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    • sdmitchS Offline
      sdmitch
      last edited by

      In response to a request "Connect Guide Points"
      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=46163

      Pre-select the guide points that represent a single profile or cross-section of an object, execute the plugin and choose to "Close the loop" if desired. The plugin sorts the points based on proximity to each other and un-evenly spaced and/or convoluted shape may not process properly.


      Connect Guide Points.rb

      Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

      http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
        last edited by

        It's a sort of Brownian movement ๐Ÿ˜„

        brownien.jpg

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

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        • brookefoxB Offline
          brookefox
          last edited by

          Thanks, Sam.

          Anyone who has a specific use, please post it. For me they start to appear and then recede into the fog.

          ~ Brooke

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            Screenshot? Would make it easier to understand what the plugin does.

            Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              My screenshot is not sufficient ? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ’š
              Plug connects automatically by a line some selected "guide points" floating in the 3D space ๐Ÿ˜„

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

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              • sdmitchS Offline
                sdmitch
                last edited by

                Bobs Ribs.pngThis is a screen shot of the Bob's Ribs model that I used to test the plugin.

                Bob's request was
                @unknownuser said:

                I have a series of guide points that form the contour of an object. I want to connect the guide points to form "ribs" so that I can use Connect Edges by Loft.

                Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                • brookefoxB Offline
                  brookefox
                  last edited by

                  So, Sam or Bob,

                  (It just seems like a stupid question...) Each rib is created individually (pick and run plugin 20 times or so for model shown) as otherwise there would be cross-connections between more proximate points on adjacent ribs?

                  ~ Brooke

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                  • sdmitchS Offline
                    sdmitch
                    last edited by

                    Yes the plugin would have to be run for each rib. There is no way to tell which rib an individual guide point belongs to without selecting them in groups.

                    Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                    http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                    • Bob JamesB Offline
                      Bob James
                      last edited by

                      This all started when I tried to apply Extrude Edges by Rails. I had two edge contours and two body shape contours. When I ran EEbR it "failed" to form a surface, but left me with these multiple "ribs". Unfortunately, I could not skin them because the were made up of construction points. Smitch then created "Bobs_Ribs" to allow me to connect the points into "ribs".
                      So now you all have "the rest of the story" ๐Ÿ˜„

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                        the.pjt
                        last edited by

                        WOW .. GREAT PLUGIN .. TANKS ... USEFUL FOR CAPTURED Mapping DATA .. GIS .. ETC ... LIKE POINT CLOUD .. THANKS ๐Ÿ˜„

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                        • Miner_JeffM Offline
                          Miner_Jeff
                          last edited by

                          Lovely Plugin!
                          Still valid and useful in 2015!
                          Your generosity is appreciated!
                          Great for connecting x,y,z coordinates exported from Excel and plotted using the Points Cloud import function. http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=253563#p253563
                          I use it for path center line slopes.

                          Keep up the good work!

                          Cheers!

                          Miner_Jeff

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