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

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    • D Offline
      dolphus
      last edited by

      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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          • 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

                              i7-4930K 3.4Ghz, 2x GTX780 6GB, 32GB DDR3-1600 ECC, OCZ Vertex 4 500GB, WD Black 3TB, 32TB NAS, 4x 27" Monitors, SpaceMouse Pro, X-keys XK-60

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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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