[Plugin] Shape Bender Beta

Alsatic

You can also start with a circle and explode it. Then keep one additional segment on each end of the half circle and weld it. You will get something like in the picture. Then erase the two red blocs you don't need and you're done.

Shape_Bender_half-circle+.jpg

This solution has been posted on a french forum here:
http://www.systemed.fr/Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32570&PN=1&TPN=1

Physicsguy1

It won't bend the shapes. The progress bar will completely freeze well below 20%, and won't unfreeze. i don't know what happened.

pilou

Cool trick & works fine!
the funny thing is that the red blocks are false in the length!
circle explosed and arc curves were build with same length of their segments!

Tobobo

Try to follow what chris told me to solve my problem with the bar freezing.

@chris fullmer said:

My first guess would be to try component spray. Just unload that script and see if that does the trick. There was a problem with it and Didier uploaded a new version that fixes the problem. So remove it and that fixes the problem, download the newest update here

http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=16446&st

I really think that's it. Let me know if its not,

Chris

Chris Fullmer

I agree, update component spray. If thats not it, we'll start debugging!

Chris

caramel1982

The sketches that you have made are just simply amazing. I can't do it myself. I need more practice.

Simulation pret immobilier
-- caramel --

bianhai

Nice plugin, Thanks!

darkPhysics

Please help me! It just wont work. I have the progressbar.rb, but it wont show the preview of bend. Here is the image

. Can anyone help me? Here is my plugins folder:

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Chris Fullmer

The problem is with the compspray.rb

Update it from here:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11746

Didier had a bug in it that was breaking the progressbar, but he fixed it nicely. So just update that, then it should work.

Let me know if that does not help.

Chris

darkPhysics

@chris fullmer said:

The problem is with the compspray.rb

Update it from here:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11746

Didier had a bug in it that was breaking the progressbar, but he fixed it nicely. So just update that, then it should work.

Let me know if that does not help.

Chris

It didn't work with new compspray, but I removed it and it worked!

Chris Fullmer

I see you are on Vista.

There is a good chance that when you tried to install compospray, Vista played a dirty trick on you. It has a hidden file system called "Compatibility Files" where it puts things without telling you. So try this.

Delete the existing compospray.
In the Plugins folder, towards the top is a button called "Compatibility Files" (or maybe Folders). - Click it.
Now your in a new folder, probably with other scripts. Cut and paste them all back into your regular plugins folder manually.
If there is a compospray in there, delete it too.
Now reinstall compospray, and be forewarned that it might end up in compatibility files world, so go track it down, and cut and paste it back into the plugins folder.
now start SU again, see if shape bender works and if compo spray is installed and working.

I know its lame and a bit of work. Vista just does it to keep us safe

Hope that helps,

Chris

simon le bon

Hi Chris,

Another thing i think it would be great to fix for a next update is that construction points and construction lines they follow the Bend processes.

simon

Chris Fullmer

Ahh, thats a good idea! I see if I can get that to work.

Chris

Tobobo

Chris,

I stripped all the rubies out and it worked. I know that I should add the others back in one at a time but I have soo many scripts with references i keep getting lost on which ones need each other. Can you take a look at the screen dump and see if anything jumps out at you.

Here is the console text aswell

Error; #<ArgumentError; comparison of Float with nil failed>
(eval);44;in `>'
(eval);44;in `update'
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb;533;in `exploder'
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb;526;in `each'
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb;526;in `exploder'
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb;244;in `onLButtonUp'
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb;671
Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `/' for nil;NilClass>
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb;671;in `draw'
C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_shape_bender/clf_shape_bender.rb;526

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magpie

many thanks for your plugin...brilliant!

lexmonteiro

Hi Chris, It is possible to the texture bend with the model?

Chris Fullmer

@lexmonteiro said:

Hi Chris, It is possible to the texture bend with the model?

Hi Lex, that is a good question. I think someone else had also asked about that previously. I'm not sure how easy or hard it will be to do. I pretty much never use textures and I've never touched them using Ruby yet, so its possible it might be pretty straightforward.

When I re-work this script, I'll see if I can get it to treat textures better.

Chris

lexmonteiro

Thanks for the quick answer, I was searching for some plugin that help me to create a road, and ajust the texture to fit in the curves. This could be a very good tool
Anyway, thank you very much for this plugin!
Cheers
Alexandre

Gaieus

@chris fullmer said:

@lexmonteiro said:

Hi Chris, It is possible to the texture bend with the model?

Hi Lex, that is a good question. I think someone else had also asked about that previously...

That was me. And I'm still looking forward to that.

@unknownuser said:

When I re-work this script, I'll see if I can get it to treat textures better.

Chris

Did I say I'm looking forward to it?

Swissmountain

Thanks for the Plugin, nice work!