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

fredo6

Jason,

I had a look and yes the design is quite impressive. I see of course where you used the plugins.
You really should put a picture in your post.

Fredo

jason_maranto

Hey Fredo,

I am currently trying my best to learn how to use curviloft and I working on a project that I think fits alot of what the tool does -- since everyone else is sharing I thought I would too. This is a the arm for a robot from a show I watched as a child called Robotech (also known as Macross overseas).

http://www.spotoarts.com/jason/armandgun_posed_dc.skp (5mb download)

I am using curviloft, roundcorner, and JJP for alot of this -- you may also notice that this is a dynamic component and if you click on it I have rigged it to animate between 2 positions... although the poly-count is really stretching the limits of what can be animated.

Thank-you for your plugins!

I also forgot to mention I'm using your BZ toolbar set as well

Best,
Jason.

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: Curviloft 1.1a - 12 Jan 11

Sorry for long absence. This new release hopefully includes a functional version of Loft Along Path, along with other fixes. It also support a two-phase loading.

Note that you will need to upgrade to LibFredo6 3.6.

There is still no documentation. So the best is have a look at the video:
[flash=640,480:3menursp]http://www.youtube.com/v/AZnVY3unWPU&hl[/flash:3menursp]

See main post for download

Fredo

Rich O Brien

Thanks again Fredo6, this is an amazing tool

utiler

Fredo, I don't know how many time I can say thank you with out it becoming monotonous but, thank you!

Dave R

Wow!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Daniel S

Thank you Fredo!!!

I like the respect tangency method

But looks like the skinning option has a regression

Daniel S

skin.skp

fredo6

@daniel s said:

[b]But looks like the skinning option has a regression

Daniel S

Daniel,

You always find the right bugs. Thanks for that! This seems to be with 3 sides shapes.
I have a look.

Fredo

pilou

Happy new year Fredo! et

fredo6

Small bug signaled by Daniel S in Skinning (on 3-side shapes) is fixed.
You just need to upgrade to LibFredo6 3.6b

Fredo

Daniel S

That was fast.. thank you again Fredo!!!

Awesome plugin

Daniel S

pilou

Speedy SAV (in English after sales service )

jason_maranto

Hi Fredo,

Thank-you again for this -- I do have a slight request... I have some re-occurring twisting and if I take the time to align the verts manually the result comes out exactly the way I want, but manually setting the verts seems a bit temperamental at this point and I was wondering if it could be possible to set the "twist" parameters to decimal increments as it would solve my problem (1 is too large a change). See attached file for example.

If there is a better solution then I am very interested... I have split the profiles down the middle and successfully finished it that way.

Best,
Jason.

twisty verts.skp

massimo

Amazing as usual...
Thank you.

fredo6

@jason_maranto said:

Hi Fredo,

Thank-you again for this -- I do have a slight request... I have some re-occurring twisting and if I take the time to align the verts manually the result comes out exactly the way I want, but manually setting the verts seems a bit temperamental at this point and I was wondering if it could be possible to set the "twist" parameters to decimal increments as it would solve my problem (1 is too large a change). See attached file for example.

If there is a better solution then I am very interested... I have split the profiles down the middle and successfully finished it that way.

Best,
Jason.

Jason,

In your case, the alignment issue can be solved by using naturalvertex matching, as opposed to best-fit of shapes(which is the default).
Here is an illustration on your model. In your case, the natural 'straight' matching is more appropriate than the shape best-fit method.

natural matching.gif

Fredo

PS: by the way, your model is a good illustration for using the transversal Spline methods (like F-Spline, second icon from the right, in red). See in attached file
twisty verts - Fredo.skp

fredo6

@utiler said:

Fredo, I don't know how many time I can say thank you with out it becoming monotonous but, thank you!

Thanks to your thanks. I hope you are safe with all the water flooding in Queensland.

Fredo

jason_maranto

Thank-you again Fredo -- I tried all the other icons there but failed to try that last one (toggle natural) This is such an amazing tool for Sketchup

Best,
Jason.

Ben Ritter

Fredo, thank you very very much, again.

erikB

Very usefull pluging !!!
Thank you very much Fredo.
I had some bugsplats due to the fact that I was still using an old version of JPP. (It was the libtraductor.rb file who caused it)
But after upgrading both rudys work like charme.
greetings, erikB

mitcorb

Well, good to know the updates appear to be backward compatible to earlier Sketchup versions. We would expect nothing less from the very capable Fredo6.

And, I add my Thank You, Fredo