Curviloft won't loft along path any more

blackcat1313

Hi -

Another new Sketchup user here. I'm trying to model a curved duct for an R/C model jet using Curviloft. I've gotten several iterations of the duct done using Curviloft, but the latest one now won't loft along the path any more.

In this iteration, I changed the path some, trying to smooth it out. After selecting the path and then the three faces, I click "loft along path" and these red and green diamonds show up in several places and the form is not generated.

I have attached a screen shot showing the situation. Any ideas would be appreciated!

Bill

Mac OSX 10.6.8
Sketchup 8.0.14345

![This is what the screen looks after clicking "loft along path".](/uploads/imported_attachments/7QCU_Curviloftproblem.png "This is what the screen looks after clicking "loft along path".")

pilou

Better to link an skp file (save as V6)

blackcat1313

@unknownuser said:

Better to link an skp file (save as V6)

Sorry about that, here is a file in V6 format. There are two duct geometries in here. One of them works and the other one doesn't, as described in my first post. Thanks!

Bill

Curviloft Ducts.skp

fredo6

Bill,

You spotted a bug in Curviloft (due to the problem that .parallel? method is inaccurate).

I need some more check, but in the meantime, just drop the attached file Lib6Offset3d.rb into the LibFredo6_Dir_45 folder and it should work for your model.
to drop into the LibFredo6_Dir_45 folder

Fredo

blackcat1313

@unknownuser said:

Bill,

You spotted a bug in Curviloft (due to the problem that .parallel? method is inaccurate).

I need some more check, but in the meantime, just drop the attached file Lib6Offset3d.rb into the LibFredo6_Dir_45 folder and it should work for your model.
[attachment=0:1xx0ma5g]Lib6Offset3d.rb[/attachment:1xx0ma5g]

[attachment=1:1xx0ma5g]Ducts.png[/attachment:1xx0ma5g]

Fredo

Wow, thanks for your prompt reply! I will give this a try. Curviloft is a great plugin!

One thing, my installation has a _46 folder, not _45. Is that going to matter?

Bill

fredo6

@blackcat1313 said:

One thing, my installation has a _46 folder, not _45. Is that going to matter?

_46 is Ok, as this is the last version.

Fredo