[Plugin] Shape Bender Beta
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You have unzipped the files into folder named after the zip and moved that folder into Plugins.
The only shape bender related stuff you should have in Plugins is the loader rb file and the subfolder, like this
and that subfolder should contain these files 
I.E. you move the file and subfolder that were in the zip into Plugins AND NOT the unzipped folder [clf_shape_bender_v005] itself... -
Funy, that was how I did it the first time I tried. Anyways, it works now, thanks.
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I cannot make shape bender to work. I tried a very simple test: a straight line, a grouped box and a curve. I selected the box and am prompted to select the line but I click on it with SB's cursor and nothing happens, no matter how many times I click on it. the same message keeps coming up for me to select the straight line first!
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I solved that little problem: there was something at the tip of the straight line that preveted SB from recognizing it as a line. fine.
HOWEVER, having gone through the steps, as soon as I hit enter SU crashes every time. and I am not trying any complex operation, just to bend a simple box.
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Edson,
Have you successfully run SB before? Have you tried closing and restarting SketchUp/opening the model after fixing your line problem?
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@edson said:
I solved that little problem: there was something at the tip of the straight line that prevented SB from recognizing it as a line. Fine.
HOWEVER, having gone through the steps, as soon as I hit enter SU crashes every time. and I am not trying any complex operation, just to bend a simple box.The line on the red axis must be a single axial line with nothing touching it - as just have discovered.
What size are these things, if they are very small [or enormously gigantic] SUp/OpenGL can't cope.
I think the Entity info says ~382 cm ? Which I would expect to be absolutely fine, BUT have you tried scaling x10 ?
I'm on PC and have no problems with a similar sized thing ~1m high/3m long...
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@dave r said:
Edson,
Have you successfully run SB before? Have you tried closing and restarting SketchUp/opening the model after fixing your line problem?
dave,
I had never tried it before. yes, i tried restarting SU several times. it keeps crashing.TIG,
I tried SB on a clean 7.1 install, that is, with no other plugins than the ones that ship with SU. it worked fine which leads me to believe thet either there is a conflict with some of the 200+ plugins I have installed on SU8 or some incompatibity with SU8 for mac itself. but my successful attempt with 7.1 was not without hitches: see what happened to one of the ends of the box that was bent.
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I suppose there could be a conflict. I imagine you know what to do to sort it out so I won't go into that.
That end isn't bent. the edge/s is/are just softened. Unsoften them and it'll look right. The plugin frequently does that. I don't know if there's a script fix but it isn't that hard to rectify manually.
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If you run it with the Ruby Console open are there any error messages at all ?
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@dave r said:
I suppose there could be a conflict. I imagine you know what to do to sort it out so I won't go into that.
That end isn't bent. the edge/s is/are just softened. Unsoften them and it'll look right. The plugin frequently does that. I don't know if there's a script fix but it isn't that hard to rectify manually.
how does one do that? I selected the geometry and ran the slider from one side to the other but nothing happened.
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@tig said:
If you run it with the Ruby Console open are there any error messages at all ?
no messages at all (see below). the odd thing is that the problem occurs only when the group is exactly above the straight line. if I move the group ahead the problem does not occur.
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@edson said:
@dave r said:
I suppose there could be a conflict. I imagine you know what to do to sort it out so I won't go into that.
That end isn't bent. the edge/s is/are just softened. Unsoften them and it'll look right. The plugin frequently does that. I don't know if there's a script fix but it isn't that hard to rectify manually.
how does one do that? I selected the geometry and ran the slider from one side to the other but nothing happened.
I select the softened edges (View>Hidden Geometry) and then set the slider to 20 where it normally is by default. In the lower of your screen shots, there's a softened edge at the bottom to take care of.
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i have same problem
i guess its about the default setting values of edge -
@howardhong said:
i have same problem
i guess its about the default setting values of edgeWhat do you mean by "default setting values of edge"?
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dave, i said "i guess..".
when im using erase tool, i saw a sudden pop up window in the center of screen.
i didnt give any attension, and closed that window.
after that happened, i got same problem.so i said "i guess..".
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The only possible edge setting would have to do with Smooth/Soften but it won't open when you are using the Eraser tool. What did the pop up box say?
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i cant remember it exactly,
theres three scrool down menu and one of it said "sketchup model" or somewhat... -
I guess, if I were you, I would wait until it shows up again and note what it says. Then report back. If you can make a screen shot showing it, that would be very useful.
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@dave r said:
I select the softened edges (View>Hidden Geometry) and then set the slider to 20 where it normally is by default. In the lower of your screen shots, there's a softened edge at the bottom to take care of.
dave,
I followed your advice and it worked. thanks. never had this problem before.
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I selected my group and clicked the shape bender icon, i click on the straight line than the curved line, and it gives an error telling me to select the group before clicking the shape bender icon
wath is the problem? i did everything like you did in the video and it wont work
also, how can i make those really soft curved lines?
I'am not new to sketchup or somthing, but i never had problems using plugins.
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