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    [Q] Is there a spiral along path ruby?

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    • utilerU
      utiler
      last edited by

      Deep breathing Pete; concentrate on the patterns....

      Think the night before Basecamp. Lots of ๐Ÿ˜ and ๐ŸŽ‰ and few ๐Ÿ˜† and ๐Ÿคฃ ....

      Just Curious...

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      • soloS
        solo
        last edited by

        Okay...

        It's an LED light ribbon that needs to twist in the shape of a company name, the writing is cursive and will be the center piece of it's exhibit display, I cannot discuss more details as I have the usual non disclosure contract.
        The problem is I need to match their font precisely, so doing bend for bend will not work.

        http://www.solos-art.com

        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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        • soloS
          solo
          last edited by

          I was hoping to bring in a DWG file with the name, weld it and hit 'follow me with a twist' button and viola!! done. ๐Ÿ˜„

          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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            Susy
            last edited by

            ok...

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            • jeff hammondJ
              jeff hammond
              last edited by

              i was drawing this while you replied (which is what d12dozr was saying) but i think it might actually be what you're talking about except you'd like the orange ribbon to be a much tighter spin and it wraps around letters?.. if so, i don't think there's a one click method for that..

              ribbon2.jpg

              dotdotdot

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              • jeff hammondJ
                jeff hammond
                last edited by

                i'm sorta sure this isn't what you're after but i got stuck on the idea of it and had to figure it out.. let's hope this isn't what you're trying to draw -or- someone has an easier/faster method than mine.. this took over an hour ๐Ÿ˜†

                Ell_3.jpg


                Ell_3.skp

                dotdotdot

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                • utilerU
                  utiler
                  last edited by

                  ...you got too much time on your hands then Jeff. ๐Ÿ˜‰

                  nice though.

                  Just Curious...

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                  • jeff hammondJ
                    jeff hammond
                    last edited by

                    @utiler said:

                    ...you got too much time on your hands then Jeff. ๐Ÿ˜‰

                    nice though.

                    ha.. not really.. that cut into my sleep time!

                    dotdotdot

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                      d12dozr
                      last edited by

                      That's neat Jeff, how did you do it? lotsa fredoscale?

                      3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                      http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                        d12dozr
                        last edited by

                        Thanks. โ˜€
                        What does Component Stringer do?

                        3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                        http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                        • jeff hammondJ
                          jeff hammond
                          last edited by

                          Here's the Down and Dirty tutorial..

                          Ell_Down-N-Dirty_tut.skp

                          component stringer will repeat a component along a path.. you can also set it to rotate that component along the path.

                          dotdotdot

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                          • jeff hammondJ
                            jeff hammond
                            last edited by

                            no fredoscale..

                            BezierSpline (v1.4)
                            Component Stringer
                            Follow Me

                            (+ a few others.. see tutorial a couple posts down)

                            dotdotdot

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                              d12dozr
                              last edited by

                              Thanks again! Now I'm off to get some sleep...

                              3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                              http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                                Susy
                                last edited by

                                8 minutes: With the same procedure as I said initially...
                                Although not is it what the moderator need for its job


                                Ell_Down-N-Dirty_tut (8 Minutes).skp

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                                • jeff hammondJ
                                  jeff hammond
                                  last edited by

                                  @susy said:

                                  8 minutes: With the same procedure as I said initially...
                                  Although not is it what the moderator need for its job

                                  oh yeah, didn't think of that before.. i'm assuming you used shapebender..
                                  but hey, you used my L ๐Ÿ˜„..
                                  that's the hardest part

                                  dotdotdot

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                                  • charly2008C
                                    charly2008
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi Solo,

                                    Is that what you want to do? I used in this example GROW and CURVILOFT. With GROW you can manipulate almost all parameters. Other options are the diameter of the circle and the angle of the edge. The process is very easy.

                                    Charly


                                    Unbenannt.JPG


                                    Spirale.skp


                                    Unbenannt.JPG

                                    He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                    • charly2008C
                                      charly2008
                                      last edited by

                                      GROW and CURVILOFT are a good combination for many profile designs.


                                      Unbenannt.JPG

                                      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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