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

fredo6 · 19 Mar 2018, 13:37

I was also wondering if Round Corner could work woth groups and compos (not only loose geometry), so that we don't have to open a group to chamfer its edges. It would make work much faster with e.g. multiple boxes at once.

Not planned with RoundCorner unfortunately.

Fredo

lema · 29 Mar 2018, 09:03

such a rounding is possible? (right 2 pictures)

fredo6 · 29 Mar 2018, 21:11

@lema said:

such a rounding is possible? (right 2 pictures)

Correct. RoundCorner can only perform symmetrical rounding.

Fredo

alexanor · 1 Apr 2018, 19:03

@lema said:

such a rounding is possible? (right 2 pictures)

Hello everybody!

I support lema. Too often this feature is missing.

There is also a need to build such corners.
I understand that this operation can be done using the Curviloft plug-in, but still, it would be easier and faster.

Thank you very much Fredo6 for his work !!!

dnassif · 16 Jun 2018, 06:20

hi
I have make 17 and have downloaded fred 06 and round corner but I am having issues with getting into sketch up need advice place. I have enabled both in sketch up but it doesn't show in tools what do I need to do?

fredo6 · 16 Jun 2018, 14:42

@dnassif said:

hi
I have make 17 and have downloaded fred 06 and round corner but I am having issues with getting into sketch up need advice place. I have enabled both in sketch up but it doesn't show in tools what do I need to do?

How did you install the plugins?

Sketchup Extension manager, after downloading the RBZ files?
or Sketchucation PluginStore tool?

Fredo

uwesketch · 26 Jul 2018, 19:54

Hi

Rounding an edge excluding the corners generates the arc as connected segments, not a curve/arc.
is it possible that along edges an arc/curve is generated?
That would help a lot in technical drawings where I need to know the radius of the rounding arc.
The corners are generated perfectly.

fredo6 · 11 Aug 2018, 22:06

@uwesketch said:

Hi

Rounding an edge excluding the corners generates the arc as connected segments, not a curve/arc.
is it possible that along edges an arc/curve is generated?
That would help a lot in technical drawings where I need to know the radius of the rounding arc.
The corners are generated perfectly.

This is actually not so easy, because Arc / Curve is a transient property (think of an Arc when deformed by non-uniform scaling).
There are plugins to retrieve the center of an arc, as far I as remember.

Fredo

SEANHOLMES · 11 Sept 2018, 14:52

I am having this new error can anyone help me out its not allowing me to continue use of this product.

TIG · 12 Sept 2018, 10:32

Why not follow the instructions in the message and get the newest version of LibFredo ?
It's available from the PluginStore, just like the related extensions which use that Lib...
Your version is very out of date !

After installing the Lib restart SketchUp to ensure everything gets synced...

josegara · 14 Sept 2018, 18:32

You are god my friend. A brutal tool

josegara · 14 Sept 2018, 18:33

Sketchup owes you

ITman496 · 13 Oct 2018, 05:15

Hello, I've been a loyal user of this tool for a very long time, great work!

I've been trying for a long time to get it to sort of.. maintain a radius when rounding a corner. For example, I'm trying to set up a part and calculate pocket cuts of a CNC machine's endmill, when it can't accurately do an interior corner because of the size of the endmill. When I round with say a 1/8" radius, it seems to do a non-circular rounding when doing anything other then 90 degrees. Is there a solution for this? Doing it manually sucks

Here is a picture for an example. I want the right's inner bends, but the plugin instead gives me what's on the left.

Dave R · 13 Oct 2018, 12:51

I've never noticed that but you're right.

@itman496 said:

Is there a solution for this? Doing it manually sucks

At least for now you could use TIG's 2D Fillet from his 2D Tools set.

fredo6 · 13 Oct 2018, 16:29

ITman496 made a very relevant observation.

Indeed this concerns borders where the edge angle is different from 90 degrees.

In RoundCorner and FredoCorner, the offset is measured perpendicularly to the borders, along their faces.

As a result, the rounding is not a circle, but it is scaled to be tangent at faces. All pictures below generated with an ofset of 1.5 m and a Circle profile.

However, there is another possibility, which is to make the rounding so that it matches a circle with a radius equal to the offset value

This is a matter of choice indeed, so it has to be an option, which I am implementing in FredoCorner.

Below are the same solid rounded with the two options

As far as I remember, I discarded the radius mode because it gives border rounding which are visually non uniform. But, the option is valid geometrically, especially if it is to generate the shape for 3D Printing.

Fredo