[Plugin][$] RoundCorner - v3.4a - 31 Mar 24

boofredlay · 12 Jul 2009, 03:37

This is absolutely beautiful, thank you.

urgen · 12 Jul 2009, 07:21

...cool!

watkins · 12 Jul 2009, 08:27

Dear Fredo,

This is how it's done in Inventor

and variable

Kind regards,
Bob

ely862me · 12 Jul 2009, 08:37

Another masterpiece!!Works like a charm!
Thank you very much!

Elisei

fredo6 · 12 Jul 2009, 09:27

@watkins said:

Dear Fredo,

This is how it's done in Inventor

and variable

Kind regards,
Bob

Apparently Inventor does just fillet, whether fix or variable offset. I have not seen the 3-direction rounding of corners. And the profile seems to be always an arc of circle.

remus · 12 Jul 2009, 09:38

What a nice surprise Once again, thank you fredo, your hard work is always appreciated.

ely862me · 12 Jul 2009, 09:49

only one small thing .. when making this fillet some holes becomes filled ..can this be fixed ?

fredo6 · 12 Jul 2009, 09:54

@ely862me said:

only one small thing .. when making this fillet some holes becomes filled ..can this be fixed ?

Actually, it is Sketchup that automatically generate the faces. RoundCorner algorithm does not 'see' them.
I need to see if I can do something, but no guarantee!

Pixero · 12 Jul 2009, 10:31

It would be great if the round corner could be turned off and just turn it on before render.

watkins · 12 Jul 2009, 12:06

Fredo,

This gives more details on the fillet and chamfer options for Inventor

http://www2.ivcc.edu/perez/Placed%20Features.pdf

Regards,
Bob

watkins · 12 Jul 2009, 12:23

Dear Fredo,

I forgot to say that I think you are absolutely brilliant! Thank you for all your hard work in not only writing these scripts, but documenting them so well. You really are a very generous chap.

Kind regards,
Bob

fredo6 · 12 Jul 2009, 13:03

@watkins said:

Fredo,

This gives more details on the fillet and chamfer options for Inventor

http://www2.ivcc.edu/perez/Placed%20Features.pdf

Regards,
Bob

Thanks. Interesting, but my first reaction would be that I understand why some of you prefer Sketchup, which is so much natural to use for this type of shapes (except maybe for the variable radius filleting).
Fredo

watkins · 12 Jul 2009, 13:06

For the mechanically minded, RoundCorner is just perfect for all those radiussed and chamfered features. Setting the offset equal to the radius on the end of a pin will round the end of the pin beautifully.

Using RoundCorner.skp

Bob James · 12 Jul 2009, 19:21

Just loaded this plugin for the first time. I drew a circle and, using the default parameters, clicked to proceed and got this

Not sure what it is, but it sure neat Black hole generator maybe.

Now on to more serious testing.

Jean-Franco · 12 Jul 2009, 19:34

you have to change the default parameter (1000mm) to a smaller value or draw a bigger circle.

Bob James · 12 Jul 2009, 19:45

@jean-franco said:

you have to change the default parameter (1000mm) to a smaller value or draw a bigger circle.

Yes, I knew that but just wanted to see what would happen with the randomly sized circle I drew.

Still a fascinating result!

fredo6 · 12 Jul 2009, 19:49

@bob james said:

Still a fascinating result!

Actually creating black holes and big bang effects was the primary goal of the plugin. It is just a side effect that it sometimes round edges and corners, but promised, I'll fix this inconvenience:D

Bob James · 12 Jul 2009, 22:42

@unknownuser said:

I'll fix this inconvenience:D

Fix it? FIX IT??? It's perfect already

ddcddc · 13 Jul 2009, 08:22

This is great stuff! thank you so much for your effort!

Jim · 13 Jul 2009, 19:04

Another outstanding plugin, thank you. I was especially amazed at your brilliant and innovative use of openGL for the toolbar - it opens another world of possibilities I had never considered... who needs WebDialogs?