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

[jgb]

Thanks guys, and for the PM "solutions" as well. I will look at them later this week, as I have no time just now.

Actually I'm not looking for a solution. I have it in the rightmost copy, and it is good enough for my learning purposes. I will not use that particular duct in any model, as it was not to scale, nor to fit the actual airplane at this time. The "real" one will be shorter and the curves a bit more involved to avoid aircraft structure. It is simply a learning exercise for Curviloft using a shape I had difficulty creating using a mesh and tweaking it.

The essence of my post was that it seems Curviloft tried to follow the original DIRECTION of the flipped copy of a curve in segments causing a twist in the surface, and was for Fredo to analyze. Once I welded the flipped curve segments, my duct formed correctly.

[rock1]

wow,what a plugin fredo!

I should have joined this forum earlier. I never knew about it. What a cool collection of plugins is present here!!

[Rich O Brien]

Hi Fredo,

Can you look at this file?

CurviLoft_Helix.skp

Using 'Skinning of Shapes' but slight errors appear?

[jeff hammond]

@unknownuser said:

[attachment=2:o25qv8mt]<!-- ia2 -->CurviLoft_Helix.skp<!-- ia2 -->[/attachment:o25qv8mt]

Using 'Skinning of Shapes' but slight errors appear?

you have to switch the properties..

for instance, try the same thing with tig's extrude edges by rails.. use the helix lines as the rails and the little shorties as profiles (well, make them curves first).. you'll see a similar though actually worse error.. then, do it again but choose the helix as profiles and the little lines as rails.. all is better.

to do that in curviloft, click in a black area of the preview skin to bring up this dialog:

[attachment=1:o25qv8mt]<!-- ia1 -->001.jpg<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:o25qv8mt]

then use the top left button to re-orient
[attachment=0:o25qv8mt]<!-- ia0 -->002.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:o25qv8mt]

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[Rich O Brien]

Thanks Jeff.

Strangely I did use TIG EebyR it it worked perfectly. Though I used one shawty as both 'Profile' and 'Melding Profile'. Didn't try it with separate profiles.

Anyway thanks for the fix

[tibet]

hi ,
i have deleted curviloft icons by accident.
could you please tell me how to restore them in sketchup 8 pro
thanks

[TIG]

@tibet said:

hi ,
i have deleted curviloft icons by accident.
could you please tell me how to restore them in sketchup 8 pro
thanks
Go to the first post in this thread and download the files and install them as instructed. The icons will be restored and some other scripts etc will be overwritten - but that doesn't matter...
However, if you don't mean you've actually thrown away the files but you mean you've 'closed the toolbar' or 'deactivated the extension' then simply reactivate the extension through Window > Preferences > Extensions and/or switch on the toolbar through View > Toolbars...

[Dave R]

@tibet said:

hi ,
i have deleted curviloft icons by accident.
could you please tell me how to restore them in sketchup 8 pro
thanks

It's interesting what you can find on these forums.

[pythiaz]

Super LOL~!!

[66searcher]

thanks fredo6
one of the best of all su plugins ! well done!
thanks Karl (Charly)
great works by you motivates me...good luck.

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[fredo6]

Joel,

Can you post the model or a typical case, because I am not clear on the issue you face

Fredo

[jgb]

I may be doing something wrong, but there is a very simple curve that Curviloft (CL) seems to have a problem with.

If I have 2 surfaces that I punch a hole in, say a round airplane fuselage that I put a round window or door opening in, CL won't face the rim of the opening.

After I delete the 2 wall bits in the opening, I select the 2 perimeters and call CL to do its magic. In effect, create the rim or ring. All I get are magenta lines.

If I join 1 pair of verticies, still no go. I have to draw 2 joiners (close together), and deselect the lines of the perimeter between the 2 joiners and CL does its magic in a flash.

This happens even to 2 rings in free space, unconnected to anything. I have to break both rings, then rejoin them after CL makes the curve.

Yet yesterday I made a large complex curved door, and CL rimmed it perfectly in 5 seconds, compared to 20 minutes or more to my making the perimeter manually. So I'm NOT complaining.

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Fredo, as requested. The model I discovered this is way too big to upload, so I made an example.

I drew 2 rings offset in X, Y & Z axis.
Select 2 rings alone and CL will not form a rim.
Join rings with only 1 line, select all and CL creates a twisted rim.
Join rings with 2 lines and select all, no rim forms.
Deselect 2 bits of ring segment and CL forms proper rim.

