[Plugin] Simple Catenary Curve
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@simon le bon said:
A remark to Remus: Your Catenary Curve is made with only 16 segments. It's probably too few in many cases. It would be better to add the choice of this number(
)I'll have a look at it
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@thomthom said:
I think Remus is talking about a tool to simulate rope or chains - which is not what Chris' tool is doing.
Hi thomthom,
You are rigth! I had probably been taken by the hurry of enjoyment. Chris's "Component Stringer" is a very cool tool, but intending to do a different job.We can make a chain with it but it very uneasy and far from perfection!
@tig said:
Make half chain link (U) and use this tool then edit that chain and copy/hand the U geometry into an O loop of say 2.2 the original length, now you have your links; us 'make unique' on one of the links, edit it and rotate its contents 90 degrees. Select every other link and replace with this rotated one... a chain... done.
In such case, it will be better to do this way:
And for making a rope, I'm sure we can do a good job with our same Chris Fullmer's Shape Bender.
*simon
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Hi Remus,
Something is wrong for me. "Simple Catenary Curve" opens and asks the number of segments (cool), but after validation, nothing happens..
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Sorry, it was a silly bug as i was distracted while writing it last night. Hopefully this version should work.
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Sorry Remus,
Something is still wrong!
The Catenary curve is drawn so small that I can't zoom on it.
I have reloaded your first one to experiment FredoScale Strech tool to figure out something like my suspension bridge's ropes.
seems not bad. I have no mathematic element to say if that remains a Catenary Curve.
*simon
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No worries, i'll have a look at it this evening and see if i can get it back in working order again.
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Hi REmus,
I just tryed your Tool "Simple Catenary Curve"
After the Dialog-box it seems that no Element was drawn.
where is the curve?
Uli
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Uli, its always drawn at the origin...you may need to zoom in close.
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Thank you for this plugin and also thank you for adding the explanation of what it is for and the Wikpedia link.
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