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    • benjanowitzB Offline
      benjanowitz
      last edited by

      Thanks Kaas.
      I've tried with curveloft (loft along a path) but the resault it's pretty far from what I want...probably my fault.

      Screen Shot 2014-06-15 at 17.30.59.png

      P.S. As I click enter to consolidate the loft, sketchup crashes!

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      • massimoM Offline
        massimo Moderator
        last edited by

        You need to draw properly the starting "wireframe".
        In the picture below you can see a simple basic start using the "loft by path" tool. Of course you can select the circles two by two and use the "loft by spline" tool trying different spline methods (and tension) to refine more the shape.


        Cattura.JPG

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        • S ShepherdS Offline
          S Shepherd
          last edited by

          Untitled.jpgYou might try making the "horn" straight with follow me tool then bending with fredoscale's radial bending.

          S

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          • benjanowitzB Offline
            benjanowitz
            last edited by

            Thanks guys!!
            I'm gonna try right now and let you know!
            Thanks!

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              Perpendicular face tool can be useful for draw some elaborate sections on the path! πŸ˜‰
              By Chris Fullmer

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

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              • benjanowitzB Offline
                benjanowitz
                last edited by

                Guys, is there anyone who can loft it for me? As soon as I press 'enter' to consolidate, SU crashes...

                Thanks!

                pipe.skp

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                • massimoM Offline
                  massimo Moderator
                  last edited by

                  No crash for me. Anyway you have circles with 100 segments. That slows down the operation. Also it's better if the circles are perpendicular to the path. I've reduced the circles to 48 segments and rotated one circle. Do you need something like this?
                  Cattura.JPG


                  pipe.skp

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    As Massimo said, you're using way more segment than you really need. And, as I told you twice before, if you insist on using all those segments in your circles and curves, you need to work at a much larger scale. Maybe the third time will get through to you. I had no problem with it when I scaled it up to a reasonable size.
                    pipe.png


                    pipe.skp

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                    (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

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                    • benjanowitzB Offline
                      benjanowitz
                      last edited by

                      Could you, please, achieve something like this one? (it's a model)


                      Screen Shot 2014-06-15 at 22.52.28.png

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                      • benjanowitzB Offline
                        benjanowitz
                        last edited by

                        @dave r said:

                        As Massimo said, you're using way more segment than you really need. And, as I told you twice before, if you insist on using all those segments in your circles and curves, you need to work at a much larger scale. Maybe the third time will get through to you. I had no problem with it when I scaled it up to a reasonable size.
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                        Hey Dave, yes you said me before about the segments, but I need them in order to have, as much as possible, clean PDF files to edit in AI. The 'horn' was 4 meters tall, I thought was a resonable lenght.

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                        • massimoM Offline
                          massimo Moderator
                          last edited by

                          As I wrote before use the "loft by spline" tool and play with tension.


                          Cattura.JPG

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                          • massimoM Offline
                            massimo Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Of course you can also do something like that with the native follow me tool.
                            Cattura.JPG

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                            • benjanowitzB Offline
                              benjanowitz
                              last edited by

                              Grazie Massimo! πŸ˜„

                              I'm gonna try right now.
                              And thanks to everybody.

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                              • massimoM Offline
                                massimo Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Prego. πŸ˜‰

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