As explained above, 4 sets of rings

[hygicell]

I am getting a lot of error messages on the Fredo6 plugins at startup of Sketchup 8 Pro:
please help
Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftAlgo.rb
uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftCurveMover.rb
uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftLoader.rb
uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftPalette.rb
uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/CurviloftTool.rb
uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_10/__loader.rb
undefined method effective_load' for nil:NilClassError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_11/CurviloftAlgo.rb uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_11/CurviloftCurveMover.rb uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_11/CurviloftPalette.rb uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_11/CurviloftTool.rb uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_11/__loader.rb undefined method effective_load' for nil:NilClassError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CURVILOFT_Dir_11/bootstrap_Curviloft.rb
uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/FREDOSCALE_Dir_21/__loader.rb
undefined method effective_load' for nil:NilClassError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/FREDOSCALE_Dir_21/bootstrap_FredoScale.rb (eval):1: uninitialized constant FredoScale::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/FREESCALE_Dir_10/FreeScale_Common.rb uninitialized constant FreeScale::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/FREESCALE_Dir_10/FreeScale_Tool.rb uninitialized constant FreeScale::SU_MAJOR_VERSIONError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/FREESCALE_Dir_10/__loader.rb undefined method effective_load' for nil:NilClassError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/GHOSTCOMP_Dir_10/GhostCompAlgo.rb
uninitialized constant GhostComp::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/GHOSTCOMP_Dir_10/GhostCompLoader.rb
uninitialized constant GhostComp::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/GHOSTCOMP_Dir_10/__loader.rb
undefined method effective_load' for nil:NilClassError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/HOVERSELECT_Dir_11/HoverSelect_Palette.rb uninitialized constant HoverSelect::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/HOVERSELECT_Dir_11/HoverSelect_main.rb uninitialized constant HoverSelect::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/HOVERSELECT_Dir_11/__loader.rb undefined method effective_load' for nil:NilClassError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ROUNDCORNER_Dir_22/__loader.rb
undefined method effective_load' for nil:NilClassError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ROUNDCORNER_Dir_22/bootstrap_RoundCorner.rb uninitialized constant RoundCorner::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/EraserOnSurface.rb uninitialized constant SUToolsOnSurface::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/FreehandOnSurface.rb uninitialized constant SUToolsOnSurface::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/LibOnSurface.rb uninitialized constant SUToolsOnSurface::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/LineOnSurface.rb uninitialized constant SUToolsOnSurface::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/OffsetAlgoOnSurface.rb uninitialized constant SUToolsOnSurface::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/OffsetOnSurface.rb uninitialized constant SUToolsOnSurface::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/PaletteOnSurface.rb uninitialized constant SUToolsOnSurface::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/PolylineOnSurface.rb uninitialized constant SUToolsOnSurface::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/__loader.rb undefined method effective_load' for nil:NilClassError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/bootstrap_OnSurface.rb
uninitialized constant SUToolsOnSurface::T6Error Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_Lib2/arc.rb
uninitialized constant TTError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_Lib2/attributes.rb
uninitialized constant TTError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_Lib2/babelfish.rb
uninitialized constant TTError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_Lib2/bezier.rb
uninitialized constant TTError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_Lib2/binary.rb
uninitialized constant TTError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_Lib2/bounds.rb
uninitialized constant TTError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TT_Lib2/color.rb
uninitialized constant TTError Loading File H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ruby/singleton.rb
undefined method extend_object' for Singleton'

[TIG]

Frank

Sounds like you haven't got all of the files installed in the right places ?
Please reread the installation instructions.
Also see this thread for help on extracting zipped files and keeping their subfolder structure with Plugins etc http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=35746
Also if you have inadvertently put files directly into Plugins that ought to be within a subfolder, then please remove them as they might cause unexpected results as they will then auto-load at startup rather than when the main tool wants them to...

[jgb]

@unknownuser said:

Joel,

Can you post the model or a typical case, because I am not clear on the issue you face

Fredo

Fredo

I did! I appended it to my post, but so far no reply.

[jeff hammond]

@jgb said:

@unknownuser said:

Joel,

Can you post the model or a typical case, because I am not clear on the issue you face

Fredo

Fredo

I did! I appended it to my post, but so far no reply.

i can skin that thing with zero problems.
i think you might be using the wrong tool.. i think you're trying to use curviloft's Skinning when you should be using regular Loft (the first of the 3 icons in the toolbar)

just select the two rings then click on the Loft icon.

