[Plugin] Extrude Edges by Rails
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@tig said:
Here's a brief tut' on making Lathed shapes with EEbyRv2
Thank you TIG for detailed answers, which helps to me , I am now able to make alot of mesh surface, SKETCHUP will eventually develop into a more powerful software than 3DMAX step by step,TIANK Again
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I think Extrude Edges by Rails had replaced Extrude Edges by edges ,SO I use Extrude Edges by Rails only ,did you?
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Hip-hip hooray TIG! Finally a patch tool for sketchup! thanks again TIG.
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@hsjzyangbin said:
I think Extrude Edges by Rails had replaced Extrude Edges by edges ,SO I use Extrude Edges by Rails only ,did you?
EEbyRails does most of what EEbyEdges can do ... but with EEbyEdges you can make groups of two sets of separate edges, arcs etc and they'll mesh with gaps etc - though that mesh is limited to one rail and one profile...
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Any idea why on a MAC (os 10.6.2) and SU 7.1.58 the EEbyR plugin runs successfully then causes SU to go into a stall and then crash?
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@red_shift said:
Any idea why on a MAC (os 10.6.2) and SU 7.1.58 the EEbyR plugin runs successfully then causes SU to go into a stall and then crash?
no, but I could test your 4 profiles on 10.5.8 and see if it's a 10.6 issue, if you want.
at first I had problems which I now think were caused by using one of Kirrel's or one of Chris's tool earlier in the session, since then I've been restarting once I've done the curve construction and haven't had any problems.
john
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Same thing happens with Loft tool...it runs..then SU goes into a full CPU use and eventually crashes...
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@red_shift said:
Same thing happens with Loft tool...it runs..then SU goes into a full CPU use and eventually crashes...
How many profiles/rails/faces are reported in the VCB area ?
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It's something about the model as a whole...when I copy the rails and profile into a new SU file it works fine..so for now I'll do that and import the result back in...
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@red_shift said:
It's something about the model as a whole...when I copy the rails and profile into a new SU file it works fine..so for now I'll do that and import the result back in...
Geometry sometimes gets muddled in the database.
Have you trued Model Info > Statistics > Fix Problems ?
Have you tried grouping a rail and immediately exploding it ?
Or Edit>Cut'ting a rail and Edit>Paste-in-Place in the same Model?
Or Edit>Copy a rail and the Erase it and immediately Edit>Paste-in-Place in the same Model?
Or rail Select and right-click Explode Curve and immediately Welding it again ?
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@tig said:
EEbyRails won't replace Lathe as the method and results are quite different...
I chose the semi-circle as a profiles,I finally get the same effects of lathe
here is test:
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If 2face +2 path can do it, it would be a pioneering
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Further to say, I chose as a semi-circular and semi-rectangular as their path, get the desired effect of lathe will not be able to do
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Extrude edges by rail v2 is better than Soap Skin Bubble!
Drawing Mesh is more regular!
That will be better for the UV!
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Works like a charm
The funny thing is that curves are not obliged to touch themselve!
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In fact, if the rails / profiles are looped [i.e. they are without an end] then it is better if they don't touch. The profiles are 'moved' to the ends of the rails before making the mesh in any case...
Thanks for the demos - if you would like to make a detailed tutorial I won't stop you !En fait, si les rails / profils sont bouclées [c'est à dire qu'ils sont sans fin], alors il vaut mieux qu'ils ne se touchent pas. Les profils sont «déplacés» à l'extrémité des rails avant de rendre le maillage, en tout cas ... Merci pour les démos - si vous souhaitez faire un tutoriel détaillé je ne vais pas vous arrêter!
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THANK YOU SO MUCH
It helps me a lot to finish this drawing
, i've give up some months ago ...
i bet it will be the most used plugin for me (whit weld.rb) ...
yaris pour mimi.pdf -
Seems there is a little bug! (in Round corner or EEbR)
(after making a round corner with the Fredo6 plug)
(erased faces, welding sides)
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@unknownuser said:
Seems there is a little bug!
might be related to this
in all the test I've done on ramps, curtains, TIG's rails and more, I seem to only have a problem with one direction of selection, (other then complete cock-ups)
I don't know if it's a clockwise V counterclockwise issue or what, but one way round seems to generate hidden grouped and ungrouped geometry DURING the operation that seem to account for the result, the only rail never effected in the above test is still in red,
when the hidden geometry was behind any of the other three i had one of the odd results, and it wasn't there at the start of each run. often there were 3 or 4 sets of hidden bits. A ran this particular drawing in six different drawings 20 or 30 time, the problems were always on the same selection.Only got the points cloud the once?
TIG, one thing I would appreciate is an escape key, if you accidently choose 2nd rail twice (instead of the profile) it can generate vast numbers of edges
john
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