[Plugin] Shape Bender Beta
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Hi All:
I am trying to use Shape Bender to bend 2 flanges on a metal bracket that joins an engine mount to a wooden fuselage of an airplane.
I have drawn the bracket as shown on the plans (attached). The bracket has 2 'ears' on the top and bottom of the bracket that are bent 90 degrees to wrap around the front end of the fuselage. I want to just bend the 'ear' parts, and not the larger rounded portion of the bracket which is the attachment point for the engine mount. I have removed the holes on the side portion of the bracket that will be used for the attachment to the wooden fuse sides, as I wish to place them after bending.
My concern is that in the bending process with this plug in is that the entire front of the bracket gets bent 90 degrees and not simply the 'ear' portions. Can someone show me how this might work, or is there another script that would do this better?
Thanks so much for the help!
Mark
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This is best done manually...
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Thanks TIG... I'll try that. I thought it might exceed the plug in's capability... Thanks again for the pic/explaination.
Mark
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OK... this is embarrassing: I've forgotten how to cut the tabs off... Which command will sever them at the cut line..?
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cool! I like it!!
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@ben ritter said:
Chris, I can hardly keep up with your wonderful scripts. Most importantly though, you are very much appreciated for your kindness to the SU community.
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@markemark said:
OK... this is embarrassing: I've forgotten how to cut the tabs off... Which command will sever them at the cut line..?
I thought I posted a reply to this...
Read the notes in the image..................
Make sure that you draw lines all round the tabs so they select separately.
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Hi - Can anyone help a poor soul find out how / where to download Shape Bender for Mac? Thanks!!!!
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Hey TIG:
Thanks again. You did send me a PM on this. I posted this question about how to cut the tabs off before I PMed you. I posted the question a couple of days before I sent you the PM. I apologize if it appeared that I was badgering ya!
The PM detailed how to do this perfectly. Thanks again!
Mark
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Hi Mark, the download is in the very first message in this thread. so go back to page 1 and scroll down to the bottom of my first post. You will also need to install progressbar.rb from smustard. There is a link to that in my first post also. Good luck!
Chris
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Hi Chris - I've managed to install the Shape Bender Plug-in, but it doesn't seem to work at all on my Mac. The tool clearly shows up under my Plugins menu, and I'm able to place the tool icon in my toolbar. But as I follow your video-tutorial to a tee, it's not working: I'm able to select the component, then the Shape Bender tool. But then I'm unable to select anything at all (nothing highlights). Help?
Thanks so much!
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It sounds like maybe your straight line is not placed ont he red axis. And if your axis has been altered from its original orientation, then that will mess things up. So try resetting the global axis, then align the straight line to the red axis. See if that works. If not, could you upload a small test model?
Chris
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Wonderfull plugin! Very Thanx
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Chris,
This looks exciting. I guess I'm a noob,
but I do not know where to download
the shape bender plugin????Thank you so much!
bob
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@unknownuser said:
Chris,
This looks exciting. I guess I'm a noob,
but I do not know where to download
the shape bender plugin????Thank you so much!
bob
At the end of the first post in this thread.
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Thanks Thomas for the quick reply!
Found the link, I originally thought
it was the french version- Cheers- bob -
Hi,
Just downloaded the Plugin, but when I tried it out it didnt work: When i selected the component I couldnt do anything else (says to highlight a line along the red axis, but still nothing happens).I've also tried using models users posted here, but still no go...
Any ideas? I just have to shape a facade for a project, so if worse comes to worse could i perhaps post the model here and anybody shape it for me? (i've got the curve etc)
Thanks
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Thank's for this super-mega plugin!
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chris thank you very much for this update.
a query:
to generate this geometry, there are irregular shapes.
Why?
I'm doing something wrong?
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@christos88 said:
Hi,
Just downloaded the Plugin, but when I tried it out it didnt work
ThanksHi Christos, please upload the model, or the small portion you are working on bending, and I'll see if I can get it to work. Sorry I missed your post a few days ago.
Chris
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