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    [PLUGIN] Flowify v1.1.0 (updated 150327)

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    • I Offline
      ivreich
      last edited by

      Hey, brilliant plugin!

      I can finally make complex lattice structures with the aid of Bezierspline and Curviloft...many possibilities for pseudo-parametric facades and forms as well (for the architects among us).

      One minor bug I've found - I'm not sure how to describe it in words but there are some geometries that go jagged when mapping to a steeply curved surface - have a look at these screenshots.

      The SketchUp file (I'm using SU Pro 2015) is too big to post here, but let me know of a way to send it to you if it helps...

      Cheers
      Joel


      Support group + array of components + target surface


      Some of the mapped geometry becomes jagged after Flowify :(


      What I'm trying to achieve...

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        word99899
        last edited by

        thank you for sharing , love it.

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          RueM
          last edited by

          Hi, great plugin i'm just discovering !
          But I also just starting having some issues. I'm trying to build a quite complex staircase silt, with differents curves. As some plugins like "follow me and keep" plugins don't work very well for what i need, my last chance is to make flowify work.
          On the picture (0) is the profile and guide. On the picture (1) you can see that flowify is going crazy on the end. I don't know if I did something wrong, but i just followed the tutorials. If I try not to use the entire grid to avoid the crazy end, it appears that the result isn't really scaled (2)...
          Any idea of what is going wrong ?

          Thanks a lot


          1


          2


          AutoSave_12 1.png

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            RueM
            last edited by

            [see below]

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              CAUL
              last edited by

              @ruem said:

              Any idea of what is going wrong ?

              Not really. Could you please attach a skp file?

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                RueM
                last edited by

                Hi,

                I found where it could came from. I did an other operation before and made a grid and the plane surface then. I didn't removed that grid, and it might not feet to the new operation (so flowify might calcules with false beginning and ending geometry).
                I made an other plane rectangular with any grid and it worked perfectly.
                We can still have the model to see what crasy results it mades.

                Thanks a lot


                issue and solution

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  Align Target surface by the middle from the Source surface avoid generally some problem for the 2 lines! ๐Ÿค“


                  middle.jpg

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                  • cottyC Offline
                    cotty
                    last edited by

                    Some spiral examples...

                    flowify_cotty_06.jpg


                    flowify_cotty_06.skp

                    my SketchUp gallery

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                      capseyb
                      last edited by

                      Thanks for this plugin.

                      I've been having a lot of trouble with errors with grid parsing, even with simple geometry. Would anyone be able to quickly diagnose what is wrong with the attached model?

                      Thanks again,

                      Brian


                      bend4.skp

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                      • cottyC Offline
                        cotty
                        last edited by

                        There were little edges or errors in your quad mesh, after repairing them, it worked like a charm...

                        bend4_cotty.PNG


                        bend4_cotty.skp

                        my SketchUp gallery

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                          CAUL
                          last edited by

                          @cotty said:

                          There were little edges or errors in your quad mesh, after repairing them, it worked like a charm...

                          Thanks cotty! I was just trying to find the error.

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                          • yanrothwellY Offline
                            yanrothwell
                            last edited by

                            Hi,

                            I have a curved roof to make with some simple wedge shaped shingles. Each time I try to use Flowify to bed the shingles onto the 'roof' I get a strange result making the result, un-flowified and huge.

                            I am puzzled and presume I must be doing something wrong. I explode all the components and groups of the shingles so it is only what I believe to be raw geometry, then group it place it on the target quad mesh, click on Flowify.

                            Any ideas where I've messed up? (skp attached).

                            I'm using SU pro 2015

                            Thanks

                            [Edit] Realised it's something to do with multiple objects, but I this seems to work in the Demo Video?


                            parts for Flowify shingles.skp

                            http://www.ianrothwell.co.uk

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                              CAUL
                              last edited by

                              Thank you for the file! It's a bug in Flowify and it seems to be in the intersection part of the extension, so you can still use**'Flowify without cut'**. Maybe that is enough?

                              Nevertheless, I'm looking into it.

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                Volume to project can't be group of groups!
                                So explode all many time and re-group !

                                Surface Start must be a surface and not a volume!

                                But there is also something wrong in your first original shingle!

                                So redraw it!

                                Another thing : center your target surface for avoid over crossing of the 2 lines toward the extremities!

                                Edit : seems i move over a bug! ๐Ÿ’š

                                shingle.jpg

                                Frenchy Pilou
                                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                My Little site :)

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                                  Gama_Pro
                                  last edited by

                                  hi!!! i love this plugin, but i had a problem. It doesnt running in SK2016. Where can i get this plugin for SK2016?

                                  thks!!

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                                    beecee660
                                    last edited by

                                    Hello,
                                    I am having problems shaping this perforated disc into the target dome. Keep getting this INPUT ERROR, screen grab attached.
                                    Can anyone help? Are domes not possible? I gave it a base square as I read flowify only works with quads.
                                    I successfully did it with a different shape yesterday I copied off a video tutorial.
                                    I would appreciate any advice.
                                    Many thanks.


                                    Flowify_Problem.jpg

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      Why not publish your SKP file problem?
                                      It's difficult to say something about an image! ๐Ÿ˜„
                                      Maybe there are some overlapings...but without the file...

                                      Frenchy Pilou
                                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                      My Little site :)

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                                      • cottyC Offline
                                        cotty
                                        last edited by

                                        You can use the quadfacetools (Thomthom) to control the quads...

                                        my SketchUp gallery

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                                        • cottyC Offline
                                          cotty
                                          last edited by

                                          Another example model...

                                          flowify_cotty_07.jpg


                                          flowify_cotty_07.skp

                                          my SketchUp gallery

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                                            cotty
                                            last edited by

                                            Another example...

                                            flowify_cotty_08.jpg

                                            my SketchUp gallery

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