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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      @rv1974

      Somehow, you are asking if I could implement teh equivalent of BezierSpline 'on surface', of which the filetting is just one tool.

      That's probably possible, but non trivial.

      Actually the real difficulty with TOS is to handle the sharp changes in surface, because this is where directions may change abruptly. If everything was on a smooth surfce it would be simpler.

      I'll think about it.

      Fredo

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      • R Offline
        rv1974
        last edited by

        I'd gladly use this 3d fillet on more or less 'calm' surfaces and get an error report on sharp ones. no problem.

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        • E Offline
          Einstein
          last edited by

          Hi!

          As you can see in the screenshot, I selected two neighbouring surfaces. Offset on Surface creates one big offset for them both, together. I was thinking, if it's possible that offsets would be created separately, independently for each surface?


          Offset on Surface.png

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          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
            last edited by

            @einstein said:

            Hi!

            As you can see in the screenshot, I selected two neighbouring surfaces. Offset on Surface creates one big offset for them both, together. I was thinking, if it's possible that offsets would be created separately, independently for each surface?

            Why don't you select each face for individual offset?

            Fredo

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              Einstein
              last edited by

              @fredo6 said:

              Why don't you select each face for individual offset?
              Fredo

              Because in another model I have tones of surfaces to offset and selecting them one by one would be haaard.

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              • R Offline
                rv1974
                last edited by

                Use one of lattisizers and then intersect it

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  NEW RELEASE: Tools on Surface 2.4a- 01 Nov 18

                  This maintenance release is for bug fixing

                  You will need to migrate to LibFredo6 8.6j or higher


                  Please see main post for discussion

                  See Plugin download page for download

                  Fredo

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                  • R Offline
                    reza1813
                    last edited by

                    Dear Fredo,
                    Hello, I kindly reach you to ask you, Is there any possibility to add curve line to the Tools On Surface plugin or link BezierSpline plugin with Tools On Surface in order to draw the F-spline or Catmull Spline. Because sometimes we need to draw the special curve on curved surfaces. (Attachment file).
                    Tools On Surface
                    Tools On Surface
                    Tools On Surface

                    Sincerely
                    Hamidreza

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                    • fredo6F Offline
                      fredo6
                      last edited by

                      That's relatively difficult to make a Draw Bezier on Surface.

                      I think in the case of your model, the best would be to proceed with shaped cylinder and then intersect the torus.

                      Fredo

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                      • R Offline
                        reza1813
                        last edited by

                        Dear Fredo,
                        Thank you for your prompt reply to my question. Wow, I thought that adding curve line(Bezier) on Tool on surface plugin will be possible in SketchUp as MESH interface because this is just an example in order to show you what I mean and you obviously know that we usually need to add curve line on the curved surface(Like other Software: Rhino and...). Indeed, I ever use Drap(Feature in the SketchUp) or Flowify plugin(Anders L.) in order to put a pattern on my curved surface but most of the time it doesn't work properly or It does not look like what I am looking for.
                        All in all, I hope so in the near future, we have this feature on SketchUp. Thanks in advance.

                        Tools On Surface

                        Tools On Surface 02

                        Yours sincerely,
                        Hamidreza

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                        • ChumleyC Offline
                          Chumley
                          last edited by

                          Hi there.

                          Do you have a link to download the Tools on Surface plugin? I tried on the main page but link doesn't work.

                          Thanks.

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            You should always look in the Plugin Store for the latest versions of almost all toolsets...
                            See here...
                            https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ToolsOnSurface

                            Also remember to download and install the latest LibFredo...
                            https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=LibFredo6

                            After the installations, restart SketchUp to ensure everything gets synced...

                            TIG

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                              Caleb_Stanley
                              last edited by

                              I am having issues upon the startup of SketchUp with ToolsOnSurface, I believe it may have something to do with the latest update but I am not sure. Below is the text of the error code upon starting.

                              ToolsOn Surface 2.4a: Error starting up plugin (creating menus and icons) invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 [in lib6config.rbe - #'===0: line 319]

                              c:/...'sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6core.rbe:1058:in'rescue in block in effective_load_part2'

                              Please Help. Thank you.

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                I'm sure that Fredo will respond with more details...
                                However, the error message you posted is incomplete - in fact it omits the vital parts.
                                Can you re-post the FULL message [including your ../users/user_name/ etc]...

                                Also please confirm that you have the latest LibFredo RBZ installed...

                                TIG

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                                • fredo6F Offline
                                  fredo6
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks, TIG, for your invaluable help.

                                  I already answer in the other thread where the problem was also posted.

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                                  • R Offline
                                    rv1974
                                    last edited by

                                    Fredo could erroneous Arc behavior be fixed please?


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                                    • jgbJ Offline
                                      jgb
                                      last edited by

                                      I get that a lot too. Mentioned it numerous times in the past 8+ years and no improvement. Sometimes it works correctly, but I cannot define what works and what doesn't.


                                      jgb

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                                        rv1974
                                        last edited by

                                        Yep it's present from day 1. The 'workaround' is not to start/end from the outer edges. Just a microscopic offset, then manually extend the arc Kinda helps in many (but not 100%) cases

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                                        • fredo6F Offline
                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          This is a fundamental flaw in the algorithm when you start from sharp borders.

                                          So, not something simple to correct, versus revisiting seriously the algorithm itself.

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                                          • jgbJ Offline
                                            jgb
                                            last edited by

                                            What do you mean "sharp borders"?


                                            jgb

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