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

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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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                                  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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                                          • massimoM Offline
                                            massimo Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Charly, try like this:
                                            -Select, lets say, four profiles. Explode them and press the loft button;
                                            Cattura_1.JPG
                                            -Do the same with other four and so on;Cattura_2.JPG
                                            -Select the two profiles on the ends of two stumps and press loft. Do that for all the stumps;
                                            Cattura_3.JPGCattura_4.JPG
                                            -Delete the unwanted original profiles.
                                            That's all. 😉Cattura.JPG


                                            curviloft5-2_street.skp

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