[Plugin] Extrude Edges by Face

charly2008

Another Profile. Maybe interesting for Woodworkers.

charly2008

The first experiments reminded me of the plug-ins "Convert arcs, circles ..... to cylinders" and "tube along path". But the fact that you can use different profiles I see it as a powerful extension of the possibilities which the above mentioned plugins have.

Face.skp

charly2008

Here are a few experiments with different geometric bodies.

Face1.skp

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ

TIG excellent update. thank you very much for the speed at which fixes plugins

can you add, optional, the orientation of the face?
similar to the file attachment, or other options for rotation of the face
maybe
align with curved or aligned with the axis, or random alignment

TIG is possible?

05.skp

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ

hi tig.
a question.
This plugins can work with 2 face and 1 rail?

for example
initial one face (circle), and a final face (square)

or

initial one face (rectangle), and a final face (square)

or just the same face but with a different scale.

for example

face 1 rectangle of 10cm x 15cm

face 2 rectangle 20cm x 30cm

TIG

Yes it can.
Make sure the two Profiles' edges - the circle and the square [welded] - are both Curves.
Make the Rail a Curve too - even if it's only one segment long !
Pick Rail-1 and re-pick it as Rail-2 when prompted...

xrok1

@xrok1 said:

here's what i get:

????

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ

@tig said:

Yes it can.
Make sure the two Profiles' edges - the circle and the square [welded] - are both Curves.
Make the Rail a Curve too - even if it's only one segment long !
Pick Rail-1 and re-pick it as Rail-2 when prompted...

you say use the extrude edgesbayrailes plugins?

my question is can you do with your extrude edges by face.
that automatically positions the face about the curve

the idea is that works like this plugins
http://www.drawmetal.com/tapermaker

is it possible?

TIG

It's the Extrude Edges By Rails **By Face** plugin that does this.
That works very similarly to EEbyRails BUT it makes the ribs from a preselected face - like the individual 'rib' made with EEbyFace..............

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ

tig apologize. not understand well what you say.
My idea was that the plugins Extrude Edges by Face, work with both sides and a rail.

like the example attached. ( picture + file )

Operating:

select two sides + a curved edge
run the plugins
generates geometria

this is possible?

Sin título.skp

pilou

@unknownuser said:

this is possible?

2 faces + path by Kirill2008

TIG

OK you can already do this with EEbyRails IF the edges of the two faces are Curves and you make the 'path' curve as the two Rails...
You want a tool Extrude Face to Face By Rails ?
You pick Face1 then Face2 then Rail1 and Rail2 [or Rail1 again].
It'd work just like EEbyRails but the Profile and the Melding-Profile are made from the edges forming the two faces' outer_loop...
I'll think about it but I think it's been done

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ

if Tig. It has done something similar.
2 faces + path but it can do, but is more complex.

other plugins that generates something like this is tapermaker. but is limited
only use preset faces in a dialog box

but

Extrude Edges by Face is fantastic plugins. is simple and fast

TIG

See here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=226249#p226249 for Extrude Edges by Faces...

TIG

Tool has been updated
1.4 20100220 Glitch on some text in db fixed.
1.5 20100220 Glitch with number of Rail-Ribs fixed.
Color coding of picked curves added.
Profile=Cyan
Rail1=Magenta
Rail2=DarkVioletRed
MeldingProfile=DarkCyan
FaceEdges=Orange
See here for download link http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=224218#p224218

chrisjk

TIG, there now seems to be a problem with your latest EEBRF:-

so far so good..

It just stops working here after clicking OK.

pilou

Are you sure?
Just wait end calculation ?
Do you see something bottom screen left corner screen line help?

chrisjk

Frenchy,

I am sure. I replaced the latest version with a version from 18 Feb and that works fine. Changing the older one out for the newer again and it still hangs at the same point.

I am on a Mac - maybe there's a difference?

TIG

There are two tools EEbyFace and EEbyRailsByFace - you are jumbling the threads.
EEbyFace - you pre-pick a Face and a path of Edges and run the tool there are no prompts to pick curves etc
EEbyRailsbyFaces
Pre-pick the ProfileFace

you run the tool
Pick the profiles as with EEbyRails...

BUT it shouldn't dump out like that.
I have tried to replicate this and got it too...

I have a fix - publishing it soonest...

chrisjk

TIG,
True, I was jumbling the threads, I got confused here :-
Screen shot 2010-02-20 at 19.26.48.png

Face - Faces..

and went on to see which of the plugins was actually giving me colours and got hung up on EEBRF. A different naming scheme would make it easier for us mortals! After all, EEBRBF extrudes a selected face along chosen edges, so something like "ExtrudeaFacebyRails" could help differentiate it better.