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

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    • D Offline
      d12dozr
      last edited by

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

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        grim
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        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!

            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.

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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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                                        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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                                        • pilouP Offline
                                          pilou
                                          last edited by

                                          A little use of it 😉
                                          Grow by Tig
                                          Curviloft by Fredo6
                                          FredoScale by Fredo6

                                          http://forums.polyloop.net/picture.php?albumid=23&pictureid=803

                                          http://forums.polyloop.net/picture.php?albumid=23&pictureid=804

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                                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                          My Little site :)

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                                          • charly2008C Offline
                                            charly2008
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi,

                                            I tried with Curviloft the to make the ornaments in this historic door . But it does not look good. I have to try other shapes. In the rendered image it looks like a Crab.


                                            Portal 1.JPG


                                            Portal.jpg

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