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

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    • charly2008C Offline
      charly2008
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      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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        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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                  dolphus
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                  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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                          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
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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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                                          • K Offline
                                            KarinaGM
                                            last edited by

                                            I haven't even had time to use it and I am already in love with this plugin.
                                            Thanks Fredo

                                            **"Aquel que sacrifica un poco de libertad por seguridad, no se merece ninguna y terminará perdiendo ambas"

                                            -Benjamín Franklin.**

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