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    • pilouP Offline
      pilou
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      Try Profile Builder !

      With the free version you can't draw your own profile, but there are always tons inside! πŸ˜„

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

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        banan666
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        I have tried it before, great tool, but it doesnt work for me with OSCoolean. All the time the same problem, I couldnt make Solid form, its all the time (Group 1 in model) in Entity info and I dont know what happening...


        TUBES1.skp

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        • cottyC Offline
          cotty
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          @banan666 said:

          I have tried it before, great tool, but it doesnt work for me with OSCoolean. All the time the same problem, I couldnt make Solid form, its all the time (Group 1 in model) in Entity info and I dont know what happening...

          You just have to close the two ends...


          closedends.jpg

          my SketchUp gallery

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
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            You can also use ' weld' [free script from smustard.com] on preselected connected arcs etc into one 'curve' before using a tool, to avoid separate parts getting made...

            TIG

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              Or Recurve by Diggsey πŸ˜‰

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

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              • mitcorbM Offline
                mitcorb
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                A little way back you said in your reply: "next line2tube I got a lot of gapes in the joints. I dont Know how to fix them, so I made second try with other shape maker," Lines2tubes is an excellent script, but it will make segments of the tubes, and sometimes you want that. TIG's TubeAlongPath, or even PipeAlongPath makes smooth results. Just a thought.

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

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                • B Offline
                  banan666
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                  Great, thank You very much Pilou for the amazing tutorials, I will try to make it tomorrow, because today I had problem with my PC, my hard disk was broken so I have to buy new one, then install windows and all the rest stuff.
                  Im thinking all the time about this panel.

                  http://s1.pokazywarka.pl/i/1711679/685769/bez-nazwy.jpg

                  Now I now how to make pipe witch have the same width all the way, but how to change width, and depth at the same time. Like on the picture above, for example.

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
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                    @banan666 said:

                    Now I now how to make pipe witch have the same width all the way, but how to change width, and depth at the same time. Like on the picture above, for example.

                    With Curviloft maybe? Not even just change width but also the shape of the cross section (if you wish).

                    Gai...

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                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                      jeff hammond
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                      @banan666 said:

                      Im thinking all the time about this panel.

                      http://s1.pokazywarka.pl/i/1711679/685769/bez-nazwy.jpg

                      Now I now how to make pipe witch have the same width all the way, but how to change width, and depth at the same time. Like on the picture above, for example.

                      untitled.jpg

                      Untitled2.jpg

                      dotdotdot

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                        banan666
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                        Ive been try to use the OSCoolean tool and Substract from Solid tools but Ive all the time some strange errors. OSCoolean give me "erroe of the intersect with" and some numbers, 21,2 etc. Substract from Solid its the same. When I made one line its ok, but the I want to take another one its not working beacause firt use change the model, and its not SOLID.


                        OSCoolean problem.rar

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                        • pilouP Offline
                          pilou
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                          Before a dedicated plugin "Follow me Multiple" who is quasi terminated β˜€
                          here a workflow for one of your image πŸ˜‰

                          You will must use twice the Menu Window / Ruby console πŸ€“

                          Image 1 : Select all the Protrude's faces : Protrude by Jim Foltz
                          and input the text folling inside the Ruby Console for transform each faces on components
                          Must be on only one line (use the Notepad for verify)
                          Press Enter (Thx TIG) - Press the Select All, Right Click and copy past on your Ruby Console

                          m=Sketchup.active_model;n=m.active_entities;m.selection.to_a.each{|e|(g=n.add_group(e);g.to_component.definition.name="Face#1")if e.class==Sketchup;;Face}
                          

                          Image 2

                          Give a thickness to the components selection
                          (again the text following must be on one line in the Ruby COnsole)
                          Press Enter (Thx Sdmitch) -Press the Select All, Right Click and copy past on your Ruby Console

                          mod=Sketchup.active_model;sel=mod.selection;sel.grep(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance).each{|c| c.definition.entities.each{|f|(f.pushpull -1;break) if f.class==Sketchup;;Face}}
                          

                          Image 3
                          Make any component volume that you want
                          Select all the "faces components"
                          And Call the Component Dropper by Thomthom
                          Just click your module made has you want πŸ˜‰

                          That all! β˜€

                          Ps You can scale on x,y,z before or / and after the "Components Dropper"

                          Dropper1.jpg

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

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            And on image 2 you can put a randomly thickness! THX Sdmitch
                            Just use this line against the above
                            You replace "100" by any number you want! (rand*100)

                                mod=Sketchup.active_model;sel=mod.selection;sel.grep(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance).each{|c| c.definition.entities.each{|f|(f.pushpull -(rand*100);break) if f.class==Sketchup;;Face}}
                            

                            THX Sdmitch! β˜€

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

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