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

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    • D Offline
      d12dozr
      last edited by

      Master programmer + master artisan = 😮 😍

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

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        d12dozr
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        Excellent Charly, these works really deserve a thread all of their own in the Gallery.

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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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            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!

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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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                    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
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                          @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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                                  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.

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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 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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                                          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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                                            pilou
                                            last edited by

                                            A little use of it 😉
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