

                            TIG

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                            • gonashviliG Offline
                              gonashvili
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                              How do you actually make these into a solid?

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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                @gonashvili said:

                                How do you actually make these into a solid?

                                How do you make what into a solid? Please be specific.

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                                  JQL
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Tig, I've just noticed that the icon for extrude edges by vector is replaced by the icon from extrude edges by lathe.

                                  Thanks again for the wonderful plugin!

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    @jql said:

                                    Hi Tig, I've just noticed that the icon for extrude edges by vector is replaced by the icon from extrude edges by lathe.

                                    Thanks again for the wonderful plugin!
                                    It's not like that on my PC.
                                    The two icons are similar, but the lathe one shows a blue back-face in the circular lathed form...
                                    Both sized PNGs are also correct.
                                    Perhaps you are noticing the similarity, but not an exact match ?


                                    extrudeEdgesByLathe24x24.png


                                    extrudeEdgesByVector24x24.png


                                    extrudeEdgesByLathe16x16.png


                                    extrudeEdgesByVector16x16.png

                                    TIG

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                                      congellous
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                                      Apologies if this is already answered but my extrude to 3D lattice doesn't seem to work, it was working ?

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        @congellous said:

                                        Apologies if this is already answered but my extrude to 3D lattice doesn't seem to work, it was working ?
                                        It does work OK.
                                        What are you trying to do exactly ?
                                        You need the curved paths and a 'profile' face, with an optional guide-point...
                                        Perhaps you are making a simple oversight.
                                        Have you reviewed the usage video ?
                                        Are there any errors messages or anything printed out in the Ruby Console.

                                        TIG

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                                          Jago25_98
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                                          This looks like an important plugin.

                                          It seems one thing it could be used for (correct me if I'm wrong) is for fixing holes in a solid identified by SolidInspector... but which tool is appropriate...

                                          Here I'm trying to plug holes in the underside of a surfboard... it has had the poly count reduced for testing. I want to smooth over those holes:

                                          holes in surfboard (heavily curved object)

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Here's v3.0 http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ExtrudeTools There are no major changes, but it's now 'signed', and therefore as well as working as before in older SketchUp versions, it is compatible with SketchUp >= v2016, in all 'Extension Loading Policies' [i.e. 'future-proofed']...

                                            TIG

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