[hygicell]

@tig said:

Frank

Sounds like you haven't got all of the files installed in the right places ?
Please reread the installation instructions.
Also see this thread for help on extracting zipped files and keeping their subfolder structure with Plugins etc http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=35746
Also if you have inadvertently put files directly into Plugins that ought to be within a subfolder, then please remove them as they might cause unexpected results as they will then auto-load at startup rather than when the main tool wants them to...

I have reinstalled everything as per the instructions
then ran duplicate cleaner 2.0 to find any .rb leftovers from the previous installation directly into plugins folder and erased them

the problem remains

should I be looking for other files than with the .rb extension and erase these duplicates too?

Frank

[TIG]

Please don't start removing files willy-nilly.
Only the the files inside the subfolders that have equivalents wrongly installed in Plugins are to be removed - it's recommended that these put into a 'disabled folder' [erasing them is a little drastic - especially when you are not sure what you are doing - at least that way they can be moved back if you've messed up !]. There will also be .rb files in Plugins installed by other tools that you still need! AND of course there are .rb files installed as 'loaders' to run files inside subfolders that come in the zip file 'loose' rather than in a subfolder of Plugins...

If you are getting similar error messages then are you sure the files and files in relative subfolders are installed properly. I noticed that you have a drive with an unusual path - H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ - the default is something like C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/
Please type this in the Ruby Console + <enter> and post the results $LOAD_PATH
It should include your H: folder Plugins path.
With Vista/Win7 there can be a 'Compatibility Files' issue [¿Archivos de Compatibilidad?]... which happens if you don't have full security permissions to read/write/etc to the the Plugins folder and/or its subfolders and/or files. It looks like you have done it OK, and there are no error messages... but really the OS has put the new things in a separate subfolder to protect you from yourself! In these cases there's a 'Compatibility Files' button added to the top of the window of the affect folder[s] - you click on that to see what's messed up... Fix your permissions under properties, security as an admin...

Can you post a screen-shot showing your Plugins folder structure etc if none of this is working...

[hygicell]

@tig said:

Please don't start removing files willy-nilly.
Only the the files inside the subfolders that have equivalents wrongly installed in Plugins are to be removed - it's recommended that these put into a 'disabled folder' [erasing them is a little drastic - especially when you are not sure what you are doing - at least that way they can be moved back if you've messed up !]. There will also be .rb files in Plugins installed by other tools that you still need! AND of course there are .rb files installed as 'loaders' to run files inside subfolders that come in the zip file 'loose' rather than in a subfolder of Plugins...

If you are getting similar error messages then are you sure the files and files in relative subfolders are installed properly. I noticed that you have a drive with an unusual path - H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ - the default is something like C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/
Please type this in the Ruby Console + <enter> and post the results $LOAD_PATH
It should include your H: folder Plugins path.
With Vista/Win7 there can be a 'Compatibility Files' issue [¿Archivos de Compatibilidad?]... which happens if you don't have full security permissions to read/write/etc to the the Plugins folder and/or its subfolders and/or files. It looks like you have done it OK, and there are no error messages... but really the OS has put the new things in a separate subfolder to protect you from yourself! In these cases there's a 'Compatibility Files' button added to the top of the window of the affect folder[s] - you click on that to see what's messed up... Fix your permissions under properties, security as an admin...

Can you post a screen-shot showing your Plugins folder structure etc if none of this is working...

I have installed Sketchup 8 pro on an external disk so I can easily take it with me
my other plugins work fine

? Only the the files inside the subfolders that have equivalents wrongly installed in Plugins are to be removed ?
would it not be the other way round?
I removed the equivalents in the plugins folder and left the ones in the subfolders

