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    Twisted Geometry -- Am I Missing A Plugin?

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    • D
      driven
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      hi dave,

      is this the desired outcome or am I missing something?
      square centered on origin and follow me.

      john

      learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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      • Rich O BrienR
        Rich O Brien Moderator
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        Twisted test.skp

        Is this the shape you need?

        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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        • Dave RD
          Dave R
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          John,

          That's what I get with Follow Me. The problem is that the square at the top is turned 45Β° relative to the bottom. I want it to have the same orientation at both ends.

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          • Dave RD
            Dave R
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            Rich, that works. 😍 What did you do?

            @N08/5970000678/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">
            http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6143/5970000678_6f5756abbe.jpg

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            • Rich O BrienR
              Rich O Brien Moderator
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              [flash=600,450:183fm0ey]http://www.youtube.com/v/lbQzgmKNnhU[/flash:183fm0ey]

              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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              • Dave RD
                Dave R
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                Rich. Thank you very much! And thank you for taking the time to make the video. It's absolutely perfect. And it turns out I was indeed just not looking at the right plugin since it is there.

                Thank you again.

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                • Rich O BrienR
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
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                  I know what you mean by not knowing what to use. It's a case now of understanding which plugins are defunct because of curviloft. It's the most powerful tool out if you ask me. Mix it with Tgi and Artisan (and Pen Tool + πŸ˜• ) and you're sorted

                  Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                  • Wo3DanW
                    Wo3Dan
                    last edited by

                    I see Rich and you Dave have sorted it out.
                    This is what I could come up with comparing both your curve and mine.
                    (see attached file)

                    With your curve I unfortunately got the same result as in your first post.


                    Comparison of curves

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                    • Dave RD
                      Dave R
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                      Rich, you are absolutely correct.

                      Gerrit, thank you for taking the time to look at it. Your points are something to consider. After I drew the Bezier curve and the vertical lines, I checked the segment count and used a circle with the same number of segments. I just used Bezier.rb for the curve and could have used a BZ Spline tool instead to get more segments.

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                      • Dave RD
                        Dave R
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                        Here's the result.

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                        http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/5970412478_a3947baed6_z.jpg

                        Thanks again to all who helped and to those who tried.

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                        • Rich O BrienR
                          Rich O Brien Moderator
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                          I do lovely work πŸ˜‰

                          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                          • mitcorbM
                            mitcorb
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                            "...those who tried."
                            Yeah, I can be trying at times. πŸ’š

                            I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                            • Dave RD
                              Dave R
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                              Yes, you do, Rich.

                              @mitcorb said:

                              "...those who tried."
                              Yeah, I can be trying at times. πŸ’š

                              My wife tells me I am, too. πŸ˜„

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