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

fredo6

I'd be grateful if you'd take a look.

Jim,

I could round the 2 faces of the arm model without problem and in less than 10 seconds. I used 6 segments and 0.4 cm offset (sorry, I am not comfortable with fractional inches).

The few issues in the generated model comes from the too high sampling of the curved sections and some transverse edges. So you probably need to do some clean up. But overall, I could not reproduce the hang situation you described.

Did you select the whole model (I mean all edges) or just the two lateral faces?

Fredo

Arm2 Rredo.skp

jmaher

@unknownuser said:

Did you select the whole model (I mean all edges) or just the two lateral faces?

Fredo,

I selected just the two lateral faces. In fact, I tried doing each face separately.

Clearly, the problem is with me. I'll go back to the drawing, do some clean up, and practice until I get it right.

In the meantime, I'll use your result to continue with my design.

Thanks so much!

j

Frommer1

i need help loading the plugin i downloaded everything as stated, but when i open sketchup, nothing is there how do i load the plugin?

Bob James

@frommer1 said:

i need help loading the plugin i downloaded everything as stated, but when i open sketchup, nothing is there how do i load the plugin?

See the directions on page 1 of this post: welcome to SketchUcation

Frommer1

i am trying to round over the edges of a circle that is through a rectangle, as if you cut a hole in a piece of wood and then rounded the edges over. How do i do it. evertime i try it just closes the circle

Frommer1

@bob james said:

@frommer1 said:

i need help loading the plugin i downloaded everything as stated, but when i open sketchup, nothing is there how do i load the plugin?

See the directions on page 1 of this post: welcome to SketchUcation

I did and it still doesnt work on my laptop. I even erased the files and tried again. Any ideas. i was able to sucessfully load the plugin on a different computer however.

Gaieus

@frommer1 said:

i am trying to round over the edges of a circle that is through a rectangle, as if you cut a hole in a piece of wood and then rounded the edges over. How do i do it. evertime i try it just closes the circle

Since it creates new geometry, I can imagine that those faces also are created automatically. What happens if you delete the circle(s)? Is the rounded edge there underneath?

Frommer1

@gaieus said:

@frommer1 said:

i am trying to round over the edges of a circle that is through a rectangle, as if you cut a hole in a piece of wood and then rounded the edges over. How do i do it. evertime i try it just closes the circle

Since it creates new geometry, I can imagine that those faces also are created automatically. What happens if you delete the circle(s)? Is the rounded edge there underneath?

it appears to go away completely, as if it were never there

Gaieus

Could you attach the file,please? (Maybe a "before" and an "after" version of the same geometry in it)

mitcorb

Could it be automatically re-skinning? Perhaps select the closed surface face and press Delete? Or turn on xray to see if the rounding has actually been done. I am guessing here.

watkins

Has anyone had any problems running Round Corners under SU8. The icons are showing, but I cannot seem to get it working. Which version is now considered SU8 friendly? I am building up my SU8 plugin folder slowly, and so I have very few plugins loaded, and mostly those of Fredo6.

Bob James

@gaieus said:

What happens if you delete the circle(s)? Is the rounded edge there underneath?

I use this quite often to round the edges of holes. It is normal for the hole to be "filled", but when you delete the new "filled" area, your are left with the hole with rounded edges.

Gaieus

Yes, that's what I'd expect, too. Unless the hole is too tiny and the edges of the rounded corner would be less that that 1 mm / 1/16" limit (in which case they might be simply gone and you need to use the scale-up workaround)

Frommer1

@gaieus said:

Could you attach the file,please? (Maybe a "before" and an "after" version of the same geometry in it)

Here is is. i tried rounding the corners on the left hole and it is gone. the hole on the right is untouched. Please help! i tried erasing the center and the only way it shows up is if i delete some lines on the roundover

test hole.skp

Bob James

@frommer1 said:

@gaieus said:

Could you attach the file,please? (Maybe a "before" and an "after" version of the same geometry in it)

Here is is. i tried rounding the corners on the left hole and it is gone. the hole on the right is untouched. Please help! i tried erasing the center and the only way it shows up is if i delete some lines on the roundover

I clicked on the area where the left hole should be. It was "filled in" as evidenced by the blue dots. I then deleted the "blue dot" area and was left with a rounded edge hole as expected.

Gaieus

Yeah, it just fills the hole but you can delete the fill easily.

However in the file, the round radius was set to 7' 7/8". I figured that about 3/8" is the max "desired" radius so you may want to revise that.

delete this

end up with this

fredo6

@frommer1 said:

I tried rounding the corners on the left hole and it is gone. the hole on the right is untouched. Please help! i tried erasing the center and the only way it shows up is if i delete some lines on the roundover

As pointed out by Bob James and Gaieus, the rounding took place, but Sketchup automatically created a face when RoundCorner build the edges of the rounding.
This may happen in those situations, and actually not easy to detect and correct.

Fredo

Frommer1

@bob james said:

@frommer1 said:

@gaieus said:

Could you attach the file,please? (Maybe a "before" and an "after" version of the same geometry in it)

Here is is. i tried rounding the corners on the left hole and it is gone. the hole on the right is untouched. Please help! i tried erasing the center and the only way it shows up is if i delete some lines on the roundover

I clicked on the area where the left hole should be. It was "filled in" as evidenced by the blue dots. I then deleted the "blue dot" area and was left with a rounded edge hole as expected.

Thanks a lot. i did what you said and got the required result. I am new to Sketchup and am still learning!

nalkhayat

I hope you can help me out with my error message? I posted a screenshot (above).

fredo6

@nalkhayat said:

I hope you can help me out with my error message? I posted a screenshot (above).

I don't see the screenshot anywhere.

Can you open the Ruby console, and check if there is anything displayed when you click on one of the RoundCorner icon.

Thanks

Fredo