[Plugin] Blend ver 1.12.

utiler

This is a nice plugin, mate! I'm going to play!!!!

tomot

Nice plugin! but still needs some tweaking.
I find it first works with a new fresh startup screen. but then the more experimenting I do with Blend the more inconsistant the results become, finally the Bend of the left Y's in the picture did not take place at all.

Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `vertices' for nil;NilClass>
C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/sublend.rb;45;in `blend'
C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/sublend.rb;174
C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/sublend.rb;153;in `call'

please don't give up!

kirill2008

Color blending demo video (for Daniel S
[flash=425,344:1ki2zgl4]http://www.youtube.com/v/CqqRssCqONk&hl=ru&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"[/flash:1ki2zgl4]

cosycat, please try ver. 1.5. I tried to solve the problem of missing mesh pieces.

tomot, I'll try to find out, what's the problem with rotated Y's...

And speaking about the 3'd curve (the path): looks like, it demands a kind of major refactoring It is more complex task than I thought and it will take a little time...

tomot

I don't want you to misunderstand. This is not only related to the "y" shape. Other shapes have produced the same inconsistent results in SU 7.
another example:
make 2 identical closed shapes, scale one larger, apply bend, same code error occurs

cheers.

kirill2008

@tomot said:

I don't want you to misunderstand. This is not only related to the "y" shape. Other shapes have produced the same inconsistent results in SU 7.
another example:
make 2 identical closed shapes, scale one larger, apply bend, same code error occurs

Looks like it is SU7 issue... SU6 processes correctly:
[flash=425,344:1p1mvbbo]http://www.youtube.com/v/1D8WUYsS9hw&hl=ru&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"[/flash:1p1mvbbo]
When processing faces it is necessary to select them by single click (not a fence).

majid

woooow...it would be a dreamy plugin if no bugs!!..I gave it a try , but it seems that previous versions were better on freehand lines, while the last version doesn't works fine... also on closed line doesn;t works at all (su 6)..seeing forward to see the improvements mate btw thanks thanx thanx!

Dave R

This is a useful plugin. Well, for me it was until I installed the latest version (1.5). Now I get what you see in the attached screen shot. Unfortunately I installed over the previous version. Keep working at it. I'm sure you'll get it all working.

Thank you.

Daniel S

Thank you for adding color blending

I have problems with this new version too (I use SU7).

Sometimes work with results like the ones Dave R post above.
In other cases the plugin dosen´t do anything and prints this in the ruby console:

Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method back_material' for #<Sketchup::Edge:0x67b7f70>> C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/sublend.rb:68:in blend'
C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/sublend.rb:270
C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/sublend.rb:248:in `call'

Daniel S

watkins

Dear Kirill,

It might be a good idea to post versions 1.0 to 1.5 as the later versions seem to be problematic. Version 1.0 seemed to work quite nicely. I too have over-written previous versions and so cannot go back a step or two.

Kind regards,
Bob

watkins

Dear Kirill,

Version 5 doesn't seem to work in SU Pro 7, even for simple shapes, but don't give up.

Blending two circles.jpg

Blending two squares.jpg

watkins

Thanks for posting versions 1.2 and 1.4. I will test them out with areas. Previously, I only tested this plugin with arcs, and that still works in V1.5.

blajnov

@watkins said:

Dear Kirill,

It might be a good idea to post versions 1.0 to 1.5 as the later versions seem to be problematic. Version 1.0 seemed to work quite nicely. I too have over-written previous versions and so cannot go back a step or two.

Kind regards,
Bob

There are three previous versions:
v 1.2
v 1.3
v 1.4
Rename files in sublend.rb

sublend__1.2.rb

sublend_1.4.rb

sublend_1.3.rb

kirill2008

Guys, I don't know yet how to prevent skin (mesh) turning inside out The point is that script processes vertices with corresponding indices: so maybe flipping normal or 180 degrees rotation (or 90) of one of 2 faces may help.
Missing triangles (they vanished after color blending feature addition) have come back now (ver. 1.6)
Error messages kind of "undefined method `back_material' for... " debugged (I guess ).

watkins

Dear Kirill,

Here is a quick question. You mention Sketchup 6 in both the first post and in the introduction to your plugin. Does this plugin work well in version 6? Many people have migrated to version 7, although with little added benefit.

Keep going, you are doing a great job.

Kind regards,
Bob

cosycat

Thanks for all of the updates, this is really getting there. I have noticed that the result (v6) does depend on the order in which the points are drawn (for closed shapes at least) - this might explain some of the inside out results people are getting.
Quick example, the numbers show the order in which the upper shape points were added

kirill2008

Ver 1.6 demo videos:
Filtration capabilities video:
[flash=425,344:17c3bm6v]http://www.youtube.com/v/Pml0gn-5fuY&hl=ru&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"[/flash:17c3bm6v]

Blending between different types of entities demo:
[flash=425,344:17c3bm6v]http://www.youtube.com/v/0gchAp7Yje8&hl=ru&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"[/flash:17c3bm6v]

Fixing inside out problem variant:
[flash=425,344:17c3bm6v]http://www.youtube.com/v/6PvRKfzm-g4&hl=ru&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"[/flash:17c3bm6v]
As cosycat mentioned:

@cosycat said:

the result (v6) does depend on the order in which the points are drawn

olishea

WOW. This is an awesome plugin. I tried using skin.rb for meshing between edges but it never worked for mac (i think). so im glad you can do it with this plugin!!

Amazing work, one of the best plugins around. the modeling possibilities are endless, I'm loving it!

utiler

Kirill2008,
Have you thought about adding a path function to this script?
[see attached]

Your generosity is much appreciated, I only wish I knew ruby too so I could reply the favor....

kirill2008

@utiler said:

Have you thought about adding a path function to this script?

Yes, I think about it almost every day (and some times night too). I want to add a path processing very much, but it looks like such task is less obvious than already implemented algorithm. And maybe it's better to make a brand-new plugin with path processing, because it will work the other way than existing plugin.
Ver. 1.7. demo video, shows blending between face and construction point and context menu "Blend" command usage.
[flash=425,344:269yb5p5]http://www.youtube.com/v/-dfMofxc3pw&hl=ru&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"[/flash:269yb5p5]

I don't know yet how to implement custumization of context menu items, so "Blend" command appears always when more than 1 object is selected

ken

Not sure how you are fixing the inside out problem. I can't tell exactly what you are doing. Could you please try again?

Thanks in advance

Ken