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    • hellnbakH Offline
      hellnbak
      last edited by

      I've tried "Copy Along Path", and "Component Stringer", but neither will do what I need (see attached photo). Doing it by hand is a real pain. Any ideas?


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      "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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      • mitcorbM Offline
        mitcorb
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        It appears that brunette's hair needs some conditioner. I mean, the path appears to show hard edge, soft edge, hidden edge.
        Doesn't Component Stringer work along a regularly segmented path? I don't know this for certain. I will have to practice.
        With Fredo6's BezierSpline you have quite a number of options in generating curves, plus the ability to convert to polyline, polyline segmentor, polyline divider. The tube could be formed with tube along path, which makes it into a group. Retaining the path curve should allow "CStringer" to work??
        EDIT: Wait a minit. How did you get that reflective highlight effect?

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

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        • D Offline
          driven
          last edited by

          hi
          for Component Stringer I made up a translucent 'glider' that I use to set up the path.

          if you need to scale or rotate, it has flat surfaces, and when it's right you just swap your shape on one of the 'gliders'.

          john
          bit like this

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

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          • hellnbakH Offline
            hellnbak
            last edited by

            @mitcorb said:

            It appears that brunette's hair needs some conditioner. I mean, the path appears to show hard edge, soft edge, hidden edge.
            Doesn't Component Stringer work along a regularly segmented path? I don't know this for certain. I will have to practice.
            With Fredo6's BezierSpline you have quite a number of options in generating curves, plus the ability to convert to polyline, polyline segmentor, polyline divider. The tube could be formed with tube along path, which makes it into a group. Retaining the path curve should allow "CStringer" to work??
            EDIT: Wait a minit. How did you get that reflective highlight effect?

            90 percent of what you said went right over my head. I have very little experience with plugins, don't know what a polyline is, and don't understand what you were saying about a tube along path. Yeah, I are pretty dumm 😒

            The reflective highlight effect is just a texture.

            "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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            • D Offline
              driven
              last edited by

              there's some excellent experiments by Simon Le Bon around this page..http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=23616&hilit=Component+Stringer&start=30#p201164 some of mine in there as well.

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

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              • mitcorbM Offline
                mitcorb
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                Here is just an image using bezier converted to polyline divider, Component Stringer with some odd sized tube section. I forgot that you place the component in some relation to the path. So instead I just moved the path after, to align with the pipe sections, then did Tube Along Path.
                As you can see, if you use too tight a curve, the components in the string wander off.


                spinaltaptohellnbak.jpg

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

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                • mitcorbM Offline
                  mitcorb
                  last edited by

                  And while I was dithering around, I missed your reply. Sorry about that. And you ain't dumb, no way.

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

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                  • hellnbakH Offline
                    hellnbak
                    last edited by

                    @mitcorb said:

                    Here is just an image using bezier converted to polyline divider, Component Stringer with some odd sized tube section. I forgot that you place the component in some relation to the path. So instead I just moved the path after, to align with the pipe sections, then did Tube Along Path.
                    As you can see, if you use too tight a curve, the components in the string wander off.

                    This is going to sound strange, but I cannot see the image unless I am posting a reply, then I can scroll down and see it. Weird.

                    Anyhow, that looks promising. I've never used bezier spine, guess I'll have to see if I can figure it out. Thanks for your timely replies.

                    Driven, I am working my way thru the thread that you referenced. Thanks.

                    "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                    • hellnbakH Offline
                      hellnbak
                      last edited by

                      Ah, now that I've posted my reply I can see your image. Feel like I have one foot in the Twighlight Zone

                      "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        @hellnbak said:

                        Ah, now that I've posted my reply I can see your image. Feel like I have one foot in the Twighlight Zone

                        What makes you think you don't? 😄

                        Etaoin Shrdlu

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                        • C Offline
                          chrisjk
                          last edited by

                          @mitcorb said:

                          ....
                          As you can see, if you use too tight a curve, the components in the string wander off.

                          That doesn't seem to be the case for me, Instead, the components just scrunch up and intersect one another

                          http://content.screencast.com/users/chrisjk/folders/Jing/media/5ee8e41f-992e-4bc5-812a-b3b108817546/00000019.png

                          Chris

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                          • hellnbakH Offline
                            hellnbak
                            last edited by

                            Well, I finished what I needed to do, but just did it manually, one component at a time. I know that some of the suggested methods would have been much more efficient, and accurate, but I just needed to get this done and it will take time to learn any of these new methods.

                            It ain't perfect, but it won't be viewed close up so I guess it's close enuf for my purposes.

                            Thanks to everyone for all the input, very much appreciated, as always.


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                            "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                            • mitcorbM Offline
                              mitcorb
                              last edited by

                              Hi, hellnbak:
                              Your results look right enough. Is this supposed to be like a shielded tubing?

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

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                              • hellnbakH Offline
                                hellnbak
                                last edited by

                                @mitcorb said:

                                Hi, hellnbak:
                                Your results look right enough. Is this supposed to be like a shielded tubing?

                                Thanks. Yeah, something along those lines.

                                "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                                • mitcorbM Offline
                                  mitcorb
                                  last edited by

                                  I kept the model file that I made the my above image from. Because I didn't feel I was finished. Last night I moved one by one the stray components into their "right" positions. All by eye.
                                  I guess you have to plan the path and set the segments of that path just so, in order to get the results.
                                  I had the same experience as you on the intersecting and overlapping on the unpainted example, so I edited the component and move stretched the end face so that there was no overlap.
                                  As for the inner tube, there is no reason not to use follow me but maybe the ends won't be quite right.

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

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                                  • Dave RD Offline
                                    Dave R
                                    last edited by

                                    Tim, I'm curious about your model. Where is the component's origin located?

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                                    • mitcorbM Offline
                                      mitcorb
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi, Dave:
                                      I will have to look at it when I get to the house and respond. I am stealing a "minute" at work to see what's been happening here. 😄

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

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                                      • mitcorbM Offline
                                        mitcorb
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi, Dave:
                                        Sorry for the delay.
                                        Attached is another view of the file. I did not take the time to set the component axes when I started the model, so I have the axes on display, now. Is this what you seek?
                                        A few minutes ago, I saw the last posts in ComponentStringer thread, and got re-informed.


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                                        • mitcorbM Offline
                                          mitcorb
                                          last edited by

                                          Well, I see that axes are not displayed in the image. I wonder if I should have used a .bmp instead. Attached is the .skp


                                          spinaltaptohellnbak.skp

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

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                                          • Dave RD Offline
                                            Dave R
                                            last edited by

                                            Aha! If you're interested in running the tubes down the path again, try this. Move the component's origin to the centerline of the tube. You'll get slightly different results if the origin is at one end of the tube or midway down its length. Maintain the same axis orientation you have now, though.

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