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    • J Offline
      jkiol78
      last edited by

      sorry, but it's not your fault, but due to my poor english! ๐Ÿ˜‰
      no, it's not what i mean,because its not a arc that i must draw...it's a turn, like you can see on my paint file!in fact i must go on the right or the left and not stay on the same trajectory like in arc's tool

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
        last edited by

        As "a picture is worth a thousand words" (especially when there are language barriers - I'm not a native speaker of English either),could you upload a couple of images - or even the skp file -so that we can see what you mean?

        There are a couple of good plugins for different purposes like TIG also mentioned.

        Gai...

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        • J Offline
          jkiol78
          last edited by

          the tool 'weld' will be very useful for me, in the fact that i have many part of a line.
          However, it was not the plugin i searched for... ๐Ÿ˜•
          what i must do is very long, because i have to make any parts of each inter-station of the subway with theirs turns, slopes and lines.in the reality, the subway turn left or right with a certain angle. i have this angle and the radius of the circle so i must take the arc who belongs to a circle with a radius of X meters and wich makes an curve angle of Yยฐ, like u can see of my paint file.
          As the time i made one line between 2 interstation, i search for solves in any part to make this faster, including do faster the turn, the slope,etc...
          or make it automaticaaly with an excel file imported in sketch up....
          Do u understand what i want to do?Sorry for my very poor english... ๐Ÿ˜ณ

          ---edit---

          an example of turn and my file skp of what i must do...


          curve.JPG


          what i already do...it's a part of a line of the subway...

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            If it's a non-circular arc you can scale an arc to make it an ellipse.
            You can also rotate arcs so they are not an an axis plane.
            If you need a curve then join several different arcs into one piece using the ruby 'Weld.rb'
            If you need curves that form a helix in 3D (the ends are not planar) then use ruby 'Helix.rb'
            There are also several 'Bezier' tools...

            .

            TIG

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            • J Offline
              jkiol78
              last edited by

              thanks you very much, but it's already i do...but it's a little boring when it's too repetitive.That's why i was searching for a plugin, in which i just put the angle and the radius and i have my my arc
              I already saw the arc tool and it's not what i search, because i have only the angle and the radius...
              In fact, i have all my data of length,slope,etc in a excel file...
              Do u think i can imported this file and make it automatically all the components (line, arc ,etc...) to just gain time...?
              thx for advance

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                Didier Bur has 'Arc.rb' tools that might also help... http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/em_geo_page.htm

                You can use the circle tool and then construction lines and the protractor plus temporary lines etc to split it and make an arc with an included angle... I've made a tutorial...


                ArcWithIncludedAngle.skp

                TIG

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                • J Offline
                  jkiol78
                  last edited by

                  it's interesting for me...how can i PM didier?what is his pseud?

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                  • R Offline
                    remus
                    last edited by

                    "Didier Bur" without the quotes.

                    http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                    • J Offline
                      jkiol78
                      last edited by

                      thk u! i will make this...i keep u in touch

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        It could be done... Why not PM Didier and ask his advice/help - he's a master at importing .csv data and making geometry AND 'arc' making...

                        TIG

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