H;\programmas\google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins\
2DTools\
AutoCenterPoint\
clf_simple_loft\
ctsMaker\
CURVILOFT_Dir_11\
DEFPARAM_Dir\
Dom_brevenchatij\
DoorTools\
DWGExport\
Examples\
FREDOSCALE_Dir_21\
FREESCALE_Dir_10\
GHOSTCOMP_Dir_10\
HOVERSELECT_Dir_11\
JPP_Dir\
JPP_Dir_15\
Layer Manager\
layers\
ldd\
LIBFREDO6_Dir_37\
Ocean\
Projection\
RDE_Dir\
ROUNDCORNER_Dir_23\
ruby\
skin\
SoapSkinBubble\
TIGtools\
TOS_Dir_18\
TT_Lib2\
Utilities\
WindowTools\
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1.skb
2.skb
2D#.rb
3.skb
AddVertex+.rb
Align User Guide.pdf
align_2D.rb
align_tool.rb
AllowDWGImportInSketchUp7.msi
arc_centerpoint.rb
auto_centerpoint.rb
Big_32.png
BzRoundEdge.rb
cadspan.rbs
calc.rb
CenterPoint.rb
Chamfer_Along_Path.rb
clf_color_by_slope.rb
clf_simple_loft_loader.rb
closeopens.rb
closeopens_icon.png
Cloud Quick Tutorial.pdf
Cloud V6.pdf
cloud_v6.rb
co_tool.html
co_toola.rb
ComponentReporter+.rb
config-thumb.jpg
ConstructFaceNormal.rb
curve_maker.rb
curvestitcher.rb
deBabelizer.rb
delauney2.rb
demeter-main.rbs
DoorTool.txt
DoorTools.rb
DWGExport.rbs
engineeringtoolbox.rb
examp_les.rb
example.dat
examples.rb
extrudeEdgesByEdges.rb
f2f.rb
f2f_cursor.gif
faceFlattener019.rb
file.php
FilletTool.rb
fixSolid.rb
flightpathtool.rb
GetCentroid.rb
GetDimensions.rb
hide_faces_edges.rb
hideall.htm
hidetool.rb
jf_follow_this.rb
jf_spheretool.rb
jointpushpull.rb
kml_mesh_exporter.rb
ky_Delete_Interior_Faces.rb
ky_Group_PushPull_2DFaces.rb
Layer Manager v6.pdf
layer_manager_extension_v5.rb
layer_manager_extension_v6.rb
Layer_manager_install.jpg
layer_manager_v5.txt
layerbymaterial.rb
layers.rb
layers_materials.rb
layers_show_hide_all.rb
ldd.rbs
LibFredo6.rb
LibTraductor.def
LibTraductor.rb
Lines2Components.rb
load_sketchapps.rb
lsystem.rb
makefaces(2).rb
makefaces.rb
makeNamedGroup.rb
manifold.rb
massmaterialimporter.rb
Mirror_31.rb
move_to_origin.rb
move_to_origin_and_center.rb
moveit.rb
new.txt
nudge.rb
numbered_grid.rb
ocean_extension.rb
Organizer.rb
organizerEdit.log
pageLayers.rb
Paint_back_faces v2.0.rb
parking.rb
pathcopy.rb
perp_line_plane.rb
PipeAlongPath.rb
plugins_help.rb
plugins_help_TIG.rb
pnts2mesh.rb
points_cloud_triangulation.rb
ProgressBar.rb.htm
Projection Documentation.pdf
Projection.pdf
projection_extension.rb
PurgeAll.rb
push_pull_vector.rb
PutOnLayer_bmw.rb
PutOnLayer_ForPublicRelease.rb
rci.png
read_me.txt
reglue.rb
rename_comp_inst.rb
repaint_face.rb
repair_broken_lines.rb
Roof.rb
roofplanfollower.rb
rot90.rb
rps_texturewrite.rb
scene_rename.rb
sceneExporter.rb
screw_21.rb
script_loader.rb
SectionCutFace.rb
simplify.rb
SimplifyContours.rb
skin.rb
Small_16.png
SmustardOrganizerExcludeFolders.txt
SoapSkinBubbleTools.rb
Srub.rb
stair_maker062.rb
stitcher.rb
stock_maker.rb
stray_lines.rb
sublend.rb
taper_maker.rb
Terrain Reshaper User guide.pdf
terrain_reshaper.rb
TextTag14.rb
tf.rb
toolbar.rb
trim_extend.rb
tt_cleanup.rb
tt_solid_inspector.rb
unfoldtool.png
unfoldtool.rb
unhide_all.htm
unhide_all.rb
utilities.rb
utilities_10.rb
vector.flat_angle.rb
viewMemory.rb
VolumeCalculator21.rb
weld.rb
Win32API.so
WindowTools.rb
ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
zone.rb
zoom_selection.rb
Zorro.rb

[jeff hammond]

@hygicell said:

my other plugins work fine

WindowTools.rb
ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
zone.rb

according to that list, all your other plugins aren't working fine..

you're missing the ZLoader files that come with many of fredo's plugins.. the only one you have is tools on surface but i suspect your round corner, curviloft, and fredoscale aren't working either (amongst others?)