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    • G Offline
      GrahamHowells
      last edited by

      Thanks very much for helping me out Tig,
      Unfortunately I followed all your instruction, turned everything off and restarted, Still have the same issue.
      Sorry.
      Graham

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      • R Offline
        rv1974
        last edited by

        I had the same Script "XXXX* is loaded but menus will show up only at next startup of Sketchup" nightmare (with all Fredo's plugins I have. Its not related to Admin rights (at least in my case). IIRC installing the latest FredoGhost helped.

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
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          In rare cases there have been reports like this that relate back to a corrupt windows-user-account...

          To check this you could try making anew user-account on your computer.
          Then install SketchUp for that [run-as-administrator etc].
          Then install LibFredo and one of his extensions for that version of SketchUp.

          Restart SketchUp and see if the issue is resolved...
          If so we then need to look at ways of fixing your original windows-user-account, if possible...
          If it's not working then the mystery deepens...

          PS: You could also consider running a file-system check on Windows to see if it fixes anything...
          https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-system-file-checker-in-windows-10-365e0031-36b1-6031-f804-8fd86e0ef4ca
          https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system-files-79aa86cb-ca52-166a-92a3-966e85d4094e
          etc...

          TIG

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          • C Offline
            CodeDaemon
            last edited by

            Loft by spline doesn't work.

            Sketchup 2021 Pro 21.1.332 64-bit
            LibFredo6 12.2a - 01 Nov 21
            Curviloft 1.8a - 31 Oct 18


            https://trueimages.ru/thumb/2e/23/8f475e16.png

            So it always stuck on 80% or 94% step... And nothing happens.

            At same time "Skinning" way is works.

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              "Loft by spline doesn't work."

              It actually does work with the correct set up. This was done in SketchUp 2021.
              Click on the picture

              Share the .skp file so we can see what you are working with.

              Etaoin Shrdlu

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              • AibonewtA Offline
                Aibonewt
                last edited by

                Hi,

                I've been bashing away at this for hours now, and simply can't find a solution anywhere or work this out for myself. I'm so frustrated with this I've even considered switching to Blender, but wouldn't know where to start with a shape as wonky as this.

                Smaller curves good, larger (newer) bad

                The smaller (older) set of curves skin fine in Curviloft, but the others report an error. This is one of the side faces of a jewellery bail, something I've modelled using Curviloft many times over without issue. It strikes me that the curves that skin aren't as clean and smoothly defined as the new ones, but other than that I have no clue.

                Any ideas?

                Thanks in advance,

                Thomas


                Smaller curves good, larger (newer) bad

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  Since the arc at the left end is flat, you could put in an edge to fill that face.
                  Then run Curviloft for the rest of it.
                  Screenshot - 2_4_2022 , 1_12_20 PM.png
                  Screenshot - 2_4_2022 , 1_12_53 PM.png
                  Screenshot - 2_4_2022 , 1_13_25 PM.png

                  Your smaller one has some stray edges sticking out and there are some strays off at a long distance from the rest of the model. One of them is over 100 meters from the origin. Might want to delete those things.
                  Screenshot - 2_4_2022 , 1_21_59 PM.png

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                  • AibonewtA Offline
                    Aibonewt
                    last edited by

                    @dave r said:

                    Since the arc at the left end is flat, you could put in an edge to fill that face.
                    Then run Curviloft for the rest of it.

                    Your smaller one has some stray edges sticking out and there are some strays off at a long distance from the rest of the model. One of them is over 100 meters from the origin. Might want to delete those things.
                    [attachment=0:1af6ujpi]<!-- ia0 -->Screenshot - 2_4_2022 , 1_21_59 PM.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1af6ujpi]


                    Dave, that is incredible, thank you! 😍

                    Yeah, that took like under a minute to fix.

                    I owe you one, seriously 😎

                    Thomas

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      @aibonewt said:

                      Yeah, that took like under a minute to fix.

                      Happy to know it got you sorted out.

                      Because I'm nosy, what are you modeling?

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                      • AibonewtA Offline
                        Aibonewt
                        last edited by

                        @dave r said:

                        @aibonewt said:

                        Yeah, that took like under a minute to fix.

                        Happy to know it got you sorted out.

                        Because I'm nosy, what are you modeling?

                        Hi Dave,

                        I'm making resin pendants from 3D printed moulds, and the lofts are part of the bails that contain the cord. I've done hexagonal and circular previously, now I need to create one to fit the square (rotated 45Β°).

                        Hexagonal
                        Circular
                        Square (Prototype)
                        Thanks for you interest,

                        Thomas (T/A @lightandmagik)

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                        • M Offline
                          Mattc25
                          last edited by

                          Hoping for some help with a project. I'm trying to make a scale aircraft nosecone. To try to match the contours precisely I've divided the nosecone into two front/back sections with four quadrants each. Overall view with quadrants skinned.  Crack is on the top left-right junction. I can easily skin each quadrant and this worked pretty well for the forward section. The problem is at some of the skin junctions between quadrants on the back section. With default skinning parameters I get a sharp corner transition between quadrants. Sharp corner at top-bottom junction When I "Swap rails and Profiles" the sharp transition goes away.Rail swap removes sharp corner but... However, I now get a weird "buttcrack effect" between the left and right quadrants. ![The "crack". Hard to capture but very noticeable when panning along the junction line.](/uploads/imported_attachments/1jFS_Crack.png "The "crack". Hard to capture but very noticeable when panning along the junction line.") It's faint and does not exist across the entire length of the junction but it is there and noticeable in the model. I've made sure that the cross section contours are flat horizontal or vertical across the junctions but I still get these effects. I'm using vertex-to-vertex matching but I've tried the other options as well with minimal effect on result. Any idea on what's causing the "crack" and how to resolve it?


                          The model, skins mostly removed to fit under the 5Mb limit.

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                          • fredo6F Offline
                            fredo6
                            last edited by

                            NEW RELEASE: Curviloft v1.9a - 13 Feb 22

                            Curviloft 1.9a is a maintenance release for compatibility with 3D mouse devices.


                            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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                            • K Offline
                              Kaataa
                              last edited by

                              Has anyone had the problem in Sketchup where it ask for a licenses to use Curviloft?

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                              • Rich O BrienR Online
                                Rich O Brien Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @kaataa said:

                                Has anyone had the problem in Sketchup where it ask for a licenses to use Curviloft?

                                Many of Fredo's tools have become paid extensions which now require a license to use them.

                                Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                  naija architect
                                  last edited by

                                  @fredo6 said:

                                  NEW RELEASE: Curviloft v1.9a - 13 Feb 22

                                  Curviloft 1.9a is a maintenance release for compatibility with 3D mouse devices.


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

                                  Main post of this thread

                                  Fredo

                                  i downloaded a curviloft plugin a month ago and i wanted to use it today but i wasnt able to do that because it said trial expired,i havnt event gotten to use it once

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                                  • Dave RD Offline
                                    Dave R
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                                    The trial period is 30 days starting the day you install it. Not sure if there's anything Fredo6 can do about the passage of time.

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                                      naija architect
                                      last edited by

                                      @dave r said:

                                      The trial period is 30 days starting the day you install it. Not sure if there's anything Fredo6 can do about the passage of time.

                                      woah,thank you

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                                      • Rich O BrienR Online
                                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        @ktea said:

                                        Yes you baited us, what can I say, these tactics really suck.

                                        You need to re-evaluate what you said. You're misinformed

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        I think at this point I will take it as a sign of the times and move to Blender.

                                        Blender has a very strong commercial ecosystem too.

                                        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                        • K Offline
                                          ktea
                                          last edited by

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                                          • Z Offline
                                            Zampano1
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi Fredo6!

                                            I am working with an old windows machine on win7 and su 2015.

                                            Is there any download link for an older Curviloft version to work with (works with SU 2015)?

                                            Thanks a lot 😎
                                            Alex

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