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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      Pipe along path: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=1709

      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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      • mitcorbM Offline
        mitcorb
        last edited by

        I am guessing that you have tried the line2tube with 4 segments and found that the vertices orient themselves with edges oriented to the axes instead of faces oriented to the axes.
        Suggestion:
        Select each tube and rotate as you produce. The tube will be a group. Navigate to the end of the tube and use the Move tool. Hover over the end face and use the red grips to rotate the tube.
        If you meant you wanted the tube to form with actual walls, this may be a level of detail not necessary in the model, but it can be done, just not with this ruby, unless you form two tubes with 4 segments but with different radii using the same line for both.

        Also, I don't think the entire array is going to bloom out simultaneously. I am not sure but you may wish to do this in steps.
        If none of this applies to your post, just ignore it, as many have in other posts.
        Just trying to help.

        I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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        • juan974J Offline
          juan974
          last edited by

          Thank you for your fast replies, first i tried line2tubetool then ghostcomponent, it work only for tube along blue red and green axis then i read the replies and try line2tubestool whit 4 sides (precision is sides), and all the tubes are rotated of 45 degres ... so i have to rotated then ... so long for a so small structure ...
          Pipealongpath don t works on the all lines and have the same rotate problem.
          Profilbuilder looks great
          I just discover that soften edges works outside the group or component (several groups or components too), i start using su in juny 😆

          juan974 (Réunion island)
          website : http://sketchucation.com/click.php?url=http://www.tarn.us

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          • ArcA Offline
            Arc
            last edited by

            there is free plugin named "Smart Modeling" can do it, but it's Chinese language.

            http://image-001.yo2cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/578/57877/2009/11/2.jpg

            http://smartmodeling.yo2.cn/smartmodeling%e4%bb%8b%e7%bb%8d
            You cad download frome here:http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmodeling/files/SmartModeling.rar/download

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              Top faces straight curvated are very cool but the underfaces are not intersected 😉underface.jpg

              So select only up faces and make a dawn Joint Push Pull by Fredo6 😉
              Press TAB for have options (Keep /Erase original faces)
              jpp.jpg

              Frenchy Pilou
              Is beautiful that please without concept!
              My Little site :)

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              • S Offline
                sepo
                last edited by

                @arc said:

                there is free plugin named "Smart Modeling" can do it, but it's Chinese language.

                http://image-001.yo2cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/578/57877/2009/11/2.jpg

                http://smartmodeling.yo2.cn/smartmodeling%e4%bb%8b%e7%bb%8d
                You cad download frome here:http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmodeling/files/SmartModeling.rar/download

                Is there a way that someone could translate this in english? It looks like an interesting plugin.

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                • Mike LuceyM Offline
                  Mike Lucey
                  last edited by

                  http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://smartmodeling.yo2.cn/smartmodeling%25E4%25BB%258B%25E7%25BB%258D&ei=-HInS7_iBdeZjAfCx-WgDQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAkQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://smartmodeling.yo2.cn/smartmodeling%25E4%25BB%258B%25E7%25BB%258D%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26client%3Dopera%26rls%3Den%26hs%3Do5V

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    To get orthogonal 'frames' try Windowizer4 on all of the selected faces, give Glass a Material, NO rear faces, and without subdivision etc.
                    Select frames' faces by material and use JointPushPull on them to make the properly intersecting, back faces of frames...
                    If you don't want the 'glass' then you can select by material and erase it later...EEbyR+Windowizer4.pngEEbyR+Windowizer4.skp

                    TIG

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      You can always select everything and intersect with selected?
                      There is no easy way of making such a complex 3D object without some compromises...
                      "Sufficient is fit"
                      I have updated the SKP and PNG to show making the front-face only and then using +JPP to avoid this problem...
                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=209470#p209470

                      TIG

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                      • S Offline
                        sepo
                        last edited by

                        Thanks Mike. That was informative but I was hoping to have GUI in english.

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                        • pilouP Offline
                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          @Tig
                          I have written my article with your old tut and of course don't seen that you have updated 😳

                          Frenchy Pilou
                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                          My Little site :)

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            @Tig
                            I have written my article with your old tut and of course don't seen that you have updated 😳

                            No, Pilou - I fixed it because of your very useful comments...
                            Non, Pilou - je l'ai fixé, parceque de tes commentaires très utiles ...

                            TIG

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              @unknownuser said:

                              I fixed it because of your very useful comments...

                              😄 👍

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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