Tank tracks
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Another quick question (one I haven't found a clear answer yet).
I'm looking for a way to make tank tracks. Perhaps there's some sort of array script, which makes it easy to copy a single link along a path.
Thanks in advance!
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I've tried the Copy Along Path plug in, but each time I fail miserably
Can someone help me with a step-by-step tutorial?
Cheers!
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I created a tut on copy array as well as mirror.
See here:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=797
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@matsuo said:
Another quick question (one I haven't found a clear answer yet).
I'm looking for a way to make tank tracks. Perhaps there's some sort of array script, which makes it easy to copy a single link along a path.
Thanks in advance!
Matsuo,
Unfortunately we have never seen any result from answers in this thread:
http://www.sketchupforum.nl/viewtopic.php?t=353&highlight=matsuo
The presented method there works just fine, with only SU tools.
I don't think that you will find a ruby script that does this automatically.P: Wo3Dan
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@wo3dan said:
Matsuo,
Unfortunately we have never seen any result from answers in this thread:
http://www.sketchupforum.nl/viewtopic.php?t=353&highlight=matsuo
The presented method there works just fine, with only SU tools.
I don't think that you will find a ruby script that does this automatically.Wo3Dan, did you not follow the link I provided just above your post?
I think it was a clear answer and solution to his problem. -
@unknownuser said:
@wo3dan said:
Matsuo,
Unfortunately we have never seen any result from answers in this thread:
http://www.sketchupforum.nl/viewtopic.php?t=353&highlight=matsuo
The presented method there works just fine, with only SU tools.
I don't think that you will find a ruby script that does this automatically.Wo3Dan, did you not follow the link I provided just above your post?
I think it was a clear answer and solution to his problem.Eric,
My apologies for this (far to) late reaction. My post to Matsuo was more of a challenge to him, no more, no less.
I see that you answered his question clearly but was wondering why Matsuo never did anything with our replies.
In the other thread the next questions and answers were about positioning the elements (automatically) in a way like in a chain with equal lengths (pitch). (However, you could not know from his question!!)
This could be done in a ruby but I don’t know if any ruby exists, covering this subject.
Once again you gave a precise and clear answer. I hope Matsuo will meet the challenge, although no obligations from his side! -
No worries. Thanks for the reply and sorry if my post seemed like an attack. Sometimes my posts can seem so when not intended to be.
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Thanks for that very useful tutorial - I am now on my way to making nice regulary spaced tracks around a path!
One additional question I have though, it's about making the individual segments of the tracks all neatly spaced at regular intervals...
I am not much of a mathematician, so getting the track segments to space evenly around the arc - to match the spacing on 'the straight' - seems to alude me. Is this simply a case of trial and error to get the spacing on the arc and straight to match?
Any hints at how best to match the spacing both through the arc and the straight would be gratefully recived.
Sorry is the answer to this is obvious - unfortunately it isn't obvious to me!
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