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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      @rv1974 said:

      No, what is needed is intermediate segments to preserve initial dimensions of the profile.

      Then, Curviloft is not adapted, and you should use FollowMe Rotate or TIG Grow extensions.

      With rotated profile, line joining the begin and end profile corner does not meet the corner of the intermediate profiles.

      Curviloft NO straight 2.png

      In your red shape, you can see that the short segments joining stores are not aligned and do not form a big straight line.

      Curviloft - NO straight.png

      Fredo

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        rv1974
        last edited by

        Thanks for mentioning those alternatives- I'll check them. I'm so glued to your tools that completely forgot others 😄
        BTW the straight line on a blue tower shows the horizontal segments don't sit perfectly on it. The gap is ridiculously small in real life scale (~0.3cm in the middle floors, but big enough to spoil the model

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          rv1974
          last edited by

          Fredo could you take a look please

          messy result with a newest version (loft)

          uuu.PNG

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          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
            last edited by

            @rv1974 said:

            Fredo could you take a look please

            I need to consider this case of indetical profiles more seriously, which Curviloft did not really do.

            So I'll come with something more robust.

            Fredo

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              Architure
              last edited by

              Hi there,

              When selecting more than 3 edge curves, and choosing for junction by orthogonal bezier curves, the surfaces do not get the reach the right spline method result.

              Here is what the ruby console shows

              Error: #<ArgumentError: Cannot create unit vector from zero length vector>
              c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6profile.rbe:119:in axes' c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6profile.rbe:119:in compute_by_offset'
              c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6profile.rbe:58:in compute_by_vectors2' c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6profile.rbe:86:in compute_by_normals'
              c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftspline.rbe:357:in block in spline_profiling_construct' c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftspline.rbe:351:in each'
              c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftspline.rbe:351:in each_with_index' c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftspline.rbe:351:in spline_profiling_construct'
              c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftspline.rbe:249:in spline_junction_construct' c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftalgo.rbe:497:in generic_junction_construct'
              c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftalgo.rbe:1418:in junction_construct' c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftalgo.rbe:407:in block in link_construct_all'
              c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftalgo.rbe:407:in each' c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftalgo.rbe:407:in link_construct_all'
              c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftalgo.rbe:396:in link_calculate_all' c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftalgo.rbe:530:in option_set_prop'
              c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curvilofttool.rbe:206:in option_set_prop' c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftpalette.rbe:773:in call'
              c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_curviloft/curviloftpalette.rbe:773:in block in pal_family_spline_method' c:/users/mbe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6palette.rbe:3963:in call'

              Just ask me for the file if needed!

              Cheers

              Manuel
              ...

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              • fredo6F Offline
                fredo6
                last edited by

                @architure said:

                Just ask me for the file if needed!

                Yes the file would be useful, as this seems to be a special case.

                Thanks

                Fredo

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                • A Offline
                  Architure
                  last edited by

                  Hi there,
                  Sorry for my late reply. Here is the attached 2018 skp file . You can see that the selected mode is only applied between the first 3 curves.
                  Let me know if I can provide more information.
                  Cheers

                  seat back.skp

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                  • fredo6F Offline
                    fredo6
                    last edited by

                    NEW RELEASE: Curviloft v1.8a - 31 Oct 18

                    Curviloft 1.8a is a maintenance release for bug fixing.

                    See Plugin Page of Curviloft for Download (or use the Sketchup PluginStore plugin for auto-installation.

                    Main post of this thread

                    Fredo

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                      zswseu
                      last edited by

                      Looking forward to another excellent work.

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                      • R Offline
                        rv1974
                        last edited by

                        In 99% of of lofting uses I have to straighten borders connnecting ends of segments afterwards(thanks Thom there're Edge tools so it's not manual). Could there be an optionto keep them straight when creating?
                        Thanks

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                        • fredo6F Offline
                          fredo6
                          last edited by

                          @rv1974 said:

                          In 99% of of lofting uses I have to straighten borders connnecting ends of segments afterwards(thanks Thom there're Edge tools so it's not manual). Could there be an optionto keep them straight when creating?
                          Thanks

                          Not too sure what you mean by 'straighten'.
                          Maybe an example would be helpful.

                          Fredo

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                            rv1974
                            last edited by

                            Edit: Only after posting I figured out 'junction by connected lines' in 'spline method' fixes this problem' 😄

                            Capture.JPG

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                            • fredo6F Offline
                              fredo6
                              last edited by

                              @rv1974 said:

                              Edit: Only after posting I figured out 'junction by connected lines' in 'spline method' fixes this problem' 😄

                              I really need to refresh the plugin with more explicit control of the different options (and maybe selecting a few ones which make sense). Currently, Curviloft rather exposes the options that come from the algorithm, up to the user to find out what is appropriate. That's why I still leave it in Beta after all these years!

                              Fredo

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                              • jgbJ Offline
                                jgb
                                last edited by

                                I really need to refresh the plugin with more explicit control of the different options (and maybe selecting a few ones which make sense).

                                I wholeheartedly agree, but please also update your last 32 bit version as well.
                                I cannot run 64 bit apps on my old PC. I'm still running Make V.13.

                                jgb

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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  Loft along the path: can we modify the path after launch the plugin?

                                  I don't see it! (the path)

                                  loft_path.jpg

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                                  My Little site :)

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                                  • fredo6F Offline
                                    fredo6
                                    last edited by

                                    @jgb said:

                                    I wholeheartedly agree, but please also update your last 32 bit version as well.
                                    I cannot run 64 bit apps on my old PC. I'm still running Make V.13.

                                    What do you mean?
                                    Do you have issues with Curviloft on Sketchup 2013?

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                                    • R Offline
                                      rv1974
                                      last edited by

                                      I searched hard to find how to save this method as default but no luck. Is it possible at least make this tool to remember last used settings at least? If it could remember them permanently it'd be even better. Thank you.

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                                      • fredo6F Offline
                                        fredo6
                                        last edited by

                                        @rv1974 said:

                                        I searched hard to find how to save this method as default but no luck. Is it possible at least make this tool to remember last used settings at least? If it could remember them permanently it'd be even better. Thank you.

                                        Do you use the latest version (1.8a)? It keeps the latest settings across Sketchup sessions and I checked it works with SU2013.

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                                        • R Offline
                                          rv1974
                                          last edited by

                                          Great news! ☀ Gone refreshing ALL of yours

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                                          • R Offline
                                            rv1974
                                            last edited by

                                            I checked, v1.8.a doesn't keep my last used settings (at least junktion by connected lines method)

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