TubeAlongPath plugin Help
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Hi CDC, hi folks.
Can you post a picture or a sketch (JPG or whatever) showing what you want to acheive. There might be some tricks to do its simply.
Just ideas.
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@CDC: Sorry, forgot to tell you that I connected my lines with the "Weld" script. I use the version embedded in the SCF PowerToolbar by CadFather, which thankfully hasn't been taken down yet:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=14770&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=powertoolbar -
Thanks everyone for the advice. I am downloading the toolbar as I type. And here are a couple of pictures of my project so far. It is extremely complex and by the pictures it will be apparent why I am having problems. It would almost be easier to actually build this truck in real life.
What I want to do is select the entire frame and tell it where and how I want it to render the tubing. Ive been able to get close to that idea with taper maker but I can only do certain lines at once.
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you definatly need this: http://www.smustard.com/script/ProfileBuilder . did you check out the video?
its too bad there isn't a demo.
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I did check out the video for Profile Builder. That is some pretty incredible stuff. It looks like it is exactly what I need and then some. I just need to come up with some money and buy it. Did you happen to try it out?
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no actually i had a run in with paypal when i tried to purchase it and i'm still trying to work it out. has anyone heard of some stupid "security model program" that paypal runs and sometimes it decides you can't make a certain purchase but askes you to set up a bank account instead of you credit card and the phone techs claim they can't over ride it BLA BLA... it sounds like the MATRIX or something. rediculous! anyway i informed Smustard and their pretty pissed too and looking into it!
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@xrok1 said:
no actually i had a run in with paypal when i tried to purchase it and i'm still trying to work it out. has anyone heard of some stupid "security model program" that paypal runs and sometimes it decides you can't make a certain purchase and the phone techs claim they can't over ride it BLA BLA... it sounds like the MATRIX or something. rediculous! anyway i informed Smustard and their pretty pissed too and looking into it!
I have never heard oi that problem involving paypal. That's interesting. I have really only dealt with paypal involving ebay purchases. On another note, I was just looking at that tool bar that Equadorian suggested and it might be a partial answer for my problems. I just need to install it and see what happens. Im just waiting for one of these scripts to mess up my files. I hope not.
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@xrok1 said:
no actually i had a run in with paypal when i tried to purchase it and i'm still trying to work it out. has anyone heard of some stupid "security model program" that paypal runs and sometimes it decides you can't make a certain purchase but askes you to set up a bank account instead of you credit card and the phone techs claim they can't over ride it BLA BLA... it sounds like the MATRIX or something. rediculous! anyway i informed Smustard and their pretty pissed too and looking into it!
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Mmmm.... I've used Paypal since 2005 with no problems. Of course, when you're new, you do need to verify your data before making any purchase above $20. They simply make a small charge (less than two bucks) to your CC and a code appears in your next CC statement. You input that code in your Paypal account and voilá! Your identity has been verified. You only have to do it once and forget about it. Of course, you need patience. This video will help you understand this concept:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6widIfpgIbUOr at least that's how things worked back in 2005...
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@ecuadorian said:
Mmmm.... I've used Paypal since 2005 with no problems. Of course, when you're new, you do need to verify your data before making any purchase above $20. They simply make a small charge (less than two bucks) to your CC and a code appears in your next CC statement. You input that code in your Paypal account and voilá! Your identity has been verified. You only have to do it once and forget about it. Of course, you need patience. This video will help you understand this concept:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6widIfpgIbUOr at least that's how things worked back in 2005...
Ok so I tried out that toolbar, and unfortunatley it will not allow me to specify the path of the tube. It will allow me to specify path for the rectangle extrusion. Weird. Also when I type in the O.D. and I.D. with 1.5 and 1.375 it tells me that there is an invalid integer entered. It only allows me to create solid tubes. Whats going on here?
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CDC, what are you talking about? ProfileBuilder or tubealongpath?
Ecuadorian, that would make sense but why did i go through two different paypal operators over the phone and they gave me some bullshit "security model program" speal. if your right ;which sounds very likely considering i didn't have a problem buying booltool $10; they should fire stupid support staff that don't know the most basic things.
maybe you could go to smustard and click buy now on profilebuilder then log into paypal ;don't click purchase; to see if you get the add bank account dialog?
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In my country, Paypal does not work with local bank accounts (only CC or US bank accounts), so it's not likely to ask for anything like that.
And yes, most big companies have poor tech support. I've had similar experiences with my ISP, cell phone company, hosting provider, etc... Your best option is to peruse the help files yourself. -
@xrok1 said:
CDC, what are you talking about? ProfileBuilder or tubealongpath?
Ecuadorian, that would make sense but why did i go through two different paypal operators over the phone and they gave me some bullshit "security model program" speal. if your right ;which sounds very likely considering i didn't have a problem buying booltool $10; they should fire stupid support staff that don't know the most basic things.
maybe you could go to smustard and click buy now on profilebuilder then log into paypal ;don't click purchase; to see if you get the add bank account dialog?
Sorry I was referring to the tool bar that Equadorian suggested I install. I have yet to buy Profile Builder but this new tool bar does some pretty cool stuff. Has some issues like I mentioned before. For example, when I input my ID and OD for the tubing it gives me an error for most dimensions in one or the other info boxes.
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