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    • pbacotP Offline
      pbacot
      last edited by

      @gilles said:

      Definitely Shape Bender:

      We never listen.

      MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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        Jim
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        @gilles said:

        @pbacot said:

        OK gilles I have to ask, what IS that avatar supposed to be?

        It's a dog.

        [off:116hequd]Oh. Can not be unseen.[/off:116hequd]

        Hi

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          TIG Moderator
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          [off:25v2rhb7]Un chien mâle qui pisse, vu de derrière 😲[/off:25v2rhb7]

          TIG

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
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            Very conceptual avatar! 💚

            Frenchy Pilou
            Is beautiful that please without concept!
            My Little site :)

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            • brookefoxB Offline
              brookefox
              last edited by

              Thanks for learnin' me a little, after which, for me, extrude edges by rails works best, simply because I could not make the length of the helix and the diagonal to match so shape bender had an annoying error (the little projecting tab). How to make these equal? Note also the disagreement about the length of the scaled helix curve info=112', label=245'. I assume the scaling threw a wrench in the works?


              paper spiral-1.JPG

              ~ Brooke

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              • gillesG Offline
                gilles
                last edited by

                #1 draw the path ( helix )
                #2 select it, open entity info to get the length
                #3 draw the line the same length
                #4 draw the diagonal sheet the same length
                #5 draw the sheet with circle tool set to 4 segments ( if you want a square sheet )
                #6 erase the diagonal
                #7 group the sheet
                #8 run shape bender.....wait....
                #9 resize the model with tape tool. done

                it takes five minutes.

                " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                • brookefoxB Offline
                  brookefox
                  last edited by

                  Thanks for that.

                  Sly:
                  @unknownuser said:

                  #5 draw the sheet with circle tool set to 4 segments ( if you want a square sheet )

                  Perhaps that method it is more accurate than 'extrude edges by rails' even if a little slower.

                  ~ Brooke

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                  • gillesG Offline
                    gilles
                    last edited by

                    If your paper is square it's fast as you already have the diagonal.


                    spiral-paper.png

                    " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                    • mitcorbM Offline
                      mitcorb
                      last edited by

                      Anybody tried Spirix on this? I am not sure if it can be applied here. Some more info, I think is in a thread back about 4months. As far as I know, the author doesn't post here.

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

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                      • brookefoxB Offline
                        brookefox
                        last edited by

                        Heck, man. That thing looks real nifty.

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                        The Chaos Trilogy: Better Life Through ACME Available in Kindle format and paperback from Amazon. Spirix Plugin for SketchUp (works with SketchUp 2015, 2016, and 2017) The Spirix Ruby plugin allows you to revolve or extrude any 3D sequence of edges (both open and closed loop) about or along the

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                        (sites.google.com)

                        ~ Brooke

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                        • brookefoxB Offline
                          brookefox
                          last edited by

                          I like your way because it has the rotated sheet (corner up). I cannot do it faster than EEbyR, though.


                          sheet rolled-1.JPG

                          ~ Brooke

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