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    • sdmitchS Offline
      sdmitch
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      I have a plugin that I have worked on for the past 18 months that attempts to do what you are describing and have had some limited success. I would appreciate it if you would post a model with an example of your vision of this problem that I could test.

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

      http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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      • jeff hammondJ Offline
        jeff hammond
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        @sdmitch said:

        I have a plugin that I have worked on for the past 18 months that attempts to do what you are describing and have had some limited success. I would appreciate it if you would post a model with an example of your vision of this problem that I could test.

        these .skps are 40MB + so i can't attach them..

        one thing you could do with such a plugin (and really, this doesn't even scratch the surface.. nor does it really give the idea of what's going on.. i'll try to find some videos which show it better)

        ptex.jpg

        OR.. this or that :) ...etcetc..

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        • jeff hammondJ Offline
          jeff hammond
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          paneling tools -- basic

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          • jeff hammondJ Offline
            jeff hammond
            last edited by

            more basics...

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            • sdmitchS Offline
              sdmitch
              last edited by

              Jeff, so far I have been able to accomplish example #1 as demonstrated in the video.

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              ps. what does it take to get Google Drive links accepted as a video in the normal

              option?

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

              http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                jeff hammond
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                @sdmitch said:

                Jeff, so far I have been able to accomplish example #1 as demonstrated in the video.

                wow.. that looks cool so far

                (fwiw, there are a couple of threads going on around here this week which are along these lines.. just to be clear, my personal view on it is that sketchup simply isn't the right foundation to be building a set of tools like this for and a ruby writer will have to be a mad scientist type to try to do it πŸ˜† ... personally, i use other software that's already capable to handle the amount of geometry created by such an operation and i (again, personal opinion) don't think sketchup needs or is truly able to deal this type of function..

                @unknownuser said:

                ps. what does it take to get Google Drive links accepted as a video in the normal

                option?

                i'm not sure.. csaba probably knows though.

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
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                  About deformations after paneling LSS Matrix by Kirill2008 can make the trick ?

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

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                  • sdmitchS Offline
                    sdmitch
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                    Jeff, I totally agree after butting head angainst this brick wall for some time. Even when it works, a surface of any size takes a lot of time to calculate.

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

                    http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
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                      Just a little question for precision πŸ˜„

                      On the second Rhino video does the modules have a "flat bottom" on the curvated surface Target or theses bottom's modules themselves are curvated following the surface target ?

                      @Sdmitch
                      I don't see Panel in your List of Plugins?
                      Does this one always in WIP ?

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

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                      • sdmitchS Offline
                        sdmitch
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                        Pilou, No isn't there because I never fealt that it was ready for publication.

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

                        http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                          jeff hammond
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                          @unknownuser said:

                          Just a little question for precision πŸ˜„

                          On the second Rhino video does the modules have a "flat bottom" on the curvated surface Target or theses bottom's modules themselves are curvated following the surface target ?

                          in the command options, you can choose to either 'pull to surface' in which case, the geometry will conform to the actual surface -or- deselect that option and the geometry will simply span the grid points in straight lines while ignoring the actual curvature of the surface..

                          [and in that video, the author is pulling the curves to the surface.. watch at 1:02 when he mentions that option]

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                          for example.. if i want to panel this cone on a cylinder, i have 2 options regarding how it deals with the surface..

                          the cone module along with the target surface (divided in such a way that the cone will deform upon placement)

                          the cone module being pulled to the cylinder surface..

                          placement of the cone while ignoring the surface..

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
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                            @Sdmitch
                            courage that will be a very cool plugin! 😎
                            (if Kirril2008 don't make it before)

                            @Jeff
                            Thanks for precisions, i had suspected that, so that is a truelly tricky Rhino plugin! β˜€
                            (i believe i can make the same with Moi, I will see that πŸ˜„

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

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