[Plugin] BezierSpline - v2.2a - 22 Apr 21

[surfmike]

Hi!
I love BezierSpline - thanks! - but is there any plugin that can make a "C" curve out of a vertical "A" and a horisontal "B"(see attached pic)?
Mikael

[fredo6]

@surfmike said:

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Hi!
I love BezierSpline - thanks! - but is there any plugin that can make a "C" curve out of a vertical "A" and a horisontal "B"(see attached pic)?
Mikael

You can try Curviloft Loft By Spline, just keeping the contours

Fredo

[surfmike]

@fredo6 said:

@surfmike said:

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Hi!
I love BezierSpline - thanks! - but is there any plugin that can make a "C" curve out of a vertical "A" and a horisontal "B"(see attached pic)?
Mikael

You can try Curviloft Loft By Spline, just keeping the contours

Fredo

Thanks for suggesting.
Tried it, but since I wanted to create the "C" curve, I tried w/o it, which didn't give the desired result.
What I want is to NOT have to create two groups/components, and run th command "Intersect faces" to create a 3rd "C" contour.
Is that possible?
//Mike

[trannam4]

thanks

[surfmike]

Hi! Is there any chance to override the maximum segments (300s) for each bezier curve made?
//Mike

[fredo6]

@surfmike said:

Hi! Is there any chance to override the maximum segments (300s) for each bezier curve made?
//Mike

I am not sure that curves should have too many segments , as a general statement.
But, I will increase it to 600 in a next release.

In the meantime, you can edit the file bezierspline_main.rb, line #62 and set the value you wish.

Fredo

[surfmike]

Great! I'm doing some experiments with SU and 3D printing, that's why.
I agree that many segments slows down at least the next phase with Curviloft.
Maybe have a warning at a specific amount of segments with "don't show this message again" option.
//Mike

[gilles]

@surfmike said:

Hi! Is there any chance to override the maximum segments (300s) for each bezier curve made?
//Mike

Select the 300s curve, right-click/Explode, right-click/Convert to Catmull spline = 1800s.

[surfmike]

What will the difference be between the 2 options?

[fredo6]

@surfmike said:

What will the difference be between the 2 options?

That's not the same curve, but visually, with hundreds of points, they may look the same!

Fredo

[Medvezhonok]

Please update BezierSpline signature for compatibility with SU 2017

[fredo6]

NEW RELEASE 1.9a - 12 Feb 17

This release is certified for Sketchup 2017

Download new release at main post

Fredo

[trngngntn]

Great plugin !!!
Btw can you do B-spline through points like this one :
https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/b-spline-curves-through-points

[fredo6]

@trngngntn said:

Btw can you do B-spline through points like this one :
https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/b-spline-curves-through-points

In BezierSpline, you have several tools to have the curve go thorugh the control points: Cubic BSpline, Catmull, FSpline.

Fredo

[trngngntn]

@fredo6 said:

@trngngntn said:

Btw can you do B-spline through points like this one :
https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/b-spline-curves-through-points

In BezierSpline, you have several tools to have the curve go thorugh the control points: Cubic BSpline, Catmull, FSpline.

Fredo

I tried these tools but I feel that not what I needed.
The begin and the end of the curves look too flat.
F Spline is better but still flat.

I included an image here :

The curve which generated by the B Spline through points look smoother, but that plugin is hard to use and lack of editing tools.
So I hope you can add that to yours.

[Dave R]

@trngngntn said:

and lack of editing tools.
So I hope you can add that to yours.

Fredo doesn't need to add editing tools to this extension. You can already edit the curves created with it.

[trngngntn]

@dave r said:

@trngngntn said:

and lack of editing tools.
So I hope you can add that to yours.

Fredo doesn't need to add editing tools to this extension. You can already edit the curves created with it.

No, I mean that I hope he can add that type of curve to his plugin !!

[trngngntn]

I have some trouble when editing the curves.

I drew a curve in Side view

The I switch to Top view to edit control points

But when I back to Side view, the curve changed a lot !!

So, how can I move the control points along a specified axis (X, Y, Z)?

Thanks.

[Dave R]

If you want to keep the curve in 2D, it's best if you start out by drawing it on a large rectangle. Or, you can set the camera to Parallel Projection and selected the appropriate standard view befor editing the curve. I like the large face option myself.

[robertWan]

@dave r said:

If you want to keep the curve in 2D, it's best if you start out by drawing it on a large rectangle....

Or use the plugin WorkPlane.

Robert