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    [Plugin][$] Curviloft 2.0a - 31 Mar 24 (Loft & Skinning)

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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      hm... that is a concern. we should contact the developers.

      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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      • charly2008C Offline
        charly2008
        last edited by

        Hi,

        here some variations of rings


        Ring1.jpg


        Ring2.jpg


        Ring3jpg.jpg


        Ring4.jpg

        He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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        • D Offline
          d12dozr
          last edited by

          Master programmer + master artisan = 😮 😍

          Wow, fantastic work Fredo and Charly...tutorial please, Charly?

          3D Printing with SketchUp Book
          http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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            d12dozr
            last edited by

            Excellent Charly, these works really deserve a thread all of their own in the Gallery.

            3D Printing with SketchUp Book
            http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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              grim
              last edited by

              fredo and charly

              this tool is fantastic, however after reviewing the examples posted by charly i was eager to try them out for myself but when it came time to try step 3 if found that the curviloft menue did not display the same information nor did the black backround profile menu appear i have sinced removed all rubies and reloaded only the latest from you posting to see if i had installed it incorrectly however i get the same responce

              can you enlighten me as to the problem or is there somthing i am over looking

              thanks

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              • J Offline
                Jim
                last edited by

                I have moved the Curviloft tutorial to the Tutorials Forum - it will hopefully keep both topics more readable.

                http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=29374

                Hi

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                • halroachH Offline
                  halroach
                  last edited by

                  As all of your wonderful plugins!
                  Very nice fredo!

                  FlexTools - Super Quick Windows, Doors, Slats...

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                  • D Offline
                    dolphus
                    last edited by

                    Fredo I am a big fan of your work, i hang my head in shame and confess that i cannot get the Curvilot to work when i start uo SU i get the following message " Module Curviloft requires LibFredo6 version greater than 35. Current version is 34" but i do have Version 35 in the plugin dir as well as 34 if i remove the 34 many of my other Fredo plugins work is it possible for anyone to diagnose my problem?
                    Thanks in anticipation

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                    • fredo6F Offline
                      fredo6
                      last edited by

                      @grim said:

                      fredo and charly

                      this tool is fantastic, however after reviewing the examples posted by charly i was eager to try them out for myself but when it came time to try step 3 if found that the curviloft menue did not display the same information nor did the black backround profile menu appear i have sinced removed all rubies and reloaded only the latest from you posting to see if i had installed it incorrectly however i get the same responce

                      can you enlighten me as to the problem or is there somthing i am over looking

                      thanks

                      Maybe you just need to click on a junction to get the floating palette appear, if it is your problem.

                      Fredo

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                      • fredo6F Offline
                        fredo6
                        last edited by

                        @dolphus said:

                        Fredo I am a big fan of your work, i hang my head in shame and confess that i cannot get the Curvilot to work when i start uo SU i get the following message " Module Curviloft requires LibFredo6 version greater than 35. Current version is 34" but i do have Version 35 in the plugin dir as well as 34 if i remove the 34 many of my other Fredo plugins work is it possible for anyone to diagnose my problem?
                        Thanks in anticipation

                        Check out if you have a subfolder named LIBFREDO6_Dir_35 in the Plugins directory. Normally, the script automatically select the latest version of LibFredo6

                        Fredo

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                          grim
                          last edited by

                          fredo

                          thanks for the pointers, they work... there seems to be a lot more to using this tool than i realise, i am getting the hang of it slowly

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                          • D Offline
                            dolphus
                            last edited by

                            Thank you for the quick reply, I thought i had put the folder in i have now and it works
                            Thank you very much

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                            • fredo6F Offline
                              fredo6
                              last edited by

                              @daniel s said:

                              Here I make another quick test for loft feature. It´s simple but y really want to know if it would work in this cases.

                              Daniel S

                              I missed this one.
                              Here is the result, with Loft by Spline
                              Pencil for Loft - Daniel S.gif

                              Fredo


                              Pencil for loft.skp

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                                grim
                                last edited by

                                danial

                                tried you shape file and came up with very different results see attached file

                                can you enlighten me as to where i am going wrong as i followed your instructions as well as trying one of my own

                                regards

                                david


                                grimshape.skp

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                                  Daniel S
                                  last edited by

                                  You can select all the contours to make the loft:
                                  1.gif
                                  You will see that there is a problem with the default method.. try to change it with the toolbar for different results:
                                  Captura.JPG

                                  Or you can make it in two parts (for this model I wanted this result):
                                  2.gif

                                  Daniel S

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                                    Daniel S
                                    last edited by

                                    The idea was a result like this for that model:
                                    pencil.JPG
                                    Is better to make the loft in parts and not all togheter in a lot of cases.
                                    For example, I´m making a shape where two contours share edges.
                                    1.JPG
                                    2.JPG
                                    it is better to make a loft between 1-2-3, then explode and after that make the loft 4-5 for better results:
                                    3.JPG
                                    4.JPG

                                    I attach the skp to show that if you make a loft of 1-2-3-4-5 the results are not good in this case.

                                    Daniel S


                                    shape.skp

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                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      @daniel s said:

                                      The idea was a result like this for that model:
                                      [attachment=6:fuxjwvvf]<!-- ia6 -->pencil.JPG<!-- ia6 -->[/attachment:fuxjwvvf]Daniel S

                                      For the pencil, use the regular Bezier method (first method) instead of Cubic Bezier (default method).
                                      [attachment=0:fuxjwvvf]<!-- ia0 -->Pencil Loft Daniel S.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:fuxjwvvf]
                                      Fredo

                                      PS: for the other shape, there are still some issues when curves are partially overlapping. But it is a good example I can work from.


                                      Pencil Loft Daniel S.png

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        I've yet to try out this plugin for myself - but is there a linear option as well? Or is it just beziers? It seems to be that the pencil would require a linear morphing to get the shape of the tip.

                                        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                        • fredo6F Offline
                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          @thomthom said:

                                          I've yet to try out this plugin for myself - but is there a linear option as well? Or is it just beziers? It seems to be that the pencil would require a linear morphing to get the shape of the tip.

                                          The Linear option will be available in the next release (along with other spline methods). I came to that conclusion too.
                                          Pencil for Loft - Daniel S - linear.gif
                                          Fredo

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                                          • Bob JamesB Offline
                                            Bob James
                                            last edited by

                                            Just came across this wonderful and amazing new tool.
                                            I'm pretty much speechless: incredible 🎉

                                            This opens up soooo many possibilities. Thank you for this great tool

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