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    Updated version of Draw Metal plugins

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    • Bob JamesB Offline
      Bob James
      last edited by

      @dave r said:

      Thank you very kindly for that. My ears appreciate it.

      Amen

      i7-4930K 3.4Ghz, 2x GTX780 6GB, 32GB DDR3-1600 ECC, OCZ Vertex 4 500GB, WD Black 3TB, 32TB NAS, 4x 27" Monitors, SpaceMouse Pro, X-keys XK-60

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      • fredo6F Offline
        fredo6
        last edited by

        Terry,

        Very impressed by this suite of tools. Great job and very neat programming!

        One question: do you know if mathematically you can extend the Cornu curve to a suite of control points in 3D space (i.e. not in a plane)?

        Fredo

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        • JClementsJ Offline
          JClements
          last edited by

          The Cornu function looks like it could be very useful.

          John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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          • massimoM Offline
            massimo Moderator
            last edited by

            Hi Terry, your plugin is really good thanks. It works well, but i've noticed a strange thing. In SU6 free when i do right click on a face i had this:

            Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method active_path' for #<Sketchup::Model:0x879db90>> (eval):3406:in valid_group?'
            (eval):3458:in selected_stuff' C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/ctsMaker/curve_menu.rb:46 C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/ctsMaker/curve_menu.rb:45:in call'

            I've tried it on SU7 pro (with no other plugin installed) and no error message.
            Maybe a plugin conflict?
            Massimo

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            • Didier BurD Offline
              Didier Bur
              last edited by

              active_path is a "SU7 only" method.

              As the author says:
              @unknownuser said:

              SketchUp 7 is required to use the new interactive features.

              DB

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              • massimoM Offline
                massimo Moderator
                last edited by

                Oh... sorry, thanks Didier

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                • M Offline
                  max-cx
                  last edited by

                  Fredo -

                  @unknownuser said:

                  One question: do you know if mathematically you can extend the Cornu curve to a suite of control points in 3D space (i.e. not in a plane)?

                  Sorry to be slow in responding. The mathematical extension to 3D is discussed in Chapter 11 of Raph Levien's forthcoming PhD thesis (http://levien.com/phd/thesis.pdf). That does not imply, however, that I will be programming such an extension.

                  Terry
                  http://www.drawmetal.com

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                  • I Offline
                    IAGDint
                    last edited by

                    Your great.
                    This is a very useful tool.
                    Thanks.
                    Cheers.

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                    • E Offline
                      Efrado
                      last edited by

                      Indeed It is a great plugin,THANKS.But I get trouble with the icons, does not show ,only the blanks.I use Mac 😞

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                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                        jeff hammond
                        last edited by

                        this plugin doesn't have any icons (at least no toolbar icons which i think you're talking about).. it's functions are accessible via the plugins menu -> curve maker

                        maybe your blank icons are from a different plugin?

                        dotdotdot

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                        • M Offline
                          max-cx
                          last edited by

                          So far, the only time the toolbar icons have not worked is when they had not been installed in the right place in the file hierarchy. After installation, the file hierarchy for the plugin should appear as shown in this figure.
                          toolbar_installed.pdf

                          Terry
                          http://www.drawmetal.com

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                          • jeff hammondJ Offline
                            jeff hammond
                            last edited by

                            well in that case, i think the icons are missing from the mac zip package.. i'll check the dmg

                            dotdotdot

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                            • jeff hammondJ Offline
                              jeff hammond
                              last edited by

                              this is after a straight install from the mac zip..


                              screen 2.jpg

                              dotdotdot

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                              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                jeff hammond
                                last edited by

                                haha, ok.. 😳

                                i guess i have to keep reading the page in order to find the optional toolbar...

                                ok, back to watching the latest episode of short attention span theater πŸ˜„


                                screen 3.jpg

                                dotdotdot

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                                • E Offline
                                  Efrado
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks Terry, πŸ‘ I found the misplacing.Now I am going to trying something.
                                  Hi Jeff,hapy to see you have the icons too.thanks for your reply πŸ˜„

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                                  • ken28875K Offline
                                    ken28875
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi Terry,

                                    I have been using that plugin and it is awesome. I just downloaded the updaded version and ran into some problems.

                                    I have this error message.

                                    http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/error_message_curve_maker.jpg

                                    I see the plugin and everything, but when i click on what i want to do (e.g. draw a taper) nothing happens.

                                    Thank you for your help,

                                    _KN

                                    Follow Your Dreams.

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                                    • ken28875K Offline
                                      ken28875
                                      last edited by

                                      Never mind. I figured out. I put the files in the wrong folder. lol

                                      thank you.

                                      Follow Your Dreams.

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