[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Full Set
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Hi Tig,
thank you for your tutorial......again.....
I have followed your indications. I got the results I wondered.
We don't need Extrude face by rails as soon we could get the same results in other ways.Thanks again.
Stef.
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my toolbar for this not show up, please help
, found #extrusionToolbar.rb, but i think it's for menu -
The file you found IS needed to make the menu AND toolbar.
You need to activate the toolbar from View > Toolbars > Extrusion Tools
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Obrigado pelo plugin
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For some reason, when I install this plugin....my sketchup starts up very quickly. I used to wait 15 seconds or so for all my plugins to load, now it's instant!!
confused!!
having a play with these amazing tools, thank you so much TIG.
are there any videos in the pipeline? I feel they would help a lot.
Also, how do you define a "melding profile"....I mean I know what it does.....is it just the finishing profile? if that makes sense
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Oli
There are quite a few [illustrated] pages for each tool in the set - see the many links from the main zipped set download page...
A lot of the tools need two profiles and two rails.
The pick order is:-A 'profile' - the starting curve form that will 'extrude' down the rails.
B 'rail-1' - the first rail to follow with this extrusion.
C 'rail-2' - the second rail to follow with this extrusion - Note: you can also pick 'rail-1' again as 'rail-2' and it then assumes a copy of 'rail-1' is placed at the other end of the 'profile'.
D 'melding-profile' [it's a fancy name for 'profile-2'!] is what the 'profile' will 'morph' into [meld] as it is repeated down the rails - Note: you can pick 'profile' again as the 'melding-profile' and then the only 'morphing' the profile will undergo is the fitting between the rails etc.The curves need not touch but it can be helpful to visualize the result if they do... the 'mesh' is made 'over' the 'rails'.
Pairs of profiles/rails need NOT have equal curve segment counts... but if they do not and the numbers are not simple multiples then extra vertices are added to adjust the mesh and it might not be what you expected...
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excellent ruby tig, truly amazing.
I just had two questions:
*The extrude edges by faces does not appear to work with lines - can you make this work?
A work around for this is to create a line and then break it apart and use the 'weld' ruby to put it back together. BUT is there a simpler way? It'd be great if this just worked for straight lines - or do you know of a similar ruby plugin that does this function?
*second: are there tutorials for these tools? I am struggling to use them and it looks like there are bits and pieces of info on them but they are not in one central location - would it be possible to unify the tutorials for these into a few critical images for each tool like you unified the toolbar?
Would be great, and as I said earlier, great tools as they are (just wish I could use them better with more tutorials!)
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It only uses Curves BUT as explained in it's notes you can have a single segment Curve made from a selected Line - use Divide > 2 and then Weld the still selected 2 parts to make a Curve, now draw another Line to split the Curve at it's center Vertex and erase one part. You now have a single segment Curve.
It cannot use lone Lines as it would recognize each segment in a selected Curve as a Line - so it's all Curves I'm afraid - it's not too onerous to make Lines into 'straight' Curves - Tip: I use shortcuts for Divide [Ctrl+D], Weld [J] etc...
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maxel,
fredo's BezierSpline plugin:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=13563..can draw polylines (or one segment curves if you will) which work great with the extrude tools
either draw the lines in place (using 'polyline'.. the second icon in the toolbar) or, draw the lines with SU's line tool then right click it -> BZ Convert To -> polyline.
as to the tutorials, i'm pretty sure there isn't a consolidated list.. these are fairly new tools tig has developed and many of the early adopters are still learning them.. best thing to do at this time is post an example .skp here showing what you'd like to accomplish and someone will be able to tell you if it's possible or how to do it..
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cheers for explanation TIG, i just needed it in words!!
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Thank you sir for this script...
Can anyone here show us what did he do with this script in a real project, in a design work or in sketch project ?
I mean I know it is very great to work with thhis plugin, but I really want to see an architectural work made by this great plugin, Any one ?
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@interarchi said:
Thank you sir for this script...
Can anyone here show us what did he do with this script in a real project, in a design work or in sketch project ?
I mean I know it is very great to work with thhis plugin, but I really want to see an architectural work made by this great plugin, Any one ?
i have a bunch of concepts and construction drawings which i drew using these tools but i have to keep them off the web..
i've got an actual project beginning in 3 weeks which was designed using extrude by rails.. i'll post some pictures upon completion. -
@unknownuser said:
@interarchi said:
Thank you sir for this script...
Can anyone here show us what did he do with this script in a real project, in a design work or in sketch project ?
I mean I know it is very great to work with thhis plugin, but I really want to see an architectural work made by this great plugin, Any one ?
i have a bunch of concepts and construction drawings which i drew using these tools but i have to keep them off the web..
i've got an actual project beginning in 3 weeks which was designed using extrude by rails.. i'll post some pictures upon completion.Hi sir ..Still waiting for your post sir
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thanks for plugin.
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Here's an updated zipped set http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
The 'extrudeEdgesByRailsToLattice' tool has been updated to include a pane-thickness option - useful if the pane might be viewed from both sides and/or exported to a 3rd party renderer where back-faces are not rendered. Also its .lingvo files have been updated to suit... -
Here's an updated zip http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
The main changes are...
The 'Extrusion Toolbar' title's db() translation is fixed with a new lingvo file.
In EEbyVector you can now end an 'extrusion' in with a 'double-click'.
In EEbyFace if there is no 'suitable' face in the selection it's trapped with error message.
In EEbyLathe it now undoes in fewer 'steps' - ~one for each 'optional dialog'.
In EEbyRailsToLattice the missing db() on 'Processing...' in corrected. -
Here's an updated set http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
ExtrudeEdgesByRailsByFace is now trapped to stop you selecting a non-flat face and breaking Sketchup!
the lingvo files are also updated to suit. -
Thanks very much for these exellent tools.
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Here's an updated set http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
There a new tweak to EEbyRailsByFace to catch no face selected or an empty selection at the start [as well as any 'inappropriate' selections].
Also two of the ES lingvo files have some minor rephrasing by Defisto [again!]...
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