[Plugin][$] RoundCorner - v3.4a - 31 Mar 24

[DATAKASH]

@fredo6 said:

@datakash said:

Round Corner has minor problems with rendering. Subdivision is much smoother.
Subdivision can be turned off and mesh corrected.

That's interesting! and it would be useful to understand why?

• Is it because the rounding is circular?
• or too regular?
• of for other reasons related to the Rendering parameters

I think this is due to the fact that subdivision affects the whole object
And yes, his grid is also triangulated.

As I see, creating offset by selecting each face manually
(If this is a reasonable solution?)

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[fredo6]

What I see at least as a true difference is that, with SubDivision, the edges and corners are not rounded with circle (as in RoundCorner), but with other types of curves (Catmull-Clark splines). So the transition for the flat part to the rounding is different.

The other difference in your example is that the flat face is also 'quadified' with co-planar facets, triangular. So here too, for rendering there may a difference between this set of facets versus a single big face, even if geometrically, the two situations are identical.

I don't know if anyone has some opinions on all this, in relation with renering.

Fredo

[Pixero]

Maybe this thinking is applicable?
https://hackernoon.com/apples-icons-have-that-shape-for-a-very-good-reason-720d4e7c8a14

[fredo6]

Pixero,

Interesting indeed.

I made a few trials, which are illustrated in the attached model (SU2015), with 6 types of rounding, each generated with 6 segments. I also made a quick rendering with Thea.

Could any one advise on what is the 'best' for Rendering.

Thanks

Fredo

Corner iphone.skp

[kimi kimi]

Hi Fredo, hi everyone,
I made an update to my Round Corner plugin this morning, and now I can't see the toolbar with all the options when I activate the command. Is this a problem only on my computer, or does someone else have it too?
As you can see on screenshot, the command is active, there is text in bottom left and right, but I don't see the toolbar. I tried erasing it, erasing and reinstalling Fredo6 library, but still same result.

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[Pixero]

@fredo:

Thats a tough one... not number 2 or 2,5 but the rest I have a hard time deciding which look best when rendered. Maybe if you commented on what the difference between them are?

[fredo6]

@kimi kimi said:

Hi Fredo, hi everyone,
I made an update to my Round Corner plugin this morning, and now I can't see the toolbar with all the options when I activate the command. Is this a problem only on my computer, or does someone else have it too?
As you can see on screenshot, the command is active, there is text in bottom left and right, but I don't see the toolbar. I tried erasing it, erasing and reinstalling Fredo6 library, but still same result.

Could you open the RUBY console and advise on any error message you would observe.

Thanks

Fredo

[fredo6]

@pixero said:

@fredo:

Thats a tough one... not number 2 or 2,5 but the rest I have a hard time deciding which look best when rendered. Maybe if you commented on what the difference between them are?

The number is a factor of blending between a circle and a square (Squircle or super-circle).

• 2 is a pure circle
• 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6 are blended curve, the higher the number, the closer to a square.

I least I witness that you think a squircle is better than a pure circular profile for rendering.

Since another common utilisation of RoundCorner is for 3D-printing, it remains to be decided if this is also the case.

Fredo

[kimi kimi]

@fredo6 said:

@kimi kimi said:

Hi Fredo, hi everyone,
I made an update to my Round Corner plugin this morning, and now I can't see the toolbar with all the options when I activate the command. Is this a problem only on my computer, or does someone else have it too?
As you can see on screenshot, the command is active, there is text in bottom left and right, but I don't see the toolbar. I tried erasing it, erasing and reinstalling Fredo6 library, but still same result.

Could you open the RUBY console and advise on any error message you would observe.

Thanks

Fredo

Thanks for your response,
I'm not sure what to look for in Ruby Console, so I just copied text from it.
I suppose this might point to something.
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `view_line_width=' for G6:Module>

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round corner ruby console.txt

[fredo6]

@kimi kimi

Simple. You need to upgrade LibFredo6 to the latest version (v7.7c).

Fredo

[CREAIMMO]

Bonjour,

Merci pour Roundcorner, c'est un plugin sympa.

Est ce qu'il serait possible dans une futur mise a jour de prévoir des chanfreins avec 2 cotes différentes

que x soit different de Y

actuellement si je donne une valeur de chanfrein de 1mm il va faire 1 mm de chque coté de l'arrete principale

sauf que j'aimerai que l'on puisse choisir 1mm en y et 0,5mm en x exemple

Cordialement
creaimmo

[fredo6]

@creaimmo said:

Est ce qu'il serait possible dans une futur mise a jour de prévoir des chanfreins avec 2 cotes différentes

Asymmetric rounding is indeed an interesting features, requested by very few users however. With the current approach of RoundCorner, would be a little bit difficult. So It will have to wait for a full refresh.

Fredo

[countercharge]

Hi, sorry for the noob question but I've installed this plugin and even after reading the documentation I can't figure out how to use it. I don't see any way to bring up the interface after selecting the edge I want to round.. nothing in the toolbar, nothing in the menu. The plugin is enabled but I'm totally at a loss as to how to use it.

edit: nevermind, the interface showed up

[fredo6]

@countercharge said:

edit: nevermind, the interface showed up

Did you identify what was the problem (in case this happens to other users)?

Fredo

[countercharge]

@fredo6 said:

@countercharge said:

edit: nevermind, the interface showed up

Did you identify what was the problem (in case this happens to other users)?

Fredo

I did not, but I think it appeared when I closed and re-opened sketchup. I assumed it would load once the plugin was loaded and enabled.

Loving it so far but I can't figure out how to round edges that are on the inside/interior of an object. If I try to do that, it covers the opening. I'm sure that's somewhere in this long thread.. any idea what page to look at?

[fredo6]

@countercharge said:

Loving it so far but I can't figure out how to round edges that are on the inside/interior of an object. If I try to do that, it covers the opening. I'm sure that's somewhere in this long thread.. any idea what page to look at?

Just erase the cover face(s). The rounding is underneath.

Fredo

[fredo6]

NEW RELEASE: RoundCorner v3.2e - 25 Oct 17

RoundCorner 3.2e is a maintenance release. It fixes a weird issue on French platforms, preventing the plugin to launch (in relation with decimal separator differences)..

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[jtri]

I am working on knife and when I use the round over tool I loose faces. A copy of the handle is at 1000x as I wanted to show that scaling up does not fix the issue I have. My model is at the origin original size and it has a volume.
I have used this wonderful tool many times before but I seem to have developed this model in a way that is not compatible with the round over tool.
I used Cuviloft to skin if that is a factor. Also I welded all the perimeter lines hoping that might help, it did fix some issues.
Thanks
Jeff

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Test.skp

[Dave R]

Even scaled up, the tiny radius on the round overs creates some bad geometry. Make a reasonable radius and it works. I used 10 in.

[jtri]

Dave
Thanks for you quick reply but I am unable to duplicate your results. Maybe the screen shot can help
Thanks
Jeff

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