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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
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      I don't understand you diagram.
      You can already do this ?
      Are you wanting some sort of 2-face FollowMe ? Just use the faces edges [welded into a curve] as your Rails ?
      With EEbyRv2 [that is about to be launched] you will be able to choose the Profile, Rail1 and Rail2 and then a 'Melding-Profile' that fixes the end form too - is that what you want ? It will allow a definite start and end profile location form to be predefined...
      ❓

      TIG

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        hsjzyangbin
        last edited by

        Hi,TIG,I have a idea that <extrude edges by rails> adds a path like this,thanks

        next:I wish it could be add rotate and scale function


        gogo.png


        gg2.png

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          hsjzyangbin
          last edited by

          @tig said:

          I don't understand you diagram.
          You can already do this ?
          Are you wanting some sort of 2-face FollowMe ? Just use the faces edges [welded into a curve] as your Rails ?
          With EEbyRv2 [that is about to be launched] you will be able to choose the Profile, Rail1 and Rail2 and then a 'Melding-Profile' that fixes the end form too - is that what you want ? It will allow a definite start and end profile location form to be predefined...
          ❓

          Yes,it could be "2-face +2-path+FollowMe" 😍
          I also do not have this plug-in, I use the LATHE. RB command generates images shown, as you said, the first path to the same, choose the second Rails as a control Rails
          "lathe" you can see it http://www.sketchupbbs.com/thread-40382-1-1.html

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          • charly2008C Offline
            charly2008
            last edited by

            Hi,


            Beautiful Work.jpg

            He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              @hsjzyangbin said:

              @tig said:

              I don't understand you diagram.
              You can already do this ?
              Are you wanting some sort of 2-face FollowMe ? Just use the faces edges [welded into a curve] as your Rails ?
              With EEbyRv2 [that is about to be launched] you will be able to choose the Profile, Rail1 and Rail2 and then a 'Melding-Profile' that fixes the end form too - is that what you want ? It will allow a definite start and end profile location form to be predefined...
              ❓

              Yes,it could be "2-face +2-path+FollowMe" 😍
              I also do not have this plug-in, I use the LATHE. RB command generates images shown, as you said, the first path to the same, choose the second Rails as a control Rails
              "lathe" you can see it http://www.sketchupbbs.com/thread-40382-1-1.html

              I too have a lathe.rb that is somewhat similar...

              TIG

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              • H Offline
                hsjzyangbin
                last edited by

                @tig said:

                I too have a lathe.rb that is somewhat similar...

                希望我的提议对你的插件有用,谢谢!

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @hsjzyangbin said:

                  @tig said:

                  I too have a lathe.rb that is somewhat similar...

                  希望我的提议对你的插件有用,谢谢!

                  Your proposal for my plug-in very useful, thank you!

                  TIG

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                  • david_hD Offline
                    david_h
                    last edited by

                    very fun indeed. Is there a toolbar? I get the command in my Plugins Tab, but Is there an onscreen toolbar as well?

                    If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      No Toolbar yet OR webdialog BUT it's on the list - trying to get v2 and segmentation right first...

                      TIG

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=201286#p201286
                        Here's v2 - now allows a final 'melding-profile' if desired and facets minimized...

                        TIG

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Here's some examples of EEbyRails v2ExtrudeEdgesByRailsV2Examples.pngExtrudeEdgesByRailsV2Examples.skp

                          TIG

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                          • EarthMoverE Offline
                            EarthMover
                            last edited by

                            Amazing work on the new version. You've created almost a patch method with really clean mesh results. THis is going to make a lot of people happy!

                            3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                            Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                            Content Creator at Skapeup

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                              Daniel S
                              last edited by

                              Thank you TIG!! Amazing!!!

                              This plugin deserves its own toolbar... what about adding one?

                              EEbyRails toolbar.jpg
                              Daniel S


                              EEbyRails icons.zip

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @daniel s said:

                                Thank you TIG!! Amazing!!!
                                This plugin deserves its own toolbar... what about adding one?
                                Daniel S

                                Thanks for the button pngs.
                                Now I've got it working v2.1 will probably have a toolbar and I'm looking at consolidating the closing dialogs into a single [web]dialog... Might take a good few days as I am busy on other things right now...

                                TIG

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                                  alpro
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks TIG, I'm sure that this is gonna be one of my most used rubies. Awesome work.

                                  Mike

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Here's an EEbyRails new V2 example of making a 'flat-topped' sinuous roof barrel, with one end arched and the other angular, in two halves...EEbyRailsV2_FlatTop.png

                                    TIG

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                                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      This is way more than an improvement, this is exceptional scripting that pushing SU in a new direction

                                      Hats Off to you 👍

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                                      • JClementsJ Offline
                                        JClements
                                        last edited by

                                        THANKS AGAIN!

                                        Question: Is there a way to control where the dialogs appear, or once the first appears allow the user to move it and all subsequent dialogs use the location of the first?

                                        John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          @jclements said:

                                          THANKS AGAIN!

                                          Question: Is there a way to control where the dialogs appear, or once the first appears allow the user to move it and all subsequent dialogs use the location of the first?

                                          You cannot affect the location or much to do with the basic UI dialogs... BUT you can with a 'web-dialog' - which is where I am heading with this... Look out for the next update...

                                          TIG

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                                            driven
                                            last edited by

                                            EEbyR_v2 mesh sitting ing original sline for comparision

                                            Hi Tig,

                                            couple of oddities on the mac, when trying to do something I need, however just had a go at one of my manually manipulated splines versions of Jeffs ramp, and 80% of the new skin line up perfectly with the previous splines and the 10% are probably out due to manual error (someone else must have done those)

                                            But there is lifting of 2nd rail along the whole length? Pic attached.

                                            main difference- it's an hour or two quicker just on this.

                                            fantastic, I'll try and have another play later on and report back

                                            john


                                            showing the lifting of secons rail edge

                                            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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