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

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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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        • G Offline
          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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              • G Offline
                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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                • D Offline
                  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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                  • D Offline
                    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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                            • 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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                              • 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

                                Frenchy Pilou
                                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

                                  He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                  • N Offline
                                    notareal
                                    last edited by

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    @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.
                                    [attachment=0:12mbvobp]<!-- ia0 -->Pencil for Loft - Daniel S - linear.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:12mbvobp]
                                    Fredo

                                    You cannot stop amaze! This already is a true gem. Wonder to what it will grow...

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                                    • D Offline
                                      Daniel S
                                      last edited by

                                      I just see:

                                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=29374#p256698

                                      And made me wonder... would be possible something like this?
                                      strangeloft.jpg
                                      Daniel S

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                                      • charly2008C Offline
                                        charly2008
                                        last edited by

                                        I have further experimented with Curivloft. But for those stone sculptures, it seems to be less suitable. The current forms I have generated by the standard tools, the Freehand tool, Push Pull and Subdivide and Smooth.


                                        Portal.jpg


                                        Portal1.png

                                        He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          Notice that the numbers for each profile alternates throughout your pre-selecting.

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

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            I would think Fredo's tool superior to my EEbyLoft... BUT mine works with some componentizing and exploding etc !
                                            Fredo, please borrow whatever ideas work in my tool for yours !
                                            Capture.PNGcurviloft5.skp

                                            TIG

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