Ye Ol Follow Me And Keep - Revisited

ninomayda

Client would like to see a "Quarter-Round" Edge on the INSIDE Wall (Face) of the Sewer Pipe.

Looks simple on the customer's 2D (DWG). Might even try a "Follow Me" . . . . but that does not work. As the Sewer Pipe's circumference turns, so does the Qtr-Round.

Had this challenge before with Handrails on a Circular Stair where Follow-Me cannot keep the profile on a Path that changes More Than One Axis at the same time. Solved that challenge with the famous "Follow Me And Keep" script by Wikii, among others.

Wondering if there's a new approach to this challenge before dusting off these 'Ol tools again.

SKP & PDF Attached for your Reference.

Regards To All.
Nino

SKU Challenge 02.skp

SKU Challenge xNino.pdf

rv1974

fredo6 round corner

ninomayda

@rv1974 said:

fredo6 round corner

Fantastic Amazing Tool. But No-Cigar. I get too many Overlaps. Even worked down to ONE Segment and reduced the offset; No Dice.

No Prob when Geom changes Direction in ONLY ONE of the Axes, but when a segment is oriented in More Than One Axis from the previous Vertex, stuff happens.

Thanks for the suggestion.
Nino

rv1974

If job must be done solve it brute way:
I'take what you've RoundCorner created and manually purge and stitch problematic areas and then soften back. In your specific case it'd take ~15 min.
There's an alternative to bend the orthogonal 'wall' containing filleted hole (see Flowify or CLF Shape Bender) but it could be less accurate.
P.S. I'd recommend to contact Fredo6 and show him your case may be he'll refine his filleting algorithm in the future.

rv1974

BTW take a look at TIG's 'extrude edges by rails' (extrusion tools). The 'rails' you will get with Fredo's
Offset on surface (search Tools on Surface)

shawb

Hi Nino,

Try redrawing with a reduced segment count in both the main pipe and junction pipe before using Fredo6 Round corner

Rich O Brien

I had to do it in MoI3D and export to .skp. As you can see the final mesh to get it correct is highly triangulated.

nino.skp

ninomayda

@shawb said:

Hi Nino,

Try redrawing with a reduced segment count in both the main pipe and junction pipe before using Fredo6 Round corner

Yeah; have tried reducing number of Segs also. These are as far down as the Client is willing to accept. Have reduced Segs just on the Section where the small Tube penetrates the Large Sewer Pipe. Still get joints that can only be "fudged" with Triangulation.

Thanks for Input.
Nino

ninomayda

@rich o brien said:

I had to do it in MoI3D and export to .skp. As you can see the final mesh to get it correct is highly triangulated.

[attachment=0:19xgyj56]nino.skp[/attachment:19xgyj56]

WOW; very impressive Rich. Thanks for the Lead.

Nino

ninomayda

@rv1974 said:

If job must be done solve it brute way:
I'take what you've RoundCorner created and manually purge and stitch problematic areas and then soften back. In your specific case it'd take ~15 min.
There's an alternative to bend the orthogonal 'wall' containing filleted hole (see Flowify or CLF Shape Bender) but it could be less accurate.
P.S. I'd recommend to contact Fredo6 and show him your case may be he'll refine his filleting algorithm in the future.

Thanks for taking the time to look at this. Brute Way is the path I know. Wanted to see if there's a newer manner with a bit more finesse.

Don't want to bother Fredo with this. He's doing a SUPERB job. This challenge gets down into a Level Of Detail that, in my opinion, goes beyond the Scope on his Magnificent Scripts.

Again; Thanks
Nino