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    [PLUGIN] Flowify v1.1.0 (updated 150327)

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    • cottyC Offline
      cotty
      last edited by

      ... and after "Hide Overlapping Geometry" (thank you CAUL for this too again!)...

      flowify_cotty_01b.jpg

      my SketchUp gallery

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      • cottyC Offline
        cotty
        last edited by

        Another example...

        flowify_cotty_02.jpg


        flowify_cotty_02.zip

        my SketchUp gallery

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        • panixiaP Offline
          panixia
          last edited by

          nice job cotty!

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          • H Offline
            hagawaga
            last edited by

            I've tried some examples downloaded from here, but I always get the message:
            "INPUT ERROR: Not enough Input".
            Can somebody please help

            Thanks in advance

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            • C Offline
              CAUL
              last edited by

              @hagawaga said:

              I've tried some examples downloaded from here, but I always get the message:
              "INPUT ERROR: Not enough Input".

              You must have BOTH the support group and the source geometry selected before running Flowify. Below is a screen shot (from the example file) of what this looks like.


              All Selected.png

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              • H Offline
                hagawaga
                last edited by

                Thank you CAUL, it works like a charm now. The plug is very useful.
                Thanks

                Regards

                haga

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                • F Offline
                  faust07
                  last edited by

                  Absolutely brilliant. And Hide Overlapping Geometry Removal as well. Great time saving when rendering. Thank you!

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                  • cottyC Offline
                    cotty
                    last edited by

                    Another example from this topic...

                    front_flowify.jpg

                    my SketchUp gallery

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                    • I Offline
                      ivreich
                      last edited by

                      Hey, brilliant plugin!

                      I can finally make complex lattice structures with the aid of Bezierspline and Curviloft...many possibilities for pseudo-parametric facades and forms as well (for the architects among us).

                      One minor bug I've found - I'm not sure how to describe it in words but there are some geometries that go jagged when mapping to a steeply curved surface - have a look at these screenshots.

                      The SketchUp file (I'm using SU Pro 2015) is too big to post here, but let me know of a way to send it to you if it helps...

                      Cheers
                      Joel


                      Support group + array of components + target surface


                      Some of the mapped geometry becomes jagged after Flowify :(


                      What I'm trying to achieve...

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                      • W Offline
                        word99899
                        last edited by

                        thank you for sharing , love it.

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                          RueM
                          last edited by

                          Hi, great plugin i'm just discovering !
                          But I also just starting having some issues. I'm trying to build a quite complex staircase silt, with differents curves. As some plugins like "follow me and keep" plugins don't work very well for what i need, my last chance is to make flowify work.
                          On the picture (0) is the profile and guide. On the picture (1) you can see that flowify is going crazy on the end. I don't know if I did something wrong, but i just followed the tutorials. If I try not to use the entire grid to avoid the crazy end, it appears that the result isn't really scaled (2)...
                          Any idea of what is going wrong ?

                          Thanks a lot


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                            RueM
                            last edited by

                            [see below]

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                              CAUL
                              last edited by

                              @ruem said:

                              Any idea of what is going wrong ?

                              Not really. Could you please attach a skp file?

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                                RueM
                                last edited by

                                Hi,

                                I found where it could came from. I did an other operation before and made a grid and the plane surface then. I didn't removed that grid, and it might not feet to the new operation (so flowify might calcules with false beginning and ending geometry).
                                I made an other plane rectangular with any grid and it worked perfectly.
                                We can still have the model to see what crasy results it mades.

                                Thanks a lot


                                issue and solution

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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  Align Target surface by the middle from the Source surface avoid generally some problem for the 2 lines! 🤓


                                  middle.jpg

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

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                                  • cottyC Offline
                                    cotty
                                    last edited by

                                    Some spiral examples...

                                    flowify_cotty_06.jpg


                                    flowify_cotty_06.skp

                                    my SketchUp gallery

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                                      capseyb
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks for this plugin.

                                      I've been having a lot of trouble with errors with grid parsing, even with simple geometry. Would anyone be able to quickly diagnose what is wrong with the attached model?

                                      Thanks again,

                                      Brian


                                      bend4.skp

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                                      • cottyC Offline
                                        cotty
                                        last edited by

                                        There were little edges or errors in your quad mesh, after repairing them, it worked like a charm...

                                        bend4_cotty.PNG


                                        bend4_cotty.skp

                                        my SketchUp gallery

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                                          CAUL
                                          last edited by

                                          @cotty said:

                                          There were little edges or errors in your quad mesh, after repairing them, it worked like a charm...

                                          Thanks cotty! I was just trying to find the error.

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                                          • yanrothwellY Offline
                                            yanrothwell
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi,

                                            I have a curved roof to make with some simple wedge shaped shingles. Each time I try to use Flowify to bed the shingles onto the 'roof' I get a strange result making the result, un-flowified and huge.

                                            I am puzzled and presume I must be doing something wrong. I explode all the components and groups of the shingles so it is only what I believe to be raw geometry, then group it place it on the target quad mesh, click on Flowify.

                                            Any ideas where I've messed up? (skp attached).

                                            I'm using SU pro 2015

                                            Thanks

                                            [Edit] Realised it's something to do with multiple objects, but I this seems to work in the Demo Video?


                                            parts for Flowify shingles.skp

                                            http://www.ianrothwell.co.uk

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