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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
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      @kevsterman said:

      Hey guys. I've recently discovered radial bend and its just brilliant. Its really helping me with some illustrations I'm doing. I was wondering if there's a way for the materials to bend as well as the model. So far the materials either stay the same or go a bit skew-whiff, they don't bend in the same directions as the face they're on. Any way of doing this?

      Unfortunately, Radial Bend creates a lot of new faces and triangulation due to slicing. So, reconstructing the original texturing would be kind of big headache!
      In general, texturing should be done on final shapes.

      Fredo

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      • K Offline
        kevsterman
        last edited by

        Ok thanks Fredo. That's good to know πŸ‘

        "Avoid keeping more than 3 items on your desk that you can't fit into your mouth."

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        • K Offline
          kevsterman
          last edited by

          Hi guys. I have another question regarding radial bend. As you can see from the image all of the lines denoting brickwork haven't bended as I was expecting. I'm not sure why. Is it a parameter problem or maybe something to do with the model? Its probably something really easy I'm missing πŸ˜•

          Screenshot 2017-08-10 13.03.15.png

          "Avoid keeping more than 3 items on your desk that you can't fit into your mouth."

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          • robertWanR Offline
            robertWan
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            Why? 😞
            https://youtu.be/FgNyfpZPVfA

            Robert

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            • fredo6F Offline
              fredo6
              last edited by

              @robertwan said:

              Why? 😞
              https://youtu.be/FgNyfpZPVfA

              Robert

              'By default', FredoScale Stretching makes the component unique before operating on it.
              The issue is that I did not provision an option to apply to all instances instead.

              Fredo

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
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                Is there any way around it? I expect so. Upload your SKP so we can see what you've got so far.

                Etaoin Shrdlu

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                • L Offline
                  Lorand
                  last edited by

                  File attached.


                  FScale test.skp

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                  • L Offline
                    Lorand
                    last edited by

                    Hi all,

                    Great plugin like all Fredo6 ones, thank you sir.

                    Problem: Imagine a simple Chinese lamp - equilateral triangles at the top and bottom and FredoScale TWIST for elegantly getting the surfaces between them - but the TWIST function twists around the axis of the boundary box not the axis through the centers of the bottom and top triangles and the result is skewed. Same goes for any odd sided polygons: those two centers are different. Is there any way to use TWIST and get the "expected" result?

                    Thank you in advance,
                    Lorand

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      I see what you're getting at. It happens with shapes whose sections have an odd number of sides. It's due to the way they fit in their bounding box. I don't know if it's something Fredo can modify but an immediate solution to get around it is to put the triangle in the center of a square.

                      Screenshot - 11_1_2017 , 4_11_43 AM.png

                      Screenshot - 11_1_2017 , 4_13_05 AM.png

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                      • L Offline
                        Lorand
                        last edited by

                        Nice idea, thank you. Lorand

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                        • J Offline
                          jtri
                          last edited by

                          I am using the Radial Bend tool to model a "splayed" end of an object. A couple of questions. I know it is just a few steps to copy and flip a face and then finish the end, but was wondering if I missed a command in the tool that would allow this to be done off a center line so that you could use a model, bend one face and the opposite face would bend the same but in the opposite direction? If there a better tool I should consider for this type of modeling please let me know.
                          Thanks for a great tool and all the support


                          Splay end.skp

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            I don't know of a tool that would do what you ask. I think using an extension to bend the surface would be more work than just drawing the curves before extruding it.

                            By the way, how did you draw this and manage to get all the faces inside out?

                            Etaoin Shrdlu

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                            • J Offline
                              jtri
                              last edited by

                              It was easy. Just do a very quick sketch hoping to make it clear what I was asking and not pay attention at all when drawing. I unfortunately am an occasional sketch up user now and forget the basics way to often. As for using the extension vs drawing the curve, I had model that was mostly completed and I wanted the end to splay a bit. So using the extension seemed like the fasted way at that point in the modeling. The example I used was a very simplified example.
                              Thanks Dave

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                                TBoy
                                last edited by

                                Hi Fredo6
                                Is there a code I can use to put only one (or more) scale tool(s) on my own toolbar. For example "Box Stretching"?
                                I will put icon on my toolbar, but don't know how to start particular tool from your suites. Is there any documentation about this?

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                                • fredo6F Offline
                                  fredo6
                                  last edited by

                                  @tboy said:

                                  Hi Fredo6
                                  Is there a code I can use to put only one (or more) scale tool(s) on my own toolbar. For example "Box Stretching"?

                                  Here is how you can launch any of the FredoScale tools:

                                  F6_FredoScale.launch_action(action_code), where code must be passed as a symbol

                                  
                                  #   - ;Scale_B --> Scale - Box mode
                                  #   - ;Scale_T --> Scale - Target mode
                                  #   - ;Taper_B --> Taper - Box mode
                                  #   - ;Taper_T --> Scale - Target mode
                                  #   - ;PlanarShear_B --> Planar Shear - Box mode
                                  #   - ;PlanarShear_T --> Planar Shear - Target mode
                                  #   - ;PlanarShear_A --> Planar Shear - Free mode
                                  #   - ;Stretch_B --> Stretch - Box mode
                                  #   - ;Stretch_T --> Stretch - Target mode
                                  #   - ;Twist_B --> Twist - Box mode
                                  #   - ;Rotate_B --> Rotate - Box mode
                                  #   - ;Rotate_A --> Rotate - Free mode
                                  #   - ;RadialBend_A --> Radial Bending - Free mode
                                  #   - ;MakeUnique_U --> Make Unique - Utility
                                  
                                  

                                  Icons are in Fredo6_FredoScale/IMAGES_Standard/ folder.
                                  There are alternate icons in Fredo6_FredoScale/IMAGES_DanielS/

                                  Fredo

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                                    TBoy
                                    last edited by

                                    Thank You !!!
                                    One more general question:
                                    Is it possible to inspect commands activated by buttons inside ruby console?
                                    "Listener mode" of the console or something, that will show/expose these code lines from your answer?

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                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      @tboy said:

                                      Is it possible to inspect commands activated by buttons inside ruby console?
                                      "Listener mode" of the console or something, that will show/expose these code lines from your answer?

                                      I am not sure I understand what you wish to accomplish.
                                      Most of my plugins are launched by LibFredo6, so not with a straightforward method. However. for some, like FredoScale, I have built a small API, which is supported.
                                      If you need launch commands from other plugins, just tell me.

                                      Fredo

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                                      • T Offline
                                        TBoy
                                        last edited by

                                        @fredo6 said:

                                        I am not sure I understand what you wish to accomplish.
                                        Fredo

                                        I have a lot of scripts = a lot of toolbars with 1 single icon. I want to combine some of these in 1 toolbar. That's why I'm asking if there is method to obtain name and command to start someones script (most are coded). I hope this is not against rules.
                                        This is a general question, not only about your tools.

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                                        • fredo6F Offline
                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          Nothing against the rules, at least on my side.

                                          Many plugin authors puts the launch of commands in their top Ruby file, which is not encrypted. So it's easy to replicate the Ruby code.

                                          For my plugins, I use another mechanism, so it's less easy to find out. Better ask. Do not hesitate.

                                          Fredo

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                                          • M Offline
                                            MadeMaker
                                            last edited by

                                            Guys, I'm having a problem with my Fredoscale Radial Bending tool and need help fast.
                                            When bending objects in a direction at other angles except 180, it works fine. When I try bending in a specific direction and type 180 degrees, the object snaps and forms at the opposite diection most times which is not the desired direction for the 180 degrees bend.
                                            Pls, I'll really appreciate a solution to this problem...thanks